tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20052312220588145872024-03-12T16:11:21.497-07:00BZDESIGNBLOG///BZ INTERIORSbzdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897407183164042358noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005231222058814587.post-88231030156787555732017-01-13T15:44:00.002-08:002018-03-26T21:57:00.903-07:00MODERN RUSTIC<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At BZ Interiors we're not the biggest followers or subscribers to design trends but we do believe in taking inspiration wherever the lightning bolt strikes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">W</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">e </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">are</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> perpetually influenced by the flux of traditional and modern</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> and aim to achieve this with all of our designs</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. Antique with cutting edge. Patina with polish. New with old. The result is something that is T-I-M-E-L-E-S-S.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One thing we have been witnessing and enjoying a lot lately is something we've dubbed "Modern Rustic". Here are some photos to get you on our page:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The term 'Modern Rustic' is a perfect example of these contrasts working together. It's traditional but with unexpected finishes and modern shapes. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">An obvious commonality with all of these photos is the use of rustic beams and rustic wood but it isn't the only determining factor! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We're (hopefully) moving away from the</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> barn board trend which has been prevalent (and overused) for the last few years. It's also slightly different than the 'Modern Farmhouse' trend which is also a big thing today, but before we confuse you any further just stick with us and we'll steer you in the right direction so that your space stays current but not "trendy"... which is exactly what this style is about. </span></div>
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bzdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897407183164042358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005231222058814587.post-26530003351081379152016-09-12T18:35:00.001-07:002016-09-12T18:36:56.649-07:00ALL THE MARBLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We've lost our marbles... over marble. Can't stop obsessing about laying it on thick <u>everywhere</u>. Countertops, walls, floors, backsplashes, even <a href="http://therewillbeeffects.tumblr.com/post/143165069834/looking-for-similar-posts-follow-me" target="_blank">full drawers</a> are fair game. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(Bathroom of design dream[boat] team Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The dramatic marble shown in most of these photos is 'arabescato' marble - crazy amount of movement but in muted black and white. What's also common to all of these photos is that the marble is balanced with warmer finishes (brass, wood) to keep things feeling warm and cozy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've heard that exposing marble to high amounts of water can cause it to discolour/yellow over time so it may me best to use it strategically where it can be the main focus but not be getting soaked. Nate and Jeremiah did a nice job of that (third photo from the top) in that they used it on the entire wall behind their sinks. Well played boys...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Can you believe it, this gallery wall only cost a total of $250?! This is a fraction of the price you could pay for even <u>one</u> measly piece of art and in our opinion the look is so much more dynamic. Splurging on high-end art isn't totally necessary most of the time, and a gallery wall offers you greater flexibility to change out the images down the road if you feel the need for a changeup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Before hanging the frames on the wall, we played around with the best arrangement for the 6 photos to be hung together. Again, a balance of colour, texture, etc. is key here. For example, there are three photos that contain a lot of red/pink/fuschia tones. They are the photos at the bottom left, centre top, and bottom right. They were dispersed evenly throughout the group so that there wasn't too much of the same colour in one area which would throw off the balance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Finally, find a guy with a hammer, tell him where to put your frames, have him whack some nails in the wall and hope that he followed your instructions properly. In our case, thankfully he did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As I said earlier, art doesn't need to be expensive. Had we not gone with custom mats for these frames, this arrangement would have been even less expensive. Heck, throw your own scribbles into the frames and you can even save the $8 on photo printing. Live your own life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">First off, the client approached us because her space was a tricky one - very long and narrow and positioning the TV was a bit of a challenge without cutting off traffic in the room. She had a dining table that she was never really using (she preferred to eat and entertain at her kitchen island) so we got rid of it which allowed us to re-orient the room to take advantage of its long and lean bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">What we decided to do was move the TV down to the far end of the room so that the back of the sofa didn't need to face the kitchen, opening up the entire