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Before and After

2009-02-14T19:14:00.006-10:00

Living...

Bath...

Lanai...

I posted some pics of my Mom's condo we just finished a while ago, before it was completely done. Not that it's completely done (when is anything really completely done?!). But, it's pretty darn close. There are more pics below from my previous post but these show a slightly more finished look, and some before shots. Enjoy!

Bright Delight

2008-07-10T20:54:00.005-10:00

This is my mom's new place...not complete yet but getting there. It was a great joy to work on and fun to have a mom who loves color. She has many, many beautiful old worldly pieces from my grandmother and great grandmother, pieces from all over the world. Can't wait to help with the final details.

Refinished Furniture

2008-03-26T21:51:00.008-10:00

For fun, i love collecting random furniture pieces from sites like Craig's List and stores like Goodwill. I love the idea of taking existing, old, worn out pieces and turning them into something so bright and refreshing - i feel like i'm giving something a whole new life.

Before...

It's getting there!

Have to wait for the after, not quite done!

These chairs below i found and bought for $14.99 each at a local Goodwill. I reupholstered them in some remnant Amy Butler fabric i had and i just love them. We use them every day.

Before...

After...a happy surprise...

Fun Living, Dining Area

2008-02-28T18:41:00.006-10:00

This is a small single family home i worked on myself through Pacific Home. I take on smaller projects quite frequently. The owner of this space had travelled a fair amount and loved collecting all things indigo and white. We pulled together a fun mix of modern, comfy, eclectic...
We used cork flooring throughout and repainted in warm tones of cream, "latte" and rust. Many of the pieces we used were custom - the dining table is a one of a kind reclaimed teak piece, we made back pillows for the sofa out of fun fabrics from designers like Lulu Dk, Creation Baumann and China Seas, we placed throughout colored bamboo sticks in ceramic and metal over sized pots and had a lot of fun designing a large custom hand knotted wool rug with Emma Gardner Design.
A great client, a great experience! I hope to work with her again someday!

Dining Area...

Living

Sitting Area...

Custom Rug

Small Pali Condo...

2008-01-23T08:29:00.002-10:00

This was one of my first projects through Pacific Home i did on my own. This client was very hands on so i mostly coordinated colors, fabrics and furniture placement - she did all the actual work!
We worked with a rich palette of soothing greens and pops of deeper teals. In this space, we also used cork flooring in sort of a greenish tone and designed a custom built in desk using "green" laminates in tones of cork and green. We mixed in custom made linen pillows made from Raoul fabrics, Chinese garden stools, reupholstered vintage Koa chairs and added in fun shelving and accent walls.

Entry...

Living Area...

Merchandising

2008-01-23T08:18:00.002-10:00

I started working at Pacific Home as a store manager. When the store moved to a larger location (six times as large), i slowly moved from store manager to "designer", working in the newly formed design studio. To this day however, i am still in charge of merchandising and so every six weeks or so, we do a major re haul.
It's easy and fun for me. I can go in and work with our two stock guys and just transform the store into something new and fresh and pulled together. We usually have twelve "sets" to play with and so each time, i look at what we have existing, what just came in and what i need to do to make the old look new and the new look like it fits with the old. I pay attention to the overall style of each piece of furniture, it's shape, and the colors to figure out which pieces fit best with each other. I do love mixing odd things, i don't like everything to be too matchy matchy...I love it!

Drawings...

2007-10-20T21:07:00.005-10:00

These are a bit elementary, i have more i have to scan in. But i love drawing and rendering by hand. I can do AutoCad easily, but there's something about drawing in lines and the whole layering process i love. I need to do more rendering, i love using everything from architectural markers to colored pencils to watercolors. Adding odd things like lighter fluid and vinegar to marker drawings is always a fun experiment.

School project...scaled model

2007-10-20T20:53:00.002-10:00

I went to a small private college here, the only one in Hawaii that has a major in Interior Design. I did really love it, especially my senior residential class. We had to design, draw and "build" a home built for a specific lot here in Hawaii. We drew on AutoCad a full set of construction documents and build a scaled model from those. It was a great experience, i loved it. Some days i wish i could just design and build models all day!

Merchandising...

2007-10-20T20:37:00.000-10:00

Drawings for "Inked" tattoo parlor...

2007-10-20T20:35:00.002-10:00

There are only two of us in the studio at Pacific Home. Jamie, one of the three owners and lead designer, and then myself. One of our first projects was working on the tattoo parlor for the show "Inked". It was great fun to work on a tattoo parlor, especially one where they wanted something different from every other parlor. Although it is a chain, they have one in Las Vegas, we still got to fulfill a lot of our own visions.
The colors were supposed to be in tones of Aqua, Black and Silver, but ended up having to stick with Red, Black and Silver...so we did Red leather chairs, a black and white zebra grain laminated cashwrap and black concrete floor. We enlarged ancient Polynesian tattoo designs and adhered them to recycled plexi glass panels we found and had them lit from below...

Projects...(Through Pacific Home)

2007-10-20T20:22:00.001-10:00

Highrise Condo...

Dining Area

Living Area

Living Area

Bedroom

The Good Home

2007-10-20T19:58:00.001-10:00

Bedroom One

Bedroom Two

Bedroom Three

Dining Area

Living Room