Home Interior: An Evening with Ivan Meade in Victoria

Thursday, May 7, 2009

An Evening with Ivan Meade in Victoria

I'm in Victoria for a few days this week where I visited Ivan Meade with Meade Design Group The Blog at his office in downtown Victoria on Government Street. Ivan is an extremely talented interior designer AND graphic designer. And he graciously allowed me to photograph his office space which I absolutely loved!! Here's the tour!

I had to start with these little monkeys in this adorable vignette in the kitchen/espresso area.

A better view where Meade Design Group makes their espresso every morning! I loved the stunning damask wallpaper on the back wall.

And the listello tile installed even on the face of the shelf in addition to the backsplash!

This is where Ivan and his staff get to work all day. One of the homes designed by this talented group is currently on the front cover of BC Home Magazine (the same one where my article on Decorating with Yellow just appeared).

This is their boardroom. Ivan designed the large scale wallpaper and had it custom made for the accent wall.

Then on the other side, 3 shelves like this with beautiful vignettes on each one:

Look at the snail by Jonathan Adler! Ivan said they were lucky to get a few wonderful presents from friends when they had their open house!

The drapery is by Barbara Barry. The floors are original with the building.

This stunning mural was done by a local artist and is also on Meade Design Group's letterhead.

Yes their office is always this organized.

Ivan took me to dinner to an amazing french restaurant, and since I was early, we went for a little walking tour of his favourite shops before we ended up close to China Town for dinner.

This is Bruce Wilson's office in Victoria, who is also a good friend of Ivan's. He is a designer and an architect and was featured in House & Home as one of Canada's stylemakers.

We passed by his office so I took a picture of his perfect office through the window (I was a little embarrassed as it made me feel like the paparazzi but Ivan said "I get it, you're a blogger").