Eddie's staging area at the start of yesterday, with Eddie running into his window.
I spent most of yesterday in the windows at Bloomingdale's working on finishing up my Apartment Therapy entry: The Writer's Romantic Supper. I was cheek and jowl with Eddie Ross, who brought in a TON of antiques for his window, and Eileen Joyce's team, who knew exactly what they were doing and finished up first.
In a few minutes I'm off to do the absolute finishing touches and all the windows will be photographed tonight. By tomorrow this time, you'll see all the voting live at BigWindowChallenge.com and the race will be on. Below are all the in process pics. You can also follow Eddie and me on twitter: http://twitter.com/eddieross & http://twitter.com/maxwellat and hear what the word is on the street.
Eileen Joyce's window at the start of yesterday
My window at the start of yesterday - only the Bloomingdale's big pieces are in.
More of Eddie's accessories awaiting installation. Note outrageous chandelier and mirrored glass coffee table.
My Thomas O'Brien silver chandelier getting a final shine before being installed in the window. It's huge.
Eileen's window from the outside.. progress, progress...
Eddie's window from the outside. Eddie is at right.
My window from the outside.
My window coming together late in the day with the stunning Neisha Crosland wallpaper and vintage portraits that came from Michele Varian's store.
A closeup of the portraits on loan from Michele Varian.
And finally, my star accessory, a red Etro smoking jacket, borrowed from my friend, Amor, which will grace the humongous Ralph Lauren chair by the end of the day today.
Here's a great post by Mark Chamberlain, who I pulled in to do two trompe l'oeil bookcases on the side walls: >> A Trompe L'Oeil At Bloomingdale's
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Wow! I can't wait to see the finished product. Loving the portraits. They give everything a sort of Bloomsbury/Bohemian feel. (I think I'd like the person who lives there.)
Hope that's the look you were going for........
I love the portraits too! Nice touch with the wallpaper. Very romantic feel.
Where is that studded pillow from I DIE!
Love the wallcovering in Eileen's window -
Would be interested to know more...
To clarify, every designer was encouraged to use as many pieces from Furniture on 5 at Bloomingdale's as they could. At the same time, we were also allowed to layer in furniture, lighting and accessories from other sources as needed. The way I see it, and so do the editors of ELLE DECOR, good design mixes new and old in surprising, often idiosyncratic ways. The "TON" of antiques I brought in are meant to give my space a rich and authentic sense of history.
Eddie
Very nice, I love the bold colors and the eclectic collection of objects, every object has a presence yet they work well as a collection. Not big glasses fussy at all. : )
We had the same freedom on art and accessories last year... we were able to bring in our own "final layer," which gave each window (and every "real" space) life and a unique personality.
Not sure how I feel about bringing in outside furniture... when the whole purpose of the gig is to showcase Bloomingdale's furniture. And it made it a very interesting challenge for the designers...
For mine, I decided that my lady had bought the shoes, bag, jacket, and make-up from Bloomingdales. That was a real giggle. This will be fun to watch this year.