BRIAN PAQUETTE INTERIORS

BP INTERIORS Featured in Rue Magazine!

2012-01-17T14:00:00.000-08:00

I cannot begin to say how excited and flattered I am to have been featured in Rue this month. A dream come true for sure. Thank you to everyone who helped to make it happen.

Check out the full article here.

All photographs by the lovely and talented We Are The Rhoads

XO-BP

1.8.2012

2012-01-08T19:50:00.000-08:00

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INTRODUCING: BLACKBIRD HOME AT THE FIELD HOUSE

2012-01-05T15:27:00.000-08:00

IT ALL STARTED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO...

...Meeting with Nicole Miller, owner of Blackbird to discuss with her my ideas to "fully aestheticize the Blackbird man's lifestyle". We met several times over a few months, I'd bring some ideas and fabric swatches and she'd talk about the moon and the stars and german expressionism and everything she wanted a home collection to embody. These were the infant stages of what would become Blackbird Home at The Field House. Nicole then brought me on to help with the design and opening of the Portland Blackbird location, a project I will never forget and look back on very fondly. We distilled everything that worked for Blackbird so far and took it ever further creating a space that allowed the clothing to speak and just be. An exoskeleton, tent like structure was the main element, a wall treatment of smears from the Portland Mercury with nods to Cy Twombly's paintings. A giant army parachute for a dressing room drape and you've got the space. That experience taught us that we could do anything.

We returned to Ballard recharged and full of creative energy ready for the next evolution of Blackbird. Blackbird Home at The Field House was what grew from this energy. Every sense is taken into consideration in this space. From all of the scents in the Apothecary to the visual stimulation of all of our new home and lifestyle products. Like everything Blackbird offers this new line of furniture, lighting and home accessories is of the highest quality and pushes limits in design while keeping the history of each element in mind. Our sofa with its Victorian and English styling is juxtaposed with darkness in the upholstery, a lush black reverse buffalo hide. The pillow collection is based off of paintings from the artist Kazimir Malevich, done in super soft wool. A print collection taken from my own personal archives of found images from flight testings and war imagery adds great texture to any space.

Stay tuned for a bedding collection, more upholstery, table top, in house design services and an ever expanding collection of fine furniture in hardwood and steel. I invite personally invite you into what has been a big part of the last year of my life. Our blood, sweat and even a few tears are in this new space and we are more than ecstatic to be able to share what has been floating in our heads for a long time.

BLACKBIRD HOME AT THE FIELD HOUSE

5465 Leary Ave

SEATTLE, WA 98107

+206.297.6093

www.blackbirdballard.com

1.4.2012

2012-01-04T08:10:00.000-08:00

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1.1.2012

2012-01-01T17:15:00.000-08:00

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2011-12-22T15:33:00.000-08:00

" New Year's Eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights."

- Hamilton Wright Mabel-

Wishing you and yours the happiest of holiday seasons and

a most pleasant year to come.

Brian Paquette

12.18.2011

2011-12-18T13:51:00.000-08:00

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"The mountains surrounding
Mark the boundaries you're not meant to leave
I'll stay "far away"
But to keep my place
I want to write our names on a culm bank's face."

12.13.2011

2011-12-13T18:04:00.001-08:00

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12.6.2011. FOR. PAIGE

2011-12-06T18:02:00.000-08:00

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I met an absolutely lovely woman the other day in one of my favorite showrooms here in Seattle. Her name is Paige. Long story short, we needed to exchange emails so that she could pass along some photos and pricing for a table for a client of mine. When I handed her my card, she gasped and said...wait! "this is you?!" I humbly replied, yes. "I've been following your blog for 3 years and I just love it, I even missed it when you took a break from posting this summer" (at this point I was on the verge of tears, and my cheeks were as red as an apple). This kind of stuff makes all the effort I put into what I do worth it. I am still just a kid, widdling away in my apartment, learning everyday and building this thing called BP. INTERIORS into, well who knows what it will be some day. I am a very lucky person to be able to do what I love for a living and have some of the most gracious and exciting clients and projects. Like-minded, challenging people are few and far between, keep them tight and your brain will never be starved. Paige, this post is for you, for making me feel so special and for the red cheeks, it made my day, if not my month. I wish you all the best- BP

PALM. SPRINGS. ONE.

2011-12-05T09:47:00.000-08:00

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snippets from this past weeks trip to my clients home in Palm Springs. Like every project I work on, this home, built in 60's and of very clean mid-century lines will be filled with furniture, lighting etc from all walks design history to create a real textural, comfortable, story filled home. So blessed and excited to be working on this home and look forward to sharing more with all of you.

