Mungle Contemporary Office Desk

Unique design office desk.Contemporary through its bold design, the Mungle Office Desk by Greek designer Dimitrios Tsigos is a sleek interpretation of forms and geometry. Using a digital design technique, the designers were able to create intricate designs with the help of simple elements.

"Clean" program detox

http://andynelliegetclean.blogspot.com/

Andy and I just did a week long detox program. It was very interesting and enlightening for us. The end results were phenomenal. I definitely recomend this detox program to anyone needed more energy, better sleep, to lose a few pounds, or just for an uplift in life.

In the blog we include directions, recipes, and our stats and feelings as we did the detox. It is a recommended three week program, but we only did a week of it.

Spring In a Bottle

I am so ready for Spring, but I've told you that already, haven't I?

Little bits of spring decor here and there are helping me to get that warm fuzzy spring is almost here feeling.

If you have never been to a Goodwill Outlet, then you have missed out on a very unique experience.

You have to be able to dig and grab with the best of them…and I mean the best because these people buy this stuff by the cartfuls, I assume to resale.

There are big bins FULL of anything you can imagine.  I have only been twice and both times left with a few pretty cool things.

This trip,  I found these three beauties!

Can you tell that these are wine bottles?

Can you believe it?

I had no idea that wine came packaged so pretty.

I mean this is my favorite color, you know.

I went outside before the torrential rain started this morning and brought in a few pretty branches with little buds beginning to form.

I love the way they look in these bottles.

Can you see why I call them my spring in a bottle?

I am partying over at Jennifer Rizzo's for a spring party she is hosting.

It is all about craftsmanship

 

One of our clients contacted us with a rather unusual question. A few years ago he had bought a beautiful 19th century gothic styled architectural element for its beauty and the craftsmanship this piece radiated.

So this client asked my company LEFEVRE INTERIORS not only to restore this damaged wooden element but even to design a bookcase in which this element could be integrated! Not that simple!

First of all we had to restore the damaged woodcarving of the existing element and second we had to find the suitable gothic design details in order to start the design of the bookcase. I browsed into all the books I could possibly find about gothic ornaments and here is what we made of it.

Finally our client was most pleased with the result!

 

This is the bookcase brought in at our client’s home.

(picture by me)

 

It all started with this existing gothic element we used as the upper part of the bookcase.

(picture by me)

This is the new gothic paneling of the lower part of the bookcase.

(picture by me)

I can’t find a before picture of the existing element anymore, but you should notice that the wood was mostly uncolored. Our client wanted to have a ‘tobacco’ finish of the wood.

The bookcase now is ready to be filled with books!

(picture by me)

I do love working with antique elements and thinking about a way to integrate them in an interior design project.

As this French walnut 18th century double door I bought in France some years ago. I couldn’t resist its beauty!

The door is awaiting its final destination into a client’s home, or maybe brought in at my own home one day!

Can you imagine this door used in a design project as in these French styled paneled rooms :

(picture by me)

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Isn’t the detailling of the hand woodcarving stunning?

image source : Lefèvre Interiors

One of our craftsmen at work.

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LEFEVRE INTERIORS

 

Whether you like these shown antique elements or not, it is all about the craftmanship, don’t you agree?!

xx

IMPORTANT MESSAGE

 To the anonymous winner of my Beta-Plus book give away : please send me your name and address!!! If  I have not received it by Friday, March,4th, I will choose another winner.

It is all about craftsmanship

  One of our clients contacted us with a rather unusual question. A few years ago he had bought a beautiful 19th century gothic styled architectural element for its beauty and the craftsmanship this piece radiated. So this client asked my company LEFEVRE INTERIORS not only to restore this damaged wooden element but even to design a bookcase in which this element could be integrated! Not that

Dana's Birthday Party and a Visit from Jamie and "Dutch"

 This will be just a quick post with a few pictures from a little party we had for my sister, Dana, on Friday. I had a bunch of more elaborate decorating plans but that all went out the window. As I mentioned earlier we had something unexpected come up on Monday night and so it was a really hectic week. (I will tell you all about it in tomorrow's post). 

My sister, Jamie, and her husband "Dutch" got here late Tuesday night and stayed through yesterday morning. (His name is Josh, but this past summer when Lillie was learning to talk it came out "Dutch" and somehow it stuck and now we all find ourselves calling him that. I am not sure if he appreciates it but he's a good sport.) We had so many other things going on that it wasn't until I put Lillie down for her nap on Friday afternoon that I started working on decorating for Dana's party. Seeing how it was just going to be dessert with us sisters, Lillie, Josh and our cousin, Tamara I knew no one really cared but I had had all of these ideas in my head for something really elegant. I had planned on doing a whole Audrey Hepburn/Breakfast at Tiffany's Party so I went with that idea but just pared it WAY down. When you only have two hours you pretty much just throw together what you have. I had already drawn an Audrey image based off of two of my favorite images of her so I just had to click print and frame it in one of the dollar store frames from our Valentine's project. I also cut two vinyl versions of the image to place on the mirror above the mantel and on the water pitcher. Then using some pearls and Tiffany's boxes and tulips from Trader Joe's I just made three small vignettes in our living room. One on the mantel, one on our coffee table and one on the mirrored chest. That was all I had time for, in fact, Lillie woke up while I was working on the mantel so I never really got to finish it. We still had a wonderful time going out to dinner and then having cake and cupcakes afterwards (yes, we all ate a piece of the cake and then had a cupcake too - we are major chocoholics!)

