Sneak Peek

Hello all and welcome to another week! I had a wonderful weekend out of the city visiting a friend and her lovely little 2 week old baby girl.  Such a tiny sweetheart she is. Great to get out of the city and do a whole lot of relaxing and visiting with friends I haven't seen in a long time. Now back to work and a fresh (and busy) week has started.  I am looking forward to heading to Aspen again at the beginning of next week to spend some more time on site for the second phase of our installation, and although I know it will be busy and intense, as I am sure I have mentioned, I love being on site and so this is always my favorite part of a project.

I wanted to give you all a little Sneak Peek into a new before and after I am working on. A dear friend of mine has spent countless months renovating an apartment in Edinburgh and I finally have the photos! Keep an eye out over the next few days to see the full post, but I can tell you this one is magazine worthy for sure!

Happy Monday all!
A x

Sneak Peek

My time in Nice sadly came to an end over the weekend - I can't believe two weeks went by so quickly!  It was great discovering the city and enjoying a little bit of a milder climate.  I have been visiting there since I was little and never full appreciated the architecture and location until I was older and in the world of design.

Like many other European cities, Nice has an interesting abundance of history with layer upon layer revealing itself to you...if you know where to look.  I was taken to see a staircase in a residential/office building around the corner from the office in which I was working, that just blew me away.  I have walked by the building (Palais Hongran) countless times and never through to look through the glass in the front door to what was inside - or that this amazing architectural splendour could be hiding behind the interesting yet simple facade.

The building was built between 1769 and 1772 and the floral frescos which date from the 19th Century are attributed to Maurice Pillard Verneuil. I am sure that there are many little hidden gems like this in New York, London and many other cities, and this little encounter has made me want to start looking a little deeper and sneaking some more peeks - any suggestions?

The pillars aren't actually marble, but rather they are painted to look like marble - fooled me!

* Please excuse the dark photos - I only had my phone on me and this space clearly needed a better camera to capture this low-light interior!