Last Wednesday we began our November feature by chatting with Carter Averbeck of Trompe Decorative Finishes. The scope or Trompe’s repertoire is vast and the scale ranges from a single panel to an entire church restoration. Enjoy & explore some of my favorite projects and creative finishes. What do you do with a million glass [...]
Touch-Worthy Walls
Ever since the walls of my office met Carter Averbeck, they’ve been considerably more popular. People cannot keep their hands off the forest of plaster trees that transformed a rather ho hum wall into a regular topic of conversation. Valcucine Minneapolis Showroom – IMS Carter Averbeck is the focus of our November feature and owner of [...]
Behind the Design {Candice Simpson}
“When I am working on a project, time ceases to exist” ARTIST SURFACE MASTER … just a couple ways to describe Candice Simpson. Candice Simpson started dreaming of becoming an artist when she was a child. Like many artists she thought this was just a dream, until she decided to try her hand at [...]
Behind the Design {Embellishments Design Studio}
Yesterday we introduced you to our September’s Featured Project, Health Foundation Family Health & Birth Center! Today, we would like to share more on the women Behind the Design, Jane-Marie Bloomberg of Embellishments Design Studio! MEET JANE-MARIE My start in design may have been around 9 years old when I would ask to rearrange [...]
Featured Project {Health Foundation Family Heath & Birth Center}
When you are thinking about starting a family, have you ever really thought about where you plan to deliver the baby? Most people here in Minnesota may automatically think, I am going to have my baby at this hospital or that hospital. Today, I encourage you to “THINK AGAIN!” Thinking about hospitals…they kind of feel cold [...]