Wednesday, June 24, 2009
What Color Is Comfort By Nicolette Toussaint
We believe interior designers are their best advertisement for themselves and their business of helping the public live in a home they deserve. We consistently encourage interior designers to get a blog and tell us about your projects, share with us the before and after pictures and the problems that were solved.
Here's an example of a designer, not local however, who posts an excellent piece about color and comfort. Nicolette Toussaint owns Comfort & Joy Interior Design in San Francisco, CA and here's what she shared:
In this post, (What Color Is Comfort) I will talk about the emotional impact of color – about what colors make us comfortable in what circumstances – and also about how color influences our perception of space and place. Most of my recent design jobs here in San Francisco have been color consultations, and this post will share some of those experiences. At the end, you should have a pretty good idea of what the color of comfort might be for you.It's a long post, but filled with tons of worthwhile information.
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Christopher Guy Furniture
This dining table from Christopher Guy is described on his website thusly:
"Sheer elegance and luxury define this magnificent looking mahogany and veneer dining table, complete with delicate marquetry work, a fine example of a contemporary piece with classic appeal."Ava Living has this video of a furniture fashion show in Paris this year:
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Green Design Summit
Don't forget to sign up for the Green Design Summit to be held June 29–30 via Webcast. The event looks to help architects and designers meet rising demand for environmentally friendly materials and designs.
Click here to sign up today!
The two-day Green Design Summit, available nationwide and internationally, will offer a host of well-known experts in green construction, architecture, interior design and the ecological impacts and tax benefits of going green.
Speakers for the event include:
• Ed Begley Jr., actor, environmental activist and HGTV star, presenting "Living With Ed."
• Penny Bonda, FASID & LEED AP, green blogger for Interior Design Magazine, presenting "The New LEED Requirements–What You Need to Know."
• Leslie Carothers of The Kaleidoscope Partnership, a consultant to the furniture industry, interior designer and blogger for Furniture Today, presenting "Specifying Green Furniture."
• Bob Dixson, Mayor of Greensburg, a city that was 95 percent destroyed by a tornado, presenting "The Story of Greensburg and How Building Green Has Transformed the City."
• Joshua Foss, LEED AP, Season 2 HGTV Design Star Contestant and Metro Hippie Blogger, presenting "How to Build Your Practice Around Sustainable Design."
• Lisa Foster, founder of 1 Bag at a Time, presenting "What Is Your Carbon Footprint and What You Can Do to Reduce It."
• Tom Hamilton, senior product marketing manager for Philips Color Kinetics, presenting "Designing Energy Efficient Lighting & Maintaining Aesthetics."
• Libby Langdon, HGTV star of "Small Space, Big Style" and author of Design in Small Spaces, presenting "Design Ideas for Smaller Space Clients."
• Michael Port, New York Times best-selling author and business coach, presenting "The Think Big Manifesto–Think You Can’t Change Your Life (and the World)? Think Again."
• Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect, interior designer and author of eight books selling more than 1 million copies, presenting "Not So Big Remodeling."
• Cassie Walker, author of The Green Office Handbook and founder of The Sustainable Office, presenting "How to Green Your Office and Help Your Clients Green Their Spaces."
• Robin Wilson, New York interior designer for President Clinton's Harlem office, and the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mary Richardson LEED residence, presenting "Eco-friendly Design from the Foundation to the Furniture."
Click here to sign up today!
The two-day Green Design Summit, available nationwide and internationally, will offer a host of well-known experts in green construction, architecture, interior design and the ecological impacts and tax benefits of going green.
Speakers for the event include:
• Ed Begley Jr., actor, environmental activist and HGTV star, presenting "Living With Ed."
• Penny Bonda, FASID & LEED AP, green blogger for Interior Design Magazine, presenting "The New LEED Requirements–What You Need to Know."
• Leslie Carothers of The Kaleidoscope Partnership, a consultant to the furniture industry, interior designer and blogger for Furniture Today, presenting "Specifying Green Furniture."
• Bob Dixson, Mayor of Greensburg, a city that was 95 percent destroyed by a tornado, presenting "The Story of Greensburg and How Building Green Has Transformed the City."
• Joshua Foss, LEED AP, Season 2 HGTV Design Star Contestant and Metro Hippie Blogger, presenting "How to Build Your Practice Around Sustainable Design."
• Lisa Foster, founder of 1 Bag at a Time, presenting "What Is Your Carbon Footprint and What You Can Do to Reduce It."
