my weekly dose of life inspirations
I finished Classic Design Fundamentals Two class at Toronto Botanical Garden this month! Same as Fundamental One Class, every Monday night from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Total of 4 classes, and you’ll learn one design each class, so here they are: Class 1: Vertical Line Design…
I have been living in Toronto for over 20 years, and I’ve never shoot Toronto skyline. Yeah, I know… So last Friday, I finally took ferry to Centre island, and shoot the sunset/blue hour of Toronto’s skyline. Here they are…
I signed up for Classic Design Fundamentals One class at Toronto Botanical Garden this month. There are 4 classes, every Monday night from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, and each class you’ll learn one design. So here we go: Class 1: Traditional mass design – table centrepiece…
The past Sunday, I joined Hidden Gardens & Private Spaces Tour of Cabbagetown in Toronto. It was ashamed that I’ve never visited this neighbourhood before even though I’ve been living in Toronto for 15+ years. It was a very nice day out visiting some beautiful…
First long weekend of the year, family day, Toronto has the coldest day of this winter: -26 Celsius, feeling like -41 with windchill. With the global warming trend, it was hard to believe that my city could be in deep freeze continuously for a long…
自从自己买了房子后，就在陆陆续续的看家具/买家具，不得不说，这个过程真的是急不出来的。 当然，如果价钱不是一个问题的话，其他问题会简单很多。 家具有很多种式样: 现代的，古典的，过渡的（古典的来又掺杂了现代元素）。 上室内设计课之前，古典式家具从来都不是我喜欢的式样，觉得它们那些花饰繁重，给我很沉重的感觉。 我还是比较喜欢线条简洁设计清爽的家具，颜色不需要太复杂。 室内设计课里有一节课讲家具历史，从古代罗马/希腊，16世纪法国/英国文艺复兴时期，到18世纪新艺术主义, 每个时代家具的特点。 照片里看已经觉得很不错，老师还安排我们去参观了一家专门卖古董家具的店：Carrocel Restorations。 这家家具店离我公司很近，就在万锦区，他们主要经营将古董家具打磨，油漆，上光，修补加翻新。 店主带我们参观了店后的工作间，一件一件家具在翻新过程的不同阶段中等待工人们的耐心和技术，有很多甚至因为火灾照成了损坏。 参观完这家家具店后，让我对古董式家具刮目相看，虽然觉得这种式样放在我家里实在不搭, 但是开始学会欣赏它们。 那些做工，细节，连抽屉和柜子里面都做得非常精致, 每个橱柜的开关都是现在的家具不可比拟的. 店主还对现在中国生产的家具好好调侃了一番, 不过他也承认现在中国的生产技术越来越有进步了, 哈哈。 下面连接了几张这家店的作品, 如果您有兴趣的话, 不要忘记去逛逛, 他们的价钱肯定比市中心便宜!