We are excited to announce that we have added a new visual device to our virtual tool-box! The beauty of hand-drawn interior and architectural renderings has joined forces with our 3D animated walk-throughs and photo-quality 3D renderings.
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From a marketing and viral perspective, these renderings can be emailed to your client and each rendering can be stamped with your firm’s information. Clients think of these renderings as “eye candy” and cannot wait to forward them on to friends and family. As a result, your information is spreading like wildfire with the renderings of the beautiful design that you are going to produce.
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credit: GDM
Martha or Alexandra can answer any questions and work with you on how renderings can help you build your bottom line.
Well, the almost ubiquitous, of-this-very-moment trend of the refashioned beanbag, otherwise known as the pouf, continues to gain strength and attention. Why not switch it up, with something a bit more outre and a lot more fun!
Well, last week’s post was about gorgeous new wallcoverings, and the week before, I focused on mid-century modern furniture refashioned for this century, and this week, let’s stir them up and see what happens!
The new collection from Sanderson-UK combines their own archival designs, as well as fresh, new work from contemporary artists with a flair for the era.
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Dandelion Clocks in 6 colorways.
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Mobiles in 5 colorways.
Bradbury & Bradbury, well-known for the beautiful collections of Victorian and Arts & Crafts era papers, have turned their artisanal eye towards a modern aesthetic, encompassing Art Deco, Post-War, the Atomic Age and the Mod-Generation.
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Gee-Gee in 3 colorways.
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Googieland in 4 colorways.
A new collection by Miss Print, through Lucy Rose Design, has recently caught my eye in a big way. The mother/daughter design team prints on papers derived from sustainable forests with organic pigment inks, which are non-toxic.
The newest product offering from the artisans at Galbraith & Paul, brings the beauty of their signature textiles to wallcoverings. Designed by Liz Galbraith and printed in their Philadelphia studio, the textures and patterns are brought to exquisite life, with both new and existing designs in a fresh array of colorways.
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credit: Galbraith & Paul
Galbraith & Paul Wallpaper is printed to order in custom panel sizes, on Class A Fire-Rated paper. The wallpapers have been rated Grade 5 in the Colorfastness to Light Test, conforming to commercial drapery standards for no fading. They are easy to apply and lightly spongeable. Galbraith & Paul wallpapers are available to the trade.
We’ve been receiving panicked reports from friends and families in the Midwest and Northeast–of 6-foot snow piles, buried cars, closed roads and freezing temperatures. While we sympathize with everyone hassled by this record-breaking blizzard, we didn’t want to miss an opportunity to share a fitting martini recipe:
Sparkly white.
Snow Storm Martini
Ingredients:
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
1 oz. White creme de cacao
Crushed ice
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill and strain into a martini glass filled with crushed ice. Enjoy!
Clean, spare, modern, timeless. Whether these pieces are reissues, reinterpretations or completely original, they look to the past for design inspiration while embracing current trends and desires. These are truly the “comfort food” for the homes of the boomer generation, but have found a whole new audience with the X’s and Y’s.
The chaise by Thos. Moser is an ode to Alvar Aalto’s tubular frame relaxer of an earlier era.
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The “Papa Bear” or “Teddy Bear” chair as designed by Hans Wegner is just right, and available through Digs Showroom in a range of finishes and fabrics.
It’s almost the end of January―are you keeping up with your new years resolutions? If you’ve been successful so far, here’s some motivation to continue―and if not, this guy might inspire you to start:
Shushing our sweet bundles of joy towards a peaceful, dreamy sleep, would be ever so much easier if they were to lay their little heads in these fanciful cribs and cradles.
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The Princess Coach Iron Crib is a fairy-tale fantasy brought to life by Posh Tots.
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Asian tranquility is beautifully realized in the Emperor Canopy Crib available through Lil Sophisticate.
When it’s cold, there’s no better way to enjoy the great indoors than curling up and reading a good book. If you’re not reading anything right now, hopefully we can inspire you with some of our suggestions.
Here are our answers to: “What are you reading right now?”
“I just finished The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I am obsessed with it, which is evident from the photocopies that I made of certain sections to hand out to our team. While I can’t imagine ever wanting to work only 4 hours a week, I learned so much and it’s changed the way I view my work priorities and actions.” – Alexandra Gibson
“I’ve been enjoying my new Kobo eReader. The next book to read on it is The 4-Hour Workweek since Alexandra can’t stop raving about it.” – Amanda Butterworth
