Your home will never be the same

Modern Eclectic - What do you get when a talented design consultant and her spouse create a dream boutique using, whenever possible, items for the home that are crafted in the Kootenays?

                                                              You get the "Social Room".

Focusing on the home owner with a desire for beautiful surroundings, Jennifer and Clint recognized that the Kootenays needed a retail outlet that features quality designer  furnishings. Whether building, renovating or simply looking for some pleasing changes...The Social Room is the place to go.




 Partnering with Samurai Hardwood Flooring and the Blindman window treatments - with inhouse displays, The Social Room can coordinate complete design packages for your home.






As a "design consultant" who has the rare training and talent in color combining, Jenn can help homeowners with design and colour choices with new builds, renovations, upgrades, or simply making a room work for you.

    







Jenn and Clint have made a point of not only collecting local craftspeople and artists who supply unique and eclectic items of interest for display (and sale) at the Social Room, but who will also craft custom pieces for Jenn's clients reflecting their unique needs and desires.

At Puffin Design.ca we feel privledged to be part of the Social Room team to help make people's beautiful dreams a reality. Please check out the Social Room on Baker Street in Nelson.

2nd storey job

Sometimes a "statement|" has to be made. For homes with a grand entrance or a loft - especially timberframe or log homes, it is important to have just the right light to set the tone.

Starting with two totally restored wood block pulleys and adding a 3/4 inch manilla rope - with the elctrical wire carefully hidden inside - attached to a huge vintage green enamal shade and vintage edison bulb, this light has presence.

Substantial, dramatic and retro vintage...this light has it all.

$599

Ship light - the real deal

Alison just got back from a trip to Vancouver where she had the opportunity to visit a number of design stores and funky retail places. One of the prevalent trends that she has been noticing lately is how many of the high end stores are selling reproductions. Not to be snobby, but with Puffin Design being a small studio, we are fortunate that we can seek out and work with original vintage pieces. We really enjoy hunting down unique items that are rare and unusual. 

One of the big kicks we get is finding outrageous things that we can revive into something that not only looks great but is safe and functional.  Imagine our thrill of finding an original brass ships light with the fresnel lens  still intact.    This is a remarkably heavy light for its size.  

Someone had done a reasonable job rewiring this beauty but Bart being the detail kinda guy he is, rewired the light with all new parts - including the retro style cloth covered cord.  The light can either sit on its base or be hung from its cast loop.

Imagine if this light could recount the places it has been... the adventures that it has witnessed.

This ship's light joins our nautical collection which includes a ships wheel (helm) and portholes salvaged from a local ship wreck which exploded, burnt and sank. If you are interested in this type of thing, please stop by the studio at 1204 NW Blvd in Creston BC (in the Creston Storage complx) or contact us at 250 402 9257 for more details.

 

There is just something about "real deal" nautical artifacts that are timeless. If you are working on a maritime look or want to surprise that special somebody with some unique illumination in his "mancave" this might be for you.

$289.

Coolest Cooler Ever!

Every once in a while in our search for fantastic things for interior designers we come across a unique item that catches our eye but we don't know what to do with it. Such was the case with this vintage food warmer.

Although I was captured by how good of condition the woodwork was in - with no damage or cracks despite its age...this vintage rolling trunk as a well insulated "food warmer" was interesting...but what could we do with it? Then sitting at the studio one hot afternoon, it struck me...

If this food warmer could keep food warm, then it could also keep things cold!

Needless to say, I couldn't get back to the vendor fast enough...dreading the thought that someone else had purchased the prize.

As good luck would have it, it was still there...waiting for me.

With two heavily insulated "pockets" - one for beer or hors-d'oeuvres and the other for white wine or champagne, this chiller would be great on any deck or outdoor kitchen.

At a recent art bus tour visit to our studio, we took the opportunity to chill some wine. Everyone was enchanted by the cooler. What surprised us was how long the ice lasted. Imagine this on your deck.

$599.