Category: doors and windows
Tweetable Mentions 1.27.12
| January 27, 2012 | Posted by Linsi Brownson under art, Body, Design, do-it-yourself, doors and windows, Explore, fashion, Gather, interiors, Nurture, Projects |
Blink, flash, poof – Friday. I’ve had a great week and I hope you have too.
This was interesting:
The Disney Princesses got a makeover from @designtaxi
news from designtaxi.com
If Miss O’Hara can make a dress from curtains, you can make a curtain from your bedsheets – from @ShoutWithJoy
Bees go to the Opera from @PureGreenMag
I almost got a pixie cut. Goes like this.
This is where the cool bloggers go but I’m the geeky girl who hides in the bathroom stall listening to their conversations - RT from @simplygrove, @jasminestar
Happy Weekend. Start it early.
Design: A Day in the Life of Luxury
| October 14, 2011 | Posted by Linsi Brownson under antiques, architecture, Design, design history, design obsession, doors and windows, entry way, Explore, furniture, hall and stair, interiors, lighting, Places, textiles, travel |
Yesterday I got to spend my afternoon at the luxurious Four Seasons Biltmore resort in Santa Barbara. I went nut-so over this place; No detail went overlooked in the interior design. Built in 1927, this is classic Mission architecture and I Loooove it.
An ocean view from the patio
Unfortunately for you, my pictures turned out pure crap due to my inability to operate a camera and the harsh contrast between the bright sunny sky (shining through walls of glass everywhere you turn) and the dark, romantic interior. Alas, this poor excuse of a photo was salvaged from my phone because I simply could not skip pointing this out. These are the air vents throughout the building – no cheap looking metal grates here, no sir.
It would be mean not to show a couple good pics, so here are some professional shots of this lovely place…trust me, it looks even more like this in person 
Images from http://www.fourseasons.com/santabarbara
This was the side entrance, which you come upon after walking through several dramatic archways. What I love most is those thick wood doors, with intricately carved posts and no glass (because there’s no such thing as bad weather). Loving that sunny yellow.
Hallway lounge
This photo is well done, but kind of misses the gloriousness of the details that I loved so much. Like the gorgeous chevron patterned wood ceiling with rustic exposed beams. And the textiles appear a little dated here but were quite the the opposite – lush and inviting antique fabrics – the place is filled with antiques. Very warm and romantic!
I don’t think I need to explain why I could spend a few hours in here…
In the lobby, look over to the right, where you’ll see a fresco of an old world map behind the check-in counter. Yum.
image from 2blowhards.com
Okay, I’m waiting to get some photos I took from another camera so I promise there will be an update with a few other cool spaces soon. Stay tuned.
Design: Day Trip
| September 30, 2011 | Posted by Linsi Brownson under accessories, antiques, doors and windows, Inspiration, interiors, Mind |
What a week it has been! A very exciting, exhausting week.
I wanted to share some cool things I found on a recent fieldtrip to one of my favorite resources….sorry, it’s a secret. But isn’t this stuff amazing?
I have a serious fantasy about building an entire house around doors like these. Aside from the interesting shapes and details (and the obvious awesomeness of the size), the layers of paint tell a great story of life.
I love repurposing old items so I was already sketching tables and kitchen islands in my head as soon as I saw these. What would you do with them?
This armoire reminds me of vintage circus cages, which I am opposed to but it’s totally okay in this case. I think a collection of fossils and other artifacts would look great on display in this piece.
I know this is a truly terrible pic but I still had to show you – those painted metal cylinders are antique oil drums and they rock my world. Talk about form and function, these pieces are the perfect size for side tables or to set on top of a low table for decoration (but really for storage).
Peace yo.
hard work
| January 26, 2010 | Posted by David Betz under doors and windows, in the workshop, Inspiration |
You watch a recipe being made on tv, and it looks fabulous…and easy. “I could do that!” You try, you burn, or under cook (both at the same time? I’ve done it.). You watch a smug faced driver pass you in a nice car. “What do they have that I don’t?” What ever it is, “I could do that”. It can’t be that hard. Guess what, It IS that hard.
Not too many years ago, I hated retail so badly that I quit and got a job as an apprentice in a cabinet shop. Thanks to a lot of luck and a little skill, I found myself in charge of that place in less than a year. I was scared to death. I had no clue what I was doing, but I was now in charge of a new helper. I had to go into peoples homes and parade around with tape measure in hand, pretending to know what was what. I made so many mistakes. I think I nearly lost my mind during the first 18 months. Perfectionist and clueless do not go well together, let me tell you.
Work, boredom, pain, drudgery. That is what it’s all about. The smooth talker on The Food Network worked his ass off before ultimately creating that delight for the senses: He cut onions for hours on end while the boss made all the money. He sweat his ass off in a hot kitchen. If he was anything like me, he thought it would be so easy when the journey first began. His chin was held high on the first day of culinary school. “Self! This shall be a piece of cake! Ha ha!” Then he burned things just like you do. Then what? More pain, more drudgery. Failure, over and over again. Then brief moments of success come. Skills develop (thanks drudgery). As a self taught carpenter, I can attest the fact that there is no better way to learn than having to spend hours doing something over again. Doing it wrong becomes doing it well.
The pictures below are from the second kitchen I ever built. It was finished around 13 months into my new profession. While it is not at all my style, I am really proud of it. I can now look back on it, with the frustration long gone, and see what happens when you push past your desire to give up because “it’s hard”.
born in a barn
| July 13, 2009 | Posted by Linsi Brownson under architecture, doors and windows |
reclaimed wine oak door from Cliff Spencer
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Furniture
image from www.barndoorhardware.com
images courtesy of Sunset
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