Sunday, November 08, 2009

Vintage Pieces for Sale!

I am cleaning out all my old inventory and making space for new revamped vintage pieces that I will be selling on my website in the coming months. I am selling what is left at rock bottom prices! Please email if you would like to purchase the items and if you are out of state please send me your zip code so I can give you a proper quote on shipping. Thank you in advance.

Coral lamps from MOTH Design normally sold at $1400 each shades not available $700 for the pair
White ginger jar lamp (one left) $50
Mid century lamp shade not available $50
Mid century glass each $55 19"h
Hand Made Large Face vase (similar to Jonathan Adler) $90.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Latest E-Decorating Project- San Francisco

Above is my latest E-Decorating inspiration board from my client in San Francisco. This client wanted a mix of modern and glamorous pieces in her new living room and she wanted tones of light blues. I found an inexpensive tufted large sofa with lots of chair options and benches to fill up the large living room. I was able to find pieces that would work in her budget and still create that high-end look. If you would like to find out more about E-Decorating and how it works check out my website here. And please note out of respect for my paying clients I do not give our product information.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

REMINDER-Our Next DNG Event at West Elm October 29th THIS THURSDAY!

I am so excited to announce that our next DNG Event will be held at West Elm Santa Monica, this is one event you don't want to miss! Trade gift bags will be given out to all participating designers that sign up for the West Elm trade program. Come by and find out what West Elm has to offer! If you are not familiar with the DNG events I run - they are about helping our designers create a community by offering social networking events to meet exchange business cards and info to share ideas. If you would like to be a member please email me at turquosie.la@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Designer Tag Sale Invite!

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday! Click here to read our blog and find out what designers are selling!

Designer Tag Sale - Press Release!

Announcing another HIGH-END DESIGNER TAG SALE Saturday, October 24, 10am-2pm

466 East 18th St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Vanessa Squared Productions, founded by interior designer Vanessa De Vargas and design editor Vanessa Kogevinas, is proud to present our second HIGH-END DESIGNER TAG SALE SHOPPING EVENT in conjunction with Amanda Malson and Jolene Ballard of Domicile Interior Design.

The Designer Tag Sale is an upscale interior designer yard/tag sale hosted by Keri Shrimpton that will feature over ten of Orange County and Los Angeles' top designers selling items from their personal inventories including small furniture such as side-tables, lamps, rugs, pillows, art, accessories and more at incredibly low prices! At our tag sales nothing is over $200, and prices run as low as $5. Lots of holiday gift potential!!

Domino and Sunset magazines recently held similar successful events.

The following interior designers are confirmed: Vanessa De Vargas of Turquoise, Jolene Ballard and Amanda Malson of Domicile Interior Design, Zak Graff of Barclay Butera, Krista Ewart of Krista Ewart Design, Natalie Umbert of Atelier Natalie Umbert, Rick Campos of Christopher Tracy Interiors, Steve Jones of Better Shelter, Keri Shrimpton of Keri Shrimpton Design, Krista Browne of Krista Browne Designs, Dianne Kraus of Green Tangerine, Sabina Vavra of Madison West Interiors, Jonathan Lo of Happy Mundane, Gary Bates of Refab Clinic, Erica Islas of EMI Interior Design, Trey Russel of Aris, and Elizabeth Gordon of Elizabeth Gordon Studio.

Vendors include m[E] Material Environment, Richie Design, The Red Velvet Company, SMARTY, French American Wallpaper and Yelp will participate as a media sponsor.

The Designer Tag Sale also features mini-consultations and appraisals by designers, a silent auction, a raffle and more. Entertainment includes a bar, light passed appetizers and beauty treatments.

Gift bags are offered to the first thirty attendees including gift certificates, coupons, and other fun items. Any left-over designer inventory is donated to The Sheepfold (a women with children’s shelter). Entry fee is $10. Cash only; designers will not have credit card capabilities.

We greatly look forward to your participation and support!

