Pre-order your holiday arrangements!
I’m now taking pre-orders for both Thanksgiving and holiday floral centerpieces and orchid arrangements. Space Design specializes in beautiful contemporary arrangements using unique floral selections and unconventional blooms!
And don’t forget, Terrariums make excellent Christmas gifts!
Country Wedding
The wedding of Gabe and Hana was set in a wooded meadow on 20 acres overlooking the Clackamas River. Besides having a beautiful country setting and theme, the bride and groom looked amazing and very much in love! This was by far the most fun i’ve had at a wedding due to the fact that everyone involved was grateful, excited and truly happy to be there. Enjoy!
The Bride & Groom
The cutest ring bearer ever
I love her Adam Arnold dress
Paper
This work is by Holly Senn, showing at the 23 Sandy Gallery in September. She’ll be speaking at the gallery on September 26th at 5:00 about her current exhibit. I just became intrigued and inspired by paper sculptures and would like to try my hand at cylinders made from old books. Below are a few photos of a beautiful table that was set for an event at the Cleaners this week, along with some great paper sculptures. Also tagged is an amazing blog that i’ve been hooked on,full of great images, concepts and ideas. Enjoy!
Planting Projects
Here are a few photos of a recent installation at Covet, my favorite boutique in downtown Portland. The stainless planter boxes are filled with cacti, sansevieria and tillandsia and also happen to be virtually maintenance free. Both the sansevieria and the cacti, favorite plants of mine, thrive on neglect and require watering seasonally.
Stainless planter boxes
Organic plantings at Covet
The sale rack, which is full of fabulous finds, is a bit more organic and NW in style but once again, maintenance free. I love the tall snake plant protruding out of the birch tube.
Below are a few other projects that i’ve recently completed, Enjoy!!
Summer plantings for the Cleaners
Event space at the Ace Hotel
Terrarium centerpiece
Ipe deck, custom table and calligaris hero chairs
Pink bullet planter and chinese garden stool
Recent Projects
Here are photos of a few projects from May and the first part of June. Enjoy!
Succulent bowl and bullet planter
50's bullet planter close-up
Spring bouquet for Lisa
Fenouil planter close-up
Sweet little arrangement at Nostrana
15' Tall manzanita branches at Nostrana
Fun orange planter with Corokia at Lizard Lounge
Covet and Crave
My new favorite Portland boutique is Covet. If you haven’t checked it out you should! I recently made this willow basket for the stores one year anniversary party. The fan tailed willow basket is filled with tall mother-in-law tongue, yellow bromeliads and an assortment of airplants and mosses. Besides being virtually maintenance free, it’s a pretty stunning 
piece that looks fabulous in this beautiful boutique.
The new Portland Crave book is out, featuring over 100 women owned businesses and female entrepreneurs. I have this unique and stylish guidebook for sale at Space Design, a photo of Space Designs page is below. Enjoy!
Taste of the Nation
I had a few restaurants involved at the annual Taste of the Nation this past Monday at Luxe Auto in N.E. Portland. Below are a few floral arrangements for the event. I wrapped the inside of the vessels with tea leaves and tied small succulents to the outside of the vase. I like how the arrangements reflect the restaurants point of view, Nostrana is very rustic, fresh and in-season while Fenouil is tailored and fancy. I love how these turned out!
Yesterday was another floral day with more than twenty arrangements for a private event at the Lucier. Today I’m gearing up to make 46 arrangements for the Indie Wine Fest this Saturday as well as 3 custom pieces for my favorite boutique Covet. Enjoy!
Spring gardening and wedding season
I love spring gardening and recently finished the installation of this mid-century garden,
a funky space with a mixture of yucca, heavenly bamboo and a 3′ deep cement lamp post! The clients requested a low maintenance garden with a tight color pallette, summer flowers and winter interest. Since the garden is partial shade I choose white peony, white calla lilies, hellebore, acorus and huechera as the flowers and also “quick silver” hebe, acanthus and contorted filbert as plants with interesting winter foliage. The burgundy of the heather, succulents and huechera look great with the deep green of the Japanese holly ferns and pair well with the pink of the home and the brick facade. Irish moss and pink ajuga were the chosen ground cover. I’m really happy with the space and also inspired to work in my own garden. I’ll be planting masses of black mondo grass under 2 magnolias that flank the entry of my house and am also looking for the the perfect evergreen shrub to replace a bed of hebes that didn’t survive our brutal winter. I currently have masses of “red martin” euphorbia massed in the entry beds and am unhappy with the leggy and scraggly appearance of the stems.
I also had the honor of doing the flowers for Jason and Christinas wedding this past weekend. I love that they chose orange as there color pallette as Leonida roses, orange parrot tulips, orange vandas and calla lilies are perfect spring blooming flowers. 20 orange “disa” orchids planted in terrarium globes made for stunning centerpieces. Enjoy!
Neighborhood Notes
Space Design has a very cool write up on the Neighborhood Notes site.
Go to neighborhood notes to check it out.
I recently had the pleasure of spending a few days at the new, and very fabulous, Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Above is an open bowl arrangement inspired by my trip. I especially love the texture of the cacti bark and antler along with the orange flowering cactus and “butzii” tillandsia. Enjoy!
Beautiful Interior
I’ve been working on the interior of a 1950’s mid-century ranch for over 4 months. It just came together within the last few weeks as the majority of furniture was delivered and installed. The Lee sofas were upholstered in this cozy and brilliant orange textile from The Whole Nine Yards, the down pillows and upholstery are from there as well. I love the fabric combination and how it compliments the tone of the mahogany wall. Both the coffee and side table are Mitchell Gold Bob Williams finds and the shetland wool carpet, that is SO soft!, is Hibernia from Ecohaus. A few other great sources for this project were Lake Grove Upholstery in Sellwood, Bedford Brown and Janus Home on Grand. Both the 3 legged chairs and the Paul Tuttle table for Baker are from Janus Home, Jeremy, the owner, is an excellent source for mid-century furniture and expertise.
I’m now on the hunt for an amazing wall sculpture and have spent countless hours on both 1st dibs and ebay. I’ve also been to every junk, vintage and mid-century store in Portland and feel like I could be a mid-century sculpture expert! Portland Modern on N.W. 21st has some great Jere wall sculptures but not a perfect fit for this interior. I’m still on the hunt so stay tuned. Enjoy!
