Wallpaper, Design Awards 2012

Wallpaper has published the winners in its February issue, 

which is dedicated to celebrating the best of Design Awards 2012

Newly Completed Floor Plan

What's "HOT" for Spring Fashion and Home...

LOVE these Gorgeous Fabrics from CASSARO

Painting by Klari Reis

Dolce and Gabbana Ready to Wear, Spring 2012

Abstract Scandinavian Glass Vase

Scandinavia 1960's

Vintage sculptural Scandinavian glass vase with abstract design.

Fashion and Home Spring 2012

Gorgeous Transitional Pieces.

Our client just approved these gorgeous transitional pieces.

Hickory Chair/ Pearson

Kravet

David Sutherland

A "LOVE for PURPLE...

Spring 2012

Elegant, Eccentric, Mysterious... Purple is widely accepted in all categories, 

including fashion, food, architecture and design...

A LOVE for PURPLE…

 This Purple Hotel was built in 1953 by the Hyatt Corp. and was originally called the Lincolnwood Hyatt House. Fred Treitler, an American architect, designed and selected these beautiful "Purple" bricks.

Pantone Color of the Year, Tangerine Tango

Fashion Home, Color Inspiration Spring 2012

Pantone 2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango

Fabric: Schumacher

Painting: Baltus

Karastan and it's Beautiful Rugs

Karastan has partnered with five (5) expert Interior Designers from around the country to participate in their Designer On Call program. 

"DESIGNER ON CALL" 
Write on Karastan's facebook wall and tell why a space could use some help and you'll be entered for 
a chance to call on M. Grace Sielaff to help you update your space! 

Karastan: http://www.facebook.com/KarastanCarpetsandRugs

To all our fans. Thank you for your support!

To all our fans, vendors, business partners, family and friends. 

We thank you for your support! 

GOOD LIFE

Add some GOOD to your Life!

Design Bureau Magazine

Special Thanks to Design Bureau Magazine

http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/projects/be-kind-design/

Design Bureau delivers an honest and inspirational global dialogue on design from diverse disciplines and points of view. It gathers people like you—creative professionals, style arbiters and industry leaders—and connects you with a like-minded community of design enthusiasts across the world with one common idea: discovering great design and the people who make it happen. Published bi-monthly in Chicago by ALARM Press.

Chicago Home and Garden Magazine

Let the professionals help you when Chicago Home + Garden and the 

American Society of Interior Designers present Picture This.

October 11, 2011, Chopping Block, Merchandise Mart Design Center.

Design Bureau Magazine

Check out our full page feature on the September - October 2011 issue of 

Design Bureau Magazine.

http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/projects/be-kind-design/

Bradley Hughes

Special Thanks to Bradley Hughes!

New and Exciting Project.

New and Exciting Project

We are excited to be working on several projects; one in particular is an exciting new construction home that is set to be complete in spring of 2012. 
Our design: Classic, Transitional with an edgy, modern twist.

The palette will consist of neutral tones, contrast of lights and darks. The walls and ceiling will be finished in silver leaf, hand-painter wall-coverings, 4 large custom crystal chandeliers and custom cabinetry throughout the space. The list goes on and on. 

Take the foyer, for instance. It will be covered with Donghia gold and silver leaf wallpaper, and the hallway turns into a tunnel of glamour, with its arched ceiling finished with 3 Borovier and Toso crystal chandeliers.

Sources: Trade only: Kindle, Kravet, Lee Jofa, Brunswig and Fils, Fort-Street Studio, Bright Group, Donghia, Maya Romanoff, Bradley Hughes, and more. 

 

LHQ Magazine "At Home With" M. Grace Designs

Luxury Home Quarterly Magazine, "At Home With" July 2011 Issue

NeoCon Photos

Group Lacasse Showroom.

With Nancy Grieger Bright Group and Charles Loomis..

ASID Member's Party

With my best friends Jason Holtzman and Milan Shah.

Sitting Comfortably in this lovely B& B Italia Lounge Seating.

Green Projects

Installation Chicago, IL

Our interior design team focused on using design elements and furnishings that would give continuity to this contemporary condominium residence, which featured a curved hallway, enormous floor to celling glass windows and an intimate living/dining room.

The living room was very small, so we created an illusion to make space look larger by incorporating small-scale furniture intimate setting.  Modern, warm, comfortable, and inviting color scheme of neutral tones, and soft teal as well as off-white sheer drapery, to achieve and airy open feeling of the space, and to attain the breathtaking view of the city. 

"Our goal was to utilize local manufacturers and vendors to reduce CO2 emissions. “ While most of products specified were obtained from locally approved suppliers. Materials used--such as paints and adhesives--were low in VOC (volatile organic compounds). 

Architects Design Group, First LEED Certified Urban Police Headquarters in Florida

For more info on our favorite Green Projects, please visit Green Source: http://greensource.construction.com/

Is your carbon footprint harming the Earth?

Well, why yes. We are all affecting the Earth, just by living. Each of our everyday actions consumes energy and produces carbon dioxide emissions like taking holiday flights, driving our cars, heating or cooling our homes and offices.
Everything you do has an effect, the question is whether or not your effect is positive or negative. Many people and organizations around the world are changing their lifestyles to save the planet... and the truth of the matter is that altering your life to reduce your carbon emissions is the best way to do that. However, many of us are in a position where drastic changes to the way we live are impossible to make. 
But the key is balance. As Sir Issac Newton said, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". And that's why you're here, you want to make the lifestyle changes you can, and balance out the things you can't. That's where Carbon Offsets step in.

For more info on Carbon footprint: 
http://www.carboneliminator.com/

Green Products

Green: Despite the recession, green products and services continue to thrive. Consumers are paying for eco-friendly products and services from clothing to housecleaning, but some of the biggest opportunities are on the business-to-business side. Green consultants who help businesses shrink their carbon footprints are poised to grow, as new regulations will increase the need for experts to advise businesses. In fact, IBISWorld, Industry Research Reports projects the environmental consulting industry will grow 9.4 percent per year to $30.0 billion by 2016. Another growth industry: providing remediation and environmental cleanup services, such as removing hazardous waste or cleaning up wastewater study finds.

http://www.ibisworld.com/