Coburn Architecture

Posted on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 by KiM

Coburn Architecture has a fabulous portfolio on their website…so good because it seems they also specialize in interior design. The rooms featured are decorated with such great colours and furniture, without alot of attention focused on any sort of obvious architectural features. The first 2 photos below are my favourites. I think it’s totally brilliant to make a cozy desk area out of an otherwise unusable space.

Gramercy Park Hotel

Posted on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 by KiM

Ian Schrager’s Gramercy Park Hotel is located in New York and was designed by artist Julian Schnabel. The rooms have a bohemian Spanish feel to them and are swathed in jewel-like tones of pinks, blues and greens. What an amazing experience it must be to spend a night there.

Gotta love cranberry velvet

Posted on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 by KiM

OK, maybe some of you don’t care for cranberry velvet but when I saw this couch on Craigslist I had to have it. My boyfriend and his friend picked it up for me tonight. (Thanks guys!) It was advertised as a Bauhaus sofa but that term seems to be used so loosely I figured that meant the style was Bauhaus. Turns out it is actually made by Bauhaus because it’s printed all over the fabric under the seat cushions. I really have no idea what that means – if the $80 my boyfriend paid for this was a steal of the century or not. If anyone out there knows any details of Bauhaus furniture, please share…I’m very curious. (P.S. My green wall sadly will have to go.)

Mark Christofi

Posted on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 by KiM

Mark Christofi has been designing interiors for over 25 years and began his own firm (Mark Christofi Interiors) in 1995. He has “a fresh style that juxtaposes traditional and classical elements with unexpected contemporary accents”. Bold, a little off-the-wall whimsical and eclectic is what I make of the following photos from his portfolio…including one of the wackiest wall graphic paint techniques I’ve ever seen.

Miles Redd

Posted on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 by KiM

I happened across Miles Redd’s website recently and realized, much to my astonishment, that we have never done a post on this brilliant designer. Forget brilliant, he’s a design GENIUS. The KING of vignettes. I don’t even know what to say….just have a look below at some of my favourite photos from his portfolio because they speak for themselves. And they speak loudly.