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Friday Favorite: In love at first sight — with a kitchen!

May 28, 2010 in Architecture & Interiors, Art & Antiques, Mountain Living by Christine | 1 comment

via housebeautiful.com

This morning I was browsing House Beautiful’s gallery of designer kitchens and came across this space by Susan Dossetter that makes my heart go pitter patter. I love it all: the cast plaster ceiling motif, the reproduction Windsor chairs, the pot rack, the double farmhouse sinks, the antique English baker’s table-turned-center island, and most of all, the antique oak cabinet originally made for a French store and found at the Paris flea market (I’d love to get an up-close look at each piece it holds).

I wouldn’t mind cooking — and even cleaning up! — in a space like this.

— Christine

Posted via web from Mountain Living magazine

Celebrate the Fourth — With Art!

June 26, 2009 in Art & Antiques, Events, Mountain Living, Out & About by Caroline | 1 comment

What better way to pass the summer hours (and the holiday weekend) than by enjoying beautiful art outdoors? If you’re near the Mile High City over the Fourth of July, swing by the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which takes place in a Denver hot spot–the Cherry Creek North Merchant District–from July 3-5. It’s the Festival’s 19th annual celebration of visual, culinary and performing arts, and as one of Colorado’s most anticipated summer festivities, the tour de fine arts draws 35,000 people to its grounds year after year. And don’t forget to stop by and visit us at the Mountain Living booth! For more information, visit cherryarts.org.

Photo by Jenny Griffin

 

Artistic Fabric Collection

February 26, 2009 in Art & Antiques, Decorating Secrets, Events, Food & Wine, High Country Shopping, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

In partnership with the Santa Fe based Museum of New Mexico, Kravet has produced its fourth fabric collection inspired by textiles from state museums. Taking inspiration from Navajo and Pueblo Indian rugs and ceremonial costumes at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Kravet has created a series of bold geometric designs and traditional southwestern patterns. The fabrics range from primary bold colors of reds and oranges to an updated indigo blue story fading into a more neutral gray palette. To accompany that, Kravet crafted a group of textural stripes adapted from Peruvian ponchos, Moroccan floor coverings and Turkish tunics found in the ethnic textile collection of the Museum of International Folk Art.

To view the entire collection, visit kravet.com.

Catch Some Air

February 23, 2009 in Art & Antiques, Decorating Secrets, Events, Furnishings, ML Recommends, Mountain Living, Travel by admin | No comments

If you’ll be anywhere near the Schweitzer Mountain Resort in Sandpoint, Idaho, on February 27 or 28, make sure to catch the Yokes Outrageous Air Show. At 6 p.m. each night in the center of Schweitzer Mountain Village, an elite group of professional jumpers will perform an astronomical aerial review, which includes such stunts as synchronized flips and flying through fire.

Each show kicks off with the Wire Energy Drink Torchlight Parade and ends with after parties where you can meet the performers and grab some autographs.

For more information, visit schweitzer.com.

Objects and Things

January 12, 2009 in Art & Antiques, Events, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

Stop by the JH Muse Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming, on Friday, January 16 for the opening reception of "Objects and Things," paintings by Mike Piggott. In addition, author Alexandra Fuller will read from her essay The Emperor of the Red Wheel Barrow, which is about Mike Piggott and his latest paintings. The exhibition runs from January 12 to February 22.

                       Mike Piggott, "Birds on a String, 2008

For more information, visit jhmusegallery.com.

Natural Beauty

December 28, 2008 in Art & Antiques, Events, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

Jewelry maker Barbara Heinrich—working mainly in 18-karat gold, platinum and gemstones—molds metal to mimic the shapes and textures of nature. Just check out the detail on the bracelet pictured here.

         

“Creating jewelry is very natural to me,” Heinrich says, “yet it takes a very high concentration of a special kind, an inner listening and seeing. This takes me to a secret garden, a place in consciousness where things of great beauty and grace exist and are absolute realities.”

Barbara Heinrich will be featured at an artist reception at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art on December 29th, 2008 from 5:30-7:30 pm.

For more information, visit telluridegallery.com or barbaraheinrichstudio.com.

Art Exhibition in Jackson

December 23, 2008 in Art & Antiques, Events, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

If you’re out and about in Jackson, Wyoming, during December and January, make sure to stop at the JH Muse Gallery. Check out the exhibition "Avatars and Heros" by artist Nicole Charbonnet. The exhibition, which features Nicole’s mixed media paintings, runs until January 8, 2009.

Nicole Charbonnet, "Tree," 2008, mixed media on canvas

 

For more information, visit jhmusegallery.com.

Piece by Piece

November 14, 2008 in Art & Antiques, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

At first glance, you might mistake one of Laura Breitman’s pieces for a painting or photograph. But look a little closer and you’ll soon realize that it’s actually a collage made up of thousands of tiny hand-cut pieces of fabric and paper.

Breitman is "committed to expressing how light interacts with form and the task of fooling the eye." Based on photographs taken by her husband, Breitman’s intricate works draw you in to examine the carefully crafted detail. We just love what she is able to create with fabric.

"Piece by Piece," a solo exhibition by Laura Breitman, can be viewed at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery at the University of California – Davis.

Laura Breitman, "Looking Through Red Leaves," Mixed Media Collage, 9 x 31

 

For information about the gallery, visit nelsongallery.ucdavis.edu. For information about the artist, visit laurabreitman.net.

Double Art Exhibition

November 5, 2008 in Art & Antiques, Events, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by admin | No comments

If you’re in Santa Fe during November, take some time to stop at the Nedra Matteucci Galleries to view the double exhibition featuring Enduring Vistas: a Tribute to Wilson Hurley and the still-life works of painter Rosalyn Roembke. The exhibition opens November 7 and continues through November 22.

Wilson Hurley, "The Sandia Mountains from Algodones," oil on canvas, 49 3/8 x 80 Rosalyn Roembke, "Persimmons with Imari Bowl," oil on mounted canvas, 9 x 15

 

For more information and to view other works in the exhibition, visit matteucci.com.

 

Chair of the Moment

October 30, 2008 in Art & Antiques, Furnishings, High Country Shopping, ML Recommends, Mountain Living by Christine | 1 comment

Response to D SCALE’s c.1940s Poltrona armchair in ebony and mahogany has been so great that the company is now reproducing it in the style of the original vintage classic. Lucky you!

The chair retails for $4,250.

www.dscalemodern.com

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