Friday, September 14, 2012

Architectural Happenings- Garden, Part 2




This is part 2 of the garden blog of a client/friend's home in Southern California.

 This use to be a full size tennis court and now it's party central!

I am big on eye falls and here they abound.

 Tents, umbrellas, fabulous peeling murals, bocce ball court and casitas -
take a look with me.








Peeling mural on one of the walls of the tennis court.




We bought this chandelier in San Francisco on a shopping trip. 
We spray painted it orange, then filled it with Christmas tree lights.




This is the fixture lighted for a party at  night time.




The chandelier we used is called the "Neo Baroque Chandelier" from Abigail Ahern. 
Pictured above is from her website.

They come in two colors and they have two different sizes.

 I used the large white one.

This is what it looked like before lights & spray paint.




This is looking towards the entrance to the tennis court, an oblique on the court.




This oblique moves around the garden - Here it is at the entrance of the house before a party.




One of the tents on the court!




Entrance to the tennis court with purple lanterns hanging.




An interesting eye fall - what your eye sees when you enter a home.




My client built these casitas (which means a small house) to use as storage on the tennis court. She painted and put tile roofs on them. Cool idea.

Isn't that fountain beautiful?




 A view of the casitas.



Bocce ball court



Chairs at the ready surrounding the bocce ball court.





We used rugs to shade a viewing portion of the bocce ball court.




These are the poles that hold up the rugs for shade.






I adore this whole outdoor area.

What great use of a unused tennis court.

What do you think of my client's home?

Dear readers, let me know.

Have a lovely weekend!


Love,

Peggy

 

To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Chinese Antique Shopping


I went shopping with a client for Chinese furniture.

Found a shop in Chinatown that has a large separate warehouse nearby. 
Los Angeles has lots of Chinese products. 

What fun we had!

The warehouse was huge with tons of items!

Here are just a few photos of what we saw-




























This was such an amazing place!

The warehouse had so many rooms to wander through. 

I will show in a future post what my client bought. 
Real Chinese antiques are getting harder to find- real antiques not replicas...


Li Hing Of Hong Kong, Inc.


(213)225-8336




To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Architectural Happenings- Garden, Part 1


These are pictures of a beautiful home in Southern California.

These are the gardens of this spectacular home!
The owner is a client/friend of mine.
Her attention to every detail is amazing.



This is a part of the front patio


Antique Chinese Laterns hanging in an olive tree


Another spot to rest


 This living arch is incredible


A breathtaking view


Reminds one of Italy




 An umbrella over an outdoor kitchen.


Amazing flowers everywhere!




Another view from this amazing home.

I will show more of this glorious Garden, it is too Big for one post.
Have a long happy weekend. 
love to each of you.
Peggy






To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

Friday, August 24, 2012

Work in progress

OMG-Moving is something
but so exciting!









Mr. Bambi is ready to go up on the wall!


Thank you for all your support!
It is really appreciated, dear readers!


Now back to unpacking!
love peggy



To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

Friday, August 17, 2012

Finally




Finally,
I have Internet connection!
Been away too long from the blog, after & during the move!

The picture of the hut is my moving announcement,ha!
Landlord wanted to sell the building- NO, NO,NO...too many roof leaks.
My lease was over so just up and moved!

Now I have a home office for my interior design business and happy as a lark!
Now you have the scoop, if you were wondering where I was.

I love my new hut, dear readers!
I will post lots of pictures of my new place as soon as I settle in!
Janet & I love the new neighborhood.

 Have a great weekend- You'll find me at Home Depot and OSH!


Love,
Peggy

Friday, July 13, 2012

Summertime Picnic


Summer time -
It is hot in Southern CA.
 June Gloom as we locals say.

Overcast in the AM,
Hot in the PM.


I am getting ready for my move.

My blog posts will be sporadic. Please be patient with me...
I don't know when I took this picture but found it as i was packing.

Janet is invaluable!!!

What do you do to keep cool, dear readers?

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Peggy




To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

You can purchase many of the items found on this blog, according to BRASWELL and much more at  BRASWELL. 

We will work with the trade.

Friday, July 6, 2012

BRASWELL Moving Sale



After 5 years in Culver City, BRASWELL is moving at the end of July.

BRASWELL MOVING SALE HAS BEGUN!

Save 30-90% On select items and floor models.

Hope to see you all!
We are open Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 6 to the public
 and also by appointment
Tel. 310-559-4822




To see your vision come to life, email us about our design services at Peggy Braswell Design. 

You can purchase many of the items found on this blog, according to BRASWELL and much more at  BRASWELL. 

We will work with the trade.