I wanted to follow up with a post I made earlier about a project to convert a Toronto Salvation Army Window Display. My partner Amanda,(blog) and I had the privilege of transforming their window display into an art installation!
The previous window display can be seen below:
The project was initially inspired by a school display case project:
Overall, the project was such a great experience and really gave me an appreciation for the amount of work required to produce such elaborate window displays. The process of creating window displays is really an expression of Art, created by talented artists.
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An upcoming window display project for school has me exploring some fabulous window displays. It is amazing to see the creative process and the elaborate displays produced.
Our task for school is to outfit a window at the Salvation Army and create magic! We came into the project full of inspiration and elaborate ideas for the window. Unfortunately, we are realizing our ideas would be hard to execute with the small selection in the store and are back to the drawing board!
Here is the window location we are dealing with:
Hopefully we will find some new inspiration with the following photos (and quickly):
In preparation for the project, my partner Amanda (blog) and I did a quick one-hour window display with household items to understand the basic principles and elements of design and prepare for our ultimate project:
Hope we can get inspired quickly and start putting our ideas into production!
I’m off to the Canadian Design Bloggers event tonight and can’t wait to meet up with all of the fabulous bloggers I am inspired by each day.
Today’s guest blog post comes courtesy of Arcadian Lighting; enjoy!
Most designers and design bloggers have a love affair with all things French because of their of décor and design is inimitable. In many French homes you'll see a combination of styles, colors and periods, all put together with a joie de vivre. From the way light fixtures are hung in a dining room, to the sangfroid approach to living room and bedroom arrangements, this round-up will offer a glimpse of what makes French living so ridiculously chic!
Desire to Inspire via
Though this dining room is a mix of neutral colors –white, clay, brown-- there's nothing neutral about the design. A large white dining room table atop an old, plush rug with a wonderful mix of mid-century modern chairs; Panton S chairs, a Bertoia Wire Chair, Jacobsen's Ant Chair look eclectic with these white fiberglass chairs by Ross Lovegrove. The two pendant lights look simple but their handmade quality is what makes them unique.
Habitually Chic (flickr), via Domino Magazine
This Paris apartment belongs to fashion designer Erin Fetherson. Inspired by belle epoque sensibilities, she designed her living with luxe details. Large windows provide natural light, brightening this pink damask daybed with matching pillows. It may seem odd to pair pink damask and mossy green velvet atop a zebra-skin rug, but the combination of colors and textures work well together.
House to Home via
The master bedroom in this converted French barn, in Gard to be exact, is simple, soothing, and so well-designed. The couple incorporated these natural stone walls and wooden beams throughout the home, but outfitted each room with modern pieces for a rustic, yet chic look.
Marie Claire Maison via
Here's another rustic chic bedroom -- this one decorated in shades of gray, purple and brown. The bed sits a tad low, next to the chunky wooden nightstand and two task lights used as wall lamps.
Marie Claire Maison via
Inspired by Native American textiles, these homeowners decked out their home in Normandy with tribal prints, textiles and sculptures. They were also lovers of the Wild West and their wooden bathtub with a rainfall shower head was inspired by the water-buckets used back then. The result is exotic, rustic and still so very chic. It seems the main qualities about French décor and design is this seamless integration of old and new, color with neutrals, modern with rustic. It's not uncommon to pair more than two styles together and there's always a focus on quality, not quantity. This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the love affair with all things French!
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Thanks Arcadian Lighting for such a great post!