Anyway, here are a few photos of the little bit of decorating that actually got done =( :

 

 

I am seriously addicted to my Silhouette Machine! I peeled the Valentine's image off of the pitcher that I did a couple of weeks ago and replaced it with this one:

 

I quickly screenprinted this pillow during Lillie nap to go with the theme and put on the sofa but didn't end up having time to actually sew it - whoops! Am hoping I will have time later tonight though so that Dana can actually use it. I screenprinted several more yesterday and as long as I have time to sew them either during Lillie's nap or once she is in bed tonight I will list them in the shop when we reopen tomorrow. I also have a few totes with this image that are finished and will definitely be in our shop tomorrow. I am also hoping to have three or four Je T'aime pillows ready and hopefully a couple of Je T'aime totes as well. I am working on two other pillows too,  but haven't gotten the scripts quite right yet. I keep playing around with the swirls but can't get them how I want them.

Lillie seems to think that every birthday is hers too! 

Happy 26th Birthday, Auntie Dana. We love you!

And here is Lillie with Auntie Jamie and Uncle "Dutch" before we left for our basketball game on Saturday at Old Dominion (that's why Lillie is in her little cheerleading outfit).

We already miss you guys and can't wait for you to come down and visit again!!! Lillie is already suffering from withdrawels.

Well, that is it for now.

Be sure to check back tomorrow as we will be announcing the winner of our latest giveaway!

Happy Monday!

Looking Forward To Spring.

Hello everyone.  I hope you had a great weekend.

We are starting to see signs of Spring in Virginia.  My rose bushes have

little leaves and some of the bulbs are just breaking ground. There are more

warm days now and things seem to be coming alive again.

One of our favorite things to do in warm weather is

dine outdoors...

and enjoy the extension we added to the deck last year.

Winter decorating is replaced with seashells...

and greenery

and

With warmer weather comes trips to the beach.

(Photos are of our home last Spring.  Beach picture taken from our room in Destin, Fl.) 

Thank goodness all of this is just around the corner.

What is your favorite thing about Spring?

XO,

Sherry

I am joining the parties at:

Savvy Southern Style 

French Country Cottage 

My Romantic Home 

Southern In My Heart 

The House In The Roses

Rainbow Desk: Design of a Wood Desk

Desk design examples of some types of wood. desk like a classic design.Made from a combination of walnut, sycamore, elm, oak and yew, the Rainbow Desk gathers a beautiful collection of wood types in a single desk. Designed by the furniture artist Allan Lake, the Rainbow office desk celebrates the diversity of British native hardwoods. Four layered legs support the beautifully crafted workspace.

Furniture: VU.VU.VU. Computer Desk

Design computer desk designed by Ballabio. Home computer desk design. Elli, the VU.VU.VU. Computer Desk is made from multi-layer plywood. A suspended wood structure is Prepared to store your PC and the desk Also has CD / CDRom / DVD space and extractable drawer for a PC keyboard. A practical desk, the VU.VU.VU comes in Wenge and oak wood, with a chromed aluminum base structure.Design Computer Desk

And the winner of the Beta-Plus book give away is…

 

Congratulations to the anonymous writer of this comment !!!

You all knew that everyone had the chance to win, where ever you live! But this is very coincidental, I might think that this reader lives in Belgium or in the Netherlands, because this comment is written in Dutch.

So please, dear Anonymous, send me your name and address  at greetlefevre@hotmail.com.

I will send you as soon as possible the Beta-Plus publication  ‘BEST OF 500 TIJDLOZE INTERIEURS’

I want to thank everyone of you who has entered this give away! It was a pleasure to read all of your comments!

Wish you a wonderful weekend!!

xx

And the winner of the Beta-Plus book give away is…

  Congratulations to the anonymous writer of this comment !!! You all knew that everyone had the chance to win, where ever you live! But this is very coincidental, I might think that this reader lives in Belgium or in the Netherlands, because this comment is written in Dutch. So please, dear Anonymous, send me your name and address  at greetlefevre@hotmail.com. I will send you as soon

Mr. Sun, Please Shine Down On Me…

“Mr. Sun", I NEED you.”

Really and truly, I do.

Are you as ready for spring time as I am?

Has this winter seemed to have lasted forever?

I am a little weary of cold and rain and am ready to feel the sun beat down on my back.

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Just wanted to let you know that I am having so much fun collecting items for  my upcoming Etsy shop.   I will be at the Nashville Flea Market tomorrow with my eyes open and you in mind.