Monday 29 July 2013

A window that serves two purposes

I took out a window from what used to be the outside wall of our house. It was a good window so I re-used it in a new addition to the house which we refer to as the Reflexology Lounge. Now there is this big ugly opening.  

Here's the issue - On one side is Emi's Hair Salon so if I block off the opening, it gets really dark, but on the other side is where I do my work. When I have a client especially a massage client there is no privacy so blocking it off is necessary ... what to do? Mmmmm A covering that blocks but can also open???

Materials I had - I looked around to see what I had. I found a small pile of old weathered wood that my Dad had behind the garage of his house. I also had a couple of really old hinges. 
This is Emi's View with the hole in the wall. (After I did some painting)
Here is my view of the hole from the Reflexology Lounge
Emi's side - was easy enough to make look good, just finish the opening off with some of that old weathered wood.


Added the bottom and side

Simply finished with trim looks way better and goes more with the feel.
Now to My side of the Story ... to cover the opening but also open for Emi.

Building two panels
One of the panels in place
The other panel is held by the old hinges
Fully closed blocking off the rooms.
So this is what I came up with and it looks really great!

The finished product.



Wednesday 17 July 2013

Eureka Beer Guide (website)



Imagine if your job was educating people about BEER! 

This is what Ken from Eureka Beer Guide does. Ken needed a website and was working with Michele from wordglow.ca .

They asked me if I could help them design a logo with the inspiration ... Experiencing a eureka moment about beer! 

The eureka Beer Guide Logo

 The eureka Beer Guide - light-bulb beer-head



Website: I guess they were happy with what I did with the logo because they asked if I could help with the website. I set-up the theme of the website, added design elements/pictures, general flow/workability and feel of the site ... of course with the guidance of Ken and Michele.

Screen shot of Eureka Beer Guide


Please check out the site, the information is amazing and Hey ... its about BEER!