the minor details.....
So a client had a problem with a open staircase...in a townhouse with an 8 year old boy, 6 year old girl and a year and half year old. She wanted to make this flow as child-safe as possible. She wanted to know how to stop an 8 year old from sliding down the bannister and how to stop a year and half year old from falling straight down onto a marble floor, should he ever fall over the bannister. My solution? Well, to build a custom piece to suit the space. After much thought, myself and master woodsman Samuel Murray came up with this idea to create furniture piece that would take up the entire space without causing too much visual noise. With a nod to the classic bent curves of the interior of an original Airstream meets an old rail car... this is what we came up with (a before and after):
Excellent solution.
Not easy to have such solutions (expensive ?) nowadays i guess...
Posted by: olivier2marseille | June 19, 2008 at 04:25 AM
wow, this is FANTASTIC! Congratulations!
Posted by: swissmiss | June 19, 2008 at 06:59 AM
wow, beautiful! what a great idea.
Posted by: joanna goddard | June 19, 2008 at 09:55 AM
this is amazing – I couldn't visualize it when you were explaining it. I love that you came up with a solution that fits so well stylistically and doesn't seem like an add-on or impediment.
Posted by: natasha | June 24, 2008 at 02:39 PM
thanks everyone. it was a challenge but that's what makes it fun!!!
Posted by: jenn | June 24, 2008 at 04:20 PM
What an amazing piece!
Posted by: Kiersten | June 27, 2008 at 01:35 AM
What an amazing piece!
Posted by: Kiersten | June 27, 2008 at 01:35 AM