On Saturday I met two designers at their store up on East Prospect, which happens to be in Design Kompany’s corner of Capitol Hill.
Dawn Bassett and Jennifer June had an open house where we got to see all the creative ways you can dress up a lampshade, staircase, or part of a wall with color and pattern.
I really recommend a stop in for anyone who loves looking at color and pattern for design inspiration. The store is really close to Vios and Fuel, so you could tie it in with a meeting for coffee or lunch. That’s what I did.
They had some really cool, sustainably-grown wood furniture, too.
Being there reminded me of one of my favorite books in our collection, Patterns. It’s by Drusilla Cole.
I got this book on a trip to Eugene. There was a fantastic modern furniture and design store there that struck me for its sparseness: a few things, well-placed was all they needed to create a delectable mood.
What was really cool was that I found it again at the Danish Design Center on a design inspiration trip to Copenhagen not long after that.
Pretty weird to go halfway around the world and find yourself drawn to the same exact things, independent of culture and language. Good design is good design. Period. It’s a universal.
Check out Hermitage and LitShades.
Hermitage/LitShades
1906 E. Prospect.
Seattle, WA 98112
Beautiful. It looks a little like an asian painting.
Wallpaper looks funky but has a slight touch to it that makes it appealing. I am sure this store you review has some other cool ideas, will check it out thanks.
@Furniture,
Yeah! What I love most about this store is how open the owners of the two joint businesses operating there really are.
I went to another open house recently and met some very nice designers with a Ballard studio called Piano Nobile.
I also like it that it’s not your standard stuff. In Vancouver, B.C., Akira and I visited the Marimekko store. I have to say I was getting bored with the poppy prints you see everywhere. It’s cool to know new stuff is getting dreamed up and made, and right here in Seattle.
I love it very unique, that painting looks like it’s being hang on the wall but it’s not, it’s being hang by laundry clips. The wallpaper is also important, you must blend your furniture together with it, this is perfect example.