Displaying posts from July, 2009

HUGE SALE!!!!

Posted on Tue, 7 Jul 2009 by KiM

Just wanted to give you all a bit of a heads-up on something coming up. Modernica is having a huge warehouse sale on July 18th. It was voted the best modern furniture sale by LA Magazine last year. This year’s sale will be twice as big! They’re offering a football field sized warehouse of modern treasures to fulfill your design dreams. Purchase Modernica’s Case Study units, daybeds with unique upholstery (OH I WANT ONE!!), fiberglass rockers (OH YEAH!) and bubble lamps at the lowest prices of the year. Other featured guests will include clothing designers, antique dealers, djs, the Green Truck, Don Chow Taco Truck, Scratch Lounge and more.
Where: 7th & Alameda
When: Saturday, July 18
From: 10am – 4pm
**NOTE: Sale will also be available online (7am-7pm PST – select items only)!!


Coburn Architecture

Posted on Tue, 7 Jul 2009 by KiM

Quite some time ago I blogged about the architecture and interior design firm of Coburn Architecture. I adore their practical and youthful approach to the spaces they design. And I desperately want the sink in the first photo for my bathroom.

Paddington perfect

Posted on Tue, 7 Jul 2009 by midcenturyjo


Serendipitous. That’s what it is when you find a house featured in a favourite magazine (Inside Out), check their digital teaser (dammit not there) resign yourself to not sharing and then an email from the owner pops up in your in box. Matt Eastwood turned an ugly 80s ducking into this bright white swan. Project managing it he removed walls, joining rooms and creating the perfect space for his well curated collection of design classics. Matt you’re in the wrong business! Interior design calls. Check out all of Matt’s inspirations on his blog things i have seen.

Kathy Dalwood

Posted on Mon, 6 Jul 2009 by KiM

Want to see how much fun some bold colours and patterns can bring to a space? Check out the work below by British interior designer and sculptor Kathy Dalwood. Love the eclectic vintage vibe and the saturated colours.

Maggi’s DIY+

Posted on Mon, 6 Jul 2009 by midcenturyjo

It’s our next reader’s makeover as guest blogger and interior designer Jason Martin helps Maggi with her Brooklyn apartment. Maggi is looking for something unique and interesting for the space. I’m loving the “to and fro” conversations in these e-consultations and once again Jason has come up with some great ideas!. Remember Maggi does the “DIY” after Jason adds the “+”.


Maggi emailed…

Wow! Exciting! Here are the top three things on my apartment wish list:

1. I would like to create a more interesting arrangement of space in my apartment. I have three almost exactly equal-sized rooms with doorways between each (very symmetrical!). The space itself is pretty boring architecturally and I’d like to avoid mimicking that symmetry in the furniture arrangement. I would like to do something really unique and interesting with the space. If possible, I want it to be both dramatic and cozy.

2. I need to do something with my windows. There are seven of them and right now they are naked: a wasted opportunity, for sure.

3. I want everything to have a place and for that place to be (mostly) inside drawers and behind doors. I don’t need to see the visual clutter of my everyday “stuff”. I want the focus to be on the art and furniture instead.

By the way, the reason I didn’t send pictures of my bedroom is because that’s the one room I haven’t yet done anything with so it tends to be the dumping ground for all of the crap I need to sort through, file, hang up, etc. (Embarrassing and unattractive!)

Floor Plan


… and from Maggi’s inspiration files


Jason’s notes

Maggi,

You have such a wide range of artwork and activities going on in your small space that I think the best advice I can give you is how to make the apartment functional and efficient while still interesting. You need a home that can act as backdrop and not compete with what is going on in the space.

I think you could create a more interesting arrangement of your space by balancing the overall symmetry of the apartment with some asymmetry in each of the rooms. Build from the architecture out. The apartment doesn’t have much existing architecture so you have to create it. Here are my suggestions:

1. Create a sense of Enfilade with the doorways.
2. Unify the rooms with a consistent idea.
3. Create defined functions for each space

Create an “Enfilade”

Unify the rooms with a consistent idea

A low living space

Storage/office space

Dining Room

Bedroom Ideas- clean, simple, warm

So what do you think? I love the low sofa suggestion from Jason. It’s my latest sofa crush the Togo from Ligne Roset. Next week is Jason’s last guest post and it promises to be absolutely fabulous! Thanks again Jason for all your wonderful ideas!