Caught in a Whirlwind: Part I

So I am going to break the past two weeks up into two posts. The past couple of weeks have been leading up to an exciting install and wrapping up a huge project. The week leading up to an install can be very hectic and I now realize the amount of preparation that goes into it. For the install, a lot of shopping has to be done to find accessories, art, rugs, and lamps to fill the space. I made a shopping spreadsheet for the designers in order to organize all of the items purchased for the install. Luckily, I was able to contribute a few of my shopping skills as well.

I also got to "get my craft on" by wrapping roughly 260 books for a bookshelf display in the home. Pineapple House is known for their creative book displays that basically act as an art piece. They purchase a bunch of used hardback books and then wrap them in coordinating colored paper to create a uniform look. The color scheme for this install was brown, neutral, and orange with a little newspaper mixed in. Basically, you wrap the books like an old-school book cover, unless you were like me and had some of those spandex book covers in crazy patterns.

Becoming a pro book wrapper. 

The finished product.

Photos to come of the finished product in the next post!

I also finished up those CAD plans that I was working on. I worked with the designer to finish up the plans. We discussed the options for the media room in the home and drew out a couple of plans that might work for the space. I realized the importance of saving the changes as a new drawing when the design needed to be changed back to an original plan. Unfortunately, this was learned the hard way and  I had to re-draw the plans since the previous drawing had been cleared. I also sent the contractor for the new home the initial plans so that he could fill in the missing dimensions.

A week is never complete without a trip to ADAC. As I was grabbing some samples, look who I ran into!