Kyle Schuneman

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 by KiM


Kyle Schuneman is a hot new interior designer out of Los Angeles who is taking the design scene by storm. Get this – he’s only 22 years old. And it turns out he has been a fan of our blog for a while. 🙂 Here’s a bit of info on this cutie:

  • his designs have been showcased on HGTV (Home and Garden), DIY (Do-It-Yourself), and The Style Network.
  • He designed his first television show, “Creative Juice”, at age 20 and helped launch it to the HGTV show it is today to receive many Emmy Nominations and a huge fan following.
  • he has expanded his work into prop styling working for companies like Lipton and magazines like Ty Pennington At Home.
  • starting his design company, Live Well Designs, he wants to project his mantra of “Be You. Live You. Live Well.” to the rest of the world and sees himself creating a lifestyle brand of how to live in sexy and chic environments by making bold choices that project the individual and unique style of the person who inhabits them.
  • he recently signed with John Paradise of the Paradise Group to represent his business ventures going forward and is already pitching around his own design show that would make him the youngest designer ever to have his own show.

Impressive right? His work is impressive in it’s own right. The proof is in the photos below.




More Joe Schmelzer

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 by KiM

Photographer Joe Schmelzer, whom I posted about back in February, wrote the other day to let us know he has added some new photos to his website. They are as fabulous as the photos I posted last time, so how could I say no? He also gave us a heads-up on an interior designer we haven’t posted before, so stay tuned for that post later today.





HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 by KiM

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers out there. This is the biggest party day of the year here in Ottawa (the capital of the country – NO it is NOT Toronto), so I have a couple of options of what to do today. The photo below is one. A trip downtown to hang out with hundreds of thousands of people and watch the fireworks.

Then there is option B, as seen below. Hang out at my parent’s place (Rancho Relaxo as we often call it) and get some soooo-not-good-for-you-but-badly-needed sun. This may be an easy choice.

Coffee table conundrum

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 by KiM

A reader wrote in wondering what to do for a coffee table and has a couple requirements – she doesn’t want 2 smaller tables and her other half doesn’t want glass. I’ve been in the same predicament for several months now, and can’t seem to find anything suitable, although I will probably go for glass or acrylic since my room is so small. I think coffee tables are a perfect place to add a little bit of the unexpected – a bit of colour, a different style to the rest of the space, a bit of quirkiness….you can really do anything. Since our reader already has a blend of styles in her living room – a sofa (contemporary casual – Crate and Barrel-like), chairs (modern), side table (antique mahogany parlor table), and lamp (Tiffany-style), then why not spice things up? I am loving Moroccan tea tables at the moment as a great way to inject a little bit of ethnicity. Or perhaps something Asian flavoured? Below are a wide range of styles for some ideas.

Lynn Morgan Sköna hem
Sköna hem Ted Yarwood
Jack Levy Rebecca Bradley
Jay Jeffers Country Home
Jeff Herron Gaelle Le Boulicaut
Domino Domino
Fotene Design Location Works
Andrea Larsson Aero Studios
Robert Stilin Urban Spaces
Cabinet Jean Louis Deniot Homes & Gardens

A retro renovation

Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 by KiM

Pam of Retro Renovation wrote the other day about a blast-from-the-past mid-century modern home she posted and I loved it so much I decided to post it today instead of doing my typical Flickr finds.

This 1962 home is owned by Greg McKinney and is located in Granada Hills, California. Like Pam, I really like the use of grasscloth on the walls, pops of orange throughout the spaces and the incredible vintage lighting. What a fabulous job you’ve done Greg! And thanks Pam for sharing this with us!