space and making it feel WAAAAYYYYY bigger! New and old floor plans shown below: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Putting the TV at the end worked great because the client was still able to view it when cooking at the kitchen, and it is still clearly visible from any spot in the main seating area. Plus, most people like to lie down to watch TV anyway, so with your head at the far end of the couch the viewing can't get much better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Because there is a path of traffic past the TV in the hallway shown at the bottom of the right of the floor plan (leads to two different bedrooms) the media unit had to be quite shallow. We designed something custom here so that we could ensure the piece was shallow enough, and even put the TV on a fully-adjustable wall mount so that it can be moved around depending on where it is being viewed from. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Because we eliminated the dining table, there was a huge focal opportunity to be had at the window when you enter the space, so we decided to go with a built-in window seat with storage, open shelving, curtains, cushions - the whole nine yards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The client wanted to do a gallery wall above the sofa, and she had a collection of floral photography she had taken herself. The injection of colour in the soft white frames is what brought all of the otherwise neutral main elements (paint colour, furniture fabric, millwork) to life, and we finished it off with some richly coloured pillows and accessories to finish off the look. (PS - that sofa just so happens to be a pull-out! The room even sleeps at least two people. HOW. GOOD. ARE. WE.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Generally, I'm much more fascinated by residential interior design than commercial or retail - and in order for me to take notice in the latter it has to be really, really good. Saks has just opened up a flagship location in <strike>The 6ix</strike> downtown Toronto... and boy did I notice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I had conflicting feelings about a Saks location opening up in Toronto (ie. originally American, just another high-end retail store, etc. etc.) but I must say that whoever was responsible for designing this store did an AMAZING job. Like 11/10 A+. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Of course, I took a few photos for you to take it all in...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">No expense was spared in the finishes or the fixtures, including <a href="http://www.arteriorshome.com/shop/furniture/tables/product/4051-54?naomi-dining-table" target="_blank">this table</a> which has an MSRP of $5700USD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The store had a very polished, mid-century, old Hollywood feel, complete with rounded furniture (as alluded to in my <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2016/02/trend-alert-amorphous-blob-furniture.html" target="_blank">previous "Trend Alert" article</a>, because I'm just that "with-it") and a lot of plush, low-pile wall-to-wall carpeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My favourite aspect of the store was the almost "framed" vignettes for each of the brands represented. Far and away, Celine was my favourite. (Green carpeting - who knew!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Praise to Alex McQ. Bad ass even from beyond the grave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lighting was also eye-catching - especially this fixture which is seemingly made up of singed corpses. Probably of those people who realized they couldn't afford anything here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All in all, the store is beautiful and a welcome addition to the Toronto retail market. It is definitely a worthwhile experience to walk through and enjoy it, let alone the beautiful things they have available for sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Can you handle these curves?! We can. They definitely have a strong midcentury flavour but pair so beautifully with really sharp, modern pieces (especially our favourite <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-want-serge-mouille-lamps.html" target="_blank">Serge Mouille lamps</a>). Needless to say we want one in each colour, in every possible seating configuration available. Gimme, gimme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Would you dare let us install one in one of our projects for you?</span><br />
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bzdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897407183164042358noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005231222058814587.post-40152949105080641642016-01-30T13:35:00.000-08:002016-04-19T18:02:39.494-07:00BIG CHANGES!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Guess who's back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Do you like the new digs? Check out that fancy new logo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've decided to go out on my own and TAKE CARE OF LITERAL BUSINESS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm no longer working at my old job, and have set out on my own to give this interior design thing a shot! I'll be posting <strike>more regularly</strike> ...I'll be posting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'll keep everyone updated with how the business development is going as well as snapshots here and there of projects that are underway. Who knows - maybe a little DIY in there occasionally too ('cause I'm just that kind of guy). </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm also launching a website that will be revealed very soon, so stay tuned for that as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Fingers crossed as I embark on this journey and please let me know if you can think of anyone who could use some BZ stylin' in their lives.</span><br />
