FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND!!!!! WOOHOOOO
Good news from the dream team here at Lisa Wolfe! My internship has been extended for two more weeks! Which means I’ll be here able to help and see things progress, and lucky for you, you get two more extra blog updates as Hannah the intern!!
I also learned a funny piece of information yesterday! In my 8 short weeks being here I seemed to have acquired a few nicknames here..of course made out of love for the wonderful intern that I am 😉 “Little Cupcake” and “Pillow Puff”. How these came about I don’t know but its pretty funny if you ask me!
The week started off stuck in budget-mode. I have definitely have had my share of budgeting for the week! Lisa and I are finally wrapping our product research for the Penthouse. With this under our belt, we are moving on to my personal favorite part of anything design…FABRICS!! (Cue the fan-girling) You know, while some people get excited over tacos or getting their paycheck…designers get excited over fabric samples and furniture finishes. Don’t ask. 😉
Lisa Maria and I had a few solid days in the office to start out the week, rushing to prepare for our trip to the city. We gathered all our favorite fabric samples for the Penthouse, notebooks, and tearsheets and headed down to CHI CITY BABY! Fully equipped with protein bars (Lisa’s favorite) and waters we were prepared for the long glorious day in the dog-eat-dog world.
Our first stop was at the Southport Client’s house where the photo-shoot took place weeks ago. This final project is one of my favorites that I’ve seen so far. Before I was even hired, Lisa tested me by having me create a 3D, fully rendered perspective of a custom office space. This is the first time EVER that I have created a rendering and then seen it in person. All my projects for school are strictly for educational purposes and nothing actually gets turned into real life spaces so this was definitely a neat thing to finally get to experience! Here are three different views I did. It was also a chance to see work-in-progress in some other rooms of the house (ongoing installs right now!)
After a few more client meetings and some hustling around, Lisa and I found that we were starving. Dino’s Gyros on the Spit Greek Restaurant. Dino’s Who could turn down a delicious gyro and some fresh hummus?! Not going to lie, I’m getting pretty hungry thinking about it…and it’s only 9 in the morning. Lisa introduced me to saganacki (flaming cheese!)… Forget this modern technology called microwave, we’re taking it back to the Stone Age…light that stuff n fire! Anyways, it was a delicious break from the chaotic day.
Our final stop for the day was the PENTHOUSE! We had quite a lot of work to get done in a short period of time. I was surprised to see how clean the penthouse was despite the demolition from last week! With all the gross carpeting gone and the old cabinetry out in a dumpster somewhere, its getting easier to picture what this place will look like in the end.
We first laid out all our different options of upholstery fabric, drapery fabric, and pillow fabric. The best place to start was to come up with all our options for upholstery and then move to pillows. After a few minutes of sifting and taking a look at all our wonderful options, I quickly knew which ones were my favorites. Unfortunately they didn’t get picked, but now I know which ones I’ll use when I design my own house one-day…hehehehe. Just wait people, it’ll happen.
Three and a half hours later, Lisa and I came up with the perfect fabric options for pillows, drapery and upholstery! I can’t even wait to see what it looks like in the end!
Top Five Discoveries of The Week:
1). If you have a lamp and want to raise the shade or add height to your lamp, you can purchase some extenders! They’re just inch-long metal pieces to add below the finial at the top.
2). When you are looking for furniture or lighting options, always keep your back ups options. Never know when you’ll have a vicious backorder or something gets discontinued.
3). Be careful when choosing velvet as a main fabric for a piece of furniture. Certain velvets show movement …. sometimes that’s a look you will like, but if not, be careful!
4). You can troubleshoot all you want but you can’t plan for everything. For example, a manufacturer forgot to include critical parts to a bunkbed. This caused a domino effect of setting the entire project back. All you can do is resolve the problem as soon as possible, keep everyone in the loop and communicate to the Client.
5). Sometimes Clients THINK they know what they want..but when it comes down to it, they may run into WEDDING DRESS SYNDROME…a desire to see everything the world has to offer before making a decision. It happens! The up side is that the Client gets what they wants and feels good about their decision. The down side is all this extra time spent researching may take time away from other elements of the project.
Cupcake out.
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