All posts by Beth and Carolina

8 Luxury Must-Haves for the Home

January 4, 2017Entertaining + Home Living, Shopping Guidehome, home decor, home goods, jan 2017 most read, luxury, must-havesBeth and Carolina

This month, we’re reflecting on luxury in design. “Luxury” doesn’t just refer to cost — it’s expertly created fabrics and rugs, perfectly curated and customized art, and long-lasting pieces with textures that you drool over. Luxury is more than money spent: it’s a feeling, a way of living. Our interior design clients come to us for our ability to define and execute their styles while infusing little bits of that classic “Pulp style” — punches of texture, color, and graphics wrapped up in luxurious layers.

Luxury is an important element of Pulp’s signature design style — we choose pieces made from long-lasting, luxurious-to-the-touch materials and add elements that instantly make a space look more expensive. All of January, we’re spilling our secrets on what makes life luxurious… Here’s the Pulp design team’s favorite luxury pieces to elevate a space.

BETH’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

Rugs are always a good investment — when we select rugs for our clients we always have a mind for longevity and cleanability. The Porter Tello collection for Perennials is an amazing indoor outdoor product with an incredible feel to the touch! (Available to our interior design clients.)

Ink Blot Rug by Porter Teleo for Perennials

CAROLINA’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

Statement lighting is one of the best ways to elevate a space — this amazing custom-made lighting fixture feels organic and fresh but draws your interest upwards, adding a new level to the room.

Lindsey Adelmen Custom Lighting

TRACY’S PICK
Senior Designer + Project Manager

Adding art can instantly make a space feel luxurious — custom-made and curated art adds personality and interest to a space and can be reused for years and years.

Sam Glankoff, Four Panel: Untitled, c. 1972

TARA’S PICK
Junior Designer

Serving plates and other photo-worthy serving pieces are a sure way to impress your guests and a gorgeous way to brighten up open shelving while not being used.

Kelly Wearstler, Melange Serving Plates

SHANNON’S PICK

Junior Designer

The Eames lounge chair is a classic piece of luxury — it will never go out of style and always adds an interesting element to a space.

Eames Lounge Chair

VILMA’S PICK

Design Assistant

These incredible champagne glasses and cooler are the essence of luxury. Pick yourself up your favorite bottle of champagne and celebrate with these beautiful pieces.

Van Perckens Champagne Glasses + Cooler

ALISSA’S PICK

Design Assistant

Texture is as important as visuals in design — this luxurious cashmere throw adds so much to a space without being overwhelming. The perfect piece for infusing just a little bit more luxurious-yet-practical design into a living room or bedroom.

Kelly Behun Studio, Fine-Striped Cashmere Wool Throw

EM’S PICK

Design Intern

This gorgeous thin-frame statement chair immediately makes any space look more luxurious. Sophisticated and impactful, it’s an incredibly opulent seating choice.

Lawson-Fenning Thin Frame Lounge Chair

The Pulp Edit: January 2017

January 3, 2017The Pulp Editarchitectural digest, brass and black, caviar, ceramics, curated art, fox fur trim, greenery, jan 2017 most read, jolinda linden, pantone greenery, petrossian caviar, porcelain art, portraits, silver, six-sided design, statement stairs, textural walls, the pulp editBeth and Carolina

Happy New Year!

We’re back in the office, refreshed and ready to jump head-first into a new approach to our editorial posts in 2017. We’re honing in sharply on the world of interiors, sharing more of our focused expertise on interior design, furnishings and building trends. Of course, we’ll continue to share our work and behind-the-scenes insight to the design process at Pulp. Each month, we’ll bring you content revolving around a central theme.

At Pulp, we’re always striving to create a space our clients feel luxurious in. This January, we’re spilling our secrets on what makes life luxurious, starting with our favorite luxury trends in this month’s Pulp Edit.

