This past Saturday Red River Remodelers attended Nest Fest 2015!
Nest Fest was established to raise funds and awareness for
"Renesting Project, Inc." a non-profit organization providing
reclaimed furniture and household goods to families and individuals in the SBC moving from homelessness, to more
independent living arrangements and rebuilding their lives. The event,
"Nest Fest", was started in 2010, by "Lauren's Nest Egg" a
non-profit foundation in memory of Lauren Colvin, with the purpose of raising
funds for Renesting Project, Inc. Although Lauren's Nest Egg is no longer
responsible for production of Nest Fest, Lauren's memory continues to live on!
"CHAIRished Beginnings" Design Competition will adds another
dimension to this lively evening of fun. Local professional designers, design
enthusiasts and design students will all will be expressing their creativity and
raising funds for Renesting Project, Inc.!
The guidelines for the vignettes in the competition competition were:
- At least 50% reclaimed items that could be refinished, recovered,
repurposed
- Fit within a 10x10 space
- A living, dining, sleeping, or miscellaneous space
- Contain (at least, but not limited to) a chair, a transformed item, a
table top surface, a light source, and a floor covering
Renesting Project has a fantastic collection of items that have been
donated to be used in local projects---each team was also allowed to choose one
item from The Nest to use in their vignette!
In our case, we based our whole space on the item we chose from The
Nest! We went in with a completely different idea in mind, but upon visiting
Renesting Project headquarters, things changed quickly….I fell in LOVE!
How awesome is this 4-paneled 1950s Teak wood room divider?!
After snagging this gem, we decided to take our vignette in a different
direction. Additional inspiration? This adorable little guy.
Everyone played their part from there. Sean whipped up this fancy lounge
bed,
Super-Angie made all of the pillows,
I stained Sean’s palette bed and painted our retro chandelier this sassy
rose-gold!
Angie let us raid her collection of knickknacks and rugs, Sean rewired
our chandelier and Barrett’s Stone Gallery nicely donated the round
granite piece to top off the rattan footstool Angie found at an estate sale for an end table!
Chris, Sean, Angie and I all set
up our vignette together on Friday for Saturday’s event!
And, voila! Our Bohemian reading nook was complete!
And guess what?! We even won Best Professional design! It really was “A
good time for a great cause!”
From designing, to setting up and attending Nest Fest 2015, we had a blast! We will definitely be participating next year!
