Weekenders
Posted by Michele | Filed under Accessories, Art, Bed and Bath, Flooring, Furniture, Interior Design, Lighting, Weekenders, What's New
Dave is off on a little sabatical so I’m taking over on Weekenders. My mind set this week will be focused on sophistication for miscellaneous interior design products and art. You won’t find these in the 99 Cents stores. They are a few steps above in quality.
Home Portfolio - This is one of the best sites I’ve seen for search engines on interior and exterior design solutions. Nice layout as well.
Boyd Lighting - Following that link above I found this lighting manufacturer. Very sophisticated.
Sharon Courtney - For the pianist or opera singer, this mixed media of photography and art is terrific.
Bodum Drinkware - For the hot summers coming up, chill your heat away with this line of double wall glassware.
Debage - This is not my cup of tea but if you want to be a Queen for the Day, the bedding is right out of the Rococco period. Not great for hot flashes, I presume.
John Prince - Plays croquet and paints! Very talented man!
Gus Modern - For those who love the lean modern furnishings, this is simply that.
Giving Tree - The most luxurious linens around. Wow! I’d love to feel what 1020 count sheets feel like. Just might have to save up my pennies.
Green Feet - Save the earth! Bamboo Disposable plates and utensils. Group your table setting with the tumblers above from Bodium and you’ll have great conversation pieces for your next outdoor party.
Wilshire Garden - Time to replace the mailbox. How about a copper one?
Happy shopping and have a great weekend!
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A Local Plug
Posted by dc | Filed under What's New
Albeit very brief, local journalist and friend Ron Gonzales of the Orange County Register posted up a quick link to us. Thanks for the plug Ron! You can check it out at OCRegister.com under “Who’s Blogging in your area?”
On behalf of Michele, I’m going to go on record and let all our readers know that Orange County has been the mainstay of her design business. She’s extremely grateful for all her clients, past and present, and hopes that 2008 brings a lot more opportunity to help local families improve their homes. Even though she calls the OC her home, don’t ever try to hold her down. She’s gone long distances to help people with their homes, even as far as Canada to help one other blogger out. Of course that was a virtual consultation done with both email and video mail.
The virtual consultation was an experiment that went so well, together we’re developing a method of bringing it to the masses. No more borders for interior design. Once the development is finished, we’ll talk about it more here and hopefully get some brave souls to make the journey with us.
The Big Move - Final Days
Posted by Michele | Filed under What's New
What a whirlwind I’ve been in. I’ve been in the process of moving my office back home and these last few days have been really hectic. The immense amount of design ephemera collected over the years is just amazing. I knew I was collecting stuff but now I feel like the biggest rat in the pack. I truly am but as an artist and designer, you never know when you might need something for clients or for my artistic stuff. I can make something out of nothing. That’s the problem because that nothing always becomes a giant stack of something
With color consultation, I’ve got piles of paint samples, wood tones, tile, stone and more all over the office. That’s all great but anyone can collect junk. My goal is to turn that junk into a style that reflects my client’s goal for their home; inner beauty or soul of the home, you might say.
Someone might be a minimalist, certainly not me at this present moment, despite my large library of books on minimalism. I’ve also created a huge morgue of dead materials after researching over the years, things that inspired me at first but eventually went by the wayside. However, I can go back to that morgue and may find exactly what I need for a new client’s color board. It usually makes the biggest impact when I ‘m trying to show a specific style and theme for the home.
Musicians and artists usually want very eclectic surroundings. Traditional surroundings need a certain push towards the contemporary and again, a little mix with very traditional is a surprise element. Transitional is much easier as it leaves the doors open to swing either way.
So, I just cant pull myself to throw away all of what I’ve collected in my library, and files, and files on color and styles of rooms; I just can’t do it. I need them, but if I’m going to keep them I now need to decide where to put everything. Maybe I should have it all scanned and archived.
Naw! It’s much more fun flipping the pages. I enjoy that.
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