This design was created for a fundraiser for the Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls Club. It consisted of two rooms, a living room and dining room. Also featured was a museum style showcase of unique interior “vignettes” in four different themes: Retro; Vestibule; Asian and French; all using recycled and re-use items in the individual designs.
Living Room
The console table under the leaded glass window is four old radiators attached to wood blocks with an etched glass top inserted in a frame that was made from a door. A large oval stool tucked below the console is a truck rim with an oval, upholstered cushion for additional sitting. The vintage 1975 classic tuxedo-back sofa is sitting behind a Corinthian column crown which is being used as a base for a scrap of marble for a cocktail table. Wall decorations are a combination of Styrofoam pieces and pages pulled out of magazines that are housed in discontinued Lucite box frames. The “bust” is a department store half torso with plaster of Paris applied for an interesting texture.
To the left of the sofa (in the living room photo below), is a three-tier shelf that was originally intended as a multi-cabinet case designed for a staircase. The cabinet shop measured it wrong, so the Goddess added two shelves and a broom handle for balance creating a modern and unique bookcase.
Living Room (another view)
Dining room
The dining room was housed in four vintage walnut gold leaf columns that were removed from a local movie theater. White swags and drapery panels were hung to soften the wood columns. A French ornate, antique brass chandelier (1960’s) with prisms was placed over the 54-inch diameter skirted dining table. French Provincial armchairs (1980’s) circle the table.
The table setting is matching china, rose crystal stemware and silverplated (1970’s) utensils. Each place setting was finished with the Goddess of Garbage’s own designed napkin rings.
The centerpieces are a collection of plastic water bottles wrapped with gold wire and colorful beads filled with fresh flowers. Votive candles were placed strategically among the water bottles, all sitting on a large, round mirror for reflection.
Themed Interior Vignettes
Retro
Vestibule
Asian
French
