Nantucket Home, Inc.

Usually around four times a year we do a major change around of the furniture and displays in our store. We do this to keep up with the seasons and the “look” or color of the season.  We also do this to fill in holes where merchandise has sold or to make room for new pieces coming in.

Twice a year we have a big Home Sale, in the fall and in the spring. We are now coming up to our Spring Home Sale!  We order new furniture at different markets to (hopefully) arrive in time to be included in our new displays. We want everything to look new and exciting for our big sale.

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A few weeks ago we did our spring move. As the new pieces come in we are moving them in to their designated slots in readiness for our sale.

This last week we spruced everything up for a two-day photo shoot, as well. We are working towards our new and improved website. This new site will include a shopping area. So for those of you who live outside of Chico, you will now be able to actually purchse NH items online! Due to the work involved we'll be starting off with a small ecommerce site and will be building it as we go.  We will be including new and exciting products making sure not to forget some of our tried and true items that you just can’t live without (like our vanilla candles).

Professional photographer Beiron Andersson, was hired to tackle the job of making our products look as good on your monitor as they do in our showroom. We are very excited about his work and how creatively he shot our products. He also spent time with our designers and bloggers taking shots of them for the new site.

So as you can imagine... we have our work cut out for us this week. 

We'll be putting the final touches on our advertisments and signage for the sale... we'll be marking down our showroom samples and special orders... we'll be making sure we have all of our materials and samples updated... plus a lot more!

And to top it all off we hope to have a few new pages of our NEW website live in order to show you everything else that's been keeping us frantic and excited.

 

If you're on our mail list you'll be receiving a beautifully designed booklet in the mail to keep you informed on our design services and Spring Home Sale.  If you're on our email list you'll be notified, too.  If you're not on either, sign up on our website or keep visiting this blog.  We'll keep you informed.

Nan

 

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It's always interesting to notice how the weather affects us.  Springtime, whether it's raining or sunny, always changes our moods into a brighter, sunnier disposition.  And as you can tell from the image below, springtime has inspired Ilona to show us another aspect of her artwork... one of collages.

Fittingly, a collage is an assemblage of found objects.  The term collage actually derives from the French word "coller" meaning “ glue.  Surprisingly, this term was coined by the great artists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century which was when collage became a distinctive part of modern art.

One of our favorite local artists, Ilona Cronan will be here tomorrow Saturday March 5^th from 1 to 3.  She’ll be painting and collaging and would love to chat with you about your art interests and wishes.

We hope to see you here!

Sara

 

 

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Meet Ilona

We just can't say enough good things about her.  Over a year ago we started showing Ilona Cronan's artwork in our showroom.  We've said it before and we'll say it again... her art doesn't stay around for long.  Ask her what her mission is and she'll say that she wants to paint for people who love her work and she wants to do it often.  She's created numerous custom pieces for our showroom, each one more special than the last. 

The fishing boat painting above was a worked commissioned by a client of Marci's.  They brought in a photograph of a Mediterrean port.  This port town was very special to them yet the image wouldn't have worked blown up and framed.  Marci knew that Ilona would be the perfect artist to create a meaningful piece of art from their photograph.

Ilona listens, she contemplates, she prays and she creates.  Never missing a sign, she understands her clients wishes...even the unspoken ones.

Nan and Ilona meet often to discuss changes in the showroom.  It could be that new furniture pieces are coming in and Nan wants to change up the look in a space or that the weather is changing and the art in the showroom should reflect that change.  As early as a week later Ilona will then bring in a couple of pieces she's working on.  She and Nan may tweak the concept a bit or perhaps change the color range and a few days later she'll be back with completed and stunning pieces.

In Ilona's words...

"As a child I remember spending countless hours rearranging my desk or my room or the things on my wall. I found a considerable amount of enjoyment balancing the spaces with objects, until the composition was pleasing to my eye.  Then, in a few days, I would do it all over again.  My most treasured memories are of a pine-needled backyard turned into rows of neat pathways leading to pretend rooms of a house.  Never bored, I found fascination in the smallest of things.  Things that were simple and had many uses.  So, many years later, still never bored with anything that life has to show me, I find such thrill in rendering a simple object juxtaposed to a straight line, balancing the shapes and color as if I were still at my desk.  That moment of "stoppage" is the game for me.  If I am happy with the compositions, really happy, I will stop.  If not, I keep going until I feel a balance."

 

Ilona will be at Nantucket Home painting from 1 to 3 today (Saturday the 12th of February).  She'd love to meet you and if requested, she'd be happy to discuss art ideas for your spaces.  Sara

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