I'M BACK & I'M BUSY!!!!

I FINALLY HAVE MY LIFE BACK! The NCIDQ is over, keeping my fingers crossed that I passed! I honestly don't even want to think about it, strike that...I don't have time to think about it because MWDA is slammed with fun things going on this fall! First up is DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids, one of my favorite events and so much fun to be a part of. This event has come so quickly and seemingly out of no where, I have just been so busy studying that it totally got away from me. But today (4 days before I have to install) Mark & I finally nailed down the concept. The table we are designing is for the tent rental company, Tents Unlimited so we decided to play on that idea of a circus tent...take a look at the components below and let me know what you think...

MWDA gets Trend-y

Hello Yummies! Sorry again that it's been so long. This NCIDQ studying is really getting in the way of my blogging. Only a few more weeks and it will be all over with, and this fall is sure to bring some super fun design stuff & plenty of great topics!

Anyway, right now I am so super excited to announce MWDA's first national publication!!!! One of the kitchen's Mark designed has just been published by Kitchen Trends Magazine! Kitchens and Bathrooms are Mark's specialty if you will. He loves doing them and he is so good at it! You can click here to read the article online and see the photos, or go pick up a copy!

Rock Hard Yummy

So so sorry I have been so absent! Things at MWDA have been very very busy lately (totally not complaining) and I just have not had the time to write anything of substance. Today isn't really that substantial either but it's still pretty cool. On a recent trip out to Marmi Stone I discovered the most yummy thing I have seen in a long time. It's just decadent. They are slabs made of petrified wood. WHAT?!?!?!?!?! It's so beautiful and unique it kills me dead, I die (totally stealing that from Rachel Zoe) I mean really, it just blew me away. I have used petrified wood before as a side table but I have never seen anything like this before, and never in slab form. These picture from my phone don't do it justice at all because it's so fabulous. Now all I need is a client who can afford it!

So amazing!

Close up...yumm...

Petrified Wood Side Table...weighs about 300 lbs!

Christmas in July (or August--tomato/tomaato)

So Mark and I are excited to announce that we are doing our first Show House! We are so excited to be participating in the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles (love them) Annual Christmas House benefiting the Alliance Children's Theater! It is an amazing house designed by architect William T. Baker and it is located on West Wesley Road. We are working on a guest bedroom in the guest house off of the main house and just so thrilled to be invited to participate! The room does present it's challenges, it is small-ish and has a few quirky elements that we will have to get creative with but overall I am just so excited! We have been so lucky to have help from some amazing showrooms all over Atlanta and I am so ready to get cracking on this design, it's a nice distraction from work that pays the bills and studying for the NCIDQ. Anyways, you can get more information at the official Christmas House Website and stay tuned, I am sure I will have some more blog posts about this, in fact, I might make it my Yummy project for the next couple of months, we'll see!

The Show House...Sooooo Beautiful.
It has a very Northeastern feeling to me, very Main.

Our Room!

I need to think of something fun to do with this windown seat

Must love akward ceiling conditions!

Must come down. Immediatly.

Get to Work Generation X-Z

After waiting and waiting, Knoll finally launched their new task chair, Generation. I went to the launch party last week and I must say, I was really there to just pop in and make an appearance. I don't get to specify this type of product very often so I wasn't all that excited, I didn't really care to be honest. I must say I was totally blown away! I feel a little dorky to be so excited about a task chair but it is totally awesome! It is super adjustable, very comfortable, and very stylish. I want green and white ones for our office immediately! You can check out the chair and see how awesome it is at sithowyouwant.com totally worth it! Thanks Knoll for developing a chair that responds to my generation and the way we work, and for making it super stylish!

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Chair line up in the beautiful Knoll showroom

I wasn't really dressed for the party so I made
Natalie take a picture in the chair!

Natalie, Tracy & I got to take our picture in the
chair and they turned it into this cute ad. I love it!

Back to School

So it seems to be that time of year again so I thought it would be appropriate to tell you all about a University project that MWDA worked on. It has officially been a year since we completed this job and it was so much fun! We were responsible for the public spaces at Kennesaw State University's new freshman housing building (if you are driving up 75 North out of Atlanta you can see it from the freeway....it looks great at night, you'll see why!) This was the first educational project we had ever worked on and it was such a great learning experience and a ton of fun. We were lucky enough to receive at Project of Distinction Award by College Planning & Management Magazine and we worked with an amazing team. Here are some photos to get you in the scholastic mood!

Building Exterior from University Village Courtyard

Rotunda Lobby

Lobby Vignette



Rotunda Lobby Seating Group

Student Artwork Gallery

TV Lounge

Study Lounge

Computer Lab

Gameing & TV Lounge

Gameing & TV Lounge

Student Laundry Room

Laundry Room Vignette

Student Kitchen

Orange Corner Lounge

Blue Corner Lounge

Green Corner Lounge

Building Exterior at Night
(Orange, Blue, & Green Corner Lounges make the building glow at night.)

Circles!

I love circles, I love the shape and I think they have come a long way since polka-dots. Below are some super cool applications of circles as floor rugs, killer fabric, and my favorite--wallpaper in the laundry room (they reminded me of bubbles!)

Rug application from FLOR

Decorators Walk Fabric, "Bubbles" I think it would be amazing drapery!

This is the laundry room I designed at Kennesaw State University for their New Freshman Housing Building. The wallpaper is from Maharam and I love it!