Fiorito Interior Design Presents The October Bernhardt Sale Event!

I find endless inspiration in the diverse furniture lines available to me as a trade source. And my clients appreciate the opportunity to acquire unique, customizable pieces from esteemed manufacturers!

To help you explore the diverse furniture lines I offer, I will be highlighting a different brand each month for the remainder of the year.

For October, I’m excited to showcase the exceptional craftsmanship and artistry of Bernhardt Furniture Company. They have been in business since 1889, making them the oldest continuously operated furniture company in the United States.

For the rest of this month, you can enjoy an additional 10% off the already discounted designer pricing available through FID* on any furniture from Bernhardt, including home office and outdoor pieces.

Place your order by October 31st, 2024 to take advantage of this offer. Contact me soon so I can find the pieces you have been looking for!

*This 10% savings applies to the cost of the piece and does not apply to sales tax, freight, or delivery.

Happy designing!

Nature-Inspired Great Room by Fiorito Interior Design

This gorgeous, nature--inspired Great Room--comprised of the kitchen, dining area, and sitting room—was reimagined for some wonderful repeat clients, beginning with a small, treasured piece of art.

Their large 1950s ranch house nestled into a gentle hill surrounded by orchards of fragrant orange, lemon, and cherry trees initially featured a too-small kitchen adjacent to a warren of small spaces with low ceilings serving as a dining and sitting area. They dreamed of a more spacious, light-filled layout.

A complete redesign of the home not only resolved spatial constraints but also embraced the beauty of the home’s natural surroundings. By removing walls and creating an open-plan layout, we enhanced the flow and connectivity between the kitchen, dining, and sitting areas, seamlessly integrating the outdoors with the indoors.

The relocated kitchen now faces the backyard, to facilitate outdoor entertaining and features a large island, serving as a welcoming focal point for both cooking and socializing. I designed a distinctive ceiling feature above the island, crafted from planks of the adjacent vaulted ceiling, mirroring the shape of the island below. This feature adds architectural interest and visually connects the flat kitchen plane with the vaulted plank ceiling of the sitting area, creating a harmonious sense of continuity and warmth.

A beautiful, prized painting of a bird on a branch created the direction for the color and texture palette. An intriguing yellow-green-tan background in the art guided my choices for the backsplash tile (an iridescent version mimics light glinting on water) and countertops. The kitchen's soothing color palette features various shades of natural green, while the dining area introduces feather-blue tones through chair upholstery and rug. Just steps away, the inviting sitting area features a rebuilt fireplace clad in cut, polished Haisa marble tiles in a vertical pattern. The soft, generous seating creates a comfortable spot for movie nights or cozying up by the fire on a cold winter evening. The elegant, simple silhouettes of the furniture enhance the serene and calming atmosphere of the space.

After photos: Bernardo Grijalva and Fiorito Interior Design

Happy designing!

Fiorito Interior Design Presents The September Century Sale Event!

I am pleased to announce a September sale on all Century Furniture pieces purchased from Fiorito Interior Design.

For the rest of this month, you can enjoy an additional 10% off the already discounted designer pricing available through FID* on any furniture from Century.

In business for 77 years, the Century line includes pieces designed by Thomas O'Brien, Windsor Smith, and Carrier & Company. They also have a great live-edge wood program for dining tables!

Place your order by September 30th, 2024 to take advantage of this offer. Contact me soon so I can find the pieces you have been looking for!

*This 10% savings applies to the cost of the piece and does not apply to sales tax, freight, or delivery

Happy designing!

Know Your Chairs: The Cesca

We have looked at the work of Marcel Breuer and his chairs in past posts, but I want to specifically concentrate on one of his iconic creations for this installation of Know Your Chairs: The Cesca Chair.

Breuer was one of the first students--and then later a teacher!--at the Bauhaus art school (previously here) which operated from 1919 to 1933 and ushered in Modernism to the world.  Inspired by the bent steel handlebars of his bicycle, he was very interested in a new technique of extruding steel into tubes to create the frame for the chair he referred to as the model B32. Lightweight yet sturdy, the design proved highly successful. In a later interview, Breuer said, "I already had the concept of spanning the seat with fabric in tension as a substitute for thick upholstery. I also wanted a frame that would be resilient and elastic [as well as] achieve transparency of forms to attain both visual and physical lightness... Mass production and standardization had already made me interested in polished metal, in shiny and impeccable lines in space as new components for our interiors. I considered such polished and curved lines not only symbolic of our modern technology, but actually technology itself."

In the early 1960s, the Italian furniture manufacturer Gavina Group acquired the rights to the design. The company’s founder and owner, Dino Gavina, decided to rename the chair “the Cesca” after Breuer’s daughter, Francesca. And in 1968, Knoll acquired the Gavina Group and is the license holder today. Indeed, it is one of the most copied chairs in modern design... my mom got a set for our dining table when we moved here to California in 1979. Mom had a good eye...

Cesca chairs at a Sarrinen tulip table by Studio Hagen Hall

Cesca chairs with contrasting wood in dining room by Alicia Holgar

You can purchase the Cesca chair through a designer or you can visit Knoll for more information.

Happy designing!

Fiorito Interior Design Presents The August Kravet Sale Event

I am pleased to announce a late-summer sale on all Kravet Furniture pieces purchased from Fiorito Interior Design. For the rest of this month, you can enjoy an additional 10% off the already discounted designer pricing available through FID* on any furniture from the Kravet family, including Donghia and Lee Jofa.

Place your order by August 31st, 2024 to take advantage of this offer. Contact me soon!

*This 10% savings applies to the cost of the piece and does not apply to sales tax, freight, or delivery.

Happy designing!