Domicile Interior Design info@domicileid.com ; 714.552.8280; www.domicileid.com ; www.domicileid.blogspot.com

Vanessa Kogevinas at vanessakog@gmail.com www.vanessakogevinas.com Vanessa De Vargas of Turquoise; turquoise.la@gmail.com Keri Shrimpton of Keri Shrimpton Design; kshrimpton@mac.com

Bio information:

Domicile Interior Design

domicile interior design is a full service interior design studio specializing in residential, hospitality, retail and commercial interior design and an array of home good products. Domicile believes in forging meaningful relationships with all their clientele. Their goal is to create a home that reflects the client’s needs and personality through a unique and personal process. Domicile deftly blends old and new with a west coast influence to produce chic, eclectic and comfortable interiors.

Amanda Malson of Domicile has worked as an interior designer within the high-end residential and hospitality design fields in both San Francisco and Los Angeles for the last eleven years. Her experience has included overseeing the design and management of several multimillion-dollar projects and a position at the Los Angeles based design firm KWID where she gained valuable boutique hotel experience. Her signature style is based upon traditional classic principles mixed with a sixties and seventies modern era aesthetic pulled together by soft contrasting color palettes.

Jolene Ballard of Domicile studied interior design at Iowa State University where she received her BFA. After working in Des Moines, Jolene relocated to southern California where she took a design position at Gensler where she completed many high profile office environments. Her ability to combine modernism and classicism while mixing high-end style with low-end flea market finds create relaxed, eclectic and stylish interiors that parallel her personal style. Jolene is LEED accredited, CID certified and is the co-president of the IIDA Orange County chapter.

A native Californian, Keri Shrimpton of Keri Shrimpton Design pursued other career goals before returning to her first love of interior design. Her passions for traveling and visiting flea markets inform Keri's style, which is best described as modern eclectic with hints of classicism.

Vanessa Kogevinas’s career in publishing and management has spanned over fifteen years, including positions at Architectural Digest and as a founding editor of Western Interiors and Design magazine. She is currently serving as a Contributing Editor for California Homes magazine and a new interior design-related website www.editoratlarge.com . She has recently founded her own consulting firm, Get It!, as well as VSP with designer Vanessa De Vargas.

Vanessa De Vargas is an LA-based interior and furniture designer who launched her Venice Beach design label and interior design firm Turquoise. She has been named an ‘up-and-coming designer to watch’ by Angeleno magazine, is a regular contributor to Apartmenttherapy.com and runs a successful E-Decorating business. She recently founded VSP with design editor Vanessa Kogevinas.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Next DNG Event @ West Elm!

I am so excited to announce that our next DNG Event will be held at West Elm Santa Monica, this is one event you don't want to miss! Trade gift bags will be given out to all participating designers that sign up for the West Elm trade program. Come by and find out what West Elm has to offer!

If you are not familiar with the DNG events I run - they are about helping our designers create a community by offering social networking events to meet, exchange business cards and info to share ideas. If you would like to be a member please email me at turquosie.la@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you.

Designer Tag Sale Blog

Have you seen the updates for our Designer Tag Sale that we are having October 24th Costa Mesa from 10am-2pm! Lots of fabulous goodies and amazing inventory images that will be sold at our sale! Take a look here!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Thank you Blik!

What a wonderful surprise to see my clients bedroom on the Blik Blog! Thank you Sonja and Scott!

Houzz Interview

Thank you Becky Harris for posting my home and interview on Houzz!

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Save the date- Our next Tag Sale will be October 24th in Costa Mesa!

We are working on hosting another Designer Tag Sale, so please save the date for October 24th in Costa Mesa, CA (Orange County)! Vanessa Kogevinas and I will be co-hosting the event with interior designers, Jolene Ballard & Amanda Malson from Domicile. We are extremely excited to host another successful event! So please check our blog...we will post more details soon!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Reminder! Next DNG Event at Unici Casa TONIGHT Sept 24th!

Reminder our next DNG event will be held at Unici Casa in Culver City on September 24th, from 7-9pm. If you would like to be added to our networking list of events, please email me @ turquoise.la@gmail.com. We look forward to meeting you!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Sneak Peek - Venice Bedroom

Here is a sneak peek into my clients Bedroom in Venice...more images will be added to my website next week. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

All the Best Blog - Bedroom Contest!

