Faith Sheridan has my husband's favorite colors: Malachite and I call it a cinnamon.
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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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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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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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Colorful Armchair
unique-artistic outdoor furniture
unique-artistic outdoor furniture detail visit http;//javabali.info
Cool Applied Modular
Modern Interiors - Specht Harpman
Modern Interiors - Specht Harpman as seen on plastolux
Normal Room's curving deck wall via Apartment Therapy
The wood deck for your home. It's a good use of the space in the garden. It's suitable for one who don't have much time to maintain the garden so build the deck.
Blue and brown living room : Yellow accents and modern art
Love the chocolate velvet and bold splashes of yellow. Park Avenue living room designed by Pappas Miron. Photo from www.pappasmiron.com.
Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor
Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor, originally uploaded by xJavierx.
Pale gray living room + built-in bookshelves: Benjamin Moore 'Winter Solstice', from Elle Decor
In the office of Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos’ Washington D.C. home, walls are painted Winter Solstice by Benjamin Moore. The table and chairs are flea-market finds and the mirror is from the Brimfield Antiques Fair.
Interior design by Elizabeth Martin. Photo by Simon Upton, Elle Décor, May 2009.
Facundo Poj : Concept To Prototype
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Remember the January post titled Facundo Poj Design? Argentinian Facundo who now makes his home in Miami, has just released a video on the whole process of the aztec stool & wine rack from concept to prototype in just over 3 minutes. Naturally, the design is facilitated with a nice bottle of red wine and a cigarette.
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ARTFUL ARRANGEMENTS
Framed artworks and mirrors bring a bathroom to life, making every visit to the room an extra special experience. Tiles and bathroom furniture act as stenography. Black mosaic tiles on the walls and floor, combined with exclusively simple, white bathroom products create a slightly bare, but simultaneously warm and intimate background.
Find more on www.gustavsberg.com
Tour Of Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery
Beverly gives a tour of Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery in Portland's Pearl.
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Sofa's Durability Depends On Fabric
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Kara Pierce, Senior Design Consultant at The Sofa Company, has written an article titled How to Test My Sofa’s Upholstery Fabric Durability and Strength.
How exactly is a fabric’s durability measured? Most fabrics go by one of two test methods, known as Wyzenbeek and Martindale, to give the fabric an “abrasion” or “double rub” rating. Essentially, the fabric is pulled tight and rubbed in two directions by a standard weight fabric; if two yarn breaks occur, or if noticeable wear is observed, at that point the number of rubs is recorded as the abrasion rating. 30,000 double rubs is considered minimum durability for commercial use; hotels, conference rooms, etc. Between 30,000 and 100,000 is considered heavy duty. Although these tests are only used as tools for predicting wear, it can help when looking at fabrics, to know that the higher the abrasion rating number is, the better it performed on the durability test.
At Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery you will notice that most of the Sherrill fabrics have a "wearability" rating from Heavy and Medium to Light. The Duralee fabrics carry a durabilty rating and the samples will have a "double rub" rating.
It's important for your satisfaction with our furniture that you pair the durability of the fabric with its use. You wouldn't want to use a linen fabric, for example, in the den where the kids wrestle. You also wouldn't want to use a lower quality sofa or chair in a room that gets heavy use.
In our store we have sofas with different price points, different styles and fabrics that can be ordered to fit your needs.
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Nick Olsen And First Time Design Mistakes
The Washington Post, today, carries an article about Nick Olsen, interior designer and writer for defunct Domino mag, about first-time design mistakes. He lists six:
Being afraid to paint. - "If you're not willing to paint, you're really not willing to do much in terms of decorating. Being safe will get in the way of good design."
Hanging one print or mirror in the center of a wall - I once knew a bachelor that had mustard, catsup, fuzzy ice cubes in his freezer and a small print exactly centered on his eight by forty foot wall.
Hanging rectangular mirrors on the horizontal. - "I think it brings the eye down and makes any room low and stumpy." Oh my God! I have that going on in our dining room (but the room is small and longer than its wide).
Buying area rugs that are too small. - We should all know by now that no part of a dining room table and chairs should fall outside the dimensions of the rug.
Not taking care with lighting choices. - "Chintzy lamps are a big pet peeve of mine. The big box sofa can disappear, but the big plastic-y lamp will stick out like a sore thumb."
Getting too-bright bulbs. - Nick recommends nothing over forty watts and that's great for ambience, but my husband insists that the living room and den have 100 watts for reading.
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Modern wallpaper
Modern wallpaper: Blue & brown floral textured metallic print
Lasari Flock by Romo. Photo from romofabrics.com.
Modern wallpaper
Modern wallpaper: Blue & brown floral textured metallic print
Lasari Flock by Romo. Photo from romofabrics.com.
Neutral paint color living room
Walls are painted Grant Beige by Benjamin Moore. Upholstered furniture from Arhaus. Console, coffee, and end tables and upholstered cube ottomans from West Elm. Z Gallerie trellis pillows. Horchow gourd lamp and Crate & Barrel decorative bowl.
Photo from decorpad.com
Photo from decorpad.com
What To Look For In A Sofa
In this viseo shot at Landfair Furniture + Design gallery, the owner Beverly Landfair explains the "sit" in a sofa and what to look for when shopping for a sofa:
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HGTV reveals the identities of 'HGTV Design Star' fourth-season cast - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
HGTV reveals the identities of 'HGTV Design Star' fourth-season cast - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
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Minimalist Bathroom Interior Design
Minimalist Bathroom Interior Design
Minimalism requires a specific kind of perfection because everything in a minimalist space is totally exposed -- whether you have a small powder room or large master bath. The most important rule: Maximize any available space. While the minimalist style gets its beauty from simple lines, it can easily accommodate a seductive curve or two. Walls, floors, ceilings and any other surfaces, whether vertical (such as the shower enclosure or cabinet doors) or horizontal (such as shelving, and sinks and their surrounds or supporting counters), must be clean, crisp and as uninterrupted as possible.Following this philosophy, some bathroom manufacturers offer space-saving and style-enhancing designs such as sleek wall-mounted fittings and fixtures. For example, Porcher’s collection of European-inspired, minimalist designs makes the most of any space. Porcher’s Nemea, by Italian artist and designer Enzo Mari, features a sharply angled ceramic sink and elegant ceramic shelves, with or without a towel bar, that hang like a cantilever off the wall. By focusing on your bathroom’s space and geometry, you’re ready to create an interior that’s simple and serene.
Midnight blue living room and white accents
Midnight blue walls offset a stylish cream sofa from Sofa Workshop, Josephine Ryan taupe armchair and white painted side table to create a cozy yet sophisticated living room. A simple blind and a well-placed mirror maximize light. Choosing accessories that echo the room's main color helps bridge the gap between the dark walls and pale furnishings.
From Homes and Gardens, Jan. 2006.
From Homes and Gardens, Jan. 2006.
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