This week I am continuing to work with a client in sunny southern California who has a big leather couch, some thrifted wing back chairs and a desire for a cool change (Little River Band is, and always has been, the soundtrack in my head in case you were wondering). Here is my second scheme to add more colour and re-purpose her existing pieces. The only new adds are the dining chairs, pillows and fabrics, rug and vintage art. Everything else is there and will be transformed with a little creativity and hard work.
I can do the same for you…Design from a distance is a great way to get a professional’s eye for space planning achieving the style you want and using colour appropriately while getting a plan in place that you can implement yourself.
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This week I’m working on a new distance client project way down in sunny San Diego! She’s a doll and her kiddos are cuties! So far it’s going great…I’m full of ideas for re-using and thrifting where possible…and best part is she’s down for anything! Here’s my first stab at an eclectic living dining room combo that incorporates mom’s love of quirky and the pip squeaks affection for barbie cars and spider man. This space does it all.
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A month ago one of my best blogging friends asked for some help with pillows for her living room. Her room was being featured because of a new light fixture she installed from Rejuvenation. The challenge was to make everything around the new light look fab too. I used her amazingly cool vintage poster art as a jump point and headed straight to Etsy where all the greatest pillows live. Here is how it looked before …
And here it is with the new light and some pillow love…BTW visit her site for a chance to wine a $100 gift card to Rejuvenation!
Here’s an example of one of the pillow puzzles I drafted for her to consider…and then I just gave her the links to the Etsy sellers and she was off to the races!
It’s fun to work long distance…if you want some help making the place you live a place you love…contact me! I can help.
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Lately I’ve started a new project for a Boys room. I love the cool blues and relaxed feeling we are going to create by using casual industrial style pieces with art and accessories that are a nod to his interests. Stay tuned for updates on this project!
Sources: 1. locker, 2. Painting, 3. Lamp, 4. Letter V, 5. Pendant, 6. Cart, 7. Pillows, 8. Perplexus, 9. Hooks, 10. Inspiration
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Here’s an example of an entryway proposal I am working on for a young family this week … As usual a healthy blend of affordable choices, durable materials and some cool DIY art projects which will make it one of a kind. I could be doing one for you too!
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So I have finished my concepts for the two rooms and my fabric order has been placed. yay! One room is a little more bright, and the other a little more pink. To save money I have used some of the same fabrics in both spaces, and we are using the same chalk paint but on different pieces. If you’ve ever had two little girls, you must know the importance of having everything equal, but different….it’s not easy. But I think I accomplished it. Painting furniture this weekend!! Keep following along with the progress and email me if you have any questions!
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If you’re following along with my design of two girls rooms, I have an update. Progress is being made on furniture purchases (Thank you Used Victoria!!) and we now have two wood frame beds, two french inspired desks and plans to paint them with chalk paint in the next couple weeks (Come On Sunshine!! We need you!). This first room is comprised of bright colours in a modern country style.Here is the Inspiration Board for Room No. 1
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Whoa we made it! The One Room Challenge is a friendly competition between 20 design bloggers to finish 20 rooms in 6 weeks. The brains behind this crazy creative explosion is Linda from the blog Calling It Home and she’s encouraged us all to get’er done. Thank you for letting me play again Linda!! You’re the greatest! I’m happy to report that I’m finished and my client loves her Girl Glam Apartment…what more can you ask for.
If you want to see how I handled the tight budget and ambitious wish list it’s all here for you. And of course if you would like some help making the place you live a place you love…contact me…I can help!
Here’s the finished room – Let’s call it Calm Cool and Collected…..
And here’s the only before shot I have… for good measure…
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I aimed for this…and I think I got pretty darn close…
Many thanks to Linda and all the other ORC ladies for their kind words of encouragement. I certainly appreciate how much work has gone into each and every makeover so be sure to pop around on the links below and check everyone out! I know, speaking for myself, that I try to make it look pretty and organized for the photo ops …but it was ALLOT of hard work and not so pretty at times! So thank you! for coming by and now Go check out the other ORC finale’s and show some love!
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I had “one of those days” yesterday..everything went wrong…And I’m the first to admit that I may have a tendency to embellish a story now and then…but this was an incredibly rough one and I hated it!…a pity trip to Dairy Queen was entertained but not acted upon…Instead I went to my happy place and worked on a design plan for our basement living room / TV watching / zombie and dragon killing area. Here’s how it is shaping up.
I got that rug recently from HomeSense and I have plans to hack some more billy’s, make a paper mache skull, do a dwell studio knockoff art piece and buy some bookshelf lighting.
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Woohoo! It’s happening again peeps…The One Room Challenge is back and this time is more exciting than ever because we are moving on out of my house and into a client space! Follow along for 6 weeks and you can see how I work and maybe take away some inspiration to complete a room in your place. This time around there are so many amazing talented designers and design bloggers that I can’t wait to introduce you to the crew! More importantly I cannot wait to see what amazing things they do that will inspire me too! Here they are…(Links to all their beautiful blogs are listed below)
Let’s get started!!! The room I’m tackling is a living / dining combo in a downtown Victoria apartment. My client is a brilliant and beautiful young thing and she wanted to refresh and glam up her place with big style and a small budget. She actually found me because of the last One Room Challenge so it is fitting that I’m taking on her place this time around. First step was to visit her home and get a plan together, and full disclosure…this meeting happened awhile ago so that extensive planning could be done. She told me at the outset that she wanted to…
After our initial meeting I drew up a plan, I call it an inspiration board, and I do this for all my client projects. This board illustrates the colour direction incorporating blues and my commitment to re-using her pieces in new and creative ways.
So now you have an idea of where I started…a great space, some existing furniture pieces to work with, a budget of $2000 and a plan that my client loves. I am working double time to finish a few elements of this project by the 6 week deadline so check back often for updates on my progress and the DIY elements of this One Room Challenge that I’m sure you will like!
The projects are going to shake out like this….I think….
Now go check out all the other Challengers in alphabetical order below and see what they’re planning for the next 6 weeks of pure designing and decorating madness!
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