Behind The Scenes At IDSwest
two weeks back I flew into gorgeous Vancouver for the West coastline interior style show (IDSwest) as well as had such a great time. I fell in like with our west coastline around again.
My associate mark Challen as well as I checked in to the Loden Hotel, which was spectacular as well as ideal for our design-filled trip. (Madonna’s back-up dancers were even staying there for her trip stop in Vancouver that weekend!)
On Friday night, Ross Bonetti — of Vancouver’s Livingspace — took us out on the town for a beautiful dinner. His booth at the show (top right) was gorgeous!
I had lunch with Janis Nicolay, also — a favourite professional photographer of home & Home’s as well as likewise a design-savvy blogger. This is a scan of her charming 3″ x 3″ company card with a picture she took in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
The Vancouver Convention Centre, where the show took place, features this spectacular wall of end-cut wood.
This was a 150-year-old spruce stump in Brent Comber’s booth.
This work of organic optical art, likewise by Brent Comber, is made from wood end-cuts as well as practically appears like corks.
I like this glass dome pattern (we likewise forecasted it in our upcoming December 2012 issue), as well as this striking table would look fantastic in an entryway.
This was an outstanding kitchen area developed by Kelly Deck as well as sponsored by Gaggenau for the AyA booth.
That brass hood ties in with the gold details on the grill. as well as these striking contemporary stools fit the area perfectly.
Kelly’s sketches are works of art in themselves!
Trade shows such as this are likewise fantastic sources of motivation for display. The Montauk Sofa booth designers published pads of paper with their furniture spec sheets to the wall, as well as hung others from clips overhead. Brilliant!
I spotted this trendy man just outside the booth as well as believed he ought to relocation in.
This beautiful white oak table from IZM had gorgeous outlining like rounded corners as well as curved joinery at the bottom of the trestle base.
We spotted these awesome stump tables mixed with white resin from MTH Woodworks.
This trainee display featured these fantastic desk lamps with a vintage feel. (Does anybody understand who I can credit rating for this eco-friendly lamp?! comment below.)
This Nordic-inspired chair from notify Interiors might in shape best into our patterns bundle — coming out in our January 2013 issue. Scandinavian style is everywhere!
Mark as well as I both loved these plywood wall cutouts from Precisionwerkz — an simple method to add structure to a room.
This is notify Interior’s Bocci Bar, named besides the boxes of Bocci lighting developed by Omer Arbel. Some had a eco-friendly glow that fit the industrial style of them perfectly.
Look who we hooked up with for a Montauk party! Tommy Smythe himself.
This is a rendering from Michelle Morelan of Michelle Morelan Design. We satisfied this skilled designer as well as blogger at the blend 2012 event (#blend2012) held at the luxe St. Regis Hotel. A special thanks to Madeline from Ikea Canada for organizing, as well as Ikea Canada for sponsoring the blogger event.
Here we are at blend 2012 with Barbara Matson from Hodge:Podge By Markova style as well as Nancy Marcus from Marcus Design.
I wrapped up the weekend with a long walk along the sea wall. Why don’t I online here?!
For much more on IDSwest, inspect out much more of our top finds in this video.
Photo credits:1-2. Loden Hotel3a. Livingspace3b. Suzanne Dimma4. Janis Nicolay5-11. Suzanne Dimma12. Rendering by Kelly Deck13-21. Suzanne Dimma22. Rendering by Michelle Morelan23. Hodge:Podge By Markova Design, photography by Barbara Matson24. Suzanne Dimma