glorious

los angeles is at its most beautiful after a winter storm, and ted and i were fortunate enough to spend a hour or two basking in it, before heading home to get a head start on the coming week...

hoping your weekend was glorious too!

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more work in progress (ted, on a hike)

hello, my name is ted. this is me up near the top of runyon canyon:

i do not like to hike, but my dad is insisting. he says he needs to get in shape, and gosh darnit, he ain't hiking alone! this is what i look like when we start our hikes. i just sit, giving him my best "wtf?" stare, but it never works- he keeps walking, so i follow along. eventually.

this is me when we first tried hiking- i've come along way since then. the treats my dad bribes me with really help.

maybe hiking ain't so bad- i just scored chicken treats off total strangers!

or maybe it's the pits. i'm still making up my mind.

my dad says i'll love it by summer. me? i'm not so sure. we'll keep you posted.
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pretty in pink (more work in progress)

what with today's obsessively pink holiday, the recent "power of pink" issue of house beautiful, and  pantone's honeysuckle pink being named color of the year, we thought we'd share another sneak peek of a work in progress (even though the photo quality is a bit grainy and the unfinished styling, a bit impromptu; normally, m21 would advise any designer who asked, to NOT show anything 'in progress' as waiting until a project is perfectly styled is your best opportunity to present your designs exactly how you'd like them seen- but what the heck, we previously shared this on facebook and twitter, so half of you have seen it anyway, and really, with all the pink in the air lately, we thought, why not?)

we shared the elements of the room here- now you can see how they all fit together; just waiting on a pair of modern planters for next to the banquette, to put the finishing touches on the room!

see why it was on our mind? kinda eclectic- a bit traditional, a bit modern- and powerfully pink! hoping your valentine's day was deliciously pink as well!
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kisses

sending you much valentine's day love from all of us here at the atelier.

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work in progress...

above is one of a chic pair of custom 'ashbury' chairs from the fabulous folks at plantation, delivered to a client's home this afternoon, to be used as extra seating in an intimate, family-friendly media room off a kitchen. the chairs are a great size for our needs- somewhere between a lounge chair and a side chair, and we covered them in a hard-wearing white vinyl, so they'll still match the sophisticated look, and black & white color palette of the adjacent kitchen, yet can stand up to whatever abuse the resident toddler may accidentally inflict- no reason why kid-friendly can't be stylish too! we are very pleased with the finished look of the chairs...

as you can see from the floorplan, the chairs will be sitting on what we think is an incredibly stylish b&w geometric dash and albert indoor/outdoor rug, (available here in LA @ hd buttercup). again, completely kid proof, and looks like a million bucks, though it didn't cost anywhere near that! and if a pb&j is accidentally squished into the rug, it can simply be hauled out on the adjoining patio and hosed off- how's that for easy care?

last, here's an installation photo of the gorgeous polished nickel hicks pendants we shared with you on an earlier posting, which hang above the island in the adjacent kitchen (the good folks at circa provided stellar customer service when one of the glass globes arrived with a minor flaw, btw). we've cropped the above photo to a) preserve a little mystery as to the look of the finished project, and b) not lessen the prettiness of the fixtures, as the room was covered in dropcloths and construction debris when the photo was snapped. plus, we're really hoping you'll finally get to see all these elements pulled together in their finished glory when the home graces the pages of a future issue of house beautiful! (hey, a decorator can dream can't he?)

enjoy your weekend!
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