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ggemdesigncoOne Room Challenge Week 3

So I am traveling this week, and I’m at the biggest home furnishing show in America, in High Point, North Carolina. Last week’s fire was scary for my community, and changed the lives of those affected in theirs. I am heartbroken for them. Here, we did not get the fire but we did go deep on our preparedness. We moved wood piles (one I forgot was even there), I checked out the systems in place for the business I sit on the Board of Directors of, and some protocols were implemented. Some people took the opportunity to get their firehose and nozzle and adapter kit ready. All in all it was anxiety producing, but productive. I am thinking and hoping for those affected. Send them gift cards, other things don’t help as much. OK. Back to the topic. 

Major progress has been made on the concept for the One Room Challenge! 

Let’s remind you what the space is… 
Here’s a “super before” A before from before the before I showed you last time. We had an additional artist in the space then, and he moved on and took his furnishings with him.  The art of the man screaming in a puffy frame is gone, the metal cabinet is gone, the plastic drawers are gone the drafting table is gone (it was so awesome) the glass table is gone. The gray chair is gone. They all belonged to the other artist. 

I have come to some major decisions!!!! 

I want to keep the Phillippe Starck bench, it is bad ass, in very good condition and it fits. Anything else there would be a down grade and why would I downgrade from a pice from one of the worlds most famous product designers? 

I want a giant table as a desk, and my suite mate who occasionally does art there liked that idea when I brought it up to him, so that is a good thing. We use it mainly for mood boarding at Ggem Design, we both work on laptops and no “desk” is needed for that. 

I love my old leather wing chair, it’s vintage Baker (an extremely high end furniture line), I found it in a trash can on the way to an audition when I was still an actress- maybe 2002? I was late to the audition, didn’t get the part and never regretted it because LOOK at the perfection that is that chair. It’s so well made and special and again, I never downgrade. 

I want to put casters on it and have it roll around. I think we can polish the leather? Like shoes? I’m gonna find out. Once I tried to wash it, it was a disaster and I’m sure I damaged it. Pro tip: don’t put your vintage leather chair under a hose. 

and finally, I know I want to incorporate this star I saw on a garage door in Positano.

Here are my 2 dream items, if possible: 

Giant moldings (as seen in a historic American Home). I love giant moldings, in old homes they were needed to cover gaps in rougher hewn wood (before electric saws, I mean OLD homes) and moulding was handy dandy to close all that up. It became decorative and has been ever since. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t still functional, the yellow here shows a picture rail (not being used as one). Chain would hang from hooks down to hold art, that way people weren’t breaking into their plaster. 

Giant moulding in the Wattles Mansion space by @ggemdesign This has picture rail and created a soffit for drapery… 

And dream item #2 is a SWING! I am always uncomfortable in any chair or sofa or whatever. I think this would be better. If I could put the tree in there as well, I would. Actually that’s a good call- I should get a TREE! That actually builds on the building’s essence. The building has huge prehistoric looking fabulous plants and trees inside the atrium and it’s BEAUTIFUL. 

Ok so now we know. A swing. Giant moulding. Art hang. Keeping the bench. Probably a tree. That amazing wing chair if it polishes like shoes. 

Elements that make a concept!

When I get back it’s going to be full steam ahead, because time will be VERY short. Be sure to check in with the other participants who are MUCH further along at the official blog- www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog

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