IN & OUT DESIGNERS: Its not your home from the past anymore
Only in Hawaii and a few other places can we live without too many walls, separating the indoors and the outdoors. Tahiti is another place, and our trip there lecturing aboard a cruise ship on the artist and character, Paul Gauguin, showed us houses with no glass in the windows of simple homes, not really necessary in the warm climate.
Yet in Hawaii, whether we have windows with glass or numerous walls for privacy, we also live outdoors a lot of the time. Its nice to be protected from the sun and the trade winds when they get too strong, but otherwise outdoors is where you will find many of us, on balconies, on lanais, in cour
A simple chair will do, better yet a pair of chairs. Another approach is to make the outdoors as interesting and comfortable as the indoors, so that we are living well in both. The OUTdoor space doesn't have to be large, better if it is room size in a way or made to fee that way.
From our projects, I am thinking of several that stand out. One had a pavilion that duplicated the same size and shape as the adjacent living room so we used good quality and comfortable outdoor sofas and chairs, even an outdoor area rug. There was overhead recessed lighting but otherwise the outdoor electrical floor lamps work well but make sure they are electrified for outdoor use.
Another design project used striped outdoor fabric, along with a coordinating one on adjacent seating. Too often we have seen outdoor furniture with matching all the outdoor fabric. Yes, it can be effective but at times not very exciting. Of course the same goes for the indoors too. Coordinating three or more fabrics is definitely an art, but oh so artful when done well, which in all modesty we do exceptionally well.
INdoor LIVING
Connect the INdoors with the OUTdoors is a wonderful style. Often enough its done from inside to outside. Another approach is the reverse, use OUTdoor styled furniture inside. This works well if the style, comfort, and quality are used in both spaces, certainly a poor idea of we are using the poolside furniture from a hardware store, of whatever size, in our homes. Oh, yes, its been done, suggesting that the real furniture is yet to arrive. Mostly, they typical patio furniture is just not comfortable enough.
DESIGN WITH YOU IN MIND: www.furnishingsllc.com
We have designed in Hawaii for nearly 15 years; it is our home, though we have worked internationally, in Canada, in the USA -- primarily in Carmel, Los Angeles, Boston, and Florida too. In all of it, Hawaii offers such a wonderful opportunity for living well, with style, with aloha, with health, with goodwill.
We would be delighted to offer our experience to add to your life and lifestyle. Its more than furniture; its a way of living with harmony and kindness and spirit. Yes, its our passion.
With aloha, Roger and Richard
808.542.9845 & 808.225.5821
www.Furnishingsllc.com
Only in Hawaii and a few other places can we live without too many walls, separating the indoors and the outdoors. Tahiti is another place, and our trip there lecturing aboard a cruise ship on the artist and character, Paul Gauguin, showed us houses with no glass in the windows of simple homes, not really necessary in the warm climate.
Yet in Hawaii, whether we have windows with glass or numerous walls for privacy, we also live outdoors a lot of the time. Its nice to be protected from the sun and the trade winds when they get too strong, but otherwise outdoors is where you will find many of us, on balconies, on lanais, in cour
A simple chair will do, better yet a pair of chairs. Another approach is to make the outdoors as interesting and comfortable as the indoors, so that we are living well in both. The OUTdoor space doesn't have to be large, better if it is room size in a way or made to fee that way.
From our projects, I am thinking of several that stand out. One had a pavilion that duplicated the same size and shape as the adjacent living room so we used good quality and comfortable outdoor sofas and chairs, even an outdoor area rug. There was overhead recessed lighting but otherwise the outdoor electrical floor lamps work well but make sure they are electrified for outdoor use.
Another design project used striped outdoor fabric, along with a coordinating one on adjacent seating. Too often we have seen outdoor furniture with matching all the outdoor fabric. Yes, it can be effective but at times not very exciting. Of course the same goes for the indoors too. Coordinating three or more fabrics is definitely an art, but oh so artful when done well, which in all modesty we do exceptionally well.
INdoor LIVING
Connect the INdoors with the OUTdoors is a wonderful style. Often enough its done from inside to outside. Another approach is the reverse, use OUTdoor styled furniture inside. This works well if the style, comfort, and quality are used in both spaces, certainly a poor idea of we are using the poolside furniture from a hardware store, of whatever size, in our homes. Oh, yes, its been done, suggesting that the real furniture is yet to arrive. Mostly, they typical patio furniture is just not comfortable enough.
DESIGN WITH YOU IN MIND: www.furnishingsllc.com
We have designed in Hawaii for nearly 15 years; it is our home, though we have worked internationally, in Canada, in the USA -- primarily in Carmel, Los Angeles, Boston, and Florida too. In all of it, Hawaii offers such a wonderful opportunity for living well, with style, with aloha, with health, with goodwill.
We would be delighted to offer our experience to add to your life and lifestyle. Its more than furniture; its a way of living with harmony and kindness and spirit. Yes, its our passion.
With aloha, Roger and Richard
808.542.9845 & 808.225.5821
www.Furnishingsllc.com
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