ICFF 2014

 

ICFF 2014

ICFF 2014 from Cassandra Bromfield on Vimeo.

One of my favorite show to attend is the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, all the creatives come out to play.  I had one day, which is not enough time, but I made it work and was thoroughly inspired.

This unit (above) is created by Nick Davis and the cracked glass is on purpose.  It is encased in 2 pieces of glass.

Nick Davis

 

Tucker Robbins

Gabrella Farkas

Janosi Designs

Bien Hecho

Lladro

Lladro

Mon Oncle Barbecue

Mon Oncle Barbeque

Living to Loving: Beaded Ceiling Fan

Roz has been given a boost on her quest to de-clutter and create a beautiful living space with the installation of my new light fixture. Of course, with almost everything she's done on this "Living to Loving"  journey, the "chandelier" is an original piece made up of items bought over the years, intuitively knowing that it would work into her plan. 

In her words:

"I purchased the beaded, wire mesh candle holder, that evoked a middle eastern/Mediterranean flavor and had it converted into a light fixture. Even earlier,  I bought a simple, inexpensive ceiling fan, quite boring actually but I knew that liked ceiling fans and I could make it work. Then after painting the ceiling and getting ready to install lighting, Eureka, hit! I thought, I could combined the two if I could get the person with the knowledge and vision to make it happen, and I did. I painted the drab brown of the fan's blades a reddish copper color that matched my crown molding and sprayed painted the shiny brass of the fan's drum a brown crackled metallic to coordinate with metal base of the candle holder. My favorite, talented and professional contractor extraordinaire, Noel Murray connected both pieces into one seamless unit, got the electrical components connected and working and voila, see the finished product in images and video."

New Lighting

So we all (apartment dwellers) received a notice that new lighting was going in our apartments.  This would mean a saving on electricity (included in rent).  I thought this would mean every room, but it would just be three (kitchen, hallway, and bathroom).  

To tell the truth I was glad about the kitchen.  It had an old broken fan with only 2 blades, 2 bulbs that worked and the 3rd would pop and shatter, it was a mess and dangerous. 

So the new lighting is fluorescent and is pretty bright, that's great for cooking buuuuuut the fixtures are plain.  My next step is to see if there are fancier, hipper, prettier, cuter fixtures that would fit into these new lights.  Here are the before and afters.

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Hallway Before

Hallway after

Bathroom before

Bathroom after

Gourdgeous

Ooooooh this is beautiful.



MADE TO ORDER Go Green Handmade Naturel Gourd Pendant Lampshade

Let There Be Light!

Behold let there be light

This globe in the living room had been out of commission for a few years. We (my mother and I) thought we needed electrician and there we sat in the dark, so to speak.
I seem to remember in one college class that I made a lamp (it was kind of lame) but I did recall the some of the steps to making the lamp.

Back to Home Depot where I picked up all the lamp making parts. When I brought everything home and took all the pieces out I said,OOPS.

I thought it looked like a pile of junk and I thought I made a mistake to attempt this, but I soldiered on. After reading the instructions over and over, then put it all together and EUREKA! I did it! It works! I put the heavy globe on it's hook. Uh Oh!???



After it was all said and done the wire was too short and I have this ugly extension cord hanging down the wall. Oh well :(

Back to organizing......

Over My Head

Beautiful Chandeliers I am dreaming of over my head.
These styles and more available at

Viaggio: Venetian Glass Chandeliers.



Pamela Pendant

24kt gold dusted Venetian glass pendant with clear, gold and light topaz Venetian glass leaves and flowers
14” x 6.5”
1 light


Festival Pendant

Venetian glass single light pendant with Venetian glass mixed fruit, flowers and leaves
1 light, 13" x 6.5"