2009 Johannes Parade Home!

Stunning and practical all in one home!

That’s right! This is a DON’T MISS house when touring the Iowa Parade of Homes this year!

The custom home is built by Casey Johannes is located in Swisher, Iowa.

 Nothing else quite says welcome like an 8 foot mahogany front door and this one is an absolute work of art.

 

 

 

 

 There are some unique architectural features and details here that you won’t find in other houses, such as a wine refrigerator just out of the camera’s view.  Look at the combination wood and tile floor in the kitchen and dinette.

Hand scraped, five inch, walnut planks are used in the Entry and Hallway.

 In the Kitchen an artistic treatment was then implemented by using the wood planks as a picture frame to surround the 20 x20  tiles. Casey Johannes estimated that it took him 60 hours to do the installation. What a labor of love!

Note the backsplash as it repeats the pattern on diagonal of the tile and wood.

 

 The Great Room acts as a hub for entertainment as it opens up to the Dinette and Kitchen spaces.

Stacie Reid, Phelan’s interior designer, partnered with the Johannes team on floor plans, furnishings, and accessorizing the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Here are 2 shots of the unusally spacious, work – at – Home Office which is located on the second floor. There is also a Bonus Room upstairs, which is one of Stacie’s favorite spaces!

I don’t want to spoil all the surprises that are found throughout this home – but I am compelled to talk about one more well designed feature. It’s in the Master . . . No, on second thought, I want you to visit this house and see it for yourself!

 

The space planning, the added artistic elements, and the consideration of family day-to-day living, are brought together under one roof in this well executed home.

2785 NE Sunset Ct

Swisher, Ia

***** ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT *****   

Saturday September 27:  noon – 5 PM

Sunday September 28: noon – 5 PM

 

Remember, it is number 8 in the Parade of Homes magazine.

And stop to see the Allan Custom Home,

in Cedar Rapids, number 11

 

Dianne Ross

Interior Designer/Phelan’s Interiors

363-9634

Cedar Rapids Parade Of Homes 2009

This is it! The magnificent home presented by Allan Custom Homes!

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 Front entry early in the week.

Welcome !

 

 

Great Room

 

 

 

 

                                                             Notice the fantastic ceiling!

 

Kitchen is almost done!??

 

                                                               Amazing! Built in buffet.

 

 Shall we go downstairs?

 

Lower level Family Room, Bar, entrance to Wine Tasting Room and Wine Cellar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here is the Family room. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 and Bar- exposing stone arch into the entrance into the Wine Tasting Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Let’s taste some wine!

 

Please come and join Stacie Reid, lead designer, and me this weekend (TODAY!) at this fabulous home.It’s number 11 in the Parade of Homes book.  We would love to show you around!

 

 

 

6804 Cottage Ridge Crt NE, Cedar Rapids

 

 

 

As long as you are out and about, don’t miss the other ( number 8 ) gorgeous home that Stacie did for Casey Johannes Homes, 2785 NE Sunset Ct in Swisher!

 

Saturday Sept 19 and 26:  Noon to 5 PM

Sunday Sept 20 and 27:  Noon to 5 PM

Tuesday Sept 22:  5 to 8 PM

Thursday Sept 24:  5 to 8 PM

 

Dianne Ross

Interior Designer/Phelan’s Interiors

363-9634

Remembering 9-11 with numbers

 Like most people in the interior design world I am not a numbers person. Obviously. I think in pictures and dream in color, so my blogs are filled with the greatest visuals I can find for you.  But given today’s anniversary, I found these numbers thought provoking enough to share with you. 

I found the article on an internet 9-11 remembrance page and Preston Kere’s emotional photo was published in Life.

September 11th by the Numbers

The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they took to fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple out.

• Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819

• Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343

• Number of NYPD officers: 23

• Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

• Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60

• Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402

• Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614

• Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658

• Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22

• Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115

• Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1

• Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39

• Bodies found “intact”: 289

• Body parts found: 19,858

• Number of families who got no remains: 1,717

• Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000

• Total units of donated blood actually used: 258

• Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609

• Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051

• Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20

• FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274

• FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661

• Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300

• Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200

• Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98

• Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124

• Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99

• Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100

• Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6

• Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81

• Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26

• Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714

• Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion

• Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million

• Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million

• Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion

• Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion

• Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion

• Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion

• Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million

• Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25

• Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million

• Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9

• Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40

• Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50

• Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered “inappropriate” to play after 9/11: 150

• Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26

• Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 30,000

• Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110

• Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million

• Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000

 Our President this morning, 9/11/2009

 

 

Today I am remembering all those . . .

 

Dianne Ross

Interior Designer/Phelan’s Interiors

363-9634

Eye Candy – CANDICE OLSON design, that is!

Hello to all my fellow Candice Olson fans out there in bloggersville!

Have you been following Design Star this season? From my perspective it has been quite underwhelming. To quote  the judges themselves, “where is the wow factor?” The exception would be the comments coming from the judges – not boring!  Candice Olson always utters words of wisdom. Listen to her advice. Watch Divine Design and see what she does.

She knows whereof she speaks!

During the month of September we are inviting everybody into our showroom to feast your eyes on some of her remarkable upholstery products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candice Olson has partnered with Norwalk , which produces her chairs, benches, ottomans and, her signature sofas. Along with past offerings she has recently introduced a scrumptious array of new Kravet fabrics – silks and linens and yes, even some additional, practical chenilles!

 

 Candice Olson has a renowned reputation for her design - eye.

Eye Candy! 

I know. It’s a lame play on words – but the silly thing is this: It’s true! 

Her devoted fans know she offers much more than just eye-candy.  She is uncompromising in her demand for quality products. Her designs are always fresh and consistantly fabulous.  

If you were unaware that Candice ’s products are here on our floor, consider the veil lifted!

 

Dianne Ross

Interior Designer /Phelan’s Interiors

363-9634