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FOR THE LOVE OF KITCHENS – DeVOL KITCHENS

Have you watched the show ‘For the love of Kitchens’ yet on HBO Max?!? It is so good. I am obsessed with Helen Parker the creative director! I love that Cotes Mill a historic 16th-century water mill on the banks of the River Soar, just outside Loughborough, is an epicenter of creativity; an artisans dream world. They conceptualize and create furniture, lighting, kitchen accessories and ceramics just to name a few categorizes of items available to the public. It is great to see how co-founder Paul O’leary, managing director Robin McLellan and Helen encourage their team to explore design ideas creating what seems like healthy artistic work environment and as a result creating one of a kind DeVol staples.

They have 5 different kitchen collections – The Real Shaker, The Classic English, The Heirloom, The Sebastian Cox and The Haberdasher.

The Real Shaker Kitchen

The Classic English Kitchen

The Heirloom Collection

The Sebastian Cox Kitchen

The Haberdasher Kitchen

Look how sweet Paul and Helen seem (below). Please watch the show and let me know your thoughts!

ARTIST- MIMI JUNG

Mimi Jung’s work examines multiple dimensions of self-preservation, particularly as it relates to private and public self-representation, and the ways in which those depictions are manifest through social and cultural mores. Her constructed forms, with their voids and translucencies, are fixed but never static; the viewer actively controls the experience of transit around and through them—reflecting inward on their own behaviors. In the end, Jung’s limning of space is reflexive, visible to those who are predisposed to see it.

Born in 1981 in Seoul, Korea, Mimi Jung received a BFA from Cooper Union and attended HGK Basel and Städelschule for postgraduate studies.

(Directly from her site http://www.mimijung.com)

Her work is absolutely amazing and creates a sense of awe!!

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MANDY MOORE- PASADENA HOME

A good friend of mine brought Mandy Moore’s home to my attention for great reasons. It’s mid-century style, views,  natural sunlight, furniture choice and the array of color.

The home is on a hill in Pasadena with views of San Gabriel mountains/valley, was built in the 1950s and designed by Harold B. Zook.

Mandy and her Fiance Taylor enlisted the help of architect Emily Farnham, interior designer Sarah Sherman Samuel, and  landscape designers Terremoto to help bring the home up-to-date, customizing it to their needs.

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Mandy in her reading nook

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Terrazzo bench by the fireplace

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Mandy and her fiance Taylor in the master bedroom. Loving the custom hunter green headboard.

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Terrazzo bathroom floors