Sunday, October 21, 2007

High Rise Luxury Design - Chicago Lakeshore East
























Noir Blanc Interiors LLC, high rise project at Chicago's Lakeshore East, The Chandler. The 3 bedroom condo design project is under way with eleven shades of paint colors from Benjamin Moore, as shown "Raspberry Truffle" to Ralph Laurens, Prizza Blanca suede, for texture. With a view like this supervising the tradesmen on a Saturday is a joy! The view let's us check out Trump Towers', it is moving along as scheduled and the photo snapped today proves it beauty!

River East is looking gorgeous, last nights River East Gallery Art Center party assured us this is a hot area! Viewing and watching Chicago's newest spiral high rise "Chicago Spire" being built is fascinating. Noir Blanc Interiors, President, Barbara Sheehan Segal states " With my Irish heritage and Chicago roots I look forward to working with client at this International architectural gem!" The Spire is slated to be Chicago's tallest building, according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Spire


Wait isn't that what they told Donald Trump?

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Bedroom Space



Our consumer driven, worldly, and increasingly wealthy society has resulted in our having many more personal possessions. This has had an effect in the bedroom, which has traditionally been small in terms of space allocation except in the mansions and larger town houses of yesteryear. Today’s households tend to hoard clothes, until such time as space limitations dictate we take our outdated fashion to the charity shop.

Bedrooms, especially in vintage gray stones, historical landmark homes and high rises which abound in Boston, Miami, Chicago, New York and San Francisco are invariably the most likely place to find low beams, sloping floors and bulging or uneven walls. By adding free standing wardrobes, chests of drawers and tallboys we are making way for the more space efficient fitted wardrobes and drawer units.

Although the bedroom is where you also hope to get some sleep the issue which is most likely to keep you awake at the planning stage is: how do I maximize storage space?

Barbara Segal is an expert in solving this problem. She's had years of experience dealing with awkward spaces; but unlike many other people she has an eye for the aesthetics as well as the practicalities. Since the whole aim of the bedroom is to provide the right environment for sound, refreshing sleep, the way it looks and the way it is fitted out are both important. Creaking floor boards and traffic or other external sounds may ruin a good night's rest. So attention to the curtaining, bed linens, pillows, paint colors, and carpeting all come under her scrutiny while working with Noir Blanc Interiors.