Fall is in the Air

It’s no surprise to anyone who knows me that my favorite season is fall. I love the cooler weather but not so cold that I’m scrapping ice off my car. The spellbinding colors, the smells of wet leaves on a hiking trail, crisp apples, apple cider, apple cider donuts :) … pumpkins, pumpkin patches, Halloween and my birthday (and my twin sister’s) happens to be in October as well — a happy coincidence. So I thought I’d do a blog post that celebrated the season with some pictures from my books, some DIY NETWORK DIY’s , and some fun fall pics. Enjoy the season! Cheers. Joanne

This DIY is featured in my book, Salvage Secrets Design and Decor (photo by Susan Teare). This easy to make used paintbrush vase has fabulous colors. Just wrap them around a recycled jar and add some twine. The perfect fall gift.

DIY… using recycled vases I picked up at Goodwill and I covered all my pillows with a coverlet my mom found at a garage sale :) Photo: Susan Teare From the book, Salvage Secrets Design & Decor

I painted an old outdated dresser giving it an orange retro look. A DIY NETWORK project.

Crazy fun project for DIY NETWORK. The faux pumpkin, fake fire,fire-pit—say that five times fast!

Till Gabrielle was about 16 years old we took a picture of her in a pumpkin patch. Here is her first one.

Then there is the DIY Halloween Hotel Sign… LOVED MAKING THIS CRAFT!

Cozy up to the fire at Lawson’s Finest Liquids.

Styling for my book Styling with Salvage in Portland, Oregon, at Salvage Works… Seriously how cool are these.

Tourist are not the only ones who love Sunday drives in the fall in Vermont. We do them all the time. Gabrielle took this photo during one.

One of my favorite pictures in Salvage Secrets Design & Decor… a farmhouse that Susan and I shoot for the book in the fall. Loved styling this table.

A renovated storage space turned into a modern farmhouse kitchen. Fall decor was a must. This whole kitchen is in my latest book.

Carey Nershi took this amazing picture of my latest Styling with Salvage book. Seriously… I just want to sit there and eat and read. Thanks Carey — awesome shot!

One of my absolute favorite places in the world is just around the corner from my house. Shelburne Farms… is a property like none other. I highly recommend you check it out. The inn and dining room closes in the late fall but the trails are always open and I spend many hours on them. Lindsay Raymondjack took this professional picture of me a few years back.

Once this design project was completed, I was lucky enough to spend the night there and the next day the photographer, Lindsay Selin and I styled the kitchen. The fall shoots always includes apples. Always.

OUR NEW BOOK!! COMING OUT SOON!

The cover of our next book…

Well... here it is! The cover of the next book. The great thing about this book is I wrote it with Rosanne Palmisano. It is currently in the layout stage at the publishers (W.W. Norton/Countryman Press, New York. London) and will be available early in 2020. You can pre-order now on Amazon and Target websites. It does seem a bit early - but I couldn't help myself in sharing this project that took us a year to write and photograph.

Big thank you to Bear Mountain Inn Maine, Basin Harbor, Cari Cucksey, The Holly Vault, and the vacation rental owners who let us share their interior design renovation projects we did with them on the cover! Wahoo...!!! 😘 Photographers of these amazing shots are Molly & Victoria Co., Susan Teare, Lindsay Selin Photography, Orchard Cove Photography, Gabrielle Booth 😍

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BEYOND THRILLED! FOUR AWARDS FOR CLIENTS

2019 was a big year for many of my interior design clients for awards! I’m so happy when a client calls to tell me their place has won an award. I have to say… it ‘s a BIG THRILL to be a part of it!

BEST HOTEL VERMONT: MAIN and MOUNTAIN

FULL RENOVATION OF MOTEL — TURNED OLD TINY LOBBY INTO A BAR AND UPDATED ALL ROOMS AND FRONT AREA FOR AN OUTSIDE PATIO. Design by Joanne Palmisano Photo by Lindsay Selin

Main and Mountain Barn and Motel Renovation Project. Photo by Lindsay Selin

Main and Mountain Bar and Motel

Best of New England | 2019 Editors’ Choice Awards

Our 2019 editors’ picks for the best dining, lodging, and things to do in New England. Vermont’s pick…

NEW HOTEL
Main & Mountain, Ludlow

Old-school accommodations take on a polished sheen at Ludlow’s hip boutique motel. Wood-slab headboards lend rustic charm to standard queen rooms, while family accommodations include bunk beds for kiddos and suites that sleep up to seven. There’s no restaurant, but food trucks frequent the patio year-round, and weekend patio parties put a cool spin on the campfire jams of yore, with live music and seating around a masonry fire pit. 802-242-1608

COUPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEAR MOUNTAIN INN

TOTAL REFRESH OF BEAR MOUNTAIN INN, MAINE. Interior Design by Joanne Palmisano. Photo by Molly & Victoria Co.