• Tom Hamilton, senior product marketing manager for Philips Color Kinetics, presenting "Designing Energy Efficient Lighting & Maintaining Aesthetics."
• Libby Langdon, HGTV star of "Small Space, Big Style" and author of Design in Small Spaces, presenting "Design Ideas for Smaller Space Clients."
• Michael Port, New York Times best-selling author and business coach, presenting "The Think Big Manifesto–Think You Can’t Change Your Life (and the World)? Think Again."
• Sarah Susanka, FAIA, architect, interior designer and author of eight books selling more than 1 million copies, presenting "Not So Big Remodeling."
• Cassie Walker, author of The Green Office Handbook and founder of The Sustainable Office, presenting "How to Green Your Office and Help Your Clients Green Their Spaces."
• Robin Wilson, New York interior designer for President Clinton's Harlem office, and the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mary Richardson LEED residence, presenting "Eco-friendly Design from the Foundation to the Furniture."
The Green Design Summit requires no traveling and is a wholly Green event delivered by telesummit/webcast. Attendees receive downloadable MP3 recordings and transcripts of each speaker interview. Tickets are $297.
Click here to sign up today!
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How to Create a Good Interior Design
- Creating a good interior design layout is much more than just selecting the right furniture and colors that go well together for a home or office. The overall mood and comfort level you want for each room of the project have to be taken into consideration. Small but subtle elements including curtains, lighting, and the art work you place on the wall can all change the feel of a room. Creating a good interior design means transforming the entire feel of the room with the different objects you place in it.
- ImageThe ability of an interior designer to be able to manipulate the mood of a given room is amazing. They can transform it from one that is loud and colorful to one that is quiet and inviting. They can also transform a simple room into one that has plenty of flare and appeal with some good focal points.
- Creating a good interior design involves starting with the outside dimensions. This way you know what you have to work with. This is important because you can change anything you want about the interior design but in the majority of situations you are stuck with the space you have to work with. This includes both the size and the shape of the area.
- A good interior design project involves knowing how different colors work well together. It takes lots of creativity and a willingness to try new things. If you are completing the interior design project for someone else you need to take their interests into consideration. You also want to find out how they will be using the room so you can give it a feel that works well for that use.
- It is harder to create a good interior design project for someone else than for ourselves. This is because it is easy to let our own interests be a part of the creative process. Successful interior designers are able to remove that element from the designs they come up with. It does take time to be able to do that so don’t be surprised if you have to carefully scrutinize your interior design plans initially.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Realities OF Furniture Shopping
Jason Ball of Jason Ball Interiors has a great post about shopping for furniture from an interior designer's viewpoint:
Interior designers shop for furniture differently than most consumers by focusing on size, style, lines, color and pattern. Many designers "shop" at designer-only showrooms which don't have a large number of options on the floor, but instead have thousands of options in catalogs covering multiple manufacturers. The number of styles and semi-customization are much greater than most retail furniture stores. The real benefit comes in access to hundreds of fabric options and a higher level of customization possible. Take the "walking the floor" situation. In a designer-only showroom, you'll test out different types of cushions to see what's comfortable. You can then select pieces based on their various measurements - seat depth and height, arm height, overall height, etc. And, the piece you select will be built for you!Bev & Mike
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A Colorful Accent
Faith Sheridan has my husband's favorite colors: Malachite and I call it a cinnamon.
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Jentrified
Have you been to Jen West Design's blog, Jentrified? I was struck by her post about her visit to the Design Center in San Francisco where she encountered Hwang Bishop:
Darn, we are not on her blogroll either.
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Darn, we are not on her blogroll either.
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Angela Todd's Blog
Hey, gang, check out Angela Todd's blog. She has a step-by-step process to get remodeling or redecorating project underway.
Another post on her blog has pictures of the Home Builders Association’s Ultimate Open House, which took place on April 18th-19th and 25th-26th. She says it was a tremendous success. The Interior Design Society of Portland worked with several of the home builders to stage and style their homes. This picture just steals my heart. I just love the drama and the striking saturated orange:
The only thing missing on her blog is a blogroll and our blog on it.
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Another post on her blog has pictures of the Home Builders Association’s Ultimate Open House, which took place on April 18th-19th and 25th-26th. She says it was a tremendous success. The Interior Design Society of Portland worked with several of the home builders to stage and style their homes. This picture just steals my heart. I just love the drama and the striking saturated orange:
The only thing missing on her blog is a blogroll and our blog on it.
