Welcome to my first Lunaria blog post! This is the first of many which will document my experiences while working in this incredibly inspiring environment.

My name is Cecelia and I am a young, aspiring interior designer residing in the Napa Valley. After graduating from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco, I set out to begin a career in the field I feel so passionately about. After working for a few designers in the Bay Area and designing my family’s wine tasting room in Santa Rosa, I landed here at Lunaria in St. Helena and so far I’m loving it.

There is so much for me to learn about this business and so far Jessica and Alia have taught me that lighting is one of the most important elements in design - choosing the right fixture can really transform a space. I’ve also learned that placing a contemporary light in a traditional space creates “tension” (as Alia says) and the juxtaposition of the two styles will update the space and add intrigue.

The assignment I’ve been given is to select a new favorite lighting fixture each week from Lunaria’s offerings. I will be sharing that information here, so stay tuned for my future posts!

xoxo,

Cece

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for those of the weak at heart i’d take leave of this blog post…  as Jessica’s return from Florence where she toured the factories of Baga and Terzani was accompanied with very candid conversations exposing the other shoe that may drop for the American consumer who desires some design options in outfitting their homes.

The simplistic explaination is that as European manufacturers try and hold their US prices agianst the decreasing value of the American dollar vs. the growing value of the Euro and the costs associated with the unionization of the trades their ability to actually make a profit is disappearing and with that their interest in speaking to the American consumer. It’s like a dam that is about to burst something’s gotta give!

We, myself included, are all about the deal right now, but i’d make your decisions fairly quickly before prices go up, my intuition says we’ll either be paying more for design or we’ll have much less to choose from…. i welcome your feedback.

Despite the dismal state of affairs in the shrinking design community we forge forward. Our recent Line additions include: Fambuena, Arturo Alvarez, Il finale, Aldo Bernardi, Seascape, Vesoi, Karmen, to name a few. and so while most aspects of the world that i live in are slightly better than bleak we are really stacking up on the vendor side.

Of all these Lighting vendors the one i’m most excited about is from Vesoi. It hangs in our shop, multicolored and strong and style with a european bulb. After a hard day it’s hard not to smile over something so darn cute… can lights be cute?