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If you are from Chicago chances are you know of Erin Gallagher’s line of jewelry. Their first retail outlet in the West Loop has been a success depite nightmarish parking, streets congested with meat trucks and quite a bit of grime. Come the end of September EG will be moving to a new location on [...]
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Tags: erin gallagher, jewelry, lincoln park, moving, sale, west loop
It comes as no surprise to me that the New York Times “most emailed” list currently features an article on “Plan B” starting your own business after losing your job. Even in a down economy, the numbers of persons registering a business has been on a steady tick up. Sites such as Etsy.com, allow people [...]
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Tags: business, economy, entrepreneurship, esty, New York Times, small business, start-up
Magisso Cake Server
Magisso, a Finnish company priding itself on developing new and innovative products that work (!!) has debuted a really fantastic cake server. Now, normally I wouldn’t promote the purchase of a kitchen accessory that in all likelyhood will be used once, thrown into a drawer and become another relic of kitcken clutter. But… seeing this [...]
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Tags: cake server, knife, Magisso, NY Gift Show 2009, slicer, urban-butik
More readily available faves…
I am well aware of the fact that everyone and their mother probably receives the CB2 and West Elm catalogs… but I also think that sometimes you mindlessly flip through a catalog and see things without always seeing them. So, I’m pointing out some of my faves from this week’s catalogs. Great finds for when [...]
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Tags: contemporary, orange, small space, furniture, studio, west elm, CB2, wing chair, arm chair, daybed, sofa, sectional, side table, bamboo bath towels, apartment, grey, chocolate
Some lovelies from Wisteria
One of the best things I learned from my time working with a French interior design firm was appreciating more traditional pieces and mixing them freely into a space.
I recently happened upon the catalog Wisteria and was immediately stuck by some of the traditional furniture pieces. They offer reasonable prices and are currently running a [...]
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Tags: armchair, bench, contemporary, French, furniture, gustavian, Interior Design, settee, swedish, traditional, transitional, west elm, wisteria
Blogs by Women
Bourdon Design is now listed on Blogs by Women! If you are ever at a loss for something to do and want to browse the most diverse array of blogs out there just visit blogsbywomen.org . All blogs submitted are women owned, checked for quality (no crappy spam infested fake blog links) and offer a [...]
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Tags: blog, blogsbywomen.org, community
Cash for Clunkers Program
A well designed car is always a pleasure… but so is a green planet. For me, look, performance (and a manual transmission) have always gotten in the way of getting a “green” labeled car.
Now, even if you are not ready to jump into the Prius, car manufacturers are offering an array of options that have [...]
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Tags: car, cash for clunkers, green, incentive, tax bill, trade-in
Ah, the joy of the layoff…
Sorry again, this has been a quite week.
As I mentioned in my last post, last Friday I was laid-off from my fabulous (yet not completely fulfilling) job due to a large portion of our projects being put on hold. So, the past few days have been spent trying to get my ducks in a row, [...]
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Tags: career planning, design, entrepreneurship, interior, lay-off, start-up
So, as the week ended… so did my job! Ahhh the joy of the layoff. So, I have now joined the legion of people in the hospitality industry suddenly set adrift. This of course will turn out to be a fabulous turn of events… I just like a little more preparation when taking a big [...]
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Tags: Interior Design, lay-offs, luxe, shoes, unemployment
Jacques Grange
At my day job, every so often I give a presentation on a topic, person, design aesthetic, object, etc. that interestes me. Normally, I try to choose a topic either related to interior design, France or a current project. This time, I simply chose a personal interest.
For tomorrow’s presentation I’ll be talking about Jacques [...]
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Tags: chevalier legion d'honneur, France, French, Interior Design, jacques grange, mark hotel ny, yves saint-laurent
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