You still have time to enter the fabulous bedroom contest from All the Best Blog...click here to read all the about the wonderful prizes and rules...and did you see who is judging? Get those pictures entered ASAP fellow designers!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sneak Peek - Century City Office

Here is a sneak peek from my clients office located in Century City. All the images from the project including 2 more projects will be available to view next week on my website. Enjoy!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Real Living Blog

I heart this mag and the blog too!

Save the Date - Our Next Designer Tag Sale will be October 24th in Costa Mesa!

We are working on hosting another Designer Tag Sale, so please save the date for October 24th in Costa Mesa, CA (Orange County)! Vanessa Kogevinas and I will be co-hosting the event with interior designers, Jolene Ballard & Amanda Malson from Domicile. We are extremely excited to host another successful event! So please check back we will post more details soon!

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Save the Date! Next DNG Event at Unici Casa Sept 24th!

Save the date our next DNG event will be held at Unici Casa in Culver City on September 24th, from 7-9pm. If you would like to be added to our networking list of events, please email me @ turquoise.la@gmail.com. We look forward to meeting you!

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Pictures from our DNG event at Patio Culture!

Pictures above are from our last DNG Event at Patio Culture. We had such a great turnout with so many new faces! Please save the date, our next event will be held at Unicicasa in Culver City September 24th. If you would like to be added to our networking email list please email me at turquoise.la@gmail.com.

Monday, September 07, 2009

New Project - Venice Living Room

I just started a new project in Venice, where I am decorating my clients living room with Moroccan style furnishings. Above is the inspiration board I created that includes some Ikat inspired textiles and accessories mixed with some modern pieces. Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Interview on Fyndes

Thank you Mark and Carrie for interviewing me for the Fyndes blog! It was really a lot of fun! For more information about the Fyndes and the items they sell, click here.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Apartment Therapy - Trending Post on "Renting Like You Own"

For last Fridays Apartment Therapy Trending Post, I decided to talk about how renters are spending their own money to upgrade their apartments. I just recently worked with a couple clients who inspired me to write about this topic and are quoted in the article. Click here to read all about it.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Want to get your projects published, look no further!

How would you like to submit your interior design projects directly to magazine editors and have the choice of which magazines you can submit to! Well wait no more you can directly send those submissions right on over to Editor at Large! This brand new site gives interior and product designers a place where they can receive press without having to figure out where and who to submit to.

If you ask me, this is going to be a great site to submit to!

If you want to find out more information about how The Editor at Large works click here and check out the list of participating magazine editors click here.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Reminder! Next DNG Event at Patio Culture THIS Thursday -August 27th!

Reminder our next DNG Event will be held this Thursday August 27th from 7-9pm at Patio Culture located at 1612 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice CA 90291, 310 314 9700. This a great way to network with other designers, product designers, reps and showroom managers. Please RSVP to turquoise.la@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you!

Apartment Therapy - Trending Post on "Innovative Wallpapers"

For last weeks Friday's Trending post on Apartment Therapy, I wrote about some new wallpaper companies and designs that have recently hit the web. Click here to find out about some of the new styles and companies.

Friday, August 21, 2009

New Press - Real Simple / Simply Stated

Above is a great article written by Holly Becker @ Decor8 that was posted on The Real Simple blog about virtual design. Click here to read the article. Thank you again Holly!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

New Press - The New York Times

Thank you Kimberly Stevens from the NY Times for mentioning our Designer Tag Sale in today's paper! Click here to read the full article.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Maison Reve Flea Market in SF!

If you're in San Fran next weekend you may want to check out this flea market at Maison Reve. Please see invite above and for more info click here.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Ecologique Book Signing August 25th

Please see the above invite for Kelly La Plante's book signing for Ecologique at Palecek. Click here for more details.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

A Little Venice Dinner Party!

I had a couple of my friends over tonight and thought the table looked so adorable I had a take some pics. The table cloth is from Henry Road and the orange bowl is from Anthropologie, the dishware is mostly from Ikea, and the ice bucket is from Target/Swell from a few years ago. Salad and blue cheese and bacon quiche was on the menu. Here is the recipe for the quiche, Enjoy!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Would you like another Designer Tag Sale?

Please leave us your comments...we would love to hear from you. Where should our next event be, other things we could add? Please let us know! Please leave your comments here.
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