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The sexy designer by Jason Sullivan
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How much have I enjoyed this series?!!! It's been so great! I'll actually be sad when it's over :(
I couldn't be more thrilled with the two finalists. They are both so amazingly talented it's awe inspiring.
My pick for the winner is Jason. Despite the fact he's a little bit saucy and comes across as a real gentleman, I am sooooo in love with his designs! Every week he's pushed the bar and delivered brilliance.
Last nights home was his best yet. The blue and white colour scheme had me swooning. I absolutely adored it. I love that he loves a more traditional look and I've noticed now a couple of his rooms really have a beautiful plantation feel to them. Not once have I ever felt his rooms looked like show rooms. They scream comfort and glamour without being pretentious.
The bedrooms and livingrooms are Jasons designs and the kitchen and bathroom are Darren.
Oh those ornate ceilings and the empire chandelier, blue walls and sisal rug are simply exquisite!
IMO Darren is the master of texture. This bathroom presented a real problem for him and he tackled it head on with an unforgettable result.
This whole home just flows so beautifully. I just hope the owners don't tire from the colour blue anytime soon :/
The family room.
The guest bedroom.
The master bedroom.
The sexy designer himself Jason Sullivan.
IMO Darren is the master of texture. This bathroom presented a real problem for him and he tackled it head on with an unforgettable result.
This whole home just flows so beautifully. I just hope the owners don't tire from the colour blue anytime soon :/
The family room.
The guest bedroom.
The master bedroom.
The sexy designer himself Jason Sullivan.
GOOD LUCK!
Knoll Kids - Children's Furniture!
The Child's Womb Chair from Knoll Kids, shown here with the Stone child's seat in poppy. The adult version of the chair was designed in 1948 by Eero Saarinen, and the seat by Maya Lin in 1998.Kids Today reports
KnollStudio, a division of Knoll, Inc., renowned for its collection of classic and enduring designs for the workplace and the home, has launched Knoll Kids, a modern children’s furniture collection.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Before & After With Interior Designer Marlene Buckner
We've encouraged interior designers in our area to show us their before and after pictures of projects they've completed. We want to give you an idea through their examples why we recommend you use an interior designer.
Our latest example is from Marlene Buckner, president elect of ASID Oregon Chapter, and a consummate professional having passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Exam (NCIDQ)
This 1916 residence in Dunthorpe was designed by famous Portland Architect Wade Hampton Pipes. The kitchen was so small the family ate at the farm table that doubled as a work surface. After Marlene designed an 8 foot addition on the opposite end of the room and developed the kitchen design with the homeowners, a new larger kitchen emerged that included an island and nook with built-in banquette seating (in the old kitchen location).
True to the period, painted cabinets with inset doors from Wood-Mode were installed and a satin-etched Mysore Black granite counter was chosen for its aged appearance.
Challenges included lacing in and finishing the new oak kitchen floor to blend seamlessly with the original 90-year-old oak floors found everywhere else. The oven cabinet also required careful modification to bypass the top two steps to the landing above that were hidden in a soffit.
Due to the complexity of this addition and the beauty of its integration with the original home, this project received the 2008 ORA Outstanding Remodeling Achievement Award as well as the prestigious national Chrysalis Award for Best Residential Addition in its price category.
Marlene Buckner specializes in Spatial Design, Kitchens, Baths, and Interiors and is a Certified Kitchen and Bath Designer through NKBA.
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The unique Interior Design
Sinead Considine is a nationally renowned Irish designer who combines a simple but elegant style that permeates her best designs at every level.
Recognised as a new talent her work is continually featured in numerous magazines and on television.
With her dynamic team on board, Sinead oversees and is personally involved with all interior design projects. The unique Interior Design service provided by upstage offers a comprehensive design package to include landscaping, lighting, furniture, soft furnishing and room reconfiguring. Sinead’s distinctive designs and exclusive collections of furniture and choice of paint and fabrics have made the signature look of upstage instantly recognisable and highly sought after.
As well as designing apartments and houses for an extensive list of private clients, she is taking on commercial contracts including hotel and restaurant interiors.
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Green Design
This Month's issue of Designer Monthly features "Green Design".
