Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Week 6 Work Line-Up: 1 Presentation, 1 Client Meeting, 1 Installation

This week was Grace and I's busiest week by far. Although we worked long hours and even did some manual labor, it all paid off.

Presentation
On Tuesday, Susana wanted us to revisit the Cortez house and present to her all of the new furniture pieces, lighting fixtures, and accessories that we had found. We also went down into the fabric closet and picked out some navy blues, beiges, and mustard yellows to put together a new color scheme that was more appealing to the client than the previous sea-foam green one was. We laid out all of our findings for Susana to look over. After she decided what we should bring to the next presentation and what we should toss out, we put everything into envelopes. She moved on to looking at the fabrics and the new color scheme. Although she said we were moving in the right direction with the colors, she felt that she had used some of the fabrics so many times that she wanted something new and fresh. We ended up setting aside all of these fabrics and decided to make a trip to the Design and Decoration building the following week in order to pull some brand new fabrics specific to the project. This is photo of what we priced together for the living room:


Client Meeting
Wednesday, we traveled to the Collins' house to present to them our design direction for their brownstone in Brooklyn. Once we arrived, Grace, Charlotte and I started laying out materials according to room. Susana started on the family room first because that was the biggest room that we worked on. This presentation went really well because she liked the fabrics that we had chosen for the pillows. This was especially exciting for me because the colorful fabric that she ended up going with was a fabric that I originally picked for the project. It reassured me that I was contributing to the project. We moved onto the dining room where more decisions were made, and again, she liked the fabric we had chosen. The next two rooms were the master bedroom, the living room, and the little girl's room. Solid decisions were made regarding all three rooms, with the only thing being left for us to find was a new fabric for the living room chairs. Although we will still be living in NYC for the installation, I am so excited to see pictures of the installation because we contributed so much to the beginning stages.




This picture shows the final selections for the family room. The colorful watercolor print fabric shown is the one that I suggested for the project!



Susana trying out different stair runner rugs



the final Master Bedroom selections



The final selections for the little girl's room

Installation
Friday, I attended and assisted with my first home installation. This client, Golin, had worked with Susana previously on the bottom three floors of her home, but asked Susana to do her bedroom as the final installation to her eclectic and colorful home. Although the bottom floors were filled with bright yellows, blues, reds, and many antiques and interesting collectables, Susana wanted her bedroom to be calm, relaxing, and what she described as "sexy." Susana was especially excited about this installation because it was the first time she would be building a canopy for above the bed with beautiful drapes flowing down behind the headboard. We first had to get the movers in so that we could move all of the old furniture to the basement. The first thing we had to get into the room was the big and beautiful rug from India. It was an expensive rug, but the result was worth it. Next, we had to bring in the armoire. Originally the doors to the piece were clear glass, but Susana brought some frosting spray that you can just apply to frost the doors yourself. This allowed for her clothes and personal items to be a bit more hidden. It also added to the rustic feel of the whole room. Next, we brought in the beautiful metal dressers, the mirror, and the side chair, lamp, and ottoman. When the drapes installer arrived, we all sat in awe as he installed the window treatments and started on the canopy. He drilled the canopy into the ceiling and then drilled the drapes into place. We then let the mattress movers come in with the new TempurPedic mattress and nail the frame to the headboard. After adding some personal accessories to the nightstands and giving the room a good vacuuming, the installation was finished. It turned out so beautifully that you couldn't even recognize that it was the same room. It was so fun to see everything come together, and to see Susana so excited about her long awaited canopy install.


Frosting the armoire doors



Because the ceilings were so low, it was tough for Susana to find a ceiling fixture that was flush with the ceiling and still elegant, but she picked the perfect one!


watching the canopy installation


Canopy and headboard final result


metallic dresser on rug from India




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