Sitting room off master bedroom: a photo journey

Gallery Renovation @ MDHQ

As you probably know, MDHQ (the former Bad Idea) was originally a co-op, and thus, many of the rooms were divided to create additional private rooms. The large front room at MDHQ was initially broken into two odd, l-shaped rooms. The l-shaped rooms were cramped, cluttered with sleep lofts, and dark (since the windows in the rooms were chuked apart with the l-shaped partition.) We removed the partition, sanded and refinished the original 1900’s wide plank floor, and redecorated the room with salvaged materials. The gallery is envisioned as a flexible space that we can change and adapt to fit our needs, it’s first use will likely be a live-work gallery for visiting artists (more about our vision of a residency program to come.) We left the graffiti on the gallery’s front entrance door as a tribute to the former Bad Idea house.

Salvage Decoration at the Bluish Barn

The Bluish Barn is a house in Ann Arbor that hosts public movie screenings and other events. Since the tenants were unable to make any permanent changes to the house’s structure or surfaces, Mongo Deco was tasked with furnishing to fit an existing layout and color scheme. The small space had to be a comfortable place for three friends to live and work while also accommodating larger crowds.