Raleigh coming alive!!!

This New Years I stayed in Raleigh and experienced my first ever "First Night Raleigh". Yep, I headed downtown with my wife and kids and experienced bringing in the New Year, Raleigh Style!

It was a blast and I am so excited about the re-birth of this city. Raleigh has come a long way and the re-opening and re-design of Fayetteville Street City Plaza will hopefully foster even more excitement and growth. New restaurants, shops and museums now dot the downtown area. People are not only traveling downtown for fun but for living as well. The RBC tower has led a big push in the redevelopment of downtown Raleigh as a place not only to work and play but also a place to live.

If you have a chance spend a day or weeknight downtown in the new Raleigh!

Enjoy! - Tim


Fayetteville Street Fireworks


Artist Rendering of City Plaza


Artist Rendering of Fayetteville Street

Let it snow let it snow!

Christmas Holiday 2009!


OK I am taking a little break from the busy world of work to have some fun in the snow with my family and relatives in lovely Appleton, Wisconsin! YEP, it is cold (a high today of 26) and a little snow (today we got an additional 3 inches on top of the 15 inch base they already had). Life is good and this IS the time to enjoy with family and friends.

We at S&A are getting fired up for the New Year and looking forward to continue providing incredible design services and of course looking for new and exciting design opportunities. We are confident 2010 will be a stellar year!

I wish you and your family a joyous 2010!

Tim

The Holiday Season!

The Holiday Season is now upon us!
All of us at Schelfe and Associates wish you and your family a Very Merry and Blessed Holiday Season. Now is the time to enjoy family and friends and take in the warmth and spirit of this Holiday Season and to take time to prepare for the New Year ahead.

As we move forward into this New Year, Schelfe and Associates is looking forward to working with you again and in providing the high level of creative design services you have come to know. We will continue to look for new and creative ideas, materials, design methods and technologies to offer you the best of the best in Interior Design. We also will continue to keep a watchful eye on our world and the environment and be diligent in serving you, our clients, while being ever watchful of our natural resources and the environment at large.

Thank you again, have a wonderful Holiday Season and talk with you soon!

p.s. We hope you enjoyed this year's "paper free" email Christmas card!

Really Cool Lighting!

First Light Lighting, LLC
Philip and Darlene with First Light Lighting presented a new line of lighting to the design staff at Schelfe and Associates. On a recent trip to Miami to attend the Hospitality Design Expo, Tim visited the both of First Light and was blown away by the creativity of these fixtures. Also, Tim has seen several of these fixtures in use at the Wynn and Encore Hotels in Las Vegas. First Light Lighting will be a new and fun edition to the lighting lines carried at Schelfe and Associates.
We hope you enjoy these too!

Fun at Furniture Market!

Last week Tim, Marlene, Bart and Megan went to check out the latest home trends at the 2009 Fall Furniture Market in High Point, NC. The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 85,000 people to High Point every six months. To-the-trade only members are able to visit the world's most comprehensive product selection, including more new products than all other markets combined. Also, we are able to connect to the hottest home trends and business best practices with leading researchers and industry experts, and enjoy evenings of exciting entertainment as you network with professionals from across the industry.

High Point Furniture Market Facts:
* 188 Buildings
* 12 Million Square Feet of Showspace
* 85,000 Attendees Each Market
* More Than 2000 Exhibitors
* 110 Countries Represented
* Tens of Thousands of New Product Introductions
* Approximately 10% of Attendees Are International

Here are a few of the showrooms we visited:

Visual Comfort

Somerset Bay

Bungalow 5


Also, S&A attended the Elle Décor party. The party was in celebration of the newly released book “Style & Substance: The best of Elle Décor”.



Megan, Marlene, Margaret & Bart

It was a pleasure to meet Margaret Russell, editor-in-chief, at the Elle Decor book signing!

ASID Design Awards!

Schelfe and Associates is proud to announce the firm picked up two new ASID Design Specialty Awards. The awards, presented this weekend at the annual ASID Carolinas Fall Conference held this year held at Wrightsville Beach, NC, recognize award wining projects from entries throughout North and South Carolina. Tim Schelfe received an award for his work on the Master Suite at the 2008 Raleigh ASID Designer Showhouse and Tim and Marlene Heymer received awards for the interior design of the Old Chatham Clubhouse, an exclusive private golf club located near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Over the past 11 years the firm has received over 20 awards for it's residential, commercial and hospitality design work.

The work that we do!

Schelfe and Associates is pleased to present a short 2 minute compilation of some of our work created over the past several years. We hope you enjoy this video and learn more about the depth of work and our creativity.
Thank you

Tim

Way cool Light Fixtures!

A few weeks ago I was in Las Vegas with my wife Ruth Anne, attending the annual Business of Design Conference 2009 (BOD09). Although confined to a conference room for almost two full days we did have time to tour the incredible Encore Hotel where we were staying. I have included some photos of the Encore and some way cool light fixtures from Alger International.

Enjoy - Tim


Me in the Encore Casino.


a really cool light fixture!


The Encore and Wynn hotels.

Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!!!

Nations Next Top Model Home

OK, I know it's been way too many weeks since I last updated our S&A Blog however, I have been keeping a fairly consistent and updated Blog at the Nations Next Top Model Home. Check out http://www.nationsnexttopmodelhome.com/index.php/tmh/timschelfe/

A few months ago I was selected as a cast member of a new web based design reality competition. This competition based out of Wilmington, NC was to put 7 interior designers against each other in the design of 7 Model Homes for a new development called Compass Pointe. Well, we had $5,000 plus 28 days to complete the task. The top designer (as voted in by YOU the public) gets the title and a cool $25,000.
So check out the site, my work and PLEASE VOTE for ME!
Voting ends September 26th.

Thanks,

Tim