-BP

11.21.2011

2011-11-21T10:04:00.000-08:00

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11.11.2011

2011-11-11T17:32:00.001-08:00

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11.7.2011

2011-11-07T19:35:00.000-08:00

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NOT NEW...TRUE.

...Fresh back from a trip back home to Rhode Island after not going home for almost a year and a half. The salt air is still on my brain.

10.25.2011

2011-10-25T19:25:00.000-07:00

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10.19.2011

2011-10-19T16:07:00.000-07:00

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"Maybe there's nothing. Only this moment" - TITLEFIGHT

10.13.2011

2011-10-13T21:25:00.000-07:00

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listen to: ACTIVE CHILD/YOU ARE ALL I SEE.

now.

10.11.2011

2011-10-11T20:46:00.000-07:00

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CURRENTLY LISTENING TO:

.Shimmering Stars

.Beirut

.Bobby Darrin

.Small Brown Bike

.Florence + The Machine

9.26.2011

2011-09-26T20:17:00.001-07:00

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"Inspiration is for amateur's, the rest of us just get to work" - CHUCK CLOSE

9.14.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-09-14T07:17:00.001-07:00

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"Meet Me There
In The Blue
Where Words Are Not
Feeling Remains
Sincerity
Trust In Me
Throw Myself Into Your Door

I Go
In Circles
Running Down
In Circles
I'm Running Down
In Circles
Running Down
In Circles
Running Down"

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
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“I don’t care for bohemian culture. Innocent people are hurt by it." - RICHARD NEEL/ SON OF ALICE NEEL

9.10.11 INSPIRATION

2011-09-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

-ROBERT FROST

"ON THE PLANE"//PHILLIP KALANTZIS-COPE

2011-09-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

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There are precious few things in the world today that haven't already been photographed, and the view from an aeroplane window is certainly not one of them. But I am always on the look out for photographers who are able to approach cliches or the over familiar in new and interesting ways, and make us reconsider what we think we already know.

PHILLIP KALANTZIS-COPE'S series 'on the plane' does exactly this. His images show us what is both a familiar yet unnatural environment, and somehow by looking at these images, the wonder of air travel becomes more apparent.

9.4.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-09-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

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9.2.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-09-02T11:00:00.001-07:00

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SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE.

9.1.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-09-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

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THANKS JJJJOUND + Y.H.B.H.S.T

8.31.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-08-31T20:19:00.000-07:00

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BACK.

took the summer to look more, more outside, less inside.

also an affinity for the bobby darin station on pandora.

a busy bee am I.

PLEASE STAND BY/BIG NEWS!...SOON.

2011-08-02T18:33:00.000-07:00

///////////////// BE AS PATIENT AS I AM TRYING TO BE. :) EXCITING NEWS...SOON.

INSPIRATION - RAFAEL SOLDI/PHOTOGRAPHER

2011-07-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

////////////////////////////RAPHAEL SOLDI.photographer

Born in Peru. Lives and works in Seattle. WA.

I was intrigued by Raph's photos based on his impeccable sense of light and composition and most notably this series above entitled "Nona" for their honest perspective of interiors as a family mourns the loss of a beloved one and dismantles a home piece by piece.

artist statement.

My Nona was a fascinating woman: a world class historian, anthropologist and archaeologist, but most importantly a mother/grandmother. A woman of rare modesty and intense honesty, Ana Marie Soldi has influenced some of the most respected scholars in the world today and I am sure has touched the hearts of every single person she has ever met. Kind as one can be, my Nona and I could spend hours talking about art and photography. My Nona could look at me and smile in a way that no one else can. These are photographs of her house, the place where she spent the last 40 years of her life. This is the place where she died, surrounded by her family and everyone else who loved her deeply.

www.rafaelsoldi.com

7.10.2011 INSPIRATION IN THREE PARTS

2011-07-10T16:14:00.000-07:00

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IMAGE.1,2,3 - FORMALITY/PASSION

IMAGE 4,5,6,7 - PNW MORNINGS

IMAGE 8 - Wall treatment in the bedroom of a 16 yr old. Obviously beyond their years.

7.8.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-07-08T07:20:00.001-07:00

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“The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.” RIMBAUD

7.7.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-07-07T07:14:00.000-07:00

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"My line is childlike but not childish. It is very difficult to fake... to get that quality you need to project yourself into the child's line. It has to be felt." CY TWOMBLY

R.I.P.

