Vienna (Wein)- It's Art, Design and Architecture (Last)

Beautiful Dresser

Items to be Auctioned

More Items to be Auctioned

Palais Dorotheum Exterior and Interior

Dorotheum Catalogue  showing Palais Dorotheum Interiors

 Frans Franken's Masterpiece "Man Choosing between Virtue and Vice"
auctioned for world record 7,022,300 British Pounds

Gustav Klimdt Memorabilia

Gustav Klimdt's The Kiss by Wikepedia

Gustav Klimdt's Judith and the Holofernas by Wikepidia

Interior Designers should have very good "resources".  Resources could be allies like engineers, architects, handyman, contractors, project managers and gardeners who could help you deliver the best results.  Resources also means sellers that could be auctioneer like Dorotheum, specialized places with different sellers that only cater to design professionals like Laguna Design Center, Pacific Design Center and  individuals like a friend of mine who accumulated great Lladro pieces, antiques, art and sculptures that she has acquired through the years.  I plan to help her dispose some of one of a kind pieces so her home will not look like a store and be elegant and classy.  It is very important to know what and where to place in your home to make your home classy, elegant and your very own that suits the function and your style Watching shows and reading books can be very limited knowledge and not exactly attain what you want and hope for!  


My goal as an interior designer is to find resources that will match your budget.  Inexpensive Ikea products can be used and will make your home or office stand out from the rest if proper placement and selection are made.  And that is where a good Interior Designer can help you!  To set definition right, an Interior Designer can be likened to a "baker" who knows the ingredients of a cake and what makes the cake desirable while an Interior Decorator is the person who put the "icing" on the cake to make it palatable and beautiful. 


Traveling is a good exposure to see beautiful items and resources whether in an exhibit, eating places like we met a Marketing Manager from Milan, Italy at Greenwich, England, who goes to Las Vegas Market, another good resource to find beautiful items. In the past, when the real estate market is booming, I have seen lots of model homes in Las Vegas, Nevada and vicinity.  


Artwork and Decor items can also be found at places like Laguna Beach where good and upcoming artists display their beautiful work and I have also found "Luna" a small place at Belmont Shores that carries unique items that you can not usually find in other places.  Luna sells home decor, gift and jewelry items you normally won't find in department stores.  I have also gotten items from craft shows and of course the internet where I found and bought items online for some clients.


I have always enjoyed looking at beautiful things, not only on art, furniture, sculptures but jewelry that Palais Dorotheum offers. Dorotheum is like Christies which has an office in New York.  


One of Vienna's famous painter is Gustav Klimdt. The dominant figure in his paintings is that of a woman, the female fatale and used "gold leaf " in most of his paintings.  Vienna is currently celebrating his 150th birthday - 1862 to 2012.  Gustav Klimdt is very well respected and celebrated by Viennese people as one of their own and his paintings can be seen in different landmarks like the Bugtheather and University of Vienna. But even the memorabilia, like a scarf with Judith and Holofernas print, that I bought do not come cheap.  His paintings (reproductions) would look great though in a home for an owner who loves the gold color and a figure of a woman and yes,  who wouldn't!


Knowledge and constant exposure is a "must" to be a good Interior Designer is what I learned and try to practice.


Next post will be historic and beautiful Rome and Perugia, Italy!