Hello Hello Hello.......I'm back!!!!!

Well, I would like to start my post by saying, "Hello!" I'm so glad to be back in Chicago in my lovely apartment. However, I must say I've already been experiencing depression from missing Europe. I was recently on vacation in London, Scotland, and Paris. It was the most beautiful trip of my life. I was so excited to finally make my first trip to Europe. Here a couple of pictures of the places in Europe. I must confess because I've been so busy some of these picture I got online of the places where I was because I still haven't had a chance to download all of them yet.

What makes you go whoopie??????

Here is the link to make your own whoopie.......in case you find time.Recipe - Recipe - Whoopie Pies - NYTimes.com

What's your dream kitchen?????

I was looking through photos and discovered how much I love a good kitchen. Here are a few of my favorites.

What is feminine modern

Recently, a good friend of mine was commenting on how she like the pics I post on my blog, and how modern they are. She then asked what feminine modern would look like. In order to answer that question you must know what modern means. Modern really means the simplification of form and the elimination of ornamentation. So, it breaks the space down to the simplest form and is usually focused on the materials used to build the space and the shapes within the space, not the ornamentation. Having said that I have posted some images that I would consider feminine modern. Now that I have said that modern is about less if any ornamentation, you'll notice that in order to really make the space feminine you'll need some ornamentation, just make sure it's not cluttered. I would love to see suggestions and to get suggestions from people. I am also going to do an entry called, "What's your dream kitchen?" I welcome any an all comments and images on what your dream kitchen would look like.

Here's a project I did last year

This is the renovation to the Ravinia Festival Park Freehling Room. You may have never see this before because it's a private dining restaurant. The wall fixtures and ceiling pendants are original fixtures from the original theatre at Ravinia so they had to stay. This was a small project but the results were good. One of the main objectives was to anchor these fixtures to the wall and make them relevant to the space. The design I did for this space is a contemporary classic version of the prairie style. The wall stencil and screen applied to the space including the carpet design were inspired by stain glass windows. Hope you like it.