Downtown Staging of Cristalla

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I'm going to be really honest. I lost sleep over this job. A picture is worth a thousand words and you can easily tell I am a bit worried. We are off to stage a high rise condo in downtown Seattle. There are logistics that need to be managed in order to pull it all off. Scheduling the truck and the freight elevators with the consierge, managing the furniture up and down the elevator and the boys who are lugging it, planning the installation perfectly so that the unload is minimal and not disturbing the tenants. I lost some sleep...
 In walks the creative genius with her fancy pants ipad trying to get us inspired. It worked. We have a fun creating framing project in store.
 Here is a bit of the process. This is an area off the living room and kitchen that we wanted to create as a media room. Great big tall walls...little TV...no impact...very scary.
 The final product after Sister Extraordinaire did that shopping magic that she does. It's my camera-not the picture that is crooked.

 The dining room we could not decide on the art. (We labor over every detail possible.) A modern canvas or...
 a more sophisticated framed print.
 We settled on this...
 The living room was the most fun to stage. The first rug we tried was too busy so it is gone in this photo.
 Here we changed the pillows and added an orchid.
 Here we lost a pillow and got rid of the orchid. Again, it's all in the details.

Tomorrow I'll show the rest of the condo along with the breathtaking Seattle view. I'm completely exhausted. (Oh, and never mind that Sister had to rush to school to rescue one of her kids and take her to the emergency room). We still met our deadline thanks to Danielle who needs a cute "blog" name.

Z Gallerie

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Stopped by Z Gallerie to see what beautiful things were in store for us. A visual feast indeed!


 Tons of neutrals this season. Blacks, whites, creams, pale lavender, soft blue. Nothing with a colourful pow. The "pow" comes in the drama of the large scale pieces and their shapes.

 This mirror is similar to the entry mirror in my home. Ugh...the fire extinguisher is showing... A skilled photographer I am not
 Naturally this was my favorite wall. Pretty blues, creamy whites, and bright whites create their own kind of drama. Ooo la la!
 This wall was more earthy and organic. Nothing too crazy just deep and interesting.

 The soft lavender would be a nice touch of colour anywhere. It's stylish! We collected a few lavender and purple pieces on this trip which will work beautifully with some bedding we use for staging and towels for a bath. Love it.
Sister Ex has a dramatic high ceiling entry with art cubbys on either side of the door. A chocolate back ground with these lovely urns will be a fresh look.

Portland finds

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Fabric Depot has always been our first stop in Portland. I think we come away with a ton of inspiration that kick starts our shopping trip. We can and do purchase designer fabric from our local design center but this is a crazy extravaganza of fabrics in one room! The lines were long as well-love the fact that there are so many sewers out there.
 Hard see the vinyl above but it will be covering the couch in my 1962 Airstream. My original plan was squashed so this is my back up and I love it. Sister Ex pulled swatches in a multitude of colors for pillow possibilities and proved to me it was a very neutral way to go yet very hip.

 Purchased this fabric for a wall hanging for staging.

 Sorry for the blur from my crappy camera but wanted you to see all these fabrics. Sister Ex is problably getting the bird fabric below for some office chairs and 1 or 2 of the above for pillows. It all works so well together.

 Can you see a girl's bedroom unfolding? A bench at the foot of the bed will be covered in the pink and green. The print is Pottery Barn (I think). The pink will also be insets in a headboard. I'll have Sister do before photos so we can follow along.

Who can resist owls? This led to the purchase of a West Elm inspired owl lamp for a desk.

Heading Home from Portland

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Had a blast shopping and we are now inspired to work on our projects: Staging, kids rooms, Airstream and our office.

 Loved the little white chinese dragon book ends peaking out of the cart.
 Bulletin boards to be painted and hung.
 A mirror dresser on sale with a few needed repairs. The price was too good to pass up.
We get a ton of stares from people when we empty the car and repack for a new purchase. We did it again outside of West Elm. (we were parked for only 5 minutes in the handicap zone and there we many free spaces so don't be annoyed).