Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Interior Design Show (IDS) 2012 Gala

Every year there is a Gala on the Thursday night before the opening of IDS on Friday. It is so much fun and all the designers, decorators and everybody else is there checking out the booths and enjoying great food and beverages. It is a great way to mingle, meet friends and really see the different booths and get some great shots. This year I stayed in the city which made it nice and simple for attending the show the next morning.
Here we are - a group of decorators all dressed up and ready to party...
Some of the great products we saw this year
Orange cabinetry
Great light fixture
 Anybody who knows me, knows this is my kind of storage!
Interesting vessel sinks



And to keep you warm.....



Interesting....
Alfred did up orange for this year's display
Unusual and beautiful light fixtures
Made with ribbons

Calm space from Gresham House




More sinks...







Exotic Wood

A great deal of knowledge was gained by our group of Interior Decorators recently when we visited the showroom of Exotic Woods, Burlington,  www.exotic-woods.com .  This company brings in wood from all over the world.  A wonderful place to select your wood for any project, be it a tabletop, flooring or whatever.  We were also introduced to a new finishing product - Rubio which is a 0A% VOC natural product.  It is an Oil base which bonds to the fibres in wood and will protect and add colour to  your wood in one single layer.  No topcoat necessary thus time saving.  It is a wonderful product which can be used in bathrooms as well as many other applications.








Monday, February 27, 2012

Interior Design Show (IDS) 2012

IDS 2012
Here is a look at getting ready for the show...
An empty space just waiting for us

Getting unloaded - whew there are a lot of containers...
  But we have stools....
 Instructions???

  Lining up our poles...

 Let's Play...

Too many pieces....
Let's figure this out.... 
 Ok, now we're getting giddy.... It's been a long day
 almost there...

Voila  -  finished and looking fab!!
All cleaned up and ready for the show
 Come on it and I will tell you all about CDECA
 A very special visitor to our CDECA Booth - my idol - Brian Gluckstein