GREEN INTERIOR DESIGN  SERVICES

What compels us to collect?  the best collections grow from passion and a deep admiration for the artist.  And a longing to possess not only the work of art, but the skill that created it.

We fall in love with forms, and perhaps a culture, or a period of history,..our eyes and our intellect are intrigued...but, surely,  it is the touch of the human hand that we perceive in the work that captures our hearts.

BELOW ARE LISTED SOME OF THE SPECIAL KINDS OF ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PERIODS AND PLACES THAT WE CAN HELP YOU FIND:

FOLK ART • EARLY AMERICAN AND COLONIAL AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS •  THE TRADITIONAL ARTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICAN, PRE-COLUMBIAN, ESKIMO • CLASSICAL AFRICAN • VICTORIAN • ART DECO • 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MODERN  • CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS •

...with an artist's eye, an interior designer's expertise, and an art historian's training, Carol Crawford can help you find and select a unique treasure  for your home or office, or to fit into any commercial interior setting , from restaurant to hotel .  Call Carol Crawford Environments for a consultation, and to arrange for treasure-hunting and shopping accompanied by the designer.  All trips are carefully pre-planned to make efficient use of the time, and to focus on the vendors and trade-only sources that will have the kinds of artifacts or antiques you wish to look for.  Appraisals, insurance and shipping can be arranged for any choice you make.   

Fees for personal shopping service are based on an hourly rate, door-to-door.  Contact us  for information and rates.