Coolest and Most Creative Hair Salon I have ever seen!!

How about this for a hair salon. It is located in Dublin, Ireland. This is what happens when clients let designers run free and we get to express whats in our heads!! What an imagination the designer Garry Cohn has!!
Its worth watching!! For more info I attached a link to his site

Old & New

I found this picture on a blog that I read.  What a way to incorporate old and new!
This was one of Sydney, Australia's oldest historic buildings (the mint) that was converted into a public place of business.

You can check out all the detailed information and other pictures in the attached link (Click on the Title) along with a detailed drawing of what they saved and what and where they added.

Extremely Large Lampshade - Cool Light Fixture

I stopped in my tracks when I walked by this shoe store.

Look at the extremely large "red lampshade" over the cashier counter.  What a way to warm up store design and create a visual!!  The lighting was just right for the picture and the tech blue wall and floor color makes this light fixture pop!!

Another great out of the box idea!!  I love these!!

Sandwich shop light fixtures

I went to a cute sandwich shop today and they had the prettiest blown glass floral light fixtures mounted in color painted tray ceilings. The pendant lights that hung over the tables were in the shape of tulips.
I loved their slogan also "Stop and Smell the Flours" purposely spelling it "Flours" instead of "Flowers" because it was also a bakery.
It's ideas like these that can make a simple place fabulous. Great out of the box thinking!









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Upping my game

Today my goal was to find interior design blogs that I could view to be able to network with and as I was looking at them one point that came to my mind was...."I really need to up my game!"

I'm just learning how to blog, do a website, social media....etc....and it shows.  I hope the others can remember their first post when looking at my site!!  These great bloggers are something I will look up to...yet should I walk around carrying a professional camera or will my iphone suffice??  Any input you can give me would be helpful!!

Besides that.....looking at some of these sites/blogs is very exciting as well as seeing so much information.  So much creativity!!  Nothing is a secret anymore and every accomplishment is shared.  No more modesty, just put it out there!!  Well it's about time!!  Doing something great deserves credit and deserves to be seen,  even if we give it to ourselves at first!  Hard work does pay off!!  Having a creative mind is an art and talent!

A.I.A. Home Tour

My daughter and I went on the A.I.A. (Architects Organization) Phoenix Home Tour today and it was amazing. What inspi
ration!! I never realized the architects here in Arizona had such talent. It gave me so many ideas!! Talk about thinking outside the box!! I wish I could live the day over again and take some great pictures....to view all of the things that put me in awe!! Thank you Phoenix A.I.A. Organization for doig this. (BTW - I did try to say thank you in an email on your website, but I think your having email issues because it wouldn't send)

Also, from a mom perspective, this gave me a way for my daugther and I to connect and with lifes busy times, we need to take these opportunities when we can get them!!

I am including this link for the Phoenix Metro Architects:
http://www.aia-phoenixmetro.org/

I have a couple of pictures on my phone not sure if their great but posting!

Flowers make me happy!

Don't wait for someone to send you flowers!
I love buying flowers, picking out different colors, types, etc and arranging them either tall and airy or short and bunched.






It's nice walking by something beautiful and fresh. It brightens your day. See what I'm talking about:



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