We start things off with a special feature on Living Green, showing you different ways you can change your lifestyle and your room designs in environmentally-friendly ways. Our Room of the Month highlights a small sitting area designed with earth-friendly objects. Little Things highlights independent designers producing "up-cycle" goods. Our Feng Shui article discusses ways to blend Feng Shui with Green Design. Our Children's Room feature will start your children off right with green-friendly products and decorating ideas.
So start thinking about ways you can recyle,reuse, and decorate with sustainable green design
Bernard Tschumi Architects' New Acropolis Museum
The museum is articulated in three layers, a base, a middle zone, and a top. The musuems' entrance is in the base, where glass floors hover over the excavation site on more than 100 concrete pillars, placed so as not to damage the remains. A glass ramp leads to a the middle section's double-height space, featuring the musuem's permanent collection galleries from the Archaic to the late Roman period, and a public terrace. This space is topped by the Parthenon Gallery, a glass-enclosed rectangle that is rotated 23 degrees from the rest of the building in order to align with the Parthenon. The gallery boasts 360-degree views of the ancient temple and features its frieze on a concrete core at its center.
FreeGreen: Bringing Green Design to the Masses
2005’s Solar Decathlon blew us away, but we were particularly fascinated by a stunning Solar House from Cornell University. This team brought a beautiful zero-energy home to the mall in Washington, D.C., and had just launched Zero Energy Design a home design firm focused on zero-energy design. Continuing their momentum as green home design gurus, two of the Cornell Solar Decathlon team members have just launched a new endeavor aimed at bringing custom green design to the masses through an innovative business model called FreeGreen. Started by David Wax and his partner Ben Uyeda, FreeGreen is making green home designs free to everyone!
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A good interior decorator
Architects and remodeling contractors are the folks to call for structural planning, while interior designers work out optimal room size, traffic flow and lighting. When it comes to choosing and coordinating the color schemes, paint finishes, cabinet styles and light fixtures that go into that room, that's where an interior decorator comes in.
A good interior decorator will save you months of hunting down product samples and other research, and prevent some potentially messy missteps. What's more, the decorator can do everything from simply acting as a sounding board for your ideas to undertaking more involved work, like buying paint and fabric, scheduling an installation and even supervising the job.
Your contractor and interior decorator must work closely together. So begin by choosing a decorator your contractor likes, preferably someone with experience on your type of project. A pro who specializes in new construction or commercial space might not be equipped to integrate an addition with the rest of your house.
A good interior decorator will save you months of hunting down product samples and other research, and prevent some potentially messy missteps. What's more, the decorator can do everything from simply acting as a sounding board for your ideas to undertaking more involved work, like buying paint and fabric, scheduling an installation and even supervising the job.
Your contractor and interior decorator must work closely together. So begin by choosing a decorator your contractor likes, preferably someone with experience on your type of project. A pro who specializes in new construction or commercial space might not be equipped to integrate an addition with the rest of your house.
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The White House Daylesford...
Hello again :) I know it's been ages since my last blog I sincerely apologise for that. I hope you're all well :) I've moved house and I'm currently busy renovating and decorating my new bedroom. I'll post pics when I'm finished if it turns out how I picture it in my mind hehe. The look I am trying to achieve is inspired from Claudia Strasser's The Paris Apartment book. Needlessly to say I am going to town with the girly goodness! ;)
The reason for this blog is I received my copy of the july/august issue of Vogue Living and I was so thrilled to finally see the stunning weekend cottage of one of my favourite designers, Mz Lyn Gardener.
6 months ago, after featuring her gorgeous home and vintage store, Empire Vintage in Melbourne, I received an unexpected, lovely email from Mz Gardener telling me the exciting news of her new country cottage she was renovating at the time.
This cosy weekender is very different from her girly chic warehouse apartment I'm sure you're all familiar with and adore as much as I do, but equally as beautiful. Mz Gardener has successfully catered for both sexes by going for a more industrial vintage look. Most of the items were purchased either at flea markets or salvage stores.
The library has one wall covered in a handpainted wallpaper by Deborah Browness, depicting rows of books. A very clever use of a small space.
I especially love the kitchen with it's open timber shelves and blackboard wall.
No Gardener home would be complete without her signature clawfoot bath :)
Simple but very enticing. I love those white shutters!
An old garden shed was converted to seperate guest room.
I absolutely love it! It's the perfect mix of city meets country and old meets new. I'll definitely be adding The White House Daylesford to my list of places to stay. Thank you Lyn for creating such a treasure for us to enjoy :)
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