If you have been following our blog, you may remember seeing our post on Wendy’s surprise birthday party, if not you can check it out by clicking here! We had so much fun planning and designing this secret garden themed party. REstyleSOURCE is featuring it on their website today and we’re sharing some of our DIY tips and tricks to make your future party planning a success! Head over to their website to view the full article http://restylesource.com/surprise-garden-party/
Home by Design Magazine
Blackband Design was featured in the April/May issue of Home by Design magazine! The spread highlights a home we designed for a client on Balboa Island (click here to see the photos). You can read the article by viewing the magazine online here.
Blackband Concierge in Riviera Magazine
Known for their custom style and divinely decorated 5,000 square foot Irvine showroom, Wendy and Greg Blackband have a stellar track record of transforming blank areas into one-of-a-kind living spaces. Their Blackband Design (blackbanddesign.com) firm is so in demand that the pair is now hitting the road with their new mobile design service, Concierge. Whether it’s a room refresh (they call it Snap), a moderate redesign (Crackle) or a grand-scale makeover (Pop), the team can give singular spaces an updated motif. And they’ll do all the heavy lifting, including shopping for the perfect accent pillows and setting up your revitalized area, through a one-time installation process. (Prices range from $2,500 to 7,500 plus an hourly design fee). We pulled up a chair to find out how it all comes together. Room service for your home- that’s original.
Riviera: How does it work?
GB: Concierge gives you all the benefits of a full scale design project, but on a budget that fits your needs. It’s not as overwhelming as some jobs. It’s a great way to get a fresh feel for you house. It’s convenient. The customer doesn’t have to spend hours looking for the right accessories.
WB: It’s a nice alternative to hiring a full-time designer if you know your home has potential, but you don’t quite know how to make it happen. We’ll visit your home, talk things over and come up with some ideas. Within a few weeks, we’ll come back and Snap, Crackle or Pop until your home is complete.
Riviera: Tell us about those service tiers.
WB: The first tier, Snap is a quick turnaround. We’re talking pillows, artwork, those sorts of things. For Pop, the more accessories a person wants, the more Pop they’re going to get and the more bang for their buck. And Crackle is just fun. We do a lot of mercury glass that has that crackle feel. I thought it was catchy.
Riviera: How do you two split up your Concierge roles?
GB: Wendy is head of design, and I’m responsible for the production, installation, delivery and procurement of products.
Riviera: Now let’s talk trends. What’s blooming this spring?
WB: There are so many fun colors: plum, deep indigo and gray. We’re seeing a trend to a more modern style along the coast. Builders are constructing more contemporary homes. People are updating their homes with a modern vibe.
GB: The buzz phrase for the last few years has been transitional furniture and design, but midcentury modern is becoming the mainstream.
Click here to read the April issue of Riviera Magazine!
Home of the Day in LA Times
One of our recent projects, Newport Peninsula was featured as Home of the Day in the LA Times yesterday! Follow this link to read more about the home and all it has to offer.
Retailer of the Week!
REstyleSource has named Blackband Design as their Featured Retailer Of The Week! Head on over to their website to check it out.
In the Press: Concierge
Concierge by Blackband Design got some loving in Fridays issue of the Newport Beach Independent! If you would like more information on our Concierge services, or if you would like to schedule a consultation please give us a call at 949.872.2234 or send us an email here!
In the Press: Newport Beach Magazine!
Blackband Design featured on Luxe
Head over to the Luxe Blog and check out the latest article featuring Wendy and Greg Blackband!
Wendy and Greg Blackband were both working in advertising when they chose to switch gears and forge their own stylish path. “Together we decided that we wanted out of the corporate grind and looked at developing a business that we could do together,” says Greg. To that end, the husband- and-wife duo launched Blackband Home & Design, where she heads their interior design work—and can sometimes be seen driving her fabric-filled golf cart to projects around Balboa Island—and he oversees the retail business, including their Irvine store. In that showroom, the couple’s two viewpoints—he’s from London, she’s from Newport Beach—come together seamlessly. “Our style is coastal Bohemian,” says Wendy of a world where Union Jack down cushions can mix with succulents in antique wood boxes and a print of an 18th-century etching of an octopus. “Through layering we create a juxtaposition of dark and light, new and old, sophistication and casualness. Our design style reflects our personalities, which are warm, inviting and pretty down to earth.” -Luxe
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