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Apr
8
Posted by Penelope.
After many busy months I am dedicating a bit of time to my much neglected blog. Ive had a number of successful project come to completion and lots of exciting new projects are on the books taking me into 2011. I did a couple of photo shoots recently for a few of my projects; one in particular my ‘Beach House’ project. We were ramping up to commence with stage 2 of the ‘Beach House’ renovation, which would have included a …
Apr
8
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Designing a shared bedroom for two children close in age can be tricky; add to that one child being a girl & the other a boy, and a room that only measures 10′ x 12′ makes for a fun design challenge.
In this project my aim was to give the children a fresh and fun room that celebrates color, pattern and is gender neutral. The design also needs to allow for the children to have their own space and personality.
Color is …
Aug
6
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The new casual dining area for my Los Altos Hills clients’ kitchen/family room installed recently. The 5′ x 5′ large square table features a salvaged live edge maple wood table top, resting on a stainless steel base that I designed specifically for this table.
My design of the table base & bench legs were inspired by the youngest members of the household - the family’s three ‘kids’ (including ‘Starlight’ the yellow lab). The legs purposefully have a playful and anthropomorphic quality to them.
It …
May
9
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My Los Altos Hills clients have another room that I am working on – the kitchen & family lounge. The ‘family hub’ is an open plan room that encompasses the kitchen, informal dining area and family lounge and has access to the large deck and bbq area. My clients have two pre-teen children & young labrador so my goal was to create a space that was fresh, vibrant, multipurpose, durable, and comfortable.
We recently installed part of the project – …
Mar
4
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In December my Los Altos Hills clients had their gorgeous new cow hide rug installed. It was a custom rework between myself and Kyle Bunting Rugs of their ‘Jet Stream’ design. My client wanted a rug that would be beautiful & different and have visual interest, but not be intense in color. We used a base color of ‘maple’, with accents in ’silver’, ‘oak’ and ‘brown speckle’. I picked up the blue/grey of the mohair chairs in some surreptitiously placed …