Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cabinets, green, houses, interiors, paint, remodelling on May 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The painters are finishing up. All the trim, doors, and cabinetry are painted with Bioshield Aqua Resin Trim Enamel, a very pleasing product that is also very green.
Linen
Guillaume and Freddy, of Canivet Construction, making sure everything is ship-shape
Posted in Found Objects, tagged bathroom, desert architecture, Las Vegas, patterns, sparkle on May 11, 2012| 4 Comments »
I met up with an old friend in Las Vegas last week. Her employer always puts her up in very nice hotels. I enjoy seeing the details of the rooms and lobbies. This time it was The Cosmopolitan, one of the newer hotels on the strip. Here is a photo of the west tower only. I like the of blue linear lights on the façade. There are also big private balconies attached to most of the rooms.
Here is a less glamorous photo in daylight that shows both towers
Here are three photos of the hotel room. Nice how the vanity and tub area is open to the room, making the space feel bigger.
Hotel room – there is a huge balcony on the other end of the room.
sparkly light fixture
sparkly light fixture and wall paper
The next few photos are all taken on the main floor – casino, bars, and lobby. It is quite spectacular really, but it is the opposite of restrained. Everything shimmers and sparkles and there is a dazzling array of patterns, lights, mirrors, and colors. The aura throughout is opulence and extravagance. It felt strange to walk these halls in flip flops and cotton. Diamonds and pearls would be right at home. Sequins and rhinestones would fit in too.
opulence and sparkle in the casino & lobby
more shimmer and sparkle
another shot of the main floor
casino glamor
The Chandelier Bar
Even the bathroom signage is shimmery and fancy
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, garden, green, landscape, process, small buildings on May 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
My friend Matt is making progress on his little buildings! Here are a couple of older posts about the project:
It will be very nice to have the garden and patio between the main house and the small buildings with good southern exposure. (See site plan below)
Posted in Design Projects, tagged painted plywood, patterns, plywood, wood, wooden boats on May 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We had a great time at the Wooden Boat Challenge. The Bar-Ba-Loot was the prettiest boat and the fastest boat, at least in a straight line.
18 teams had 3 hours to build their boat out of two sheets of 3/8 plywood, some 1×2 and 2×2 sticks, screws, three tubes of caulk, and some plastic sheet and rope.
I only saw one sailboat this year (using the plastic sheet and rope) It got to the mark very quickly on a beam reach, but broke its rig during the gybe around the mark.
Team deedsdesign built the kayak pictured below.
Onlookers peer at The Bar-Ba-Loot under construction
construction underway
This series of photos shows the start of the championship race. Our downfall was being a bit slow out of the gate and running into a traffic jam just past the end of the dock.
Third Place
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