Sneak Peak...before and after

Do you remember this home I was working on? 
I know...
I'm not very good at showing you images of the room after its done...so I thought I would show you a small glimpse of it before its staged for pictures..
You can check it out the post here and here

This is a picture of the room before we painted and
 bought this pretty rug..

We had the room painted a soft light blue...

I love this antique clock we found at Eloquence...

The coffee table came out perfect..it has a marble top and it was custom made.

This is the fabric we used for drapery,
it has a pale blue and cream stripe in it. 

Hopefully I will have professional pictures done soon...

I'm going to follow along with Linda at Calling it Home and participate in the...
 The One room challenge... 
Part of the challenge is having the room done in 6 weeks....
I'm going to redo my family room and kitchen...

You can check out her blog here.

Client Up-Date

Hi there...I was thinking about all of you and  thought I would share what I've been up to.....
I was at HomeGoods today and saw these great pillows...
I'm trying to get into the mood for Fall, but it's 70 degrees here and I'm still in sandals and short skirts...the last thing I'm thinking about is putting on a sweater and lighting a fire...but I'm trying to get into the swing of Fall!

I thought I would share with you one of the projects I've been working on..This is an image of my clients home before we started....notice the two windows...the one on the right has a double window?

We took out this wall and we added another window above to create balance with the larger window on the other side of the room.

Here is the after picture...it opens up the whole room and you can see a glimpse of the window we added to the right.

We added the wainscoting and were going to paint it white...I've been having paint samples made to see which color looks best...I did try White dove, but to creamy...
I have also been choosing a table top paint sample for a custom dining table I am having made for this client...
I will show you that soon.

This is our inspiration photo...
The wood walls should be done within two weeks and than the painting will start. OK..so I'm going to go buy some pumpkins and try to imagine what it feels like to have a Fall!

Client Updates

 I'm working with a client who is the sweetest lady... 
I'm adding accessories and new pillows to her family room....
She is keeping all of her furniture except for one side table.......
These are the fabrics for the pillows and the small brown and white dot will go on her kitchen chairs.....

Her sofa is a large brown sectional...the picture isn't the best...sorry!

This is the fireplace and you can see the walls are a tan, taupe color... which we will keep...

She just had the walls painted... 

We bought this floor lamp and it goes perfect!

This is the other project I have been working on....
its almost done! 
 You can see more here..

We had the fireplace painted white and now have to have a firescreen made... 

Remember the before picture.... 

This is the entry, living-room...the living-room is on the left...
I suggested to put all wood floors in...
it would make such a difference...
It would open the room up and make it look larger....

And this is the cabinet after we painted it and redesigned it...

My client said... 
"this is exactly what I wanted"

A light airy room...

She is so excited to see it all come to life...

That's the fun part of my job....

As a designer I take my clients taste and ideas and  create a home for them...



also.... 
I am joining The Pink Pagoda Blog for the blue and white bash....Check it out here!

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving....
We did and yes.... 
I ate to much!  

Bookcases in the Living Room

(Phoebe Howard)


Hello Blog-land...

hope you had a great weekend....
Ours was fabulous....

Our Granddaughter was dedicated on Sunday and we spent the day with family....  

We ordered food in and it was so good!

I'm working on a living room design that is going to have bookcases on both sides of the sofa...

we want it to look like a loft and my client has a lot of art...
 Restoration Hardware has a lot of examples of bookcases...

 If you know who designed this..please let me know.





 

(Restoration Hardware)




The walls are very high and the bookcases will keep everything in balance...
It's a smaller space..but with high ceilings..




 

(Phillip Jeffries)



 

We decided to use this one from Noir 

I considered this one, but thought it might be to busy looking.....

This one didn't have the pizazz we needed...all of these bookcases are from Noir furniture..


 

This will probally be the sofa...
we are looking at one other choice. 

We like this chair...

Our pillows and drapery fabric...

This room is going to be a multi- functional living space...
they wanted it to be a room that they could work in and entertain.... 
Do you have a living room that serves different purposes? 
Or is it a room that no one really goes in?