We were thrilled to have Utah Style and Design stop by for a photo shoot at our store a few weeks ago. They were so delightful! And a captive audience… we love to talk shop – as do they. We are excited to see how the pictures all lay out in the upcoming fall issue and maybe winter! This back area of the store was being shot for the magazine cover! (Soo exciting!)

This may be the cover shot of either the fall or winter issue of Utah Style!

Shooting with them was instant gratification, after they’d shoot a scene, we would huddle around their laptop to see how the pictures came out. They’d go back and make a few adjustments and shoot again, until perfection!

We shot a beautiful vignette around the Margarette bed by Oly Studio. They wanted to showcase the color turquoise!

One vignette two different coffee tables -

We talked about how to style a coffee table and still make it look usable and effortless. We shot this scene in front of the French daybed a few different ways. We’ll see what they end up using?

French daybed with a high directoire table. It’s a nice usable height to eat, study or write a note on.  Fresh flowers cut from my garden earlier that morning. Ahhh, what a luxury!

It will be fun to see how these all develop for the magazine. If you haven’t already got your summer issue of Utah Style, run out and grab one! It’s a great issue! We are featured toward the front of the magazine in the Style File section.

Special thanks to Brad, Tessa and Adam at Utah Style and Design for making us look so good and spending their whole day with us!

Check out the Summer 2010 issue of Utah Style & Design to read about us!

For more information or to schedule an appointment call Kristen at (801) 802-6266.

Here are a few more new items we have in the store:

Alhambra Chair
$1,069

Continental Four-Drawer Chest
$1,787

Cockatoo Table Lamp
$235

Thom Filicia – Copake Eagle Console in Seneca Falls White Wash
$2,499

Vintage Furniture Cart – These are originals and very limited. We picked up two at Market because we knew we wouldn’t be able to find them again!
$565

Opal Leather Chair
$1,495

Thom Filicia – Carrier Circle Coffee Table in French Gray
$805

Giselle Chair in Linen
$1,178

Montaigne Armless Chair
$1,174 each
Quantity: 2

Take a look at these fantastic new items we have in store!

Custom designed 8 foot dining table constructed with mortise and tenon joints
$3,999

Parisienne cafe chairs in Limed Grey Oak
$199 each

6-Drawer Newport Console in Vanilla Bean
$1,900

Thom Filica – Dewitt teak ottomans with leather strapping
$759 each

The Bond loveseat in wool
$1,980

[photos by Ashlee Raubach]

This is the Master Bedroom in the mid-century home our client is restoring for her father. You can find her Family Room here. These are our plans for the Master Bedroom:

It is interesting to see how they lived in the 50′s. There are built-ins in every room. A place for everything and everything in it’s place. No fluff. Simple lines. Don’t overstate it. In this room we kept it simple and elegant – The aesthetic is mid-century modern. So it’s clean lines. Minimal details – but enough style to satisfy this small Master Bedroom

The upholstery on the headboard visually softens things up a bit – and the bedding will add another layer interest and loft. The Gilbert bedside table from Julian Chichester has a bronzed and guilded frame with one drawer and a storage area underneath. The Felix chest has simple and clean lines with a metal base.

The celadon lamps will sit atop the Gilbert nightstands. The color of these lamps add to the room’s vintage look and the alabaster lamp will adorn the dresser.

We are excited to see everything installed and look forward to sharing with you!

We have  a client who was knee deep in a restoration project for her sentimental father. Her dad had recently purchased the home he was raised in, and asked his daughter to help him restore it back to its mid-century state.

She hired us to do the space planning and furniture for the main floor. What a fun challenge to go back and study that era and get to use some of the iconic design pieces we have admired. This is how the Family Room will layout:

We always start from the ground up. So we began with this Thomas O’Brien Corsaro Rug. Avocado and teal seemed like a nice vintage color combination to kick things off with.

Retro sofa style with blind tufting has a simple silhouette with track arms and a groovy base.

A pair of Luna chairs with exaggerated angles is a definite throw back.

The George console by Oly Studio will act as a sofa table.

At the center of the room, the classic Noguchi cocktail table.

Stylized lamps play into the rooms Vintage Modern flair.

And check out that entertainment unit… Oly Studio’s Jean buffet with brass door panels.

No mid-century room would be complete without the iconic Eames lounge chair – We did it in ivory and a stripy walnut base.

I can hardly wait to install this project next month. The last few pieces are still trickling in. Will be sure to show and tell!

Ahhh home! This is a space that we installed about a year and a half ago for my parents. It’s their living room, located right off the entry and kitchen of their home. It’s not one of the rooms that you walk by and look at and think how lovely it is, but never enter or sit in it. This room gets used and everything must be comfortable! We couldn’t use a cocktail table in the center because that’s where all the grandchildren wrestle and spread out the train tracks and toys.

It’s the greatest gathering spot in the house not only because of it’s central location, comfortable furniture, and proximity to the kitchen, but not having a television in the room really allows us to sit down and talk to whomever is in the space playing with a baby, or already engaged in another conversation.

I could go on and on about how I feel about useful living rooms… But I know you just want to get to the pictures, so here they are:

One of the great things in this room is the paint! We used a Ralph Lauren color called Cottage Hill. It’s actually the brown color in all the built-ins in our store. It looks olive during certain times of the day in this room. They did the suede texture, which means they stirred sand into the paint to give it this soft velvety look! It’s RICH!

Trophy Lamp by Arteriors – My Mom’s got a thing for trophies!

Spool chairs in black on black with an off-white herringbone back cushion. These are classic! They float in the room so you can enjoy their back side from the kitchen. I just love these chairs from every angle!

My mom has been collecting old trophies since forever… We used to tease her for it, but look how stunning the line up is on her mantle! You were right Mom! They are gorgeous.

I had to sneak this one in, though it’s not the living room. This is the master bedroom. We recently had this bolster custom made and monogrammed with my parent’s initals for their king size bed. It turned out great!

Darling wire bird cage hangs in the bedroom. Available still at Alice Lane! It adds such whimsy to any space.