Envisions
Lotus Furniture: Coming Together!!
Today I visited the wood shop of master artist Christopher Quist Kautz to check on progress of our new, yoga-inspired line of furnishings called "Lotus Furniture". Our first pieces serve as both altars for yoga practice and storage pieces for mats, blocks and straps. Christopher's work is flawless: he embraces Japanese techniques, uses domestic hardwoods and environmentally...
Week 3 Yoga Studio: decorations and the search for the perfect buddha
In the process of designing the home yoga studio for Margaret Vap, founder of cowgirl yoga and Big Sky Yoga Retreats, we have already selected materials, paint and window treatment. We are now at the point where we must consider wall decorations. In a yoga studio, we want to keep the environment as simple as possible as not to create distractions for yoga practice. However, a few...
Week 2 Yoga Studio: Colors and Material Selections
This week, we continue to design the home yoga studio for my client Margaret, the founder of Big Sky Yoga Retreats. So we begin week 2 with the selection of materials for our yoga studio aka the "bliss den". As mentioned, we are hoping to swap out the carpet with hard bamboo flooring for optimal yoga practice. The bamboo product is ecologically harvested, beatiful and will provide a...
bliss den: week one
Bliss Den: Week OneMy beautiful client strikes a pose. As always, Montana landscape provides the stunning backdrop. After meeting with Margaret to discuss the transformation of her basement room into a yoga studio, I affectionately dubbed the project the “bliss den”. I am so excited about this space for her—it has fantastic potential and, because the room is admittedly a...
Behind the Scenes: Yoga Studio for Big Sky Yoga Retreats
The original cowgirl yogini herself...Years ago, I had the good fortune to design for Clodagh in her New York studio in Soho. Originally, I was drawn to the design Guru because of her holistic approach to design and to the spirituality she seemed to impart on each project. During my tenure with Clodagh, I designed the West Side yoga studio for YogaWorks, a nationwide yoga studio born...
Bootcamp: Maine
During our last bootcamp, we furnished an entire home in 3 days!! Well, almost.... As is typical with a bootcamp, we worked fast and furiously to select, shop and order as many furnishings as possible in the few days we had designated for the bootcamp. In this particular situation, I was able to build furniture plans and lists in advance of the bootcamp as architectural...
alex's top summer picks
This summer, we have had the pleasure of working with Alex Gilbertson, MSU student extraordnaire, as our summer intern. In addition to putting up with a certain designer's quirky office demands, she helped us organize our materials library and develop a "green directory" of resources. During her stay, she expertly combined the below color palettes to represent the summer season....
if barbie can do it...
Dare to dream, little ones... Barbie I Can Be... dolls and accessories empower girls to play out different roles and "try on" fabulous careers, including architect, the 2011 Barbie profession chosen by popular vote! Capturing the spirit and style of young architects, Barbie I Can Be... Architect showcases a symmetrically stylish outfit featuring the bold colors and clean lines of the...