Pantone’s just-announced color of the year is the spring-like “greenery,” but we’ve been head over heels about green hues all year. Our favorites? Sophisticated olives, bold kellys, and romantic emeralds.

Let’s face it — the design world has been obsessed with golds for years. We still love pops of gold here and there, but we’re loving the resurgence of another metallic: silver.

Four walls, one floor, one ceiling — the best design involves all six. Take this gorgeous project featured in Architectural Digest: beautiful marbles that stretch across all six sides.

We’ve been dying over this porcelain and ceramic artist, local to our Seattle office — Jolinda Linden‘s multi-dimensional, impactful pieces add an entirely new element to whatever space they’re placed in.

Texture is just as important as print and color when it comes to design. We love textural wall coverings that add an extra layer of sophistication to the room, like this gorgeous wall covering we’re installing in a current client’s residence.

Fendi’s incredible fox fur trim sofa is the definition of luxury. This beautiful chartreuse hue and architectural shape only add to the opulence of the fox trim.

Despite the resurgence of silver, brass paired with black is still a strong trend. We’re in love with this beautiful custom-made set of drawers that takes a spin on the well-established trend.

Curated art makes a room. We’re obsessed with portraits that take a spin on classic art styles by combining art genres and elevating classic portraiture.

In a world full of Pinterest-gone-wrong creations, this set of well-edited statement stairs stands out. Perfectly executed and installed, we’re drooling over this beautiful statement piece.

Little indulgences — like Petrossian caviar — are the essence of luxury. Take that bath, buy that throw you’ve been lusting over, pick up some of your favorite caviar and Prosecco.

All month, we’ll be talking about what makes life luxurious — from beautifully crafted materials and one-of-a-kind creations to spaces that perfectly reflect the way you want to live. Come back to the Pulp site all January for more on luxury construction trends, materials, and fixtures… We’ll see you then.

Ciao,
Beth + Carolina

Farewell, 2016!

December 28, 2016News + Announcements2016, happy new year, year wrap-upBeth and Carolina

We’ve had a whirlwind of a year — 2016 will be one for the books. From traveling across the world to working with incredible clients to kicking off projects with major publications and brands, 2016 might just be Pulp Design Studios’ best year yet. We even had a record year for interior design client referrals, just one of the things we loved the most about 2016! We rounded up our favorite moments, month by month, in celebration of 2017…

January

We headed to KBIS with BlogTour, where we announced our (then secret) national ad campaign partnership with DXV.

The Seattle ATG Showhouse launched, featuring our stair landing/home office design…

February

Our Contemporary Warmth project was featured in D Home Magazine… An incredibly proud moment for us to see our project in a magazine we’ve been reading our entire careers!

March

We kicked off our partnership with luxury plumbing brand DXV in Minneapolis, including meeting the other designers to be featured in the project.

We celebrated nine years of Pulp Design Studios being in business!

April

We went on a design tour of Italy with DesignHounds, including being a part of the renowned Milan Furniture Fair and meeting amazing new friends…

We visited Seguso 1397, a Murano glasswork company that’s been a family tradition since 1397. Located on the Italian island of Murano, this family is in their 23rd generation of family… Being able to see them work was incredible.

We flew to Irvine, California, to be a part of the Thermador and Traditional Home event…

May

We headed to a DXV photoshoot to install and shoot our bathroom design for DXV’s national advertising campaign… A huge thank you to Veronika Miller and the crew!

Little details from our photoshoot…

June & July

We did install after install this summer, wrapping up some of the projects we’d been working on with some amazing interior design clients!

We found out we had been invited to design a room in Traditional Home‘s Napa Valley Showhouse to be completed by the end of the year…

August

Our longtime senior interior designer and project manager Tracy got married to her amazing new hubby! The Pulp team took a trip down to Oregon for their nuptials, including gathering design inspiration from the natural beauty of the Oregon coast.

We were featured as a design duo in the Huffington Post for our design sensibility and aesthetic.