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bzdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897407183164042358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005231222058814587.post-22928013489135782192014-07-23T19:38:00.003-07:002016-03-09T21:33:20.903-08:00COLOUR WATCH: PALE PINK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">First and foremost - the pink has to be <i>PALE -</i> drab, washed out, bland even. Not that this is the overall mood we want, but just don't think "baby", "hot", "coral" or any of those distant pink relatives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Second, forget the idea that pink has to be feminine; think of it more so in a retro, vintage context. The pale colours of 80's pastels, or rose-coloured glasses of the 70's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Still unsure? If I really haven't convinced you then maybe (just maybe?) you could consider incorporating pale pink fabrics and accessories rather than a full-on paint treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Point is, a pale, dusty, sombre shade of pink can actually act as a really great neutral that can bring a bit of unexpected edginess and even a bit of toughness if styled the right way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I had the pleasure of visiting Brooklyn a couple weeks ago. Had I been more organized and able to pick my jaw up off the floor (the people! the style! the vibe!) I would have documented it a little better - I was just so in the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One of the highlights was visiting the Brooklyn Flea, a weekly market by the waterfront in Williamsburg. OH MAN - if I had limitless cash and a way to take more stuff home with me I would have. This place had some <i>FINDS. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I could only come home with a couple small things, and one of them happened to be a Turkish (or "Hammam" or "Peshtemal") towel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This really cool couple was selling them, in all colours and textures. They told me they were really absorbent - I was skeptical. They told me I could take it to the beach - I guffawed. But they had this cool minimalist look to them and were incredibly soft so I went for it and bought one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Some of them are thinner and almost like a table cloth, others are slightly more plush and almost quilted. Point is, they look awesome. I love the sort of nautical stripe and how striking they look in their simplicity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The vendors said they can be used not only as towels, but also blankets, throws, and even scarves in the winter. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've even layered mine with my bedspread and it looked awesome. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pretty good bang for the buck I'd say. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Not only do they look cool, they also bring a bit of luxury, a touch of the exotic, and the right amount of worldliness - as though they were picked up while away in some far off destination. All of this without being too flashy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What I have wondered about - and I am almost <i>positive</i> this is what I have seen in some retail/hospitality spaces - is if it is possible to apply a thin coat of very fine, high quality concrete (the kind used for countertops) spread evenly over drywall or any surface to create the appearance of a wall made entirely of concrete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The dining area was fine. It featured a wayback-playback project from <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/new-metal-pendant.html" target="_blank">when I painted a thrifted barn style lamp</a>. It also featured a large painting I had done to replicate a slab of black veiny marble that I had planned to write a tutorial about but never got around to OK?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Also, I once again utilized my thrifty black and white photo technique to change up the art game a little bit. I took this photo while on vacation a few years ago and have always loved the composition, so, I threw it in a frame I already had and blew 'er up... for $1.97 at Staples. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">He is new to the group and a little bit shy, but I think this Sputnik-inspired, alien-looking, industrial-, minimalist-, freaky little fixture is going to fit in just fine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The client, Jill, is a single professional downtowner who already had a great sense of style, and we worked together brilliantly! She had pretty masculine tastes - square edges, clean lines, symmetry - but also craved a feminine vibe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And there she is! The beautiful homeowner herself. The most satisfying part of the project has been how happy Jill is with the result - I know she'll always look forward to coming home and who can blame her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Something I have been really drawn to for the last little while looking at pictures of good design is the use of dark grey. I find this colour acts as an amazing backdrop for the medium-toned woods like walnut and teak that are so popular right now. It also looks really good when accented with big hits of white and, of course, black. