Please go and visit the thoughtful and beautiful work of all the designers & teams that came together to furnish the new Ronald McDonald House Stanford in Palo Alto, CA.
It was a tremendously fulfilling project and a privilege to be a part of.
Thank you to all the support and supporters of the house & PJD.
Link for information on tour hours, tickets and open days here
Feb 13-28th, 2016 | Thurs-Mondays 10am - 3pm
The wonderful textile company 'Sister Parish' has just come on board to donate one of their beautiful linens for the decorative pillows for the two queen beds. Thank you Susan from Sister Parish Design.
On my recent trip to France, I met the absolutely lovely mother & daughter design team of Catherine & Justine MacFee from MacFee Design based in Tahoe, CA & the SF Bay area.
MacFee Design has generously offered their support of room #210, by providing the two custom designed queen size headboards for the space. Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to the house Catherine, Justine & Matthew. Your donation is very much appreciated.
You can find Catherine & Justine at www.macfeedesign.com
HEAD BOARD FABRIC WITH TRIM OPTIONS BEING CONSIDERED
MacFee Design - Napa Valley Showcase House
Work on my room for the new Ronald McDonald House at Stanford in Palo Alto, is coming together. Recently we received some wonderful and very generous support from two companies.
Steve Webb from Webb Construction based in Redwood city (a wonderful building company that I am currently working with for my large Redwood City project) has offered their services to help with the installation and fit out of the room and some of the custom casework.
note: We are looking for donations for the T&G look wall panels that Im applying to some of the walls - so if there is any local lumber companies out their that would like to be a part of this wonderful cause and support the RMH - please do get in touch!
Walking the streets of Corde-sur-ciel
Just back from a wonderful 3+ weeks in France... so many things to see and be inspired by. Starting off a few days in Paris; this time I actually spent the bulk of my days at various art galleries & museums. In the past Ive preferred to wander the streets soaking in the atmosphere, taking a obsessive number of door & window photos and discovering boutiques and boulangeries. The Louvre got a full days attention this time, I had a wonderful day with all the old masters (all of them), ancient Egypt, Rome & Greece, Napoleon (just a bit of a complex!) and more.
The most confounding thing about my visit to the Louvre was the absolute stream off people that entered and made a beeline straight for Mona; completely ignoring the Botticelli, Raphaels, Mantegna's etc and other Leonardo Da Vinci's on the walls. Went to the Louvre, saw the Mona Lisa - tick. Ugh.
After Paris came three days in the Loire valley visiting Chateau's: Vaux de Vicomte, Fontainebleau, Cheverney, Chenonceau & Azay-de-Rideau. All equally worth visiting as they all had something different to be inspired by & learn about. Just looking at the ceilings alone was worth the trip.
If I had to pick my personal top 3, it would be Chateau Vaux, Fontainebleau & Chenonceau.
Chateau Vaux le Vicomte
The Royal Palace - Chateau Fontainebleau
Chateau Chenonceau
Links to all the chateau's for visiting information.
http://www.vaux-le-vicomte.com/en/
http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/spip.php?lang=en
http://www.chateau-cheverny.fr
http://www.chenonceau.com
http://azay-le-rideau.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/
