My Loft Day 1


This space will be foyer/ bedroom /office and silk screen studio

Kim shooting my kitchen and what will be livingroom area.
Umm.. That kitchen lighting fixture will be going pronto!
(I am such a design snob):-)

My very long cement wall
Too raw for me and no good as a surface for hanging art!
Will be drywalled pronto!

A contractor that shows up on time = Dream come true.

Much ado about carpet samples

Exterior
My neighbourhood (West Queen West) has a ridiculous amount of construction going on at the moment.

Today I got the keys to my loft!
As you can see it is a blank slate and very cementy looking.
My Interior Designer friend Kim is bringing in her expertise and helping me warm it up.
Follow along to see a very dramatic Before and After!

A Night at the Bell Light box


Our new Bell lightbox. Love at first sight.

Isn't it beautiful?


Inside: Buzz buzz buzz.

O+B's Canteen Look: Breakfast Wrap 5 bucks!

A great visualization of how TIFF chose the 100 Essential films.
(Looks better in person. Go see it.)
ps. Here is the LIST.

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Part of the Essential 100 Exhibit
Carl Dreyer's angsty Passion of Joan of Arc plays on a big screen - on a constant loop!

Really loved The Lives of Others. Glad it made the list.

An installation called 24 Hour Psycho Back and Forth by Douglas Gordon which plays Hitchcock’s Psycho on 2 adjacent screens, one in forward motion and the other in reverse!

This is playing tommorrow!

My brother Danny working on the Red carpet at Roy Thompson Hall
Yes Handsome Devil!

Requisite star siting: Michael C. Hall

I went to visit our new Bell Lightbox for the first time tonight. Got a lump in my throat when I saw it. Corny but true. Such a beautiful building. Designed by Toronto based Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB). Such a beautiful testament to our city's love of film.It was completely buzzing with people + activity and because it was open late it had that great 'pajama party' feeling. I peeked into Oliver and Bonacini's Canteen. It looks an adorable + affordable perfect spot for people watching.

I went to see The Essential 100 Cinema exhibition.
Favourite part was the 'Wunderkammer' or cabinet of curiosities room, which was filled with artifacts, photos, fantastic posters, and clips from TIFF's 100 Essential films.

I rounded out the evening with a visit to see my brother working the Roy Thompson red carpet and then an unplanned celebrity sighting of Michael C. Hall.

I am so in love with my city tonight.

Margot Austin's DIY Poster bed



mmm... This DIY Poster bed made by Writer/Stylist Margot Austin looks sooo cozy. I think I'm gonna try to recreate this effect in my loft. Closing the curtains around the bed and snuggling up with a book looks like it'd be a ideal way to retreat from our oh-so overstimulating world.
ps. Highly recommend Margot's design blog. It's well written, full of interesting design ideas and often quite hilarious.

um wow: Schwartz and Sons


Commentary from the Schwartz and Sons' website: "We concepted and created chic/bizarro headpieces, making the model a typographic stand-in for the "I" in the logo."

After poking around a bit I figured out that the brains behind Whitney Pozgay's quirky website is the amazing design firm Schwartz and Sons in NYC. They do incredible work (Fresh, Bold and Funny) and have a dreamy list of clients including Steven Alan, Jack Spade and the fantastic Jane Hotel. Have added to the list of people I'd love to work with.