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">While I am still considering how to change up my bedroom (with nothing accomplished and ever-increasing procrastination) I can't seem to shake the idea of painting my room this colour - if only just one wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Look out world! I styled this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I also happen to live here. Life is good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have been seriously considering getting into styling lately, so have been doing a bit of experimenting around my place. What do you think? I'm channelling a bit of <a href="http://www.nateberkus.com/interiors/" target="_blank">Nate Berkus</a> here. It feels right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The 'Southbound' picture was a little project I undertook that only cost around $20! I took the photo myself at Dupont station in Toronto with an SLR camera. The mosaic texture and the word itself I thought were really cool, so I adjusted the contrast on iPhoto and took it to Staples to get it blown up. The blow up only cost around $5 and I got the frame on sale from IKEA for about $15. Not bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Everything is coming together very nicely in the living room if I do say so myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well too bad because they're trending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">They're sometimes called 'Praying Mantis Lamps'. Does that make them any more appealing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These light fixtures are designed by French sculptor Serge Mouille, and have been showing up EVERYWHERE. (Including the cover of January's <a href="http://houseandhome.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">House&Home</a>, featured in a design by <a href="http://mazenstudio.ca/" target="_blank">Mazen el-Abdallah</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I must admit, I'm a fan. I think they're sleek, graphic, interesting, and really pop in an eclectic scheme with white walls (my favourite). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Naturally, they're expensive. Like $9000 expensive. <strike>Knockoffs</strike> Imitations are available at around the $900 mark if that seems any more reasonable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Are they worth it? Look for yourself!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This effect so strongly reminds me of a beautiful <i>grande maison</i> I lived in for a few weeks in France when I was younger. The foyer had this beautiful "tumbling block" tile pattern, similar to what is shown below but instead was black and burnt yellow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I mean <i>damn</i>. That last image says it all. This, to me, represents the best kind of "Euro" - think moreso 60's Italy than, say, Romanian techno music or "guido". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The natural place to test the waters with this look would be a bathroom; ideally a tiled room which often has a smaller square footage and could therefore justify a more dramatic pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Would you be brave enough to try it in a larger space like above?</span></div>
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<br />bzdesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897407183164042358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005231222058814587.post-81257860376231055832013-11-24T20:47:00.000-08:002013-11-27T18:59:44.153-08:00THE WANT: WOOL BLANKETS<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">With the bitter cold setting in fast, I've been hopelessly wrapping myself in whatever I can find around the house in a losing battle against the draughty windows of our ghetto apartment building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Luckily, I have recently spotted the remedy to my dilemma that will inject this place with a much-need dose of style god<i>dammit</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Relish in the following and tell me you wouldn't want to get cozy with any of these: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The above are all made by <a href="http://www.coyuchi.com/" target="_blank">Coyuchi</a>, a company based out of California specializing in organic textiles. An enlightening quote from the product page for their wool blankets explains: </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">I'm not sure what kind of effect these Californians think the "cool mists of Canada" have on anything, but it has been my experience that they result in nothing other than dampness and a longing to live anywhere but Canada.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What do you think? I am going to start paying a bit more attention to my bedroom situation and I think this is a great starting point. With Christmas around the corner maybe you too could come into some striped blanket swankiness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">While reading in the October issue of <a href="http://www.lonny.com/" target="_blank">Lonny Magazine</a> about Kristen Cunningham and Scott Jarrell's loft (which EVERYONE should check out <a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/October+2013/xC34VaNFEkE/1#68" target="_blank">here</a>), I was really inspired by the colour palette of everything they have curated in their space. Blacks, whites, browns, and Kristen even mentioned they have painted most of their doors in dark olive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So, we welcome dark olive (also delightfully referred to as <i>olive drab</i>) to our extremely low-variety yet incredibly high-taste arsenal of acceptable colours along with black, white, brown, and brass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What do you think of <i>olive</i> this? </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Terrible. -__-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm not gonna pretend to tell you that subway tiles are anything new or exciting. One