COLOR PALETTE/SUMMER.2011

2011-07-06T20:50:00.000-07:00

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Aside from the ocean tones that are ever present in color stories for me, (mostly colors from the whites of the sea and the crests of darkly lit waves) the addition of dirty pastels and vibrant tones muted by the twilight hour of the evening are very exciting to my eye. Hidden flower beds in dim lighting struck by a rogue stream of golden yellow sun right before it sets and the cool grasses surrounding them are where my head is at. Vitamin D for the eye.

7.4.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-07-04T13:22:00.000-07:00

7.3.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-07-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

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"Parade with me my brave fellows, we will have them soon!" - George Washington

6.29.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-06-29T19:23:00.001-07:00

/////////////////IMAGE.3. Lee Ufan.

"First shown in 1973, From Point and and From Line introduced a new system or process in Lee's work based on a notion of lived time- the perpetual passing of the present. Critics argues that these paintings should be experienced as temporal records of continual repetition rather than as conventional spatial compositions. This interpretation took the viewer's participation into account; standing before these works, we experience time as a process of continual becoming.

Lee understood process as a system of connectivity between distinct components that offered a threshold to infinity. 'Each moment...occurs only once, ' he wrote, 'but because everything is a continuation of single moments, it is necessary for them to repeat and resonate with each other.' These works take a systematic, Minimalist approach to painting to create a bodily record of time passing, with each vertical stroke completed in a single breath."

6.25.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-06-25T23:38:00.000-07:00

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5.31.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-05-31T19:42:00.000-07:00

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PROPS: STWARD/NEVELSON/CHRIS BURDEN

5.30.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-05-30T18:56:00.000-07:00

////////// "...I'm not so concerned with what may be happening directly in front of me, rather I am drawn to something that I feel only I can see. I don't have special eyes, just a sensitivity and awareness that I think some people don't have a radar for. I probably miss out on a lot of good conversations because of this. "

PROPS: THE BLUE HOUR/T.N./RO-LU/UTA BARTH/PERTH

5.28.2011

2011-05-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

///////"Punk Rock should mean freedom, liking and accepting everything that you like, playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want as long as it's good and has passion."

5.24.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-05-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

////////////THIS WILL HAVE TO DO FOR NOW.

This is the first day of my life. I swear I was born right in the doorway. I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed. They're spreading blankets on the beach.

Yours is the first face that I saw. I think I was blind before I met you. Now I don’t know where I am. I don’t know where I’ve been. But I know where I want to go.

And so I thought I’d let you know. That these things take forever. I especially am slow. But I realize that I need you. And I wondered if I could come home.

Remember the time you drove all night. Just to meet me in the morning. And I thought it was strange you said everything changed. You felt as if you'd just woke up. And you said “this is the first day of my life. I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you. But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you. And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me. With these things there’s no telling. We just have to wait and see.

But I’d rather be working for a paycheck. Than waiting to win the lottery. Besides maybe this time is different. I mean I really think you like me.

ONE LITTLE PIN.

2011-05-15T16:48:00.000-07:00

////this is all I ask for.

PROPS: SOFIA/BLACKBIRD

LISTEN>LOOK: FLEET FOXES X RICHARD FOULSER

2011-05-08T21:02:00.000-07:00

////////IT'S SIMPLE, PRESS PLAY. SCROLL DOWN. ENJOY.

///////via THE BLUE HOUR

//////photos: RICHARD FOULSER

4.29.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-04-29T15:24:00.000-07:00

///spring in the pacific northwest is a tricky son of a bitch.

PERSONAL RULES:

+ listen

+ be

+ "steady as she goes"

+ trust

+ dont keep up/keep true

+ 20/20 vision by any means possible

FEATURED: BP INTERIORS ON B. ALEGRE OBJECTS

2011-04-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

B. ALEGRE OBJECTS

/// Good friend's and client's of mine have recently opened their own antique and found objects space in Bellevue, Washington's exclusive Haystack Antiques. Check out my piece in their space and make sure you go see all the other wonderful pieces from their travels up for sale.

"WE'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY"////art school

2011-04-20T23:13:00.000-07:00

///////EXCERPTS FROM SKETCHBOOK 2003

I will spare you the bad poetry that became lyrics.

4.17.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-04-17T17:38:00.000-07:00

///LISTENING TO:

JEREMY BLAKE

MODEST MOUSE

ADELE

CHARLES LEO GEBHARDT IV

///something new soon. something.

NEW PROJECT PHOTOS: SEATTLE CONDO

2011-04-12T00:12:00.000-07:00

HERE.