September

We got a chance to see our work in the pages of Coastal Living, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, The Robb Report, and Departures as the start of the DXV national advertising campaign launched! We headed to NYC to kick off the campaign.

We traveled to the London Design Festival with DesignHounds, taking a tour of the most beautiful and luxurious design in London…

We launched a collaboration with UltraSuede, starting with a personalized fabric covering for Carolina’s chair…

October

We officially announced our involvement with Traditional Home‘s Napa Valley Showhouse! After months of customizing our design for the showhouse (including these customized hair-on-hide stools, below), we were so excited to talk about it.

November

We traveled to WestEdge Design Conference in Los Angeles, California, to speak on the Architectural Digest panel alongside the Kitchen Design Network, moderated by Veronika Miller of Modenus.

Our work with DXV was featured in the pages of the New York Times magazine and Luxe Magazine…

Some of our team flew to Napa Valley to install our design in the Traditional Home Showhouse…

December

We celebrated the launch of the Traditional Home Showhouse, opening the home to the public and enjoying Napa Valley.

We saw our work on the back cover of the December issue of House Beautiful… Such a proud moment!

We’re looking forward to…

With 2017 right around the corner, we are so excited to let you know for the first time that we’ll be launching a new home goods collection this upcoming fall! Combining our passion for art with our enthusiasm for fresh design trends, the collection will feature Pulp-centric punches of graphics and style.

Working with new interior design clients to define their style and infuse their personalities into our design is one of the most dynamic and enjoyable parts of our work — we love getting to know our clients and helping them to fall in love with their space. We are so thrilled to jump into new projects and make connections with new people in 2017.

We’re also looking forward to seeing some of our completed projects published in national magazines and other publications — keep a look out for Pulp-designed homes on newsstands near you this year!

Signing off until 2017,
Beth + Carolina

Pulp TV: Blooper Reel

December 19, 2016News + AnnouncementsBeth and Carolina

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Pulp has had an incredibly busy and record-breaking year, so what better way to say sayonara than some light-hearted behind-the-scenes antics… To wrap up 2016, we give you a look at that Pulp dynamic that our favorite clients and colleagues have come to know and love!

WATCH NOW: Blooper Reel

See the rest of our videos from 2016 on Pulp TV!

9 Best Holiday Entertaining Recipes

December 12, 2016Entertaining + Home Livingdesigner picks, entertaining, food, holiday entertaining, holiday hosting, hosting, pulp culture, recipesBeth and Carolina

With the holiday season right around the corner, our interior design clients are thinking about what to serve their guests at holiday parties in their Pulp-designed homes. Our team rounded up beautiful dishes perfect for hosting with.

BETH’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

Figs and prosciutto are the perfect pairing — salty, savory and hearty. Add in creamy goat cheese, greens and pistachios for a refined side to a holiday meal.

Arugula Radicchio Salad with Figs, Humboldt Fog, Prosciutto, and Pistachios

CAROLINA’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

This salad combines my favorite flavors for winter — the opulent layers of winter vegetables with goat cheese and squash are delicately flavorful and comforting.

Winter Chopped Salad with Pear, Feta, Arugula, and Butternut Squash

TRACY’S PICK
Senior Designer + Project Manager

Tarts are an incredible way to personalize the meal for your guests — personalize individual dishes or stick to this hearty winter essential.

Beetroot, Goat Cheese and Thyme Tarts

TARA’S PICK
Interior Designer

This creamy, zestful soup starts off a multi-course meal with a punch.

White Bean + Fennel Soup

JANA’S PICK
Interior Designer

Toasted, melty grilled cheese with spinach and artichoke is a fun twist on an old favorite. For more casual holiday feasts — or for that picky eater at the table — grilled cheese is a delicious choice.

Spinach & Artichoke Grilled Cheese

ELLIE’S PICK
Junior Designer

Fresh salmon loaded with veggies — from leeks to colored carrots and heirloom cherry tomatoes — is a delicious, welcome change from hams and other heavy meats at holiday dinners.