thing I have been noticing a lot lately, however, is the twist of taking them from floor to ceiling up an entire wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A good ol' Google search of "Victorian Industrial" a while back (another popular trend - think <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-want-filament-light-bulbs.html" target="_blank">Edison lightbulbs</a>, raw wood and black metal) brought me upon this inspiring image:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And while dining out at <a href="http://www.bentrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Bent Restaurant</a> in Toronto, I noticed something similar here as well:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Further Googling led me to the following inspiring imagery to share with all of you, to prove how cool a treatment I think this is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(HGTV designer Tommy Smythe's kitchen)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6U3xK5sWQ66LmJ3v7ruIyRKn_9agq0YqXlkz2dvpZa_BUA7ovJeQALuIQwWurkOWN37Gsr5mkZ7gqYgNhW58ZPu83_nnBYSTTTGRs9Rb-HAC01wnf-mkIdekwO6H3tY3ucd7SesFVexR/s1600/b81dc398018618760d87482d744155fd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img alt="Black-Subway-Tile.jpg" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6U3xK5sWQ66LmJ3v7ruIyRKn_9agq0YqXlkz2dvpZa_BUA7ovJeQALuIQwWurkOWN37Gsr5mkZ7gqYgNhW58ZPu83_nnBYSTTTGRs9Rb-HAC01wnf-mkIdekwO6H3tY3ucd7SesFVexR/s1600/b81dc398018618760d87482d744155fd.jpg" title="Black-Subway-Tile.jpg" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(This time in black!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2013/08/newly-acquired.html" target="_blank">moving my Persian rug to underneath my dining table</a>, our living room floor was in serious need of some love.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This baby is PLUSH. It is literally almost 2" thick. Your feet seriously sink into this lavish shag madness!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After <a href="http://bzdesignblog.blogspot.ca/2013/04/rug-hunt.html" target="_blank">longing for a Beni a while ago</a>, a clandestine search on Kijiji led me straight to a beautiful rug. By hasard, I typed in the words "Beni Ourain", expecting nothing. Instead, I found the ad for this rug listed within the last 14 hours and only a short drive away.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And what's this? More teak furniture? No more pleated leather throne?</span></div>
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This has been a cool idea that has been plaguing my mind lately (and unfortunately has resulted in a certain Lionel Richie song being stuck in my head). </span><br />
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I have always envisioned that if one day I bought a condo (although I probably wouldn't) I would try to accomplish an effect on the ceiling replicating the exposed beams and woodwork of much pricier "hard lofts". The aged, rustic, warm colour from the wood would be a huge addition of character to what are normally lifeless, cold, uninspired spaces. I also began to think about a much more polished, streamlined approach that would be similar to what we are generally used to putting on our floors - except on the ceiling!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is something that is often seen on porches and verandas, but looks OUTTA THIS WORLD when introduced in an interior space.</span><br />
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I have also been trying to convince my parents that this effect would look really cool at our cottage, which we are currently in the process of giving a facelift! (Stay tuned.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Assuming you are still alive, <i>how sweet is this table? </i>When I say it was "acquired", I am referring to the fact that it was given to me by my beautiful, 79-year-old Oma. (Oma = German for grandmother). Oma is moving out of her house of 50 years, which was chockfull of beautiful, pristine condition teak furniture.</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Before we begin, you should know that this is a multi-day process. From start to finish, this cottage kitchen took us 2 weekends (and we skipped some steps that some of you Type-A's may wish to include).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here is the step-by-step process, with pictures. Comments will be brief as many pictures are self-explanatory, but be prepared for many awkwardly posing hand photos all in the name of DIY blogging. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2 quarts good quality primer (we used STIX)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2 quarts semi-gloss Benjamin Moore 'Advance' paint, un-tinted</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">*Spoiler alert* Some of the panels that we chose not to sand did end up showing some of the grain through the final paint job, but it didn't bother us at all. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was about at this point where some of our laziness began to creep in, and we increasingly began to say "Meh - it's the cottage".</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Looking back, if you have the time and patience, sanding between each coat may result in a more polished end result, but some of the panels that we sanded did tend to bleed some of the old wood colour through the final layer of paint (only visible when looking <i>super </i>up close).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Writing this post took about as much energy as painting the damn kitchen, which is to say, writing posts is hard and painting a kitchen is actually rather easy. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All you need is a bit of time.</span></div>
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