A Fun Foyer Features Fantastic Art
A foyer gives visiting guests a first impression of both the homeowners and the home’s interior design. A large foyer in a Burlingame, CA bungalow was painted sunny yellow with white trim that is usually associated with classic traditional rooms. A modest antique ceiling mounted light fixture, a traditional French style wood cabinet, small works [...]
INSTUDIO Design Directors discover CAVALIER by Jay Jeffers
INSTUDIO Design Director Samuel Fleming Lewis is one of the few people who continue to produce furniture drawings by hand. For nearly a decade Lewis has provided hand drafting for custom furniture designed by Jeffers Design Group. When visiting the chic JDG interior design studio for a new project Lewis noticed a few changes on [...]
Meet INSTUDIO Design Directors at the Discarded to Divine Gala, Cocktail Reception+ Silent Auction
INSTUDIO Interior Design Directors Lynne Gillan, Samuel Fleming Lewis and Stephen Kladder each bring their creativity to the table when they collaborate on design projects for INSTUDIO clients. As artists their individuality is apparent. You will see how each artist/designer transformed an identical table as unique works of Art Furniture when they greet you at [...]
FLOWING FROM ART TO FURNITURE
Having an intuitive sense for harmonizing color, INSTUDIO Design Director, Lynne Gillan discovered a new way of looking at her art and design work when she was faced with a unique problem to solve. In her artwork, watercolor is her medium of choice for the fluidity and transparency it allows in exploring the layering of [...]
Self Portrait, 1967 by Max Requenes & Delcio Gomes
Art makes a first and lasting impression. INSTUDIO interior Design Directors asked former New York City resident Max Requenes to look for a large scale work of art to complete the design of the foyer for his northern California bungalow. The designers expected him to find a piece that reflected his interest in animation, modernist [...]
iPhoneography at ArtHaus
With new technology comes new art. Mobile Photography sometimes known as iPhoneography is global phenomenon. ArtHaus Gallerists James Bacchi & Annette Schutz are pushing San Francisco to the artistic edge with their Mobile Photo Awards exhibit that opens on April 5th 2012. The Mobile Photo Awards or “MPAs” are modeled after traditional photography awards with [...]
Bored at Home? Try an INSTUDIO Restyle!
Having nice things is sometimes not enough when you’ve had the same furniture, art and accessories for so long that you don’t see them anymore. It’s easy to become bored with your rooms simply using them every day and not seeing your home with fresh eyes or ideas for new possibilities. Everything old can become [...]
Last Chance to Visit the MENS ROOM
When you gotta go, you gotta go to the MENS ROOM exhibit at ArtHaus. The MENS ROOM is a rotating exhibition of works by male artists that closes Saturday March 31, 2012 Gallerists James Bacchi and Annette Schutz cultivated a group show in the ArtHaus Project Gallery that features paintings, photographs, sculpture and works on [...]
A&G Merch of Brooklyn NY now in SF
No need for San Franciscans to fly to NYC and take the subway to Brooklyn, A&G MERCH is now in the Castro! While searching for accent tables and accessories to complete a design project INSTUDIO Design Directors happened into A&G MERCH. There they found cool retro style sofas and chairs accented with the latest in [...]
EXTRAORDINARY USE OF COLOR – THE ART OF ROSEMARY MCDERMOTT
Artist Rosemary McDermott – a continued favorite of INSTUDIO – takes color to new levels of compassion and interest in her artwork. Rosemary discovered she was an artist about 10 years ago when she picked up a sketch book and began drawing through copying the works of the masters Degas, Sargent, Klimt and Schiele, an [...]
INSTUDIO is on to Discarded to Divine
Bring home one of a kind fashion and home furnishings that were transformed from Discarded to Divine while supporting the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco. Discarded to Divine is a charitable event that features the visionary talents of aspiring and professional designers who use their skills to create a metamorphosis on donated [...]
