Bright, Fun and Stripes

I noticed this great living room from Design Sponge a couple of days ago - pretty much anything that has stripes, like these cushions and rug, will always catch my eye! Then I was taken by the wayside to something else.
Today I got an email from my lovely friend, Adriana, based in Washington DC complimenting the same photo as a 'fun and bright' space. I agree! See the rest of the Vancouver home owned by graphic designer, Nerissa here.
Also check out Nerissa's cool online store called The New Domestic, which has these super cool bags called 'Bon Journey' - how cool is the yellow one?
Photograph 1 via Design Sponge, Photograph 2 & 3 via The New Domestic

New Work - Kitchen Before and After.

The Kitchen - Before. This was a former showroom kitchen.

The previous kitchen did not allow direct access from the front door.

The Kitchen - After.

We used bamboo flooring and Corian on the island benchtop.

The kitchen tap with presence!

An upstand on the island creates division and a place for the powerpoints at each end.

A glossy black fridge.

The tiled splashback inserted with an art glass tile on the left.

Brushed stainless steel benchtop to match the freestanding oven.

Bamboo was continued on the island as the surround for the shelving at the end.

Double rangehood hidden in the cupboards above for the extra wide hob.

The commissoned art tile all lit up.

The art tile with light off.

We kept the client's chemistry collection from the previous kitchen and amped it up with some interesting lighting.

The lights slowly change colour - a disco in the kitchen!

Here is a kitchen that I designed and managed last year. I re-visited a few weeks ago and took some photos - I enjoyed seeing it again and to be reminded of the great transformation!
What I liked about this job was while the clients had some typical kitchen design requests like more storage, better flow, new bigger and better oven (had to come from Italy!), lots of drawers; there were other more interesting requests - they had commissioned an art tile for the splashback, they had a chemistry collection (signage, bottles) to display, they were keen on interesting lighting, they had a small scale art glass collection to display as well as a request for certain materials like bamboo flooring. I enjoyed working on this job and liked the surprises that my client handed me to work with.
Photographs by Charlotte Minty.

Seating - Before and After

The entrance wrought iron seating - before.

After.

Here is a piece of furniture that was once looking worse for wear. This entrance seating belonged to a client and previously it was downtrodden and beaten up.
My client loved red and to negotiate removing the too-strong red on the walls opposite, I took the red (and a gorgeous pattern) to the cushions of the seating. The result - looks great, is the central focus in the entrance and no-one throws their things on it now...
Photographs by Charlotte Minty.