Showing posts with label Interior Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interior Design. Show all posts

Monday, June 29, 2015

Lots of Pots

My wife and I enjoy functional art. Years ago, we began to replace the machine manufactured items in our kitchen with handmade pottery. We enjoy the individual personality that each pot is given by its maker.

Currently, we are in the process of trying to sell our home and invited interior designer Anne Tuckley to help us stage the home for potential buyers.  In addition to removing some antique furniture from the dining room and most of the books from my library, she took our handmade serving dishes out of the kitchen cabinets and used them to decorate.

Here are pictures of Anne's placement of our pots:


The serving bowls are from Fox Pass Pottery in Fox Pass, Arkansas. The pitcher was made by Always Azul Pottery in Villa Grove, Colorado.

This shot shows the plates from Always Azul that go with the water pitcher. We are afraid to move the angled dining room chair for fear of breaking Anne's feng shui.

  
My morning coffee routine has changed now that our mugs and cream pitcher from Fox Pass are decorating this shelf above the fireplace in the kitchen. The larger pitcher and the tumbler were made by our daughter Jennifer.



This book case features two of Jennifer's bowls on the middle shelf. The large raku platter is from Enchanted Circle Pottery in Taos Canyon, New Mexico. The small piece sitting on the book is our salt shaker so cooking now involves gathering items from all over the house.

We picked this up at Columbia's Art in the Park several years ago. I believe the name of the maker was the Wichita Mudslinger, but I have not been able to locate them online.

Our newest acquisition, that we purchased from Barry Bernstein Raku at the Oklahoma Festival of the Arts a few weeks ago, has been assigned to hold this orchid to "give a splash of color" to the hearth in the family room.

Overall, we really like the way Anne redecorated our home. But we are looking forward to selling it and moving into our new place closer to the center of Columbia.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

When Your Name Becomes an Adjective

Today I was listening to an interview with author and interior designer Kelly Hoppen and she mentioned how it felt the first time that she heard her name used as an adjective, as in "the Kelly Hoppen style."

If your name were used as an adjective, what would it mean?  What would you like it to mean?

Hoppen also explained how writing her books on design and working on her new iPhone App helped her better understand her own creative process.

Here is what she has to say about confidence, belief and passion on her personal blog:

"I started my business at just 16 and I know that confidence can be a big hurdle for young people…actually it can be a hurdle for people of any age!  I know how to get the best out of people so when a person says to me that they want to start their own business I remind them that anything is possible, you just have to trust that it is.  I am a believer that you have to visualize your future and learn from your past mistakes to make things happen for yourself.  Passion, drive and determination will see you through so long as you believe in yourself and stay positive"