East Meets West
Asian furnishings and objets d’art have been in demand by Westerners since Europeans discovered the magical, mysterious East in the 1600s. My personal style has always run toward 18th century European furnishings, with the occasional Asian accessory thrown in. I have resisted becoming committed to a single palette, because I love changing things seasonally. After [...]
The Upside of Downsizing
Our client had sold her home and most of her furnishings several years ago, when she first moved to into a one-bedroom apartment in a retirement community. She called me when she had the opportunity to move to a two-bedroom unit so she could have an office space. She wasn’t happy with the furniture she [...]
Turkey and Dressing
Less than two weeks to go till Thanksgiving, and I haven’t even done a single post about holiday decorating! I’m talking now about dressing your dining table for Thanksgiving. If you are as mad about “table top” as I am, you probably own more than one set of dishes and a variety of table linens. [...]
Icing on the Cake
Often we receive referrals from remodeling contractors, for which we are very grateful. The contractor will have just completed doing a beautiful remodel, and the client isn’t sure what to do with the shiny, new empty space. At that point the contractor will refer the clients to Emery and Associates because they know that we [...]
All the World’s a Stage
On a trip last month to Ashland to visit the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, my husband and I had the opportunity to do a back stage tour of all three theaters: the Elizabethan Stage, the Bowmer, and the New Theater. While we were touring the Bowmer Theater, the stage crew was working on the set for [...]
My Big Fat Kitchen Remodel: We’re Cooking!
Over the years I’ve fallen madly, madly in love with Carrara marble–it’s so classic, timeless, and beautiful. I’d seen the gorgeous marble counters that my stone fabricator, Conrad Stonecutter, had done for kitchens, libraries, laundry rooms, and other spaces in Street of Dreams houses. I had specified it for clients’ bathroom counters, floors and walls. [...]
My Big, Fat Kitchen Remodel: Grounded!
When it comes to flooring, I’ve always known that I wanted black and white marble tile, set “on point.” Maybe it was all those years of classical piano training on the black-and-white keyboard. Maybe it was seeing the flooring on trips to Europe, most recently on our trip to Greece, but previously with my cousin, [...]
My Big Fat Kitchen Remodel: LET THERE BE LIGHT! (and cabinets)
I’m skipping over showing pictures of our terrific contractor, Jay Grimstad, at Winter Hill Construction, moving our back door so that it lines up with the French doors opposite, giving us space to put an additional counter. I’m also skipping over the sheetrocking portion of the remodel, mainly because the sheet rock guys sealed off [...]
My Big Fat Kitchen Remodel: DEMOLITION!
We’re ready, set . . . time to go! Demolition on our old kitchen began on June 15 by our general contractor, Jay Grimstad, Winter Hill Construction Inc.. Jay brought his son, Caleb, along to assist. My beautiful bas relief of Aphrodite and Cupid must move to a guest bedroom–probably a better location for her [...]
Art in the Pearl #1
For the past six months I’ve been working on a condo at Tanner Place in the Pearl District. The clients are major art collectors, and have always lived in very contemporary spaces, so it was my challenge to integrate their collection of contemporary art into a space that included very traditional elements, such as dark cherry [...]
Kathia Emery
Kathia with Ivy Crouse,