Hello abode lovers and happy Tuesday! Today I will be updating you guys on my Muse salon project in Birmingham, Alabama. I have LOVED this project, it's been so fun having so much control over each piece that is being placed inside the salon as well as the graphic design for the identity of the salon. Anyway, I mentioned earlier, I have an amazing carpenter that is making all of my furniture dreams come true for this space! Check out the progress of all the furniture...
remember this post about the custom furniture last month? And this post about the hand painted, stenciled floor? Well, it's finally time to share MORE! wahoo!
This piece was made by my amazing master carpenter, Chris. He took over 100 year old wood and made this gorgeous thing of beauty... This piece will serve as a color station in the rear of the salon.
Isn't it just GORGEOUS?!?
Chris is so good... he welded this sucker together. I love the idea of the casters making this piece easy to move. I also loved the x crossbars, wouldn't this work beautifully as a floating island in a kitchen?
While most men loved the raw look of the legs above, I wanted to add a little oomph to the piece and unexpected glamour by painting the base a metallic gold. Tell me you don't love it, I dare you.
Also, did you notice the bolts holding this baby together on the sides? Such a great detail.
Moving on to the next piece, here is the big mama. This big girl is made to hold all of the products that will be sold at the salon. I wanted there to be a strong light source on this piece to draw some extra attention to the retail in the space. I also love the idea of using these jointed library sconces so that they can be adjusted, I got these beauties from Rejuvenation. They're spectacular in person!
Here is a detail shot of those pretty, pretty sconces!
And that is me, all glammed up in a tshirt, ponytail and jeans, oh yeah. I am staining that entire thing to give Chris a hand... wow. That was quite a job!
We decided to paint the strong vertical side beams a high gloss white to add a bit of contrast and interest to the piece as well as marry the look of all of this wood with the clean, sharp lines of the West Elm furniture that will be at every cutting station in the salon. You can also see the casters in this photo, this monster is surprisingly easy to move around thanks to 4 sturdy, gold, oversized casters!
This is right before the piece was completed! Notice the threaded wire going from one side of the shelf all the way to the other side. The bolts are such a great look from the side and I love that it adds a touch of silver to the piece. We're mixing gold and silver throughout the salon. The gold plate that wraps around the top portion of the piece is missing a few large, decorative silver bolts... but they're on their way!
Here are a few photos taken at the salon... Aren't these chairs yummy? I love the sleek, chrome arms AND they're the softest leather you've ever felt in a pale, pebble gray.
Here is the piece that Chris completed first... don't you just love all of that gold hardware? I do!
Love the gold corner pieces that Chris welded together and finished off with silver bolts on the edges.
A view from the front of the shampoo station. I love, love the contrast between the rustic, warm furniture, the sleek and modern chairs and the super feminine floor...
Cutting stations underway... more sconces from Rejuvenation. The dressers are from West Elm.
Here is the cutting chair... it's being assembled in this photo. The curve of those chrome arms get me every time.
... and now it's time to MOVE IN! I was SO thankful to have Mister Husband and our friend Landon come out to help Chris move these monsters into the space late Sunday night! I'm also so thankful that everything made it there in ONE piece!!!
And here is big mama in her new salon abode! I LOVE her. The lighting is just perfect and the substantial size really defines this space as a waiting area. We will be turning the coffee table the other way (horizontally) and will eventually have 8 gold bamboo chairs on either side. For now, we have 4.
Here is a better image of the coffee table from Wisteria and the chairs from Society Social that will live in the waiting area next to big mama:
Here is the color bar in the salon... it's not yet in place, but it certainly looks perfect in the space!
Here is a detail shot of the Rejuvenation sconces that are in between each station. We also chose a silver tipped bulb to reflect the light a little differently. It was important that the light hit right at the cheekbone of the clients of the salon without being too bright so sit in front of... I think we found the perfect balance with this pretty sconce paired with a silver tipped bulb!
These leaning floor mirrors are spectacular. The owner of the salon has a client that builds these one of a kind mirrors and they were the only thing chosen before I came into the project. I was SO happy to build the look of the salon around such BEAUTIFUL pieces! This one is my favorite because of the leaded glass transom, gorgeous!
Here is another one of the mirrors... aren't they insane!?! I love the way they look next to the super clean and modern West Elm dressers.
And here is a photo of the floor. The beautiful and super testy floor. Why do I call it "testy"? Because we had our fair share of problems with the beautiful, blasted floor. We painted it, covered it with a clear sealer that is meant for garage floors, so it should have been pretty heavy-duty BUT the dang paint started chipping up. Myself and the owner of the salon had quite the little chat with the Valspar representative in our area and luckily we got the paint cost back for their product not holding up BUT what were we to do?! We went by and touched up the places that peeled up and then had it covered with a clear epoxy. As if our problems weren't big enough, the dang epoxy turned a different color where we had touched up the paint. It turned highlighter yellow, no lie, no exaggeration, HIGHLIGHTER YELLOW. After many tears and many dollars spent, we decided to rip up the epoxy, grind off the paint and start ALL OVER AGAIN. So, the day after Thanksgiving my super mom, 3 sisters AND Mister Hubbs all came over to help me paint the floor, again. Our wonderful epoxy guy came back and re-poured the floor and THIS TIME, it was PERFECT! The floor looks like glass, it's spectacular.
Here are me and all of my sisters painting the floor, super mom was by far the best painter, but she's taking the photo... Once again, the floor took a whopping 7 hours to paint. And again, I slept with a heating pad for a few nights after this back bending project re-do! I will probably share more about the process later on...
This clock is from World Market, it was all black and I took it apart, sprayed the outside frame metallic gold along with the clock hands. I love the way it turned out!
This is the front desk area, this wall is going to be covered in horizontal wood strips from the floor to the ceiling... this is going to be quite the statement wall, just you wait!
Here is the big 'ole desk that Chris built for the space. It's the perfect size and has the wood slat detail along wit the slick, white surface that is repeated throughout the space. Again, the wood wall behind the desk will add SO much to this area, I can't wait to start that project with Chris!
So what do you think of Muse so far? I cannot WAIT to share more with all of my abode lovers! Hope you have an amazing Tuesday, Parenthood, my new FAVORITE show is on tonight and I have a bit of shopping to due for Muse this evening, so my day is looking pretty good!
Let me know if you are interested in getting any custom furniture made and I'll give you Chris' information!
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