tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post2218569522311130467..comments2024-03-28T01:39:53.154-04:00Comments on The Peak of ChicĀ®: Decorating in the Grand ManorThe Peak of Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-13017302558647381682014-02-28T09:40:33.818-05:002014-02-28T09:40:33.818-05:00No, I have seen better designed vents. I think it...No, I have seen better designed vents. I think it is just lack of imagination and the poor coordination between trades and designers. Often, the builder installs the standard stuff and then. long after, the designer is stuck with a situation that the client will not pay for to rectify. I had a grille made of bronze for a client who had such an ugly vent in her home. Building inspector had no problem with it as long as the air flowed and it was fire-proof.Quatorzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337746034416005462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-48282559905670705872014-02-27T16:27:41.604-05:002014-02-27T16:27:41.604-05:00Quatorze, do you think this is a code issue? I ha...Quatorze, do you think this is a code issue? I have frequently seen these kind of vents in elegantly appointed public spaces. It makes me wonder if keeping these vents are for budgetary reasons or code reasons? Just curious!The Peak of Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-23184536144380194112014-02-27T11:20:25.045-05:002014-02-27T11:20:25.045-05:00Nice post about how grand hotel interiors used to ...Nice post about how grand hotel interiors used to actually be grand, or fantasy-filled, and not sterile, like so many modern ones today.<br /><br />That picture of the Cottage restaurant did make me nutz. Why spend all that time and money on a room, without figuring a way to handsomely disguise the ugly air vent? Is a well designed bronze grille, a slightly different shape and color from the ugly white rectangle or a treillage frieze to incorporate the vent so very hard to do?Quatorzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337746034416005462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-23662342567193473922014-02-27T11:06:17.226-05:002014-02-27T11:06:17.226-05:00Have the book + haven't had time to read it ye...Have the book + haven't had time to read it yet + adore him. xxpeggybraswelldesign.comBRASWELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18198524833880118838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-78788900952608511962014-02-27T10:39:14.123-05:002014-02-27T10:39:14.123-05:00I love all of these rooms, but those Chinese red c...I love all of these rooms, but those Chinese red chairs really get my heart racing.<br />MaryMJH Design Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752876154227590389noreply@blogger.com