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 …
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DESIGN SHADOW: OLD SCHOOL FURNITURE MAKING
I spent the day on the road traveling around the valley to various furniture workers that I am using on some projects. The purpose of the visits were to inspect the quality of the work, answers questions of the fabricators and just plain see how the furniture is coming along. It is a very exciting thing …
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 …
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA – FURNITURE AND PRODUCT MARKET
Today I awoke in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s another day at the High Point Furniture Market for me. This is my second full day here and even though I have walked over 9,000 steps each day (plus my 4 mile run today) I am feeling good and have one more day in me. I am …
PURPLE FABRIC UPDATE – WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
Remember when I talked about a fabric that was a color that I didn’t like so much? Well that fabric has shown its ugly head. I spent this week working on a new problem. I usually write about items that are done on a day to day basis, but this one has taken lots of …
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 …
PRISON FURNITURE
I spent a portion of today reviewing furniture made by UCI; Utah Correctional Industries. For those not familiar with this program, the State of Utah’s prison system seeks to give the prison inmates skills, to provide for themselves once out of the prison system. In one of the departments they offer training in furniture making and upholstering. …
