Anything with vines and wildness, I am loving. Enjoy, Heidi
Found on We Heart It Artemislives
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
The 7 rules to understand design and designers.
I love how ya find a quote or a saying that resonates with you just at the time you need it the most.
(Imagination is more important than knowledge, Albert Einstein).
Fabien Barral is an awesome graphics designer. He and his wife have the company Harmonie Interieur, a company that makes and sells wall decals. I am loving this designer. Enjoy, Heidi
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ballard Designs
I fell in love with Ballard Designs many moons ago. They just keep getting better and better every year. This living room is perfection in my book. The moment I laid eyes on it, I immediately thought of the idea of keeping the wall over the mantle bare in order to project a television image onto it from the ceiling
. When I asked my audio/videophile husband about the idea I could instantly see the wheels turning and head noddling, that it was a profoundly good idea. So into the dream house file you go, living room pic.
. When I asked my audio/videophile husband about the idea I could instantly see the wheels turning and head noddling, that it was a profoundly good idea. So into the dream house file you go, living room pic. Enjoy, Heidi
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Trestle Table
This table is form and function perfection. Best of all, no one has to straddle a leg. Enjoy, Heidi
Sorry, no origin for this image.
Found on Ginger Ella
Found on Ginger Ella
Big News! Huge News!
We are finally realizing more of our dream!! We've been in the pizza business now for over 14 years (This Jan will be 15 years). I blew my first piece of glass 6 years ago this early summer. Shortly after beginning to blow glass, I wanted to decorate our restaurant with the glass. I wanted to blow my own pendant lights, and put all sorts of glass in our restaurant to make it look beautiful. A little while later, we (the fam) decided "How cool would it be if we had our glass blowing studio and restaurant under the same roof. People could come in and eat great Italian food and in the same building watch us create Italian Art. (For centuries, the best blown glass on the planet came out of Murano in Italy) We have been cultivating, developing, and pursuing that quest for over 5 years now. When we came up with the idea, we had never heard of that being done anywhere! Later, we heard of a place in Vermont called Simon Pearce. To the best of our knowledge the only place that comes close to what we have wanted to do is Simon Pearce, who has a restaurant and glass studio on the same grounds. The glass that they blow however seems to be only clear and seem to be primarily functional pieces whereas ours has lots of color and much of what we do I consider to be "art glass" but we blow functional pieces as well. Having said that, it truly seems to be first class in every way! One of these days, I think we will try to make it up there to take a look at it in person. Our hats are off to Simon Pearce!
At times it looked impossible! Starting a glass studio is not easy. Neither is operating a restaurant. (A banker told me one time that the statistics show that less than 2 out of 100 "mom & pop" restaurants that start are still in business five years later!) I don't know the stats on a glass blowing studio. But the good news is, we are now moving toward realizing that dream at a pretty fast pace.
Work has already started on the deconstruction and renovation of our new place! Our new place will house both Italian Jim's and the glass studio together. Right now Italian Jim's occupies about 2400-2500 square feet. Our new place will be 6,500 square feet. We are really excited about it. We are going to be right in downtown Edmond, OK. I will be giving more specifics about the restaurant and the studio later with some photos taken during the construction.
At times it looked impossible! Starting a glass studio is not easy. Neither is operating a restaurant. (A banker told me one time that the statistics show that less than 2 out of 100 "mom & pop" restaurants that start are still in business five years later!) I don't know the stats on a glass blowing studio. But the good news is, we are now moving toward realizing that dream at a pretty fast pace.
Work has already started on the deconstruction and renovation of our new place! Our new place will house both Italian Jim's and the glass studio together. Right now Italian Jim's occupies about 2400-2500 square feet. Our new place will be 6,500 square feet. We are really excited about it. We are going to be right in downtown Edmond, OK. I will be giving more specifics about the restaurant and the studio later with some photos taken during the construction.
Wait till you see the new "Oklahoma Today" magazine!!!
Actually, don't wait! The newest issue of "Oklahoma Today" magazine is being mailed out now. Some have already received theirs. They featured us twice this issue. Once as one of the top pizza places (Italian Jim's) in Oklahoma and also did a TREMENDOUS write-up with an EXTRAORDINARY photo of some of our latest stuff. I've been told you can't get it in the news stands till about the first of next month, but it could be early. I think we are mentioned on page 77 and featured on page 78? (I'll check those page numbers and make sure that's correct.)
From Oklahoma Symphony Show House in March 2010
This is an old photo. Sorry I was a little late in getting this one posted. We have moved on to some new things and never got around to gettng it posted.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Kindness
Found on We Heart It.
Found on We Heart It.
Found on We Heart It.
Found on We Heart It.
Found on We Heart It.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
My heart going Boom Boom Boom
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
Found on Garden Rooms
Found on Tear it out
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Peace Out.
I never get tired of looking at this. Wishing you all a lovely weekend. Heidi
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Secret Passage.
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
Just like in fairy tales, a secret door that reveals a room full of treasures.
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles
I love how you would never know that there is a room behind those cabinet doors. I think that this is going into the plans of Operation Dream House.
Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine
Here is another one and by the way, the kitchen it is in is to die for as well, so I took the liberty to share those images as well.
Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine
Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine
Kitchens and Baths Ideas Magazine
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
David Duncan Livingston
Seriously? Wow! I just don't think that anything can top David Duncan Livingston right now in my Goth obsession. Enjoy your weekend my fellow bloggers. Love, Heidi
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