Friday, February 18, 2011

Furniture Making and Interior Design

let us now talk about interior design and furniture making. they are related .... i have always thought them to be separate disciplines, but in looking through my 'on site photos' folder recently, i realized that making a piece of furniture, particularly a piece for a particular client, for a particular spot, with their design input, is more than furniture making. if you get it right, not only have you manifested their vision, but you have created for them a 'special place', a place where they too can see 'their vision'. powerful stuff, when you think about it .... so, that said, i will be adding a new category to my blog, interior design, where occasionally i will post a few photos of successful collaborations that i feel meet the criteria above. like the sideboard above, some are from my own home, where the realization began; others from my local clients' homes.

click the photos to enlarge them ...
this is one of my favorite before and after rooms ... the challenge was to take a little used guest room/fly tying spot and turn it into a husband and wife home office/fly tying spot ... lots of conversations, lots of drawings, lots of changes ...  before above ...

after





we did, in the end, receive a couple of design awards for this one ...
 

2 comments:

Jeff Branch said...

Part of what is cool about this room is in addition to all the wood and the warm tones, is the lighting. I watch a lot of This Old House and have come to apprecdiate the impact of a proplerly lit room.

Looking forward to more posts on this subject.

Bergen Furniture And Design said...

Absolutely, interior design and furniture making are intertwined art forms. Creating furniture to fulfill a client's vision and fit seamlessly into their space is a wonderful fusion of functionality and aesthetics. It's like crafting stories within homes through furniture. Exciting addition to your blog!

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