street of eames

Last Saturday was  Street of Eames - Portland's Modern Home Tour. I was thrilled to do the flowers for all 6 show houses. It is a wonderful tour which benefits an after school program that serves homeless kids through Chapman elementary school. The tour was a big success with a party on Friday and the tour on Sat. Here are some photos of the floral arrangements I did for this year's tour...
Here we are at the Waehrer house - a lovely home that is light and bright with white wood floors and pops of color. It has gorgeous windows looking into a canyon full of trees.

I used these gorgeous "spicy" equadoran rose which are orange on the inside and coral on the outside to accent the large scale pomegranite painting above. It is accented with large kale "blooms", white cherry, lotus pods, giant monstera leaves, and snowberries.

This is the dining room of the Vaivoda house designed by architect Ned Vaivoda. I did twin arrangements in shades of green and white in chartreuse green pottery cubes.
Lotus pods, orchids, and tonal green always feels modern to me.
This was created for the Vaivoda bedroom. Can you see the chocloate cosmos?

This was designed for the Grube house - a modern home with lots of warm wood - tucked into the hillside with an incredible view out onto the forest. I thought the space could use some dappled color. Some of these were designed from photos, so I was pleased to see ferns and trillium growing on the hillside as I approached the home for the delivery. This arrangement has a precious woodland feel with the ferns, chocolate cosmos, and hypericum berries. The echeveria in silver green (hens-n-chicks) is a nice contrast to the sugary sweet sherbet colors. I especially love those colors with this vintage ivory Haeger pedestal vase.

this went in the Grube bath
These 4 arrangements were done for the Boles home - sleek and modern with lots of wood. They went in a hallway landing across from a striking modern striped painting.
Here is a closeup that shows the reindeer moss tucked inside the cube vases.
And here we are at the Kovel House - designed by Jeff Kovel of Skylab Design Group - downtown across from a lovely church. I wanted something simple and chose birch bark tubes. The red dahlias accent the spots of red in the room.

This is the dining room of the White house - remodeled by architect and artist Brian White. This elaborate low arrangement was done in tonal green and white. I used a long Asian-inspired chartreuse container from the 1950's. I love how the sanded manzanita tree accents the movement in Brian's charcoal drawings above.
a closeup to show the texture - kale, echeveria, berzelia, and limbo roses
And lastly a gift for Sherri - the founder of Street of Eames - thanks for letting me get involved, Sherri. Your dedication to this wonderful cause is inspiring. If anyone is interested in donating, they would love to hear from you - click here.

Comments

[Madge]

Beautiful! All of them!

You did a wonderful job with your arrangements. I'm going to come back to this post often...

[carlene]

Really, all of them are beautiful, My favorites are the moss-filled cube arrangements, and the birch bark tubes with 6(!) different little simple arrangements. Oh, and the green & white with the pods! All beautiful, though.

[Erinn]

Sadly, I don't think I have ever seen ranunculus as beautiful as in the images above. Thanks for the spectacular photos! Your blog and various others based in Portland make me want to visit there even more!

[Chelsea]

What a great opportunity for you! The birch tube arrangements are my favorite. Wish I could have seen the tour. Great work!

[mo]

Wow. As I scrolled down, I kept thinking, Oh, this one , this one is my favorite. Then I would scroll down more and continue to be lovestruck by all of them. They are beautifully done and I love the thoughtful personality of each one and how it relates to the house. I have been having chocolate cosmos dreams- just waiting to find some to plant in my pots.

[laura]

good heavens! it's all so lovely!!!

[Era]

Oh man, I think the one you did for the Grube house is my favorite! Those greys and blacks with the pink and green really do look "dappled." Amazing.

[Claire]

I don't know what to say. I'm blown away by your work. Totally awestruck. I particularly love the arrangements in the birch containers, the moss one is a pure delight.

[April]

Oh, WoW!!!!!!
Thanks so much for posting all the pictures.....sooooooo inspiring!
Your designs are lovely!

[Chris]

Oh my goodness! I just got married Saturday and was beyond thrilled with my arrangements but I wish I had seen these before. They are fantastic!! I love the bark idea on some of those centerpieces. Gorgeous, fantastic job! (I also used lotus pods in mine too). Awesome!

[Grace]

GOODNESS! the size and lushness of those ranunculus - it's obscene!

i love your style. it's just so pretty, simple, yet romantic and lush.

[Angie]

Oh my gosh, so beautiful!!
All of them.
~Angie~

[Mackenzie]

More beautifully flowery eye-candy like this is just exactly what we need. There's a complete shortage of floral blogs, and I think you're the perfect canidate to fill the niche. Keep up the great work, and keep them coming!

[sally]

All the floral arrangements are stunning. I'm so bummed to have missed out on the tour! But so happy to hear it was a success!

[Eva]

I love what you did with the Echeveria! I love succulents, and I'd incorporate them into our wedding centerpieces if I wasn't sure that DFH would divorce me before we're married. :)

[Rebecca]

I'm wondering where I can buy birch tubes and round circle cuts of wood for the centerpieces at my wedding. Do you have any suggestions?

[At Home with kim vallee]

They were all stunning. My best three are: the arrangement in the birch bark tubes for the Kovel house, the 4 arrangements done for the Boles home and finally your gift to Sherri because orange is my favorite color. You are very talented!

[Katie]

LOVE the Birch Tube one. Where can I purchase the birch tubes? My Wedding is in WI.
THANKS!

[katie]

I am selling the birch tubes on e-bay right now. I used them for my wedding. Perfect!
just search birch tubes.