Stacked Brown Sugar + Mustard-Rubbed Salmon

SYDNEY’S PICK
Design Assistant

Salt and vinegar is my go-to chip flavor — I love this healthy winter twist on a year-round pick. Perfect to set out before a meal for guests to grab handfuls of, or for munching on as you’re setting up to host.

Rosemary Sea Salt + Vinegar Beet Chips

CARLY’S PICK
Marketing Coordinator

Soft, rich pears are my first choice for winter fruits. This dish is perfectly not-too-sweet — a more subtle, healthy version of a baked apple pie.

Baked Pears with Honey, Cranberries + Pecans

DAWN’S PICK
Junior Interior Designer

This swirled pastry is a sophisticated addition to a holiday brunch or as a dessert to end a holiday feast — it’s flaky, melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness that you won’t stop thinking about even after the holiday season.

Brioche de Chocolat

Featured photo from Lady Flashback

Behind the Scenes: Traditional Home Napa Valley Showhouse 2016

December 9, 2016Pulp Design Work2016, Napa Valley, Trad Home, Traditional Home, Traditional Home Napa Valley Showhouse, Traditional Home ShowhouseBeth and Carolina

After a whirlwind of a week in Napa Valley, we’re back in the office reminiscing about the process of putting together our design for the Traditional Home Napa Valley Showhouse 2016. We were chosen alongside a group of acclaimed designers to design a portion of the showhouse — we chose the stair landing and grounded our design in inspiration from the Napa Valley winery industry and landscape.

The showhome, owned by the proprietor of Peju Province Winery, is surrounded by vineyards and amazing rolling hills. We had the chance to bring some of our employees with us to help with the install, enjoy the scenery and celebrate the launch of the showhouse… We even gathered with the other designers for a wine and dinner party on the property the night before the launch.

Thank you and congratulations to all of the designers and teams involved, including the amazing Traditional Home Editor in Chief Ann Maine, Elizabeth McDonough and Lauren Tapper! We’ll give you a full breakdown of everything in the new year, but for now, we wanted to show you a little peek behind the scenes…

The Pulp Edit: December 2016

December 7, 2016The Pulp Editearthy graphics, eye print, gift guide, interior design trends, interior trends, marble, napa valley showhouse, patterns, pottery, sarah jessica parker, sculptural furniture, statement hardware, textiles, trendsBeth and Carolina

Our inspirations change month by month — we’re inspired by our clients and their design sensibilities, art and design, and lifestyle trends from other industries. The Pulp Edit series is our wrap-up of our favorite trends and inspirations every month. This December, we’re especially loving statement pieces and organic-looking design…

The Pulp Culture: Thanksgiving Drinks

November 18, 2016Entertaining + Home Livingalcohol, drinks, thanksgiving, vodkaBeth and Carolina

There’s nothing like finding the perfect drink to relax with during the holidays. The Pulp Design Studios team is loving these recipes that use traditional Thanksgiving flavors like cranberry and maple to reinvent classic drinks. Our interior design clients are prepping to pour a cocktail or two in their Pulp-designed homes… How about you? Get ready to imbibe!

BETH’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

Earl grey is a classic cold weather drink that’s been making a leap into the alcohol world lately. Paired with bourbon, this punch makes a tasty pairing to classic Thanksgiving dishes.

Earl Grey + Bourbon Punch

CAROLINA’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

This cranberry vodka punch recipe is a crowd pleaser. With a little spin on a traditional recipe, all of the adults at your Thanksgiving feast will be in love with this pick.

Cranberry Vodka Punch

TRACY’S PICK
Managing Director

The rich flavors of bourbon layered with a touch of sweet maple is a truly autumnal drink — if you’re a fan of deep, rich flavors, this recipe is for you.

