Feature Fabric Friday: Kambamboo Fabrics

Have you seen the lovely range of fabrics from Australian company Kambamboo? We love their fresh, bright, geometric prints - all screen printed using water based inks on gorgeous cotton/hemp base cloths. Simply delicious!

Spray Painted Curtain Rods

How awesome are these spray painted curtain rods!? Just goes to show that you're only limited by your imagination when it comes to getting fun, festive interiors!

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Chelsea's Craft-A-Noon

Last week Chelsea got her craft on again - this time re-upholstering a sweet wee stool in some remnants of fabric from an old sampling book! Clever clogs.

Melfi Chair

Check out this brand new Melfi chair made by our upholsterer - it has a gorgeous solid oak frame and is covered in a lovely coral coloured fabric from Charles Parsons. For sale in the shop now!

Spring Time Cushions

We've got a great range of fabrics on the cutting table today - these spring like colours and patterns are being turned into an awesome selection of cushions for a client of ours, we hope she's happy with them!

Wallpaper Wednesday: Art & Soul Collection

Here are some divine wallpapers from the James Dunlop 'Art & Soul' collection. This beautiful range includes a mixture of papers, linens and velvets - all featuring stunning hand painted, water colour effect designs. The colours in real life are so brilliant, they are definitely worth seeing in person - we have sampling of these great wallpapers in store now so pop on in if you're interested!

 

A Wallpaper Sneak Peek

We're so excited to see the wallpapering begin as part of a great client job we're currently working on - the design is from Romo called 'Dufrene' colour dijon - it's going to look so smart once complete!

Music Monday: Of Monsters & Men - 'Little Talks'

Eleanor's House - Children's Bedrooms

Designing and decorating children's bedrooms can give you a headache.  Not only are you dealing with multiple spaces - sometimes all at the same time as I am - but also with multiple personalities.  I wanted to create spaces that the kids can sleep, work and play in, but would also give them longevity.  It is unlikely that I will be redecorating them again anytime soon.

Rightly or wrongly I gave the girls - aged 15 and 10 - free reign on choosing wallpaper, curtaining etc. They both have their own distinct style (I did give them some guidence). My advice to any parent doing this is that you have to set some guidelines otherwise the result will be a migraine enabling kaleidoscope. Also, we did this over a period of time - a few months.

Last week you saw my post about Molly's bedroom in progress - this week it's our youngest daughter, Elsbeth's turn.

Elsbeth picked out something very traditional right from the beginning. She was adament that this was the one and ended up with her choice. She didn't change her mind in 12 months. It is Sanderson's beautiful magnolia bloom design called 'Grandiflora'.

It features a very large scale floral pattern and though it comes in some more subtle shades - Elsbeth elected for the colour way below - chartreuse and steel (very appropriate) and a mass impact on a 3.3m stud wall... WOW!

and here is a sneek peek of how it looks so far..........

...more deliciousness to follow....

New Mahogany Tables!

Our favorite joiner has been busy making a new range of solid mahogany tables with a retro feel. These are in store now - come and check them out!

Bake Club 2012

The team at esdesign are a bunch with many hidden creative talents - check out the amazing gingerbread house made by our accounts manager, Alex! It took out 3rd place at last night's 'Bake Club 2012' at New World, as part of Wellington On A Plate. Go Alex!

From the Illustrators of The NZ Book...

From the clever kiwi girls who illustrated The NZ Book, we've now got greeting cards!
Here's a sneaky peak at a couple of our favs, grab them from esdesign now...

Eleanor's House - Teenage Girl's Bedroom

This is a hard one. My teenage daughter didn't really know what she wanted. But she did know what she didn't want - seemed to be everything I suggested!! She knew that she wanted wallpaper on one wall and she wanted something white tone on white.  The hunt was on.  Here are a couple of the contenders....

Eco Boras wallpaper

Elise from Sanderson's A Painter's Garden Collection

Molly, aged 15, eventually decided on this beauty from the Swedish wallpaper company, Eco Boras, White Collection. It has a beautiful pearlised background with white dandelion seed heads -perfect for lying in bed and making wishes.

Teamed with lovely white linen curtains it is a tranquil haven in a teenagers busy life.

The linen is from Modern Nature and is called Celine.  I decided to interline and line the curtains to give them that weightier look and more insulation in our draughty old lady.  The paint colours I have used throughout are Resene Half Bianca on the walls and doors and Quarter Rice Cake on the ceiling, scotia, skirting and window frames. 

All product featured is available through esdesign.....of course.

Music Monday: Jamie Woon - 'Lady Luck'

Interiors Work In Progress

Here's a little peak at some interiors work we've been doing for some lovely clients of ours (sans the house plant!) - there are a few finishing touches to go, such as a gorgeous big rug to centralise everything, but it's starting to come together which is exciting to see!

A Swan-ny Cintique Chair

This gorgeous Cintique chair has been polished up a lovely dark, rich brown colour, and is nearly ready to be put on the shop floor! We love how the timber work contrasts with the foamy green of the Homebase Collections 'Swan' fabric... 

Spot Chelsea!

Here's a sneaky peak of the girls in scavenger mode on our buying trip last week... we had the most miserable weather ever, but were kept cosy and warm in the car between stops, and supplied with copious amounts of lollies to keep everyone cheery.

... MORE Homestyle Magazine Goodness: Bob Steiner

As mentioned last week, there is a third, fabulous reason to grab yourself a copy of Homestyle magazine this month; there is a lovely article on our very dear ceramicist Bob Steiner! Go on, check it out!

Music Monday: Burial & Four Tet - 'Moth'

Something a bit different this week...

More Goodness from Homestyle

As we began talking about yesterday, the second great reason to check out this month's edition of Homestyle magazine (NZ) is to flick your way to page 72 and see a fantastic home in Roseneath, Wellington - featuring bar stools cushions and lampshade supplied by esdesign! We worked with the client to specify materials and colours that fit into their existing pink, red, black and white colour scheme. What a striking home they have!

Before & After: Gorgeous Velvet Armchair

Remember this chair? Here it is, all finished and looking fantastic in this great fabric called 'Quercy Velvet'.
Simply delicious!

Homestyle Magazine, August/September 2012

There are three awesome reasons why you should pick up a copy of this month's 'Homestyle' magazine (NZ). Here is the first...

This edition features a really great article about the home of Sam and Shane and the renovation of their home in Wellington. The esdesign team helped to put together a range of the items and products that you can see throughout the article, including colour, wallpaper, chairs, cushions, upholstery and lampshades. Their home is light, bright, quirky and colourful. It's worth grabbing a copy of the mag and flicking to page 33 to check it all out!