Photo by Molly & Victoria Co.

Bear Mountain Inn, Maine

Wedding Wire’s Couple Choice Award

BEST OF THE BEST VERMONT: PRIVATE RESIDENCE

TOTAL RENOVATION OF BARN CAMP INTO VACATION HOME. Interior Design by Joanne Palmisano. Photo by Lindsay Selin

Photo by Lindsay Selin

Build Helm, Project Management

BEST OF THE BEST AWARD: Efficiency Vermont for one of our recent projects in Southern, VT with a Best of the Best Award for Innovation in Residential New Construction.

BEST VERMONT BREWERY

NEW BUILD OF TAPROOM AND RETAIL STORE FOR LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS. Interior Design by Joanne Palmisano. Photo by Lawson’s Finest, Alana Cushman

Photo by Lawson’s Finest, Alana Cushman

Lawson’s Finest Liquids

Vermont Sport’s: Best Places to Eat, Drink & Sleep: 2019 Black Diamond Awards

Interior Designer, Joanne Palmisano. Photo by Lawson’s Finest, Alana Cushman

CHEERS to ALL WHO MADE THESE AWARDS A REALITY!

XOXO JOANNE

PIZZA and BEER, DESIGN WORK!

Recently, I did a BLOG about the amazing LAWSON’S FINEST LIQUIDS new TAPROOM, RETAIL STORE and BREWERY, but I can’t help that another project completed around the same time was a PIZZA restaurant. I know…you think I have a theme going… and that may be true…considering I’ve done a PUB, another BAR, a BURGER JOINT, an ICE CREAM shop…and a few other similar types of places…but I swear I didn’t plan any of it — it just happened! :) I’m just lucky I guess.

I’d love to introduce you to PIZZA 44. If you haven’t already been there — I highly recommend you go. Not for the design…of course, I would appreciate it if you enjoyed that as well — but for the amazing pizza and food. Steve (the chef and manager) and his team really rock it out of the park.

When Tim Williams and Doug Neede (BFF’s for 44 year— hence the name) decided to open up a counter service wood fired pizza restaurant they contacted me right away. Basically Tim called and said — “Hey — want to do a Pizza Restaurant?” and I said “Hey — Ya!”. (Tim and I had already worked on two places together — he is the owner of Archie’s Grill and The Scoop).

They had the perfect spot already — the empty warehouse space that was in the same building as Queen City Brewery. Working with Paul of Queen City Brewery, on Pine Street, and the owners of the building, we can up with a layout and concept for the space. They brought in a PIZZA whisperer from Seattle to help layout the kitchen equipment, wood fired oven, etc — and the rest of the space was up to me. With some original concepts, we all worked together, to tweak, enhance and recreate the design it is today.

Those who know me…I’m a hands on designer — so the white striped tables (I painted with my niece), the word search (created over 3 weeks in my sun room), the pizza peels (some vintage, some made from old wood, I banged up in my front yard) and a few other hands-on touches around the space. With the help of local folks to build, install and custom create seating and tables, it all came together. I hope you enjoy the space — but better yet — the food and the company you keep!

I’m not going to lie…I had an absolute blast working with Tim and Doug on this project — and I’m scheming up other ideas of places we can create to work together again.

XOXO Joanne

HUGE THANK YOU TO LINDSAY SELIN for the MOST AMAZING PICTURES!!

P.S. I’m about to LAUNCH a HUGE GIVE AWAY FEST on MY INSTRAGRAM ACCOUNT. I’m going to be giving away a night away at Main and Mountain Bar and Motel , some copies of MY BOOKS, and thanks to a brilliant idea from my friend and marketing helper, Jen Wyman at Accomplice Marketing, I’m going to be giving away some of my amazing homemade DIY’s. So follow me so you don’t miss out on a chance to WIN!

Warm woods, natural touches, live plants, vintage pieces, custom seating, modern lighting, paneled walls… a perfect rustic modern blend for this counter service wood fired pizza space, called Pizza 44!

Want to watch your pizza being made, then belly up to the bar…and choose these cozy seats to watch the show.

The interior design started with creating comfortable custom booth seating, a community table, cozy couch areas and bar seating to watch the pizza making, ensuring every square inch was accounted for, and the flow of the space was comfortable and welcoming. Instead of trying to cover up the old warehouse details, they were incorporated into the design. A pipe painted black with wood tucked into it, and couple more vintage brick columns were added to highlight the ones that were already there. Old concrete walls were paneled in modern stained square plywood pieces. Unique lighting, vintage pizza peels and other special touches, such as hand painted striped booth tables, have made this counter service restaurant an instant hit.

Community tables, bar seats, couches, and booths…there is a little something for everyone here.

Keep yourself occupied while you wait for your TO GO pizza — or if the kids are getting restless in their seats.

Cheers!