December 11, 2014

2014: End of the Year Wrapup

It’s hard to believe that 2014 is coming to an end. I don’t know about you, but this year has flown by for us. When looking back over the year, I realize just how much we have accomplished and the thought of it makes me want to fall over out of pure exhaustion. Obviously, the Pulliam Morris team has been very busy.  Twelve months of blogging, posting on Facebook, a huge warehouse sale, installations, consultations, meetings with clients in the fabric room, color selections, contractor meetings … you get the picture. We are busy. But, the sheer numbers are astounding!

This year alone our designers and installers have been on at least 374 installations, almost half of them out of town. The PM team has posted 50 Blog Posts since January which is amazing! Our seamstress workroom has beautifully made 484 Pillows, 166 pair of  Draperies (That’s 588 widths of fabric!), and at least 35 Window Treatments for us to install. Of course, they are still burning the midnight oil finishing up projects for Christmas.

When hitting the road, we have driven thousands of miles in our cars and trucks for installations, markets, site visits, etc..  Just think, 2 trips to High Point Furniture Market, 1 trip The New York Gift Market and 18 trips to the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC) in Atlanta. (I think our business manager is thrilled to see the price of gas going down.)

When I reflect on the year, it amazes me at the work that we have accomplished and the joy that it brings our clients. We are thankful for the work but most of all, we are thankful for you.

Little know fact: The number of bags of Candy Corn consumed by the Pulliam Morris designers who don’t have time to stop for lunch: 12.5

May 29, 2014

Working Close to Home

Every day clients call asking us to help them with various projects in their homes or offices. This time we decided to work a little closer to home. We focused on our own work space.

During a recent staff meeting, the discussion began about renovating the “floor” at Pulliam Morris. Should we leave the decorative wall system that we have used to display our accessories for years even at our original shop on Devine Street? Should it stay as a retail floor, a  client conference room, more design space, an additional work space? The ideas were endless. Finally we settled on creating a clean, crisp area to showcase our own work.

April 4, 2014

Tulips Are In Bloom…And So Is This Bedroom

Spring is here in full force – flowers and trees are blooming everywhere!

This “Pink Impression” tulip brightened my desk at work this week.

Recently while working on a scheme for a client’s guest bedroom, she suggested that we use pink and aqua to create a soft and lovely ambiance. With the embroidered florals that we chose, it will be springtime year-round in this bedroom!

We selected the floral pattern for bed pillows (bottom left), the aqua and white pattern for a chair (top left), and the solid aqua for windowseat pillows (bottom right).

This pink linen damask (top right) was the initial selection for the scheme. The multi-color patterns, like this one on the bench (bottom), tie together the pink and aqua in the room.

Happy Spring!