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Headed to #KBIS2013 New Orleans
Be sure to stop by and say hello!
Friday Kitchen Find | Outdoor Dishwasher {WHAT? this I gotta see...}
The Friday Kitchen find is, yes you read it right, an Outdoor, and yes I said "Outdoor", Dishwasher!
{ Who knew? }
Outdoor living spaces, and especially outdoor kitchens, are becoming the norm in luxury homes. Everyone is spending more time at home and with the way we are now living in our homes, entertaining in our homes and nesting in our homes, we are most definitely spending more time in the outdoor spaces around our home. And why shouldn't your outdoor kitchen have the same luxuries as your indoor kitchen?
Remember when you had your last cookout and afterwards you and all of your guests carried the plates, pots and pans indoors to be put in the dishwasher? Those days are a thing of the past. Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet™, the leading manufacturer of high-end outdoor kitchen equipment, makes doing barbecue dishes easy and faster with an outdoor dishwasher specifically made to work outside. Able to withstand the harshness of the elements, it features a unique wash system designed to clean dishes that have been sitting outdoors or pots and pans that have been over the fire of a grill.
photo credit Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet
KBIS Design Studios | Today's Tomorrows
I am headed to the annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, more commonly referred to as KBIS. It is the trade show of all trade shows for the Kitchen and Bath Industry.
I am one of eight designers, from across the country, invited to participate in KBIS Design Studios. Powered by QueX Technology we will be demonstrating QueX's new concept called the QueX Experimential Showroom. It is sort of like Today's Tomorrow.....where we are and where we are going...a way to change the engagement of design professionals, their clients and the products they design, specify and sell.
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| Cheryl Kees Clendenon, Corey Klassen, Carmen Christensen, Andie Day, Lori Gilder, Meredith Heron, Tyler Wisler, Susan Serra |
The eight of us were asked to design a space based on our interpretation to meet the generational lifestyle of Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millennials. I was given the challenge to create and design an Outdoor Living space based on my interpretation of the Generation X lifestyle.
Technology is evolving the way we design and how we do business with our clients. This is a great opportunity to experience first hand a new and exciting way to evolve my business. How are you evolving?
The Kick Off Event – Beignets and Bubbly
The KBIS Design Studio space will host a Beignets & Bubbly Tweet Up, to introduce the designers and the demonstrations to bloggers and general media on day one of the show.
10:30am-12:00 noon
April 19
KBIS Design Studio Space 3352
My Eye on Design ~ Hanging Chair
This hanging chair caught my eye and I just had to share...a fun, modern, very stylish hanging chair by Spanish designer Alberto Sanchez of MUT design studio & atelier. What a great place to sit and read a book. I hope to see it in person when I attend Dwell on Design in L.A. in a few months.
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| photo credit www.mutdesign.com |
Friday Kitchen Find | Easy Open Cabinets
As a designer, a homeowner and a lover of all things kitchen I am always on the lookout for ways to make a kitchen the most efficient and functional space. Even though everyone uses their kitchen in a way that suits their personal needs, some simple things can make easy work of simple tasks. Blum's Servo-Drive system does exactly that. It makes opening and closing of cabinet doors and drawers easy and effortless with a simple light touch. The silent opening and closing action allows for ease of movement and function.
Check out this great video and see for yourself...
photo credits blum.com
DESIGN | INSPIRATION | NATURE
It is hard not to be inspired by the beauty of nature. I took this photo because the variation of color in the leaves contrasted against the tree trunks captured my attention. It is in moments like this that give pause to a day and remind me how blessed I am to have seen it and how excited I am to have captured it so that I can share it with you. What inspires you?
(photo credit ~ Carmen Christensen)
Wallpaper Wednesday | Given Campbell
In March 2011, I connected with Given Campbell on twitter, and it was there I discovered that Given is a custom wallpaper designer. So I, via twitter and email, asked Given if I could do a post about her wallpaper. She graciously agreed and I did a Wallpaper Wednesday post in March of 2011, about a commemorative wallpaper design she had recently completed --> click here to read
OK, so long story slightly shorter, I recently attended an industry event in Tampa and started a conversation with another attendee, Given Campbell....conversation - "what do you do?" "what do I do?" "are you in the design business?" "I'm a designer" "Oh I am a wallpaper designer" "Nice to meet you, oh hey I have a design blog and I do a wallpaper wednesday piece maybe I could get your card and do a post about you and your company?" "Sure yeah, that would be great" Exchange of cards... blah blah blah....Then the program event began. I then looked at her business card and all of a sudden...ding ding ding...(conversation in my head...."I think I know this name, it seems familar, let me check, oh hey is this the) I took out my phone did a quick search on my website and there it was, Given Campbell Wallpaper Wednesday Post that I had done in March of 2011. How cool to finally meet in person, and so funny we didn't put the pieces together right away....when the event presenation ended we were able to speak again, have a good laugh and comment "what a small world".
