Sunset Magazine Take 2

It may look chaotic - but really there is a method to our madness. We promise.

Every year Sunset Magazine has a featured "idea house" that Sunset designs and furnishes so that people can peruse and admire, while also getting ideas for their own homes. They publish a 15 page spread on this home and give readers an inside peak into the latest and greatest in home design and archetecture. We did the Sunset Idea House in 2005 and it was Craftsman inspired, located in Covenant Hills in Ladera Ranch California. We were fortunate enough to have a store right around the corner which made for easy shopping for all the visitors that came to tour the home, to then drop into our store to take home a few Sunset House items of their own. When we did this project we had a couple months to finalize the designing and buying, having time to revise those last minute gliches, dotting our 'i's' and crossing our 't's'...

That was then - This is now.

Sara Gaffney Homes Program Manager and Joseph Hittinger Head Designer on the project flew in yesterday morning to meet with us to discuss the project. This 2008 idea house is on the verge of completion in Monterey California and now it's crunch time. The feel of this home is contemporary farmhouse which is exciting for us, as we have recently introduced a rough hewn Elm furniture line to Tuvalu which just happened to suit this project perfectly. We went through the schematics of the home and the story of each room, and were able to design and put together a plan that is sure to be beautiful, different, and most exciting for us! Lots of burlap natural fibers, woven materials, and reclaimed furnishings. The catch... (going back to the 'that was then - this is now' part) - they are photographing the home complete and installed on July 25th!!!

Needless to say, we've got our work cut out for us. Let the countdown begin. Wish us luck!