Some of the first pictures I took before I run out of battery and changed to film camera. The light was really good at sunset so I shot a million rolls… I’ll be updating again. We’re exhausted but happy. Woof, woof, woofa!!!!
Oh and WOOFA won “Most Original Doghouse Concept!” yey
Just like we like it, we’lll take that one, over any other, any day;-)
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… that’s what Mike is calling it. That’s the knot in the wood we are building the dog house with…it looks like a DOG!!! Wild…
The plywood is Formaldehyde-free plywood from managed forests, it will have a No-VOC rubberized coating.
I don’t even know where to begin. We’re presenting stuff like mad. Remodels, houses on the lake, houses on cliffs, houses in town, houses in the country, more remodels… and a dog house.
I’ll get around to posting about it all but let’s begin with that last one, it’s for Barkitecture Austin.
Our dog house/sofa is called WOOFA.
It’s a dog house that becomes an outdoor sofa (well, two really.) Like they say, a picture (or three) is worth a thousand words.
The glorious text comes from this blog that indispensable Jett of FODA Studio found.
All for charity… for the hounds. Design Within Reach is putting it together. We love the hounds, we love DWR. But we love John and Mike most of all because they are probably at the warehouse, right now, up to their eyebrows in sawdust, and it’s late, and it looks so incredible… get this, there was a little dog drawn in the wood, a wood knowt that looked like a dog, what are the odds???
The local gas company building in Barcelona by Miralles and Tagliabue. Did you see the bird at the top??? We can sell this pic any day. Way to go MJ! So yes, we have been in Europe for two weeks. Barcelona and then the beach… at Calella de Palafrugell and back to Barcelona. It’s a deal, we’re going back in June/July and we will work from the beach. Why not?
I get bored stiff at some of the award parties that we’ve had to go to. But Chicago was fun, fast, and furious. The Interior Designers kicked some butt. This was the IIDA awards party last year… And we got to sit at the same table with Her Highness Eva Maddox. I’ve been dying to post these, but we didn’t have a blog then, so here they are. M. J. in a tux, was almost too much for me, and all the quasi-naked boys and girls didn’t cool things down any.
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… now, but I had to post two quick office pics, taken with the phone. I’m in love!
Now, we tung oil everything starting Monday, paint a bit and get the chairs and a few things and move in!
In the future, we will have a pivoting plasma screen for presentations and for entertaining the passerby. See this quick rendering:
…and so little time to post. I have all these pics to share, of the restaurant and the new office, not to mention some on the progress on Kyle’s job, (admit it, you miss seeing that omnipresent and oh so bucolic windmill thingy) but I’m burning disks to send to Korea and Ecuador instead. So while this thing burns away (these mac pro laptops get hot or what???) maybe I’ll put SOMETHING up, and I won’t feel so guilty!
You’ll just have to imagine my witty comments underneath each one, I know you can do it! These are from the restaurant. Drool baby, drool…
We had to move out of the old office before the new one is finished, so it has been quite hectic around here. But, man, are we excited about the new office, or what!!! I can’t wait to post pictures of the work in progress, soon!!!
And guess what, Curra’s at Parmer and Mc Neill is almost finished!!! They will do a test opening on Monday! IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE. I took some pics before it was finished and I’m going to start taking serious pics (along with a couple other professional photographers) so get ready!!!
Everyone is in love with the place, with the perforated plywood and the big ass fan, it feels almost like you can fly in there. It’s SO open, bright and clean, and FUN. They are going to make a killing at this place. Stay tunned. VV
… and you shall receive! We’ve been able to turn the A/C off for the last two days. Sleeping with the windows open again. What a concept:-) John Aielli on KUT was talking about the dew point today. Anything below 60, and voila! It doesn’t feel humid! Oh Joy.
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