Tamara Codor FURNITURE DESIGN
Some of the most innovative, beautiful, contemporary furniture designs are not mass produced, seen in design showrooms or retail stores. These works of art that happen to be furniture are developed by furniture designers who work with specialty crafts people to realize their own designs. INSTUDIO Design Directors were thrilled when they reviewed a portfolio [...]
The Art of Caryne Havican-Mender
Miami artist Caryne Havican-Mender creates artifacts pulled from the urban landscape. She finds discarded man-made objects in abandoned houses, junkyards, and flea markets and allows the viewer to re-discover the discarded in her works of art providing hints of traditional art subject matter such as landscapes, as well as contemporary abstract works. The art is [...]
INSTUDIO Directs Design at MISSION PICTURES
The unassuming vine covered building at 1500 Seventeenth Street on the northwest corner of Arkansas looks plain on the outside but it is the home to three creative businesses. Buddy Rhodes is an artist and the innovative design force for concrete products. INSTUDIO Design Directors/Artists develop their ideas for art and interior design projects. MISSION [...]
In a Pipe Wrench, the Artist Sees a Table
Artist, craftsmen and furniture designers contact the INSTUDIO Design Directors with their new products. Jonathan Niemuth refers to himself as “creative” because he encompasses art, craft and design in his varied work. Creative people have the vision to see beyond what things are to what they can be. In big red pipe wrenches Jonathan saw a [...]
Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
San Francisco Design Directors Samuel Lewis and Stephen Kladder of INSTUDIO while visiting Grand Rapids, Michigan over the holiday break spent an afternoon at the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. Recognized as one of the finest sculpture parks in the country and named one of the top 30 must-see museums in the world by [...]
Create Gold and Silver Glittered Pinecones
Nature provides perfect holiday decorations from majestic pine trees. Natural pine cones remind us of the season and add sculptural beauty to any style of interior design and décor. While the Design Directors of INSTUDIO think that “gilding the lily” would be a bad idea, they think that glittering the pinecone might be a good [...]
Charlie Brown Trees Get Holiday Bling
The Design Directors of INSTUDIO give a new look to holiday décor. Relying on their artistic nature, they recycle craft and style fallen tree branches into surprising Charlie Brown style trees. Gold and silver are foundation colors that can accent the design of any room. The golden tree is a branch that is first spray [...]
Atmospheric Paintings add Splendor to Decor
Selecting art that you enjoy is one of the best ways to bring your personal style and taste into your decor. INSTUDIO interior Design Directors recently accompanied clients to San Francisco’s Naval Shipyard for Open Artists’ Studios in the quest to acquire art for their home. Seeing where art is created, meeting artist and viewing [...]
You’ve Got Style!
The Design Directors of INSTUDIO often hear from clients when we ask them what their style is that they have no style. Not true! Everyone has their own style; they simply may not know how to translate it into their interior spaces. Everyone dresses themselves in a manner that suits them (their style). We all [...]
Artists are Opening their Studios
Year round artists are busy creating interesting works of art behind closed doors in lofts, warehouses, garages, basements, spare bedrooms, workrooms and anyplace that they call a studio. In San Francisco, Fall means “Open Studios”. INSTUDIO Design Directors look forward to this time of year because they can see new work by both well known [...]
INTERIOR DESIGN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Design Plus Consignment Gallery & the Interior Design Directors of INSTUDIO come together to present a free public discussion and demonstration of creative interior design solutions for the home. Design Plus offers a plethora of gently used home furnishings, art and accessories. Match your design style whatever it is with items from Design Plus and [...]
Get off the Chair & Design your Room
October already and before you know it the holidays will be here. Family and friends will soon be knocking at your door. Now is the time to spiff up your interiors with a little paint, some wallpaper, a new rug, hardwood floors, tile, crown molding, a new furniture arrangement, new window treatments, and maybe some [...]
STILL HERE an exhibit by the 3.9 Art Collective
3.9 Art Collective was founded by African American artist in San Francisco after it was recently discovered that according to the 2010 census the African American population in San Francisco has declined to 3.9%. Is being an African American that lives in San Francisco a revolutionary act? STILL HERE is the collective’s inaugural exhibit that [...]
