- Hey guys, welcome back to the DrCliffAuD VLOG.
I'm actually here today, this is vlog number 10.
We're here on a Friday again so it's been one week
since I've talked with you and I told you
that this week we were gonna have a special guest
and it happens to be Shannon Harris,
who's our interior designer for this space.
So, Shannon, thank you for joining us here today.
Super excited to talk to you and have you share
the design elements with the viewers of the channel.
So first of all, tell us a little bit about you
and then maybe even how we found you.
- Yeah, so I'm Shannon Harris,
I'm with Fuse Living Interior Design.
We actually are a new construction residential builder
and then we have our interiors branch
where we take on residential projects
as well as light commercial projects.
- We were kind of in this position
of we had no idea how to do design,
and so we really needed you to tie it all in, so.
And then, we actually found you
through our general contractor
and so we're gonna actually show you
a little bit of how we're going to design
this space out, give away a little bit of
what we're gonna be doing here.
And so the space that we're standing in right now,
what is this?
- This will be the front reception area.
So right across from the front door
it'll be a nice entry into a pretty big feature wall
and a lot of attention pointed to the entrance
as soon as you walk in.
- Very good.
So actually, I think I might even be standing
where the front reception desk is
and we have it multi-tiered here a little bit.
And so, I'm standing, I believe,
on the tall portion, where the tall portion would be
and then over here, in the corner is a little bit
of a lower section and I think one of the reasons
we designed it that way was for individuals
in wheelchairs, right?
- Absolutely. - So they can have
better accessibility to the front counter.
But talk to us about the actual design elements
of this right here and the materials
that we're gonna use for it.
- So we're playing with shapes a lot
and utilizing the space well for spatial arrangements
and just spatial depth.
So we have, as well as it dipping down,
there's some pieces that protrude,
there's some pieces that fall back a little bit
just to create some interest,
and then along the back wall too we have a lot of texture.
There's a lot of different elements of texture
just to provide some grounding and interest.
The color palette is pretty seamless
throughout the whole space
but it's just those elements of texture
that create a little bit of interest and intrigue.
- So let's show some of those here that we've got.
We've got for the back wall and then the countertops
so it kind of shows what those are.
- Yeah, so here's that back wall feature tile.
It's actually a large format tile,
so all the grout lines disappear
and it's sort of rough, it feels almost like a rock,
like a really natural material but it's white.
So, you guys are little bit more on the modern side
of things so it's white to bring in that modern feeling,
but has a lot of, it's earthy 'cause it has the texture
and it almost just reminds me of a cave
which is nice and grounding, it feels good.
- That's awesome, so that's actually gonna be
all the way back here so this entire wall
back here is this material.
- Yep. - And so then--
- And logo.
- Yeah and then we'll, yeah, logo and all of that
so that'll be really cool and then,
so talk to us about the countertop aspect.
- So countertop;
most of our area, the whole reception desk
will be faced with almost multi-waterfall feature
of this stone, so a dark stone.
We're gonna have a little bit lighter floors
and then, of course, the lightness in the back,
and then accenting with the navy blue
which is, of course, part of the logo
and your colors and the colors that you guys like.
- I know, love it, love it.
So, let's talk a little bit about,
and I've mentioned to the viewers of the channel before,
is the eco-friendly aspect that we're trying
to approach it from, so can you speak a little bit to that?
- Yeah, so this particular blue material here
is actually all recycled paper.
It has all these little nuggets of information
and these seals of approval from third-party verifiers.
So it's recycled paper, incredibly durable,
it's actually indoor-outdoor.
It's just a really heavy, sturdy material.
All of our stone is actually made in North America as well.
Also meets cradle-to-cradle certifications
which just is a mindful manufacturing process
which is really nice.
So yeah, anywhere possible we either use recycled materials,
non-toxic materials or things that just resemble the earth
and kind of give us that grounding feeling.
- That's awesome, and so you actually mentioned
the floors a little bit and even though
all we have down here is concrete right now
and it's dirty concrete at that,
so we're not gonna really show you the floors;
but the floor color that we're going with is this.
