When Brigham Young University closed their Interior Design Program 14 years ago, it limited the options and paved the way for other local universities programs to gain more support. And then with the closing of Brigham Young University – Idaho’s program this past year, Utah and Idaho have been left with only two CIDA accredited …
Tag Archives: antique furniture
DESIGN SHADOW ON PROBLEM SOLVING AND ANTIQUE LAMPS
This has been an interesting couple of weeks. I would love to say “today I did …” and name a specific item. Right now I am all over the board on multiple projects doing site inspections, creating/maintaining budgets, preparing purchase orders for and buying furniture and following up on vendors that are providing products for our …
DESIGN SHADOW ON ANTIQUES
The current project that I have been working on is a historic renovation and has required me to do a lot of in-depth research into the late 19th century. I specifically have spent a lot of time with the Eastlake, High Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival design movements of the overreaching Victorian aesthetic. I have …
CUSTOM CHAIR CARVING REVIEW
I received in the mail a package of wood carvings today. This is the best kind of mail! These carvings are submittals for the crown of a designed chair going into a historically sensitive remodel. This chair is modeled after a Victorian – Eastlake movement – antique. I have written a previous blog on a …
CABINETRY DESIGN
This is what my morning consisted of today: Awhile ago, another designer and I took a concept of a Victorian Eastlake cabinet that was made by a manufacturer for a historic building and re-worked it for our project using some other photos of historic pieces. The design was sent out to bid to a couple …