It is with great pleasure that I get to announce the arrival of the newest member of our team at Furniture Fashion. J. Chandelle has joined our team bringing with her an experienced background in interior design. It is our hope that her insight can help readers make their own spaces more beautiful while providing great information from a designer's perspective. J. Chandelle holds two degrees in interior design, participates in many design organizations, and has a natural ability to communicate her ideas effectively with the public.
J. Chandelle provided this quote about herself, "One of my largest goals as a professional designer is to educate those I work with about the Interior Design profession, and dispel the myth that we are pillow fluffers. Most designers have had years of training and degrees. We are charged with not only creating an attractive space, but also making the space safe, functional, and accessible. I hope through my writings I can make my readers more informed and confident consumers."
You can read more about J. Chandelle in the About Us section.
Well the new colors for Spring have arrived. This image shows some colors of home accessory items that are to be featured this spring. We are in for some bright colors indeed. I have already seen many of these colors featured in personal fashion products and advertising. It remains to be seen if we will see many couches and chairs in these colors! The future is looking bright this Spring.
I am a big fan of lofts and frankly enjoy living in the heart of the city. There you can be surrounded by great restaurants, theaters, shopping, art galleries, and coffee shops. It's not all glamorous though. The tradeoff is always less space when you are in so close.
A smaller apartment or loft space creates additional challenges when decorating. Most of us have more stuff than we need and yet we want to cram it all into our home. Another challenge is having one large open space. As humans we like to have some break in the routine where we dwell. Being able to escape to a study, or a TV room, may be just the rest and relaxation needed to recharge the batteries. Further, you may have a roommate or child and need privacy even though a loft is small.
One tip for such challenges is using room dividers. There are free standing versions as well as sliding door versions that can create a room when you need one. Another handy idea is using sliding doors for pantries or closets. This frees up having a door that must swing outward to open and close. Often times, there is no room for the door to swing to. There are some very stylish room dividers on the market. The two models pictured here are from Raydoor. New York City designer Luke Siegel founded Raydoor to create panels that transmit light and provide dampening of sound.
If you are into "green" products and love the look of natural ingredients, then Bleu Nature has something for you. Founded in northern France in 1995 by Frank Lefebvre, Blue Nature makes the best of mother natures gifts. The principal material is driftwood combined with hemp, pebbles, stones and flat rocks, raw linen, boiled wool, leather, skins, teak, slate and petrified wood. A team design and construction effort gives birth and "creations are born of an encounter between the technical mastery of French craftsmen and the prolonged work of nature. Nature has fashioned each piece of driftwood over time, rendering every item they produce unique in both form and dimension". The complete line includes tables, sofas, chairs, accessories, lamps, and petrified wood.
I feel it is our calling to leave no stone unturned when your homes décor is on the line. For the animal lovers, Furniture Fashion has revealed some attractive and useful pet furniture that you can tastefully blend into your idea of the perfect home. Here is a really clean and non bulky line of bird cages and aviaries from AvianWeb that are the perfect place for you favorite bird to spend some quality time. Their bird cages are made from medical grade stainless steel for a modern look and safe environment with a host of features like pull out trays for cleaning, seed catchers, 6mm bar spacing, and locks that even the most determined bird can't open. Avian Web has bird cages and aviaries for birds as large as parrots and as small as the finch with a full range of sizes and features. Prices range from around $30 for the most basic model, to $3500 for the Kings Hexagon for large parrots shown here. 6' Diameter X 7' 5" Height
