Blog By Knight » Design http://blogbyknight.com Musings on Life in my Fifties . . . Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Business Cards You will Drool Over http://blogbyknight.com/business-cards-you-will-drool-over/ http://blogbyknight.com/business-cards-you-will-drool-over/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:18:08 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1680 reactor I am a sucker for good design and I love business cards. Here is a compilation from GOMEDIAZINE of 15 totally cool business cards that make me drool.]]> http://blogbyknight.com/business-cards-you-will-drool-over/feed/ 0 Dry Erase Paint Turns You Wall Into an Idea Board http://blogbyknight.com/dry_earase_paint_turns_wall_into_idea_bloard/ http://blogbyknight.com/dry_earase_paint_turns_wall_into_idea_bloard/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:25:04 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1630 dry-erase-paint-wall I saw a great idea on the blog, Apartment Therapy. You've seen or heard about chalkboard paint? Well this is Dry-Erase paint! Having just been in the market for and then bought a dry erase board I was intrigued. Too late for me but someone else should take advantage of this great product idea and tell me is it as good as it sounds?]]> http://blogbyknight.com/dry_earase_paint_turns_wall_into_idea_bloard/feed/ 1 The Client is Always Right http://blogbyknight.com/the-client-is-always-right/ http://blogbyknight.com/the-client-is-always-right/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:20:56 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1612 http://blogbyknight.com/the-client-is-always-right/feed/ 1 Wordle for New Tricks http://blogbyknight.com/wordle-for-new-tricks/ http://blogbyknight.com/wordle-for-new-tricks/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:59:10 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1558 http://blogbyknight.com/wordle-for-new-tricks/feed/ 0 New Tricks Design and Social Network Marketing http://blogbyknight.com/1516/ http://blogbyknight.com/1516/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:29:36 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1516 box_dog_275 It's always a sign that something's up when I don't post for a week or so. So in the past two weeks, I have started a new business. Actually, I have named a business that I was basically doing under the auspices of JC Knight Properties,Inc which sounds kind of BLAND. It also really does not go with what I am doing. So what Am I Doing? Our new name is New Tricks Design. The idea is that my design work is a little different than the ordinary ho hum. It is on the edge without being edgy. I have always seemed to have a knack for getting in on a trend on the front end of the spectrum. After the building ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/1516/feed/ 1 Eulegy to Domino http://blogbyknight.com/eulegy-to-domino/ http://blogbyknight.com/eulegy-to-domino/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:12:49 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1509 Nicole Neal, of the Palm Beach Post, sums up my feelings for the demise of Domino magazine much better than I did, or could.]]> http://blogbyknight.com/eulegy-to-domino/feed/ 0 Love Letters to my Loft http://blogbyknight.com/my-love-letters/ http://blogbyknight.com/my-love-letters/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:34:16 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1489 Love Letters Recently, my loft was featured on the Apartment Therapy blog . They asked me about the inspiration for my use of color and I said,]]> http://blogbyknight.com/my-love-letters/feed/ 1 My Old Friend Domino Soon no More http://blogbyknight.com/my-old-friend-domino-soon-no-more/ http://blogbyknight.com/my-old-friend-domino-soon-no-more/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:06:35 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1454 domino012809I have been faithfully purchasing Domino from the newsstand each and every month for the last several years. This Christmas when the kids were asking for Christmas present ideas from me, I put Domino on my list. I was very sad to learn that they are closing this magazine with its accessible, creative, design ideas for real people. I am glad that I have saved the back issues so I can go over them again and again while waiting for the new edition that never comes.]]> http://blogbyknight.com/my-old-friend-domino-soon-no-more/feed/ 2 Maira Kalman goes to Washington http://blogbyknight.com/maira-kalman-goes-to-washington/ http://blogbyknight.com/maira-kalman-goes-to-washington/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:52:03 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1416 Voted off the Island turned me onto this amazing artist/designer Maira Kalman. She blogs for the New York Times and recently posted a series of drawings from her trip to Washington for the Inauguration. I loved her drawings of the black women in hats and the black woman guard at the National Gallery. In fact, I thought she was black, but she isn't. ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/maira-kalman-goes-to-washington/feed/ 0 Recycled Clothing takes on a new meaning http://blogbyknight.com/recycled-clothing-takes-on-a-new-meaning/ http://blogbyknight.com/recycled-clothing-takes-on-a-new-meaning/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:32:41 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1360 target1sm Here is an outfit I found for Myrna Perez, proprietor of the cute little Fruteria and cafe, Lotta Frutta on Auburn Ave. Kind of a Caren Miranda shops at Target look. ccccswing-coatAnd Here is one for the Dene who worked without rest on the Obama campaign. Called the voter swing coat, it is made of voter registration posters (hanging on the wall in the photo) cut into half inch wide strips and woven together. There are plenty of other options for all of your peeps here on this site Recycle Runway!]]