Monday Redesign: Janna’s Family Room

Posted August 30, 2010 by deb under Space Redesigns

A short time ago, I had the joy of working with Janna on her family room space.  Her family room is a great open room with a lot of windows.  She had a couple challenges, though.  So we stepped in to help her out!

Here is a picture of the space and what we had to work with:

Janna’s family room had a few challenges that made the layout tricky.

1. A built-in bookshelf spanning the entire room
2. Large, angled windows on one side
3. A great, open floor plan, with little wall space

Below is the floorplan that suggested for Janna.  To be quite honest, it’s not all that different from what she originally had, I just tweaked a few things.  I placed smaller chairs for the seating area by the window, and suggested that she move the couch and love seat over {towards the windows} to allow more room for traffic flow.  I also added a floor rug for the main visiting area to help ground everything on the tile floor.

And here is the mood board for her new space:

A break down of the goodies:

1. I used the Tullsta chairs from IKEA covered in the Licorice Emilio fabric from JCaroline Home.

2. The Ottoman is a large 18″ square one from JCaroline Home covered in the solid Chocolate fabric.

3. Accent pillows from JCaroline Home covered in solid Chocolate and Marzipan Clarise.

4. I wanted to keep the window treatments simple in the space so I went with these white window panels from Pottery Barn.

5.  Accent rug (8×10) from FLOR.  This is the Feelin Groovy pattern in Russet.

This redesign was done in partnership with Glamour magazine, JCaroline Home and FLOR.  If you’re interested in hiring us to help you redesign your space, check out our services here.

Tags: family room, Glamour, jcaroline

Living Room Redesign: After

Posted August 23, 2010 by erin under Space Redesigns

Remember Celia’s living room from Friday?  Here is her new layout: 

I wanted her to have a distinct entry way, while still allowing space for the living room.  She needed storage for shoes and outdoor items so the bench/storage option will give her some much needed storage.  By placing it where I did, I’ve given her a distinct entry way.  To the right of the entry way is a practice area for her piano students while the upright piano stays where it is so that another student can be practicing there as well.  (The practice piano has headphones so two students can be practicing at the same time.)  By pulling the Sofa and Chair 1/2 into a tighter arrangement we made room for the entry and practice area, while still making room for an actual living area, all within the same room!  The best thing about this design is that most of the furniture in the room she already has.  She’ll be buying a small computer desk from IKEA for the computer station and will be making the storage bench herself.  Her new color palette I gave her to work with looks something like this:

She already has the dark sage green and will be adding the blues as accent colors.  The warm, neutral will be painted on all the walls to help bring the space together even more!  Can’t wait to see the finished product!

Tags: living room, piano studio, redesign

Living Room Redesign: Before

Posted August 20, 2010 by erin under Space Redesigns

This living room was challenging and fun to work on.  Celia teaches piano lessons out of her home and uses her living room as her studio.  She’s got a growing family and still needs her living room to be a living room, as well as accommodate her piano, practice piano, and a space for her students to work on theory games, etc.  Was it doable?  It sure was!  Here are the before pictures:

You’ll just have to wait until Monday to see her new room layout!  Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

Tags: living room, piano studio, redesign

Monday Redesign-Entry Way

Posted August 9, 2010 by erin under Space Redesigns

I love a warm, inviting space!  The best thing you can do to make your home more inviting is making sure that the first space people see mirrors the rest of the house in it’s style.  Today I did a redesign of an entry way.  I wanted this entry way to feel inviting, but modern.

1. Meredith Sideboard from Ballard Designs.  I love the classic feel of the piece with the more modern shaped door fronts.

2. Custom Family Silhouette from ishootnouns on Etsy.  (You can even get it customized in different colors!)

3. Selection of glass vases from Pier 1 Imports.

4. Hand-tufted rug from Overstock.com.

Tags: contemporary, entryway, Modern, redesign

Monday Redesign: Susan’s Living Room

Posted August 2, 2010 by deb under Space Redesigns

Recently, I helped Susan makeover her space.  In Susan’s words she described how the space is used:

The family makes heavy use of the desks/computers. Incorporating at least one of them is important. This room is used for watching TV, some video gaming, computer usage. This is the room our family uses most frequently.

Here are a couple pictures of Susan’s space before.

 In designing the space, I kept with the neutral decor of Susan’s home and added a little bit of color using apple green.  I completely understand the need for computers in the home so I kept one of the desks in the room, but moved it to the wall where the television sits currently.  This will make it more of a work area, when needed, and then the rest of the room for more of a lounge/television watching area.  Where the two desks were currently placed, it took over the focus of the room.  I placed the two chairs and ottoman from JCaroline Home against the windows so if extra light is needed for reading, it is available.  I moved the television and stand against the wall across from the windows.  Since Susan said that the curtains are normally drawn when watching television, I figured the glare wouldn’t be much of an issue.  I added an 8×10 FLOR rug that will cover a large portion of the room and will bring everything together.  Behind the chairs, I changed the window treatments to white.  This will provide a slight contrast in the room, but still keeping everything neutral.

Here is a the new floorplan proposed for Susan:

A breakdown of the goodies:

1. I used the Tullsta chairs from IKEA covered in the Earth Beads fabric from JCaroline Home.  
2. The Ottoman is a large 18″ square one from JCaroline Home covered in the solid Apple Green fabric.
3. Accent pillows from JCaroline Home covered in solid Apple Green and Earth Stacks.
4.  I wanted to keep the window treatments simple in the space so I went with these white window panels from Target. 
5. Accent rug from FLOR.  This is the Pop Tartan pattern in brown.
6. To tie the space together, I recommend getting this painting to place above the fireplace with some of these green footed hurricanes from West Elm.
7. Lastly, I added some plants on both sides of the fireplace as I think a little natural greenery in a room can go a long way.  These can be any plants that are 2′-3′ tall.

This redesign was done in partnership with Glamour magazine, JCaroline Home and FLOR.  If you’re interested in hiring us to help you redesign your space, check out our services here.

Tags: computer, living room, neutral, television