Bespoke, custom, one-of-a-kind, vintage wares reinterpreted for today’s modern living- all descriptive words that are music to an interior designer’s ears, right? Enter Louise Gaskill Lighting. A true modern artisan found right here in North Carolina. Louise creates extraordinary lighting pieces from vintage mid-century glass and hand gilded components collected everywhere from Paris flea markets to local antique stores. The resulting conversation pieces are reminiscent of an era gone by but modernized for today’s interiors. Ideal for the new traditional look so coveted right now.

Kitchen Renovation Series: Custom Cabinetry Details

I have a small kitchen. There, I said it. Sometimes you just have to accept the realities and confines of a space and move on. So, when seeking out a game plan to renovate my kitchen, making the space highly functional and beautiful were my top priorities.

With kitchen design, selecting appliances and designing the cabinetry are first on the list. And also typically the two largest investments in a kitchen. Thinking through how I used the space was critical to my design plan. Custom cabinetry details designed around my needs were crucial to making the space more functional and spacious. Now complete, I feel I have doubled my storage space and…

One to know: Whitney Stoddard Art

Every now and then, I get to venture out of my design studio and explore what the design world has to offer. It’s one of my favorite aspects of my job and I don’t get to do it as often as I should. Yesterday I was invited to The Art Salon’s bi-annual art pop-up shop here in Charlotte and I am so excited that I made the trip. There were so many original art pieces to explore and it definitely had my mind swirling with creative ideas. Original art is such an important element when creating a bespoke and unique interior, often inspiring the color palette for a room or elevating the overall design to an awe inspiring level.

The Perfect Playroom

When a room in your home is no longer being used, it is a tell-tale sign that you need to update the space. This was true of my children’s playroom. When we first purchased our home, I had a newborn baby and an almost 4 year old. Upstairs off of our family TV watching space, the previous owners added an additional room you could call a “sunroom” since every wall has corner to corner windows (sigh!). When we moved in, I outfitted the space with a preschool sized table and chairs and plenty of storage for books and toys. It was a great space, for a while.

A tabletop garden affair....

The design industry as a whole is currently infatuated with all things of the garden variety. Whether it be floral prints, woven wicker textures, garden trellis’, or scenic garden wallpapers, it seems we just can’t get enough of what I have dubbed '“garden pretty.” You might blame it on the resurgence of hand painted wallpaper houses such as de Gournay and Gracie or just a general movement away from all of the geometric patterns we saw a few years ago. But whatever it is, I am enjoying this current design bubble of “garden pretty.”

Décor, Interior DesignSusannah CarpenterSeptember 26, 2018interior design, home decor, charlotte interior designComment

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