This Old House 2009 Remodel WinnerPosted on | June 26, 2009 | No Comments We were excited to find some of our Victorian and Arts & Crafts wallpapers used to bring a Bowling Green, Kentucky house from “Forlorn to Refreshed”. The 1896 Queen Anne, (which was originally designed by an enterprising architect of the time, George Barber), had seen better days when Elaine & Dorian Walker bought it six years ago. A three-year renovation followed and the end results were impressive enough for the hard working couple to win the This Old House 2009 Reader Remodel Award. You can see all the pictures (before & afters also) and read the account at the link. Our congratulations to the Walkers!!
Category: Events, Victorian
Tags: Arts & Crafts wallpaper > This Old House > This Old House 2009 Remodel Winner > Victorian wallpaper Apartment Therapy House Tour 2009Posted on | June 15, 2009 | No Comments We were thrilled to see an entry into the 2009 Apartment Therapy House Tour that featured some gorgeous photos of one of our Art Deco wallpapers “Zenith“, in Golden Olive. The apartment is the home of Filmmaker Jeremy Kasten and its located in one of Los Angeles’ most beautiful Deco-era structures, the historic Eastern Columbia Building. The turquoise terra cotta building, built in 1930, recently received a multi-million dollar “makeover” in 2006 and now contains some of Los Angeles’ most desirable urban living spaces.
Kasten used the paper at wainscot level around the main living space capping it with a dark rail and that, combined with the dark baseboard, all makes for a very rich effect. The photos really show off the reflective papers and coupled with all of Kasten’s artifacts and collectibles it makes for one really beautiful environment. The photography from the post is the work of Jason Redmond.
And how about this amazing floor lamp with the integrated clock! Category: Art Deco, Events
Tags: 2009 Apartment Therapy House Tour > Apartment Therapy > Art Deco > Eastern Columbia Building > Jason Redmond > Jeremy Kasten > zenith More Bradbury & Bradbury inspired lampshades!Posted on | June 5, 2009 | No Comments So after hearing from Jana Olson (see last post) I learn that there are other craftspeople making artistic lampshades from our wallpapers, (they are silkscreened and look great when they are backlit after all)! Jill Lawrence writes: “I started working with Bradbury & Bradbury papers, primarily their (at the time) brand new Arts & Crafts series, at least ten years ago. I was a little shy to talk too much about it with B&B, because I was concerned that the way I used their papers - cutting them up, layering them, one atop another, and turning them into lampshades, would not meet with their approval. I was wrong. And I did not know how wrong until once Bruce Bradbury came into the shop and saw “his” shades, and loved them. Loved them enough that, when they came out with a new colorway (”thatch” I think it was) they most generously gifted me with all of the strike-offs from their design process.
Over all this time, I have also worked with customers who have brought in their own B&B papers from their own wallpapering project. Using their paper, I have made custom shades to exactly match their newly papered walls.
Recently (a week and a half ago, coincidentally!) I became excited with a new (at least to me) B&B paper - the Birchwood frieze - that a customer gave to us which was left over from remodeling project at her house. Because it is so lovely, I have used the frieze as a border on parchment paper.” For more information and images of the beautiful work they do: http://www.suejohnsonlamps.com/
Category: Arts & Crafts, Wallpaper Stories
Tags: Birchwood > Claire's Wilow > Glenwood > Jill Lawrence > lampshades > Morris Collection > Piedmont > Raspberry Bramble > suejohnsonlamps > Thornberry Panache LightingPosted on | May 26, 2009 | No Comments For thirty years now we’ve seen a lot of creative uses for our wallpaper besides the usual installation on walls and ceilings… for example, art wallpaper lampshades. Jana Olson, of Panache Lighting, has 16 years of experience in the antique lighting trade, both as a retailer and restorer of old lighting. She loves to help people furnish their homes in lighting which complements the architecture of the house, and the decorating style of the residents. In addition to restoring and repairing lighting fixtures, which is the main part of her business, she enjoys making shades for lights. Choosing a flattering lampshade for your bedside, table, or reading lamp is important, and what could be better than, of course, art wallpapers to provide a rich palette of colors and designs which can be adapted to lampshades.
The photos here show Jana’s house with our Raspberrry Bramble design, done with gold stems rather than brown. With some of the leftover pieces, a lampshade was made, shown on a reading lamp.
She can do this for you, too, with your choice of paper and size of shade, and alternate edge trims. If you see an artistic lampshade in your future, you can contact Jana at: PANACHE LIGHTING, 2743 Ninth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Phone and Fax: 510-204-9375 email: janaolson@comcast.net Category: Arts & Crafts, Misc., Products We Like, Victorian, Wallpaper Stories
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