Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Drab to FAB!
I know, I KNOW.... you have waited long enough. Drumroll please.....My dear friends, here is the Drab to Fab Studio in DCity!
Please Note: These photos were taken before I started blogging, so the staging is not the best (and I know that!) I was just snapping "look what we accomplished photos". Plus I was exhausted,(2 sleepness nights on a futon) AND my fingers hurt from upholstering, and putting together an entire apartment full of furniture!!!!, It really is a miracle that I took photos at all! Oh, and did I mention this was all done right after the DC Snowmagedden??? That accounts for the white glare out of the window...all SNOW! 2 feet of snow everywhere!
As always, there are a few things I would change or move around, I don't think anything is ever REALLY finished...but I think an awesome result nontheless.
TADA!
DRAB TO FAB!
There are a couple of things that were not accomplished. I left these things up to my sis to finish. Including a stripe down the wall as you enter the apartment.
This project was accomplished by Erin on a rainy weekend day...and I have to say it does look great. The wall was such a blank expansive space, it ties it all together, infuses a bit of color without being too garish.
I have to say it was such a fun weekend, and if I could do this ALL the time I would be one happy mamma! I will have to work on that:)
The kitchen, eating area, and bath are for the next weekend in DCity...I CAN'T WAIT!
Please Note: These photos were taken before I started blogging, so the staging is not the best (and I know that!) I was just snapping "look what we accomplished photos". Plus I was exhausted,(2 sleepness nights on a futon) AND my fingers hurt from upholstering, and putting together an entire apartment full of furniture!!!!, It really is a miracle that I took photos at all! Oh, and did I mention this was all done right after the DC Snowmagedden??? That accounts for the white glare out of the window...all SNOW! 2 feet of snow everywhere!
As always, there are a few things I would change or move around, I don't think anything is ever REALLY finished...but I think an awesome result nontheless.
TADA!
DRAB TO FAB!
Isn't that rug so gorgeous???. The turquoise, burnt orange, and brown...this set the tone for the whole design. Vintage, modern with contemporary twist, I THINK SO!
The orchid is a nice little bit of green, (I love orchids in any space, and contrary to popular belief they are not THAT hard to keep alive.) Every home needs a little bit of life, REAL flowers or plants are a necessity!
There are a couple of things that were not accomplished. I left these things up to my sis to finish. Including a stripe down the wall as you enter the apartment.
This project was accomplished by Erin on a rainy weekend day...and I have to say it does look great. The wall was such a blank expansive space, it ties it all together, infuses a bit of color without being too garish.
I have to say it was such a fun weekend, and if I could do this ALL the time I would be one happy mamma! I will have to work on that:)
The kitchen, eating area, and bath are for the next weekend in DCity...I CAN'T WAIT!
IKEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you haven't been to IKEA, (which I had not until this trip) you are in for a treat, and carpel tunnel after you finish putting the furniture together:) I did not realize IKEA = putting a sofa and everything else together, but we did and it was oh so worth it, and a bit empowering. IKEA has proven that Design on a Budget is totally possible. Infusing vintage pieces (ie, bent wood chairs, persian rug, vintage chair and lamp) makes this out of the box furniture much more personal, and less 'out of the box' (literally!)
+
EXPEDIT
Bookcase
$69.99
+
STRIND
Coffee table
$99.99
+
AINA
Pair of curtains
$49.99
+
LACK
Side table
$7.99
+
FLOKATI Rug,
high pile
$29.99
(plus a few other things that I can't find on the IKEA website, ie zebra throw, sheer curtains, and the exact green curtains.)
All loaded onto one out of control cart...
=
ONE FAB STUDIO...
STAY TUNED.
Georgia O’Keeffe's Ghost Ranch
Many of you must have heard of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, she was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones, and landscapes.
The artist’s house at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico is where she spent each summer and fall of most of the last 40 years of her long and prolific life. (She died in 1986 at the age of 98.). Some years ago it was restored to its original 1940s appearance, based on photographs from the period.
Adobe fireplaces and walls, and the viga-and-latilla ceilings typical of New Mexican adobe-style architecture, endow the house with a welcoming, earthy intimacy.
“To me it is the best place in the world,” O’Keeffe (at 94) said of Ghost Ranch. “It has always been secluded and solitary. When I first went there, it was only one house with one room—which had a ghost living in it.”
O’Keeffe would climb the ladder to the roof, where she often slept.
The kitchen and breakfast room feature viga-and-latilla ceilings and windows that open onto the high-desert landscape.
As elsewhere in the house, rocks, shells and bones collected by the artist on her walks line shelves in the dining room. Chinese chairs surround the plain plywood table. The simple, U-shaped adobe structure was built in the 1930s; it now sits on approximately 12 acres.
From the breakfast room, O’Keeffe could look north to the pump house.
Her Untitled (Red and Yellow Cliffs) dates from 1940, the year she bought the property. It pictures the view from her window.
The studio at Ghost Ranch remained an austere space with few furnishings. “I thought the ranch would be good for me because nothing can grow here and I wouldn’t be able to use up my time gardening,” she said.
The Le Corbusier–style lounge chair in the studio is original to the house.
The house, with Cerro Pedernal in the distance.
All images and information from Architectural Digest.
The artist’s house at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico is where she spent each summer and fall of most of the last 40 years of her long and prolific life. (She died in 1986 at the age of 98.). Some years ago it was restored to its original 1940s appearance, based on photographs from the period.
Adobe fireplaces and walls, and the viga-and-latilla ceilings typical of New Mexican adobe-style architecture, endow the house with a welcoming, earthy intimacy.
“To me it is the best place in the world,” O’Keeffe (at 94) said of Ghost Ranch. “It has always been secluded and solitary. When I first went there, it was only one house with one room—which had a ghost living in it.”
O’Keeffe would climb the ladder to the roof, where she often slept.
The kitchen and breakfast room feature viga-and-latilla ceilings and windows that open onto the high-desert landscape.
As elsewhere in the house, rocks, shells and bones collected by the artist on her walks line shelves in the dining room. Chinese chairs surround the plain plywood table. The simple, U-shaped adobe structure was built in the 1930s; it now sits on approximately 12 acres.
From the breakfast room, O’Keeffe could look north to the pump house.
Her Untitled (Red and Yellow Cliffs) dates from 1940, the year she bought the property. It pictures the view from her window.
The studio at Ghost Ranch remained an austere space with few furnishings. “I thought the ranch would be good for me because nothing can grow here and I wouldn’t be able to use up my time gardening,” she said.
The Le Corbusier–style lounge chair in the studio is original to the house.
The house, with Cerro Pedernal in the distance.
All images and information from Architectural Digest.
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