Top Design Chandelier Challenge Contest

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DURWCr9ObWNcsiwSYU8m-GzjLrU9jVbYda-XVrcFuvtNT6P-RnLYLSfEJYyEFqNh5ng9YmwhE3s0yNrWthyLEIN0pgOVL-Ok0DizNLdjSRYEswOryCZASZD49jbVQmRwG9ZUelCPvv-s/s1600-h/Chandelier+ChallengeImg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260246246247174898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DURWCr9ObWNcsiwSYU8m-GzjLrU9jVbYda-XVrcFuvtNT6P-RnLYLSfEJYyEFqNh5ng9YmwhE3s0yNrWthyLEIN0pgOVL-Ok0DizNLdjSRYEswOryCZASZD49jbVQmRwG9ZUelCPvv-s/s400/Chandelier+ChallengeImg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 279px;" /></a><a href="http://www.bloggingtopdesign.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Blogging Top Design</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and </span><a href="http://www.chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">::Surroundings::</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> invites you to join us for a fantastic contest!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The October 22nd show challenged the contestants to decorate a room around a fantastic </span><a href="http://www.swarovskisparkles.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Swarovski</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> chandelier from their Crystal Palace collection. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How would you have done? Now is the time to find out! You are invited to submit a design board that illustrates your design creativity. It can be a standard mood board created with paper and or you can create it digitally, or step outside the box and paint a picture - the sky’s the limit! (okay - the digital image is the limit!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are the details:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Select a chandelier. The images will be available for download here.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Contest starts: Thursday, October 23rd</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Contest deadline: Friday, November 7th. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Submit one .jpg image of your design plan to bloggingtopdesign@gmail.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Provide a brief write-up describing your design, tell us a little about yourself and include your contact information.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• All projects will be showcased on Blogging Top Design and on ::Surroundings:: (www.chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Team BTD will select a small group of finalists from all entrees. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Our judge will be Top Design judge <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Margaret Russell</span>, editor-in-chief of <a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a>! This is your chance to put your work in front of Margaret’s eyes!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">•There will be one first prize winner who will receive a signed copy of Margaret’s book <a href="http://www.pointclickhome.com/decorating_design/articles/so_chic_glamorous_live_stylish_spaces"><span style="font-style: italic;">So Chic</span></a> AND a little something sparkly from <a href="http://www.swarovskisparkles.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">Swarovski</span></a></span>! <span style="font-weight: bold;">Plus, the title of Top <span style="font-style: italic;">Virtual</span> Designer!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contact us at bloggingtopdesign@gmail.com with questions. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Although I'm not eligible, I've put together a quick design board to get the party started. We look forward to seeing your creativity in action!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshjF2RxDOR6-lBJ1R5TdfoMj_iNOL4SiM49blDIEyLDBj14KK3RjWh8OgSh1AVschUwdaOX_T9LHKGMBOU1cZQOEHDYpQsCjZCguvwIdRZy-s6OF553wJTWEwP2GK5AQMLMj6TY-qrBe/s1600-h/sparkleshadyroom.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260246250495759394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshjF2RxDOR6-lBJ1R5TdfoMj_iNOL4SiM49blDIEyLDBj14KK3RjWh8OgSh1AVschUwdaOX_T9LHKGMBOU1cZQOEHDYpQsCjZCguvwIdRZy-s6OF553wJTWEwP2GK5AQMLMj6TY-qrBe/s400/sparkleshadyroom.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 483px; height: 373px;" /></a>

Top Design Chandelier Challenge Contest

Blogging Top Design and ::Surroundings:: invites you to join us for a fantastic contest! The October 22nd show challenged the contestants...

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Domino comes to the hinterlands!

