NIC Mission's Conference

Our 2nd Annual Missions Conference is coming soon! 

Take you to Rio, Rio

I know the Olympics are over...but I read an interesting article by Design Week about the Rio 2016 logo that was recently introduced. It is the first time a 3D sculptor had been included in the branding. The article helps shed light on the process of creating the logo as well as the symbolism behind all of the elements: color scheme, shape, feeling..etc.

Picture taken from Design Week. 

Picture taken from Design Week.

SInce we are talking about Rio, I thought I would share a favorite animated movie soundtrack of mine...."Take you to Rio." Stephen and I watched the movie a while back and although the movie was not our favorite we liked this song!

Design Miami: Basel 2012

THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR DESIGN

Hall 5, Messe Basel, Switzerland

 June 11-17, 2012

 Maria Pergay/Demisch Demant Gallery (Picture from Design Miami Website) 

Gallery Seomi (Picture from Design Miami Website)

(Picture from Design Miami Website)

Hoping to talk Stephen into taking me to this...wish me luck!

Keep Calm and Carry On

You may have seen poster's like this

or this

or a plethora of other witty and not so witty sayings. 

Here is where it comes from:

Hope you enjoy! 

I will be back soon.

Oh the Lazyboy!

Okay so we have this lovely Lazy-boy in our dining room, it is well, how should I put it, not my favorite piece of furniture. 

For a while I was stumped, I mean what do you do with this thing, slip cover it....thought about it but the weird stretchy slipcovers you have to buy for them scare me a little....I mean how can a single piece of fabric stretch that far? (No offence if you own one and really love it, I have never owned one so I would love your feedback if they really are the cat's meow!)

So I decided I would recover the mustard brown corduroy with a fabric I purchased when a store was going out of business. They did not have many choices left so I took what I could find. It is a very heavy weight fabric though so I am not complaining. 

It was not a very hard project in the end accept for the tufting...it was a bit time consuming but worth it in the end. I found a tutorial randomly online here about how to cover buttons without a fancy machine and it worked like a charm. I couldn't find whatever sting it is you are supposed to use so I ended up with floss attached to washers on the back...I won't show you the trainwreck on the backside of the cushion, luckily that never shows.

So all in all not bad for a cheap solution. Sorry the pictures are a little grimy looking, it has been very grey here lately.

Guest Room MakeOver!

I know the anticipation has been building so I wanted to show you the new guest room. It is the larger of the two bedrooms in our apartment so we decided to use it as the catch all room. It currently serves as our guest room, office, ironing room, equipment storage (if you are married to a baseball player you know how much "stuff" they seem to acquire that I have been assured "are necessities!"), winter storage (they do not believe in closets in German construction.....hence two wardrobes in one room), and last but not least an art room. 

I know what you are thinking: "How can one room serve so many purposes?" Well, we gave it our best shot and here is what we came up with. 

Before Pictures:

Before: Side Wall

Before: Front corner

Before: Front Wall

After Pictures:

After: Side Wall
(this is the view when you enter the room)

I am thinking about adding a bedskirt to the guest bed so we can raise it up a little. I think another pattern would be a nice addition to the room. We bought the least expensive wooden frame from Ikea to go with Stephen's old mattress, but I like the way it turned out. It is really comfortable so you can look forward to a restful night when you come and visit!

After: Bed

After: Back Wall

I love the way the desk area turned out. We debated in Ikea for a while about what kind of desk to get, but when we saw these saw horse legs that tilt the desk top up we were sold. It also works well because there is a ledge below the window to protect the radiator and it helps to create less awkwardness with the desk top butting up to it. I used leftover material from the bottom of the curtains by the bed to just soften the desk windows and am pretty pleased with the cheap solution.

After: Corner View
(sorry the picture is a little dark, we have a chair on the corner by the wardrobe)

After: Front Wall

We found the desk chair in our attic and I recovered the 1970's hunter green corduroy with some fabric from Ikea. I am not in love with the botched stain job someone did on the chair, but it serves it purpose and maybe one day I will get around to painting or restaining it.

After: Desk Chair

After: Desk Area

And last but not least we got these cute little cork boards at where else but Ikea! They are nothing much I am planning on adding some fabric and painting the frame to add some personality. They are practical and hopefully soon will be a pop of color on the walls.

Upcoming Project!