4.5.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-04-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

INSPIRATION: THE BLUE HOUR

2011-03-29T19:59:00.000-07:00

PROPS: I dont know how many times I have spoken on the topic of light. It is truly the most inspirational and challenging thing my mind tackles on a day to day basis. I am constantly trying to capture it myself in my own travels and such, sometimes I come close to getting the idea across, but most times I have to rely on the memory, which I have learned can be just as rewarding and makes it somewhat more special as something just for me. When I stumble upon photos like the ones above, I'm humbled. Who knows if this other blogger Brian, (coincidence) who lives in London has the same ideas about light, or maybe he doesn't think twice about it. I guess it doesn't matter, he got me to look, he got me to keep looking and it made me smile. Right now in Seattle, were having some of the most beautiful twilight hours each night, the colors that I have been seeing...well they're just stunning. Moving. Seeing. Building a library in my brain in hopes that I'll see it in something else down the road. THE BLUE HOUR

INSPIRATION: 3.23.2011

2011-03-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

I am moving (just up the hill a ways) but yes. moving. Here is the theme, I think.

3.17.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-03-17T18:23:00.000-07:00

~~USING CURSIVE WHEN PRINT IS MUCH BETTER SUITED~~

PROPS: MYLES HENRY, THESTWRD

3.12.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-03-12T13:45:00.000-08:00

A sense of accomplishment is just that, a sense. Work harder.

3.9.2011 PHOTOS

2011-03-09T22:54:00.000-08:00

3.8.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-03-08T19:59:00.000-08:00

" Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation" James Turrell

3.7.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-03-07T18:42:00.000-08:00

"I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands" - Louise Bourgeois

NEW.SITE

2011-03-01T21:43:00.000-08:00

A BIG BOY SITE

...many more images from past and current projects to come in the next few weeks

2.24.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-02-24T15:20:00.000-08:00

2.19.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-02-19T13:01:00.000-08:00

GOALS.

2011-02-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

2.16.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-02-16T20:32:00.000-08:00

INTERVIEWER: so what else inspires you besides fashion?

ROBERT GELLER: i like soccer.

BP. INTERIORS PINS

2011-02-14T23:35:00.000-08:00

So I thought I would try to articulate this one a little bit...

...I remember going to punk shows back when I was in high school and college and collecting these little 1" round pins of the bands Id see, some of my most treasured pins through the years came from bands like The Promise Ring, Converge, Orchid!, Joan of arc etc etc. As someone who is constantly looking to put a little bit of myself into everything I do creatively, whether that be a clients living room or taking photos on a trip to the coast, I am always aware that my mark is not accidental. My mark as a creative is built up of all the experiences I've had, all the places I've seen, all the people I've met and I carry that with me everywhere I go. When I started Brian Paquette Interiors a little over two years ago I wanted to challenge the normal aesthetic associated with an Interiors firm, what we did, who our clients were and where our ideas came from. I have had the absolute blessing to work on very traditional home settings that echo my upbringing on the east coast to very minimal spaces that bring to mind a more modern, sparse or "punk rock" look, whatever that may be. The only thing that I have ever taken seriously in all of this is my clients needs and making sure they are met. I am often asked what MY look is...or what aesthetic I respond to. For a long time I had a hard time answering this until I realized the answer wasn't a look but a feeling, sense memory. Walking into a space and feeling a connection on a deeper level than just surface comfort or visual pleasure. Seeing a shade of blue that reminded my what the beach looked like in early spring in Newport, a fabric on a sofa that looked like something my blazer in prep school would be made of, or just the lighting that brought me back to waking up in a yurt on the Oregon coast. This is what moves me as a designer, this is what I wake up for. To be honest, these pins are silly...but they reference a very important part of my life and so now I give them to you.

Thanks so much to everyone for being a constant source of inspiration.

If you would like one, two or ten of these little pens, send me your address and Ill mail them out to you.

- Brian

2.14.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-02-14T10:00:00.000-08:00

LESS SPACE/MORE ENVIRONMENT

readers, if you are out there. send me your mailing address in an email to emailbrianpaquette@gmail.com

BEST.

2.10.2011

2011-02-10T21:31:00.001-08:00

PROPS: ROBIN'S FRIEND/SALLY/THE DISTANCE BETWEEN UNSURE AND KNOWING EVERYTHING/Y.H.B.H.S./SOULJA BOY

2.9.2011 INSPIRATION

2011-02-09T12:47:00.000-08:00