Features the JAX chair, designed by Sarah Barnard, as a fun, sustainable chair, which is made to order and can be used indoors or outdoors.
"Are We There Yet? Charting a Course Towards Your Design Dreams" - Architecture Crossing, August 2007.Sarah Barnard helps design students draft a plan for their future and offers insight as to what the business of interior design is really all about.
"Encouraging Eco-Friendly Lifestyles" - High Point Market Authority, August 2007.As a guest columnist Sarah Barnard discusses the merits of incorporating green design practices and provides easy to use tips and inspirations.
"Painting the Town Red, Tangerine and Cobalt" - Los Angeles Times, July 2007.Venice Beach resident and interior designer, Sarah Barnard speaks about the merits of free expression and facing the fears that some homeowners have when committing to color.
"Winners of Corporate Wall covering Contest Announced" - Interior Design Magazine, July 2007.Sarah Barnard receives a professional merit award for her camshaft inspired wall covering.
"A Dialogue with Sarah Barnard: Creator if Cutting Edge Yet Gracious Designs" - Home Tone, July 2007.A few fun facts about Sarah Barnard, discussions about her award winning designs, inspirations and future projects.
"Suite Dreams: Designing a Child’s Playground" - Fremont Tribune, June 2007.Sarah Barnard explains the importance of creating spaces for children that foster individuality, independence and a sense of fun.
"Inside and Out: Eco-Friendly Designers Found Under One Roof" - Earth Times, May 2007.When Los Angeles based businesses need earth conscious design services they seek out Sarah Barnard Design. Earth Times profiles some of Barnard’s recent green commercial work.
"Find out How to Live Green: Helping the Environment Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult" - Fox TV, April 2007.Sarah Barnard demystifies “un-building” and encourages prospective renovators to consider using salvaged materials on their projects.
"Cottage Conversion: Arts & Crafts Meets South Bay" - Luxury Life & Style, March 2007Sarah Barnard created a warm and natural aesthetic in her expansive "Cosmopolitan Craftsman" Manhattan Beach home project. She complimented the architecture while turning a massive space into a soothing and welcoming dwelling.
"Green Houses" - Luxury Life & Style, March 2007Sarah Barnard explains the considerations of environmental hazards of typical design fixtures. Off-gassing from upholstery foam, stain- or flame-proof coatings, furniture glue and paint gasses all present potential danger to the owners of the living space. She encourages selecting natural materials that are not treated with chemicals, and low-VOC paints.
Contemporary Kitchens Book - Schiffer Publishing, October 2006Sarah Barnard’s Urban Fusion kitchen is featured in a striking pictorial. In focus is hand glazed cabinetry, hand-distressed wide-plank maple floors, and exposed beams, as well as personal touches that bow to the owners’ Asian heritage.
"Miracles on a Budget" - Ocean Scene Magazine, June 2006Sarah Barnard’s Urban Fusion kitchen-and-bath redesign challenged her to work on a budget while creating something entirely updated for the 1970s Palos Verdes home, originally designed by architect Lowell Lusk.
"Cosmopolitan Craftsman" - Los Angeles Home and Décor magazine, May 2006An eight page feature that highlights interior designer, Sarah Barnard's use of rich tones, custom furnishings and prairie-inspired accoutrements in a sprawling Manhattan Beach estate.
Custom Window Treatments Book, Randall International Publishing, December 2005This stunning pictorial emphasizes romance and sanctuary created by Sarah Barnard with plush drapery.
"Trash to Treasure" - Santa Monica Mirror newspaper, December 2005 Argonaut newspaper, December 2005
Both papers announced that Sarah Barnard was named "Best in Show" in the "Trash to Treasure" contest by EnvironDesign, a national conference held in New York by Interiors & Sources magazine. She won for her entry, "The Driver’s Seat," a petite chair made from discarded auto parts and scrap metal.
"The Renovation of Preservation" - Ocean Scene magazine, November 2005Sarah Barnard’s appreciation for a home’s authentic elements were put to work in the restoration of a 1912 California Craftsman both indoors and out. She preserved the home’s original assets and commissioned Environmental Concept to create landscape architecture in native foliage that was truly authentic to the home’s style.
"Sarah Barnard, Q & A"- Kitchen and Bath Business magazine, September 2005Sarah Barnard is the focus of an in-depth Q&A that explores her background, her tastes, her inspirations and her approach to design. She also explains how at 27, she has been running her own design business for two and a half years.
"Beat the Clock: Timesaving, easy-to-care-for appliances are always in high demand." - Kitchen and Bath Business magazine, August 2005Sarah Barnard is the single source for an informative article about trends in kitchen appliances and how they’re rating with consumers. She cautions about too much emphasis on space-age technologies and she charges the industry to settle the real issue that separates people from their appliances: keeping them clean.
"How About a Little Summer Romance?" Fabulous Floors magazine, July 2005Sarah Barnard creates a luxurious and romantic bedroom hideaway in a 5,500-square-foot Mediterranean home.
"Dumpster Diving: Imagination and Creativity turn trash into treasure"- Interiors and Sources magazine, July 2005The magazine proclaims Sarah Barnard the winner of its "Trash to Treasure" contest for her entry of "The Driver’s Seat" chair. Created from a 1930 Ford truck steering wheel as is its seat, a 1970s Volkswagen beetle side mirrors as its feet, and a late model Toyota contributing its back rest, the story calls the piece both functional and visually striking.