And you had actually pointed out,
'cause one of our questions was whoever's manufacturing
these products, we want it to be more eco-friendly,
and apparently this company you were saying
is a very eco-friendly company?
- Yeah, which is actually rarely rare.
It's a vinyl tile, vinyl flooring.
It's super rare to have a vinyl flooring company
really care about those eco-friendly properties
and this company, actually Kirsten,
which is why we work really well together,
Kirsten is the general contractor;
she brought is this flooring manufacturer.
She's incredibly in tune with the eco-friendly items as well
so a lot of that is getting implemented
behind the walls too.
- Perfect, so I think that's pretty much it
for this space right here.
Let's actually head over to the waiting area.
- Awesome! - Perfect.
All right guys, we just changed it up
a little bit here.
We are standing in the middle of the waiting area
and back over in that area there was the front desk.
So tell us a little bit about what's happening right here.
- All the good stuff.
- Yeah, all the good stuff (laughing).
All the expensive stuff. - All the fluffy, fun stuff,
all the expensive stuff.
Yeah well, I love it because you guys are really wanting
to give a good impression and make your customers
and clients feel really good.
Your patients, excuse me.
(laughing)
Yeah, so we have some really great seating,
really comfortable seating.
Plenty of it for a nice, open patient waiting room.
And then we have some acoustic treatments going
on this side wall here right behind where I'm standing,
of course to actually serve as a function
and just to play at the fact
that you are an audiology office.
- Right.
So this right here is actually going to,
and I don't know, we don't have it angled right,
so this right here would be looking down
the long hallway that's in the center;
but we have a big glass door here, right?
And so what are the design elements
that we're blending in with that?
- So the glass will have basically a frosted band
down the center, about 54 inches,
and then that same band will carry across this wall
and turn into the acoustic element.
So we're taking a lot of the design elements
from the lobby and carrying them to other spaces
and just really creating a cohesive element
throughout the space,
so that way people know what to expect
and they're comfortable and it's not difference
in scenery as you get to different places.
- I think from the acoustic side of it,
we're an audiology clinic, so we don't wanna have
a lot of reverberation and echo inside of this space,
and we actually have a couple of more design elements
to help out with that.
- Yeah, so we have some suspended acoustic tiles
hanging from the ceiling, centered in the lobby here
and playing up the color scheme of the white
with the navy blues,
are suspended ceiling tiles will also be
in a navy blue color so that'll be
a nice little accent color above our heads as well.
It's always good to
think about the ceiling. - Absolutely.
That's cool, and so then I'm actually really excited
about the back wall here.
What are we doing there?
- TV in the back, an accent color,
accent wall in the back and just refreshment.
- Yeah, so I think we'll have,
obviously chairs won't go underneath the TV,
but we'll have the chairs lining the walls.
I think we decided not having any kind of coffee table
to block or stub people's toes when they come in.
And then one of the things is having more
of an educational TV display is what we're gonna do.
So educational information.
Obviously, if any of you follow my channel regularly,
you know I'm huge about patient information,
making sure that you're well-informed individuals.
So we'll have a TV there that will be sharing
more audiologically-focused information.
So this space is gonna be really nice.
I think that it'll be space that it's unfortunate
that I won't spend much time in it,
'cause it is gonna be so nice.
I'm gonna be tucked away in the back room,
but thank you so much for sharing
this information with us today.
I'm sure this won't be the last time
that you're here on the vlog,
but for individuals who are living in this area
and I don't know if you do stuff outside consulting-wise
outside of the state, but how would someone get
a hold of you if they wanted to?
- Yeah, thank you.
The company's called Fuse Living,
so it's just FuseLiving.com.
My name is Shannon, Shannon@FuseLiving.com.
We're on Instagram, Facebook, all the things.
- Awesome, and don't bother her while she's doing
the design stuff for me, we wanna monopolize her time
for us as much as possible.
All kidding aside though guys,
thanks for joining us with the vlog today.
Hopefully you got a better idea of the design aspect of it,
at least from the reception area and the waiting area.
Again, we'll probably be doing more of these with you
to show other design elements that we're carrying
through the rest of the space,
so if you guys want to stay up to speed on that,
make sure that you subscribe to the channel,
and of course, I will see you next week.
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