Design


Repurpose Salvaged Materials For Exterior Decorating

For the longest time, personally, salvaged materials invoked images of artists and recyclers turning junk to something new. Gayle’s Architectural Salvage revived that notion, by showing that even ordinary people can breathe new life to the discarded. If you peruse Gayle’s inventory, you can find many salvaged materials that can be repurposed for something totally ...

Investing in History

Someone once said that only the poor saves money, the rich invest it. And one of the best investments you can make, are in antiques. “Number one, it is one of the very few things that you could purchase that do increase in price as they get older, and objects that you could view and ...

Derby-Inspired Gala Launches the 2013 Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Decked out in Derby attire, nearly 300 guests attended Premiere Night of the 2013 Pasadena Showcase House of Design on April 19. The crowd first toured the house and gardens of the spectacular 1941 Monterey Colonial style estate and then celebrated the opening of the 49th Showcase with dinner and dancing at the iconic Chandelier ...

Funky Furniture, Far Out Fittings

For a lot of people, there are some flourishes in life that only the past can pull off. These are the type of people who feel that modern stained-glass windows will never have the same character as vintage ones, and old arabesques are much more refined than their present-day superficial reincarnations. Funky Furniture, Far Out ...

Decorate Chameleon Style and Enjoy Refreshing Change!

Chameleon Style Decorating Show on Saturday, April 6th, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Chameleon Home Store in Pasadena, 1389 E. Washington Blvd., is the place to start when looking for design solutions for any budget or design personality. Tickets are $35 and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Rosemary Children’s Services. The two hour ...

Shop Till You Drop…And Support the Arts While You’re At It

As longtime fans of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design are well aware, a day at Showcase involves much more than touring an estate where the rooms and gardens have been transformed into a masterpiece of design. There are also the Shops at Showcase, where this year, 22 vendors from throughout California will offer an ...

Pasadena Art Alliance Mad Hatter’s Tea

Pasadena Art Alliance President Alfrida King convened the 2013 Grants Tea Party with the comment that the annaul event “is probably our most favorite day of the Art Alliance year, it’s such a happy day. To be able to give $237,000 in grants in one fell swoop, it’s just great.” The event expresses the Pasadena ...

It’s Back! Bustamante Shows Pasadena Antique Show & Sale

If you are on the hunt for that rare treasure, antique, fine art, decorative art and vintage collectable, then head over to the Pasadena Convention Center’s Exhibit Hall B this weekend. That is where you will find Pasadena’s largest and finest event of its kind, put on by Bustamante Shows. Quality antique dealers will be ...

George’s Unveils New Villeroy & Boch Dedicated Bath Center

George’s Pipe & Plumbing, a popular bath industry showroom in Pasadena, that caters to homeowners, designers and celebrities, recently underwent an entry renovation in partnership with Villeroy & Boch, one of the leading European premium brands for sanitary ware. Established in 1748 and with headquarters in Mettlach/Germany, Villeroy & Boch offers complete bath product lines ...

The 49th Annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design ‘Empty House Party’ Draws a Crowd

Nearly 500 design enthusiasts and architecture aficionados joined the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) in the City of Arcadia this past Friday for their annual Empty House Party. Held at a stunning 1941 Monterey Colonial style estate that was designed by noted residential architect, Roland E. Coate, Sr., the event unveiled the 2013 ...

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Pasadena Chapter Welcomes the New 2012-2013 President

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) elects new officers to fill either one-year or two-year positions. Elected officers are installed into the chapter in September and officially begin their duties in October. For the Pasadena Chapter, the October Home and Kitchen is historically the culmination of its year, and the President begins the activities ...

Huntington Acquires 13 Important Pieces of Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today the acquisition of 13 important pieces of furniture designed by seminal American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959). The highlight of the group is a nine-piece dining room suite designed in 1899 for the Husser House (which since has been destroyed) in Chicago, a commission that ...

PCC Architecture Student Places Second at Prestigious “2×8” Exhibition

Gabriella Colmenares, Pasadena City College architecture student, placed second at this past weekend’s “2×8,” an annual exhibition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) that showcases exemplary student work from architecture and design institutions throughout California. The AIA jurors selected Colmenares’ project, “Places of Performance Los Angeles Grand Central Market,” from 22 entries by ...

Showcase House Moves Closer to Completion

The Pasadena Showcase House is alive with the sound of masking, mitering, and masonery as designers and contractors rush headlong towards the April 11 opening date. Showcase volunteers – about seventy women with a myriad of backgrounds who accomplish the Herculean feat of producing the Showcase House every year – are ramping up as opening ...