And that brings me to my Question and Answer interview with Given to tell you more about who she is and what a really unique and amazing wallpaper company she has...
Q&A ~ Given Campbell
How long have you been
in business?
"I opened my business Given Campbell in 2005"
Who is your typical
customer?
"Usually I deal
with Interior Designers but I do work directly with the homeowner from time to
time"
Can you give me a short
bio about you, your experience and what
brought you to become a wallpaper designer?
brought you to become a wallpaper designer?
"In 1999 I decided
to pull up stakes and move to Florida. It was really a spur of the moment
decision. I wanted a career as an artist and I didn't think it would happen if
I didn't shake things up a bit. I needed a total life reboot. Three months
later I was working for The Walt Disney Company. But, as much as I loved
Disney, I realized that I wanted and needed something that was totally my own. I
felt that if I didn't just go for it, I might never get things off the ground.
The timing was more of a gut feeling, so in 2002 I left the company and struck
out on my own."
"I realized that
wallpaper was making a dramatic comeback and I began exploring the idea of
creating my own line of wallpaper. An ardent fan of Interior Design, I fell in
love with the creativity and unlimited design options that wallpaper offers,
and I quickly became hooked on the idea of designing my own line. There aren’t
a lot of books that tell you how to break into the wallpaper business so I just
followed my gut and figured it out as I went along."
What do you consider to
be your style?
"I don’t really
have a name for my style but if I had to choose one, I would call my style
Kaleidoscopic. My style is bold and bright and daring but not so out-there that
it can’t go in any room in the house. I once heard designer Connie Dirvin
describe it as “the night club meets the country club” and I love that. I think
it is the perfect description. I also design conceptually, by taking an idea,
however abstract, and creating a group of patterns around it that relate to
that specific concept. I am always challenging myself to come up with something
new and different that has yet to be seen."
"My specialty is
custom work, which means exactly what it says. I am always surprised by some
companies’ idea of “custom”. They give you 5 things to choose from before they
even know what you want and tell you it is custom. I let the client tell me what
they want first and then I do it. I hope to create patterns that you never tire
of looking at."
What influences your
wallpaper designs?
"I am often asked
about influences and I find it to be one of the hardest questions to answer. I
get inspiration from any and everything. I am inspired by other artists, the sunlight,
a drop of dew shimmering on a spider web, a sunrise, travel, food, animals,
literature, the planets...the list is endless so it is very difficult to
attribute that to any one thing."
In addition to this, Given won an award from Microsoft: first place in the search for the best small business in America. Her wallpaper has been used in a project, which recently won the AIA Austin Honor Award for a Scout Island Residence for a new build. And her client list includes MTV, ABC Television, as well as the Wine Inns chain of pubs and wine shops in Belfast and the UK - not to mention a host of other clients are in Belgium, Germany, and London.
Given Campbell
813.417.5393
Email - given@givencampbell.com
Twitter -@givencampbell
I want to personally thank Given for taking the time to share with me and my readers a little about herself and her company. I am so glad we have connected in real life and I look forward to working with you on some up coming projects!
wallpaper pictures - photo credit givencampbell.com
DESIGN | INSPIRATION | BEDROOM
As an interior designer, and an artist, I walk thru life and am constantly inspired by what I see. I find inspiration from objects, buildings and often times nature. Textural pattern is something that I am drawn too. This is a picture I took while traveling in North Carolina. The multiple textures against the sharp contrast from the blue sky and the red barn, combined with the natural movement of the tree and the crisp fresh green of the grass are to me an abundance of inspiration. I immediately visualize how I can interpret this into design inspiration and how I can apply it to interior design....maybe in a bedroom like this...
What do you think?
Wallpaper Wednesday | Laundry Room Before & After
We just completed the installation of this wallpaper and I am excited to share this with you. This is a perfect example of how wallpaper can transform a room.
My client uses the entry from the garage thru the laundry room on a daily basis and they wanted this space to be as special as the rest of their home. The previous wallpaper was a small pattern that just blended into the space and didn't really add to the room.
The goal was to enhance the room and connect it with the rest of the home. The new wallpaper as you can see from these before and after pictures has transformed this laundry room.
Give Time2Design a call to discover
how wallpaper can work for you.
941-378-9964
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