I've been reading (with envy) all the posts around the <span style="font-style: italic;">Domino: Book of Decorating</span> launch parties that have been held recently. From the <a href="http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/2008/10/book-of-decorating.html">New York </a>design elite to the <a href="http://maison21.blogspot.com/2008/10/veni-vedi-vamoosi.html">LA party chez Wearstler</a> - this book is making the rounds!<br /><br />So, finally, the Domino gals - Dara Capanigro (whom I <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2007/09/media-talk-domino-magazines-dara.html">interviewed</a> least year) and Domino <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/daily/blogs/dailydose/girl_about_town">"Girl about town"</a> blogger Rita Konig - are heading north and joining us in Boston! And you are invited!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fajsf5s0AB2ejIJ1aC4lpVD0lP3N6o_eSnHLUjLBWsUmrhiX248zQh47MkcnhEW4jo56w2lZgtFRaAXg-q1gV7H0z_AMMyBUJwZk7mq0CL0PfSsZuZEIvtpRKL3fYwz_sM2TfFbXpdVg/s1600-h/Domino-Boston.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259837301627075138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fajsf5s0AB2ejIJ1aC4lpVD0lP3N6o_eSnHLUjLBWsUmrhiX248zQh47MkcnhEW4jo56w2lZgtFRaAXg-q1gV7H0z_AMMyBUJwZk7mq0CL0PfSsZuZEIvtpRKL3fYwz_sM2TfFbXpdVg/s400/Domino-Boston.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br /><br />WHAT: Celebrate the launch of domino magazine’s new book, ‘Domino: The Book of Decorating; a room by room guide to creating a home that makes you happy’ (Simon & Schuster) at Louis of Boston. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, live music and more.<br /><br />WHO: Join domino magazine Style Director Dara Caponigro and Contributing Editor Rita Konig<br />WHERE: Louis Boston, 234 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA<br />WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2-4 PM<br />RSVP: 800-660-9159 (*FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*)<br /><br />Hope to see you there!

Domino comes to the hinterlands!

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New England Design Hall of Fame 2008

The Second Annual <a href="http://www.nedesignhalloffame.com/">New England Design Hall of Fame</a> awards inductees have been announced by sponsor <a href="http://www.nehomemag.com/">New England Home Magazine</a>. The gala awards dinner will take place on Wednesday, November 12th at the State Room in Boston. I am so bummed - I have an invitation to attend but have a conflict and can't do it this year. It was an exciting event <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-england-design-hall-of-fame-gala.html">last year</a> so if you're thinking of going, I highly recommend it!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I am going to spend the next week or so profiling the work of the five inductees. I start today with:<br /></div><br />James Estes - <a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/">Estes|Twombly Architects</a>, Newport, Rhode Island<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">From their website:<br /></div></div><span style="font-style: italic;">Estes/Twombly's work consists of simple, innovative designs with firm roots in the New England tradition. We approach programs and problems with the belief that the best solutions are logical and direct, that a good design will appear inevitable. </span><p style="font-style: italic;">After years of work on renovation and new construction projects in the northeast, our design aesthetic has evolved into a quiet modernism based on traditional methods and materials, with a sensitivity to local site and climatic conditions. Every site is different and necessarily requires a unique solution, whether it is responding to a view, a neighbor or the terrain. Through careful siting and design, we can break down the usually solid wall between indoors and outdoors, extending the warm seasons and providing natural heat and ventilation, in spite of the rugged New England climate.</p><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Freeman%20folder/Freemanextlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Freeman%20folder/Freemanextlg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Freeman%20folder/Freemanstairslg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Freeman%20folder/Freemanstairslg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pacittifolder/P_lvrmlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pacittifolder/P_lvrmlg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pacittifolder/P_nightrail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pacittifolder/P_nightrail.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Osprey/Ospreyendlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Osprey/Ospreyendlg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Osprey/Ospreykitchlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Osprey/Ospreykitchlg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/CommercialFolder/79/ETconf_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/CommercialFolder/79/ETconf_lg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 414px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pages/79thames.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Pages/79thames.html" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.estestwombly.com/Stonington/Stoneeastlg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.estestwombly.com/Stonington/Stoneeastlg.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/homes/archive/estes_slideshow_092003?showall=true">Architectural Digest</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2003/09/estes/hosl05_estes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2003/09/estes/hosl05_estes.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2003/09/estes/hosl03_estes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2003/09/estes/hosl03_estes.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a>I love their spare, clean lines. Perfect for a beach house out on the outer beaches of Cape Cod!

New England Design Hall of Fame 2008

The Second Annual New England Design Hall of Fame awards inductees have been announced by sponsor New England Home Magazine . The gala awar...

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