Living Room Color Palette

Posted August 26, 2010 by erin under Design Elements

Many of you know I’m a huge fan of color, which is why I hang out at COLOURlovers more often than I should.  Something about putting together color palettes just makes me happy!  Even more happy is when I’m putting together a color palette for an actual project!  I’ve unpacked all my boxes from my move and now I’m ready to start the decorating!  My living room currently has the first three colors already in place.  I wanted to utilize what I already had and add a little something extra so I added in the chartreuse green and poppy red.  Wait until you see the projects I’ve got planned for these colors!

This color palette reminds me of the fields of poppies we saw in Germany so I’m going to use poppies as a motif throughout the room as well!

Wait until you see the projects I’ve got planned for these colors!  I promise I’ll share the results as they come together!

Tags: color palette, living room

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: 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

Monday Redesign: Living Room

Posted June 21, 2010 by deb under Space Redesigns

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend.  I spent the weekend getting ready for some upcoming travels and hanging out with the fathers in my life– my husband and my dad.  It was a great weekend and it’s hard to believe Monday is already here.

I’m starting the week off here on Fresh Nest with a Living Room redesign.  I was in the mood for some yellow and blues and this is what I came up with. 

And now for a breakdown of the goodies:

1. I like the look of this sofa.  I love its simple and clean lines. 
2. I accented the sofa with pillows found here, here and here.   
3. This rug gives a great foundation to the room and incorporates some blues.  I also love the pattern.  Again, simple, but lovely.
4. I decided to place only one end table in this room.  I was afraid having two of these end tables in the room would be a little overpowering.  This piece can also work as a smaller coffee table too. 
5. I wanted a mirrored-style lamp that played off the subtle geometric theme going on in the room.
6. I love all the wall art options that inhabit offers.  I thought this piece would be perfect above the sofa. 

So what do you think?  Do you like this new living room?  Is there anything you would add or change?

Check out some of our other redesigns here and if you need a little help with your space, our services are listed here.

Tags: living room