Florence Knoll Lounge Chairs

I'm working on a complete living room design for a client in Newport Beach. They moved from a craftsman style home to their current home which is really modern. This meant we got to start from scratch...my favorite!

We needed a pair of chairs so I showed my clients a photo of this Florence Knoll Lounge chair. They really liked the style and the classic modern design, so we had a few options; go vintage and reupholster in a fabric of our choice, order the chairs from Knoll and wait 10-16 weeks, or do our own take on this classic design, wait just 4 weeks, and go custom. After I lost the eBay auction on the vintage option, we decided to go custom.

We changed the design slightly by making the arms a little chunkier and using a white wood base instead of stainless steel legs. I really love how they turned out, take a look...

I Heart NY

I've been to New York a few times, but this past trip I took for my birthday was the first time that I've had an overwhelming desire to move there. Maybe it's because this time I didn't feel an urgency to sightsee every square inch of Manhattan like my past 3 NY adventures. This time I got a chance to just to eat, shop, walk around, and just enjoy the city.

The other day I was cruising around the Australian blog TheDesignFiles.net and became acquainted with the photography of Sandra Juto. Last year she took a trip to New York and took some killer photos. As if I didn't already want to go back, these just made it worse...

Barclay Butera Online

Orange County's own Barclay Butera is now offering online shopping for pillows and accessories with free shipping through December 23. Barclay Butera furniture is not currently available for purchase online but the site is still great for viewing his furniture collection.

Barclay Butera currenlty has showrooms in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Park City, and New York.

Below are some of Barclay's pillows now available online...

Coastal.Cool indigo.

I'm a sucker for stripes.

Barclay Butera's new design book, Living In Style

Flock Wallpaper

After I saw Melissa Palazzo's flock wallpapered powder room at the Casa California showhouse I've been meaning to blog about this fun, velvety wallcovering. After being a huge hit in the 60's and 70's, flock (or flocked) wallpaper virtually disapeared as everyone ripped it from their walls, but now it's back and popping up everywhere. I admit is takes a specific person and specific interior to make it work, but flock wallpaper is definitely an easy way to make a bold statement.

Many wallcovering manufacturers are coming out (if they haven't already) with flock collections. Some of my favorites are from Woodson & Rummerfield and Cole & Sons. Examples of some of these flocked beauties are shown below.

Also check out FlockedWallpaper.com for an endless array of flocked goodness.

Image from Woodson & Rummerfield

From Cole & Son's Classix Exotic Flock collection:

From Woodson & Rummerfield's House of Design: