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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Choices....Choosing A Path


Since my new showroom is in the developing stage
I will be needing your input as I make a few decisions.


I did get exactly the space I wanted....
and the lease signing is Monday.
But,
I am having the jitters about all of this,
don't get me wrong....
I am super excited.
I think it is the absolute creative freedom that I have 
to do whatever I can dream up in the showroom.
{maybe that is what is throwing me off....it has been so long}
How wild is that??

I am formulating it all in my brain and on paper....
whew!
I have a pretty good idea of what I want ....
but it is all the LITTLE things that can be overwhelming.

Happy Weekend xx
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Friday, May 6, 2011

Sometimes....You Should Jump

The day was Tuesday May 3rd….I am not sure about the time exactly, 
but I do know that I was packing my office up around 3pm. 
I was supposed to work late because it was a Tuesday.
No more late nights for me!!!!!! J
…….It all went rather smoothly……
*And according to plan-
The boss lady  called me into her office to let me go.
The reasons were….blah blah blah
I thanked her,
and asked if it would be alright if I took a few days to clear out my office.
She said “that will be fine,”
I proceeded to start emptying out my bookshelves, desk drawers, deciding which things I would leave behind. She {the boss} came in and was asking me is there anything that she should know about…..
I told her about some special orders that were still outstanding, and where the fabrics and purchase orders were. I also let her know where all my files were and how they were set up.
And I pointed to one file that was green….I said “this is where all special orders are kept….”
“And if you should need any floor-plans on my clients homes for future work, or details on the special orders, you will know where to look”
She said: “that’s very nice of you”
I thought;
“I am nice”
You just don’t seem to ‘get’ nice, and professional,
Or it’s just that nice and professional is not a ‘good fit’ in this company.
It’s all knifes, secrecy and daggers. I don’t handle dishonesty well.
It sets me up for feeling crazy…..who’s telling the truth around here!????
It is technically referred to as ‘CRAZY MAKING’
I am so happy to be out of that furniture ‘dealership’ atmosphere.
And I wanted to leave on friendly terms….

In fact today  {may 4th}I went back to the store to go over all the drapery, and custom orders….
My office already had a designer in it.
(Geeez…..the body wasn’t even cold yet)
They have hired 5 designers and are trying to step up their game.
Robb & Stucky , and Carls furniture have gone out of business,
So, many of the choice sales people from those establishments have now been hired by the firm I worked for.
….. but mainly designers.

So….. I mean ….they will flip when they try to get into the design departments groove.
Where Designing is concerned……. All hands are tied….
It has been torment for me 
and I have enough stories to write a book on my experiences working at this establishment.
But...I won't bore you.

I said to boss lady ;“you really need to step up the game in here since Robb & Stucky is gone."
You will be getting those clients, and they expect more.


Let me smoothly segue into my gratitude ......

I told her that she actually gave me the push that I needed, 


she had done me a favor.


I explained that when I left work on tues {THE D DAY} I made a call to 


someone I have wanted to work with for years.


It is all High End manufacturing....he said perfect timing...


I want to open a showroom in Boca Raton 


My boss who is the head of all the deign depts in all 15 stores across Florida, was excited and asked me to  bring her a catalog right away.
And I said "my little ‘to the trade’ showroom will be right across the street and 3 blocks south."
She said she was excited for me and would carry the lines.
And then she said “you will have to come in all the time’’, and do the Saturday morning meetings….
Bring us a great breakfast….”you know how it works”


Amazing Eh?????
It pays to play well with others.

 
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 all according to plan, letting go and starting over,playing well with othersRenee Finberg Interiors,

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier


Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier ( December 4 , 1777 – May 11, 1849 ) was a Frenchwoman who was a leader of the literary and political circles of the early 19th century.
Born in Lyon, France Lyon, and known as Juliette, she was married at fifteen to
Jacques Récamier (d. 1830), a rich banker more than 30 years her senior. At the time, it was said that he was in fact her natural father who married her to make her his heir.
She gave her name to a famous kind of sofa called the récamier after her and her habit to lie in one. And I believe she really could carry it off. She was quite lovely to look at, and reclining in that way must have only added to her attractiveness. She once had a thing with Lucien Bonaparte, as suspicion goes. (Lucien was a younger brother of Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte )
Juliette Récamier died in 1849 at the age of 71 and was buried in the Cimetiere de Montmartre in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris



above - just like my grandmothers


To have something like one of these placed in a sitting area of a bedroom or living room would add so much to a room. My grandmother had one on one side of her living room. Even if you were shooting for contemporary, it would be like an accessory. A painting or vintage poster. Now I know that people doing contemporary rooms often buy the vintage posters ( which are great ) and the reason they do that is to give the room some relief, a rest, a break from all the clean lines and plainness that can happen. It really is a piece of history, and remember that a unique appointment in a finished room is all you will ever need for an ice breaker, a conversation maker at a any gathering.

This sofa really has ' bones!'
Don't you think?

i originally posted this back in 2008

Jeanne-Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier ,fainting couches , 

Monday, May 2, 2011

For Me And Madame Récamier


I need a day or two away from my beloved blog.


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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Bloggers Cutting Loose!!


I wish we could get together and do this!!!

How about you????
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About Renée Finberg

I have been in this business since the age of 22.

I love what I do and cannot imagine my life without Design.

Design Challenges are great.

And because of those challenges

I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris,

Designed and Manufactured Furniture,

Created Fantastic Window Treatments,

And solved all kinds of spatial & architectural issues

With my unique style.

If I can't find it, I create it.

My rooms would make excellent movie sets.

I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.

Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.

Just Great Design.

Just imagine how it would be if each of us,

If only for a few hours of everyday,We could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be

Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see,

The atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and the sound we wanted to listen to.

Private Paradise

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