Maple Bourbon Cocktail

TARA’S PICK
Interior Design Lead

This light, refreshing pick is the perfect pick-me-up for pairing with grandma’s pie. This will soon become your autumn favorite.

Cranberry, Lime and White Wine Spritzer

JANA’S PICK
Interior Design Lead

This spiced pear creation is on the sweeter side without veering too far into the dessert category. After tasting this, you’ll soon be adding spiced pear flavors into everything.

Bourbon + Spiced Pear Cocktail

LEINA’S PICK
Design Assistant

Cranberry and orange are some of my favorite cold weather flavors. Mixing them with apple cider creates an even more decadent flavor profile.

Cranberry + Orange Apple Cider Cocktail

CARLY’S PICK
MARKETING & OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Figs are growing to be one of my favorite flavors this season — not too sweet, but extremely refreshing, especially when paired with lemon like in this delicious cocktail.

Fig + Lemon Fizz

Featured image: Malgosia Bela, shot by Lachlan Bailey for Vogue Paris

The Pulp Culture: Chic Thanksgiving Recipes

November 16, 2016Entertaining + Home Livingfood, recipes, thanksgivingBeth and Carolina

We love revisiting favorites in our annual Thanksgiving feasts, but we’re always looking for ways to elevate our design and food. Our interior design clients will be entertaining in their spaces this holiday season — what better way to create a more beautiful space than by adding beautiful recipes? The Pulp Design Studios team picked our favorite chic recipes inspired by Thanksgiving favorites — use it as inspiration for your own sophisticated Thanksgiving meals, or simply try something new for a regular autumnal meal.

BETH’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

Sweet potato pie is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving. By adding Asian flavors like miso and sesame, a delicious global flair is added to a classically American dish.

Sweet Potato + Miso Pie with Chocolate-Sesame Crust

CAROLINA’S PICK
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer

I’m always looking for ways to incorporate fresh new vegetable flavors into my meals. Balsamic brings out the fresh flavors of the brussel sprouts by adding a hint of tart vinegar taste.

Balsamic Brussel Sprouts

TRACY’S PICK
Managing Director

Carrots are an amazing way to contrast the typical green bean casserole-type flavors in your Thanksgiving meal. Chimichurri creates an interesting complement to the carrots’ natural flavor.

Chimichurri Carrots + Parmesan Parsnip Puree

TARA’S PICK
Interior Design Lead

Inject a tinge of winery-inspired flavors into your feast — goat cheese and roasted grapes make the perfect pairing to this classic roast chicken dish.

Harvest Cider Roasted Chicken with Walnut Goat Cheese + Grapes

JANA’S PICK
Interior Design Lead

When it comes to Thanksgiving, I want cheese over everything. This broccoli and cauliflower dish is a delicious spin on a classic broccoli casserole — lots of flavor, interesting melted cheeses, and perfectly cooked vegetables.

Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratin

SADIE’S PICK
Interior Designer

Stride the perfect line between two of my favorite Thanksgiving dishes — mashed potatoes and sweet potato casserole — by making this delicious dish. This simplistic-yet-elegant recipe pairs perfectly with your Thanksgiving favorites.

Stovetop Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Maple Pecan Drizzle

ELLIE’S PICK
Junior Interior Designer

Persimmons are an amazingly seasonal autumn fruit. These sweet treats make a great addition to the dessert selection alongside your grandma’s pies — you’ll have a hard time choosing which one to eat first!

Brûléed Persimmon Tarts with Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese

The Pulp Culture: Thanksgiving Tabletop Picks

November 14, 2016Entertaining + Home Living, Shopping Guideglasses, napkins, plates, silverware, tablescape, tabletopBeth and Carolina

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the Pulp Design Studios team is thinking of dreamy tablescapes to entertain with. Our interior design clients are getting ready to entertain in their gorgeous new spaces for the holidays. Impress your guests by pulling together chic, sophisticated details to make your Thanksgiving table pop.

BETH’S PICKS
Co-Founder + Principal Interior Designer