Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!

According to the calendar, today is the last full day of winter and tomorrow brings the newness of spring!  While I'm not all together sure that the Pacific Northwest will make it to spring on time, I do want to be ready for all the beauty spring flowers will bring, which means an inventory of my vase storage!

It's easy for this space to get over crowded - just a few new floral arrangements can cause your cabinet to overflow in clear generic vases!  Take time now to clean out and prepare for the new flower season.  Here are a few tips....

1) Keep a variety in your collection of vases; a bud vase for a single stem, short globe, or square shape to hold a bunch of short-stemmed flowers, a tall vase for long-stemmed bouquets - you get the idea.

2) Keep only as many vases as you have room to store - weed out any duplicates

3) When possible, nestle smaller vases inside a larger one to create more space.  Just remember to use paper towels or  some other protection to prevent breakage.

Finally, try to keep one vase in use at all times so that no matter what time spring appears, you can enjoy the wonderful colors of the season!

And the winner is....

Very honored to be awarded First Place in the "Individual Spaces - Traditional" category at last Thursdays 13th Annual Northwest Design Awards Gala!

Woodinville Wine Cellar Project, completed in conjunction with EB Building Group LLC.

There were 14 categories and with 135 entries from all over the Pacific Northwest and 275 people were in attendance.  I am so thankful for home owner, Sheri Carruthers for entrusting me with bringing her vision to life and to such a creative contractor, Eric Backman of EB Building Group for taking the space from concept to reality!

It was a fun evening with a 1940's glamor theme and the Design Center was transformed beautifully.



The crowd waiting to go in.

The room from above.

A special thank you to my host Robert Allen/Beacon Hill Rep's - Joe, Pat, Forrest and Terra, who started the evening out with a wonderful pre-party to myself and 5 other residential designers.

Pre-party in the Robert Allen/Beacon Hill Showroom