> http://blogbyknight.com/recycled-clothing-takes-on-a-new-meaning/feed/ 0 Memo to the Obamas: You don’t need to decorate at Ikea http://blogbyknight.com/memo-to-the-obamas-you-dont-need-to-decorate-at-ikea/ http://blogbyknight.com/memo-to-the-obamas-you-dont-need-to-decorate-at-ikea/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:11:41 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1241 My friend Claudia made me take a tour of the white house once, for which I am now grateful, since I would never have stood in a hot, two hour line without her urging and cajoling, but the tour didn't include the oval office. Recently, the Press made a big deal out of the fact that Bill Clinton gushed over how much he liked the new Oval Office rug during a meeting hosted by W. for the former living Presidents. I thought I would check it out. The Oval Office was created in 1909 when William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing of the White House. The White House already had an ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/memo-to-the-obamas-you-dont-need-to-decorate-at-ikea/feed/ 3 My Hotel Fetish http://blogbyknight.com/my-hotel-fetish/ http://blogbyknight.com/my-hotel-fetish/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:41:06 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1188 http://blogbyknight.com/my-hotel-fetish/feed/ 0 Now is the Time to Decorate for Next Year http://blogbyknight.com/now-is-the-time-to-decorate-for-next-year/ http://blogbyknight.com/now-is-the-time-to-decorate-for-next-year/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:42:42 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1163 I was in Anthropologie the day after Christmas, which by the way was a stupid thing to do. I found a few things on sale and then went to get in the line and YIKES!, the line wound around and practically went out of the door . I set my few little items down and on the way out admired the decorations they had in the window. I realized that I too could have something as wonderful as that, next year, at my house if I went about it wisely. So this morning Duane (by the way, he is a Saint)]]> http://blogbyknight.com/now-is-the-time-to-decorate-for-next-year/feed/ 0 The Official Color for 2009 http://blogbyknight.com/the-official-color-for-2009/ http://blogbyknight.com/the-official-color-for-2009/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:50:19 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=1050 According to Samantha Critchell, blogging for the Huffington Post,yellow is the official color for this year.
Pantone, which provides color standards to design industries, specifically cites "mimosa," a vibrant shade of yellow illustrated by the flowers of some mimosa trees as well as the brunch-favorite cocktail, as its top shade of the new year. This does not surprise me. I have found myself drawn to deep yellow lately. It is a great color. I just used a color much like Mimosa for an Island in Judy Clement's Kitchen. Local painter extraordinaire, Janice Zabitz, painted the Island and distressed it. After mucho patience to put on mucho coats of paint, crackle glaze and varnish, it turned out oh so yummy looking. mmmm mmmm. It makes me happy. Here, here for yellow!]]> http://blogbyknight.com/the-official-color-for-2009/feed/ 0 I love this kitchen – if I do say so myself. http://blogbyknight.com/i-love-this-kitchen-if-i-do-say-so-myself/ http://blogbyknight.com/i-love-this-kitchen-if-i-do-say-so-myself/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:03:17 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=919 Almost finished... And it really is almost finished. Judy's kitchen in her Inman Park cottage has turned out wonderfully. I love it when I can see something in my mind's eye and then, like a negative in developing fluid, it begins to appear before my very eyes. Judy has a huge collection of beautifully colored pottery bowls and folk art that will knock your socks off. Her her house looks like it has been there for years, when really her apartment in the house ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/i-love-this-kitchen-if-i-do-say-so-myself/feed/ 0 Creativity Galore Inside and Out http://blogbyknight.com/creativity-galore-inside-and-out/ http://blogbyknight.com/creativity-galore-inside-and-out/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:47:41 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=868 I just snuck off for an hour from the Obama "Get out the Vote" district center being housed at my loft, to go to an art sale in Candler Park at the home of Janie Wright. She Has a studio in a small building in her backyard which is a delight. One of Janie's former obsessions was creating gourd art. Now she has gone over to shells. I just love to look at artist studios and Janie's is an amazingly delightful place. Her work area is full of shells, separated into containers by type with all of her supplies readily available. This little studio set back in a lovely garden, looks like it would be a wonderful place to work or just to sit and bask in the dappled sunlight. ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/creativity-galore-inside-and-out/feed/ 0 Zinc Look Countertops http://blogbyknight.com/zinc-look-countertops/ http://blogbyknight.com/zinc-look-countertops/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:05:42 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=710 I am doing a country kitchen for a really charming Inman Park home and have been looking into zinc countertops for it. I'm finding the whole zinc thing a bit of a mystery. Some people say they can't get zinc. Some people say that their table tops are zinc when they are really galvanized steel with a patina. Some admit their tops are steel with a patina and that they do that since the zinc only comes in 39" sheets. Some tops that are supposed to be zinc look to me that they are really galvanized. Oh my, just whats a girl to do?]]> http://blogbyknight.com/zinc-look-countertops/feed/ 0 Nolan Kitchen Before and After http://blogbyknight.com/nolan-kitchen-before-and-after/ http://blogbyknight.com/nolan-kitchen-before-and-after/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:25:20 +0000 Judi http://blogbyknight.com/?p=660 Kitchen before Kitchen after I am so pleased and so are they! Click on continue reading to see more before and after photos. ]]> http://blogbyknight.com/nolan-kitchen-before-and-after/feed/ 3