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Design Reveal :: Traditional Boy’s Bedroom

traditional boy's bedroom with high ceiling

It’s the small details that make interiors special and this is especially true when it comes of designing kid’s rooms. Although my client’s son’s bedroom was charming before, adding art, storage and a work area personalized and maximized the space.

The young boy loves Legos and has created some wonderful pieces that needed a home. Taking advantage of the room’s beautiful high pitched ceiling, I had a custom display shelf built the length of the the entire wall. Now his Lego creations are stored neatly (and safely!). They also add such wonderful color and texture to the room. For now the shelf stores Legos, but in the future as the child’s interests change it could be used for other collections such as books, trophies or photographs in the future.

boy's bedroom with vintage airplane artwork

By adding a table and chairs under the shelf, I created an area for the boy to work on this Lego projects. I  selected a traditional drop-leaf table could expand for larger projects and had storage shelves underneath to tuck away works in progress. The clean-lined red chairs were added for a fun pop of color.

Originally a large scale black and white photo of a vintage airplane was going to be placed above the table. However, my client and I were drawn to this art-wall first seen on Pinterest. Purchased on Etsy, twelve different vintage airplane prints were placed in a simple, white frame and hung.

boy's bedroom red chair and letter pillowboy's bedroom with lego storage shelfboy's bedroom lego shelf

 

 I love how these special, personalized design elements pulled together the room. Don’t you?

Cristin

*photo credit: PlumLily

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Read full story By on January 14, 2013 in baby and children, Bedroom, bookshelves, Boy, boy's bedroom, chairs, etsy, Interiors, kids' art wall, Organization, simplified bee portfolio, storage, tables, traditional

Kelley Moore’s San Francisco Flat

I’ve mentioned before that through blogging I have met the most amazing people. One such person is Kelley Moore. Kelly’s a designer, party planner and lifestyle guru. Her amazing career has had her on the go. You may have seen her on Rachel Ray, The Nate Berkus Show or even her own show, Moore to Life in Seattle!  Recently she moved to San Francisco to be the Home and Lifestyle Anchor at Joyus. Do you remember when I participated in Joyus’ designer challenge? Through the experience Kelley and I became friends. I’m telling you, she is an amazing person. Love her!

I was thrilled to see Kelley’s new San Francisco flat that she designed so beautifully featured in Rue Magazine’s October issue. It’s a home that inviting and has a wonderfully curated feel. Kelley also brilliantly blends pattern, textures and bold color (even red). Here’s a peek at the stunning interior:

red chairs by fireplaceturquoise chairbedroom with red accentsneutral living room black sofaSan Francisco flat entrydining room with kelly wearstler chairsorganized china and dishware closetWhile at her housewarming party, Kelley showed me this hallway closet she is using to store her china, glassware and other tabletop decor. Loved every inch!
dinner party tips by kelley moore

Kelley shared some of her dinner party and entertaining tip & tricks with Rue too. She encourages us to mix it up – which I love!

 

Cristin

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Read full story By on December 19, 2012 in Bedroom, Closets, dining rooms, Entertaining, event planning, foyers, interior design, Interiors, joyus, Living Room, Organization, Parties, Tips/Tricks, Uncategorized

Designer Mark Sikes Hollywood Hills Home

The latest Lonny Magazine tours the beautiful 1920s home of interior designer Mark D. Sikes located in Southern California’s iconic Hollywood Hills. The interior is chic, multi-layered and sensible. Sikes makes it look effortless and I’m swooning with every page turn.

Designer Mark Sikes Hollywood Hills Home

“It doesn’t feel like a ‘decorated’ house. It’s very organic and open. In fact, that’s the first change I made to the house after we bought it. I had all the doors rehung to open out.'” – Mark Sikes via Lonny

mark sikes rattan club chairmark sikes magazine librarymark sikes living room vignettedesigner mark sikes kitchenmark sikes chinoiserie dining roomblue white designer bedroommark sikes chinoiserie bedroommark sikes blue white bathroommark sikes x table vignettemark sikes black white bedroom canopymark sikes black white bathroom

I know you’re loving it too 🙂

To see more images of this gorgeous home and more, head to Lonny!

Cristin

*Photo Credit: Patrick Cline

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Read full story By on November 26, 2012 in bathrooms, Bedroom, bedrooms, beds, bookshelves, chinoiserie, curated look, dining rooms, Interiors, Kitchen, Living Room, office/study

Holiday House NYC 2012 :: My Faves

In it’s fifth year, Holiday House  is a holiday-themed designer showhouse benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Twenty-seven top-tier interior designers were asked to decorate a room around any holiday theme (many non-traditional such as “everyday’s a holiday”). Over the course of several months, the designers transformed the masionary-like mansion at Two East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of  New York City. From modern to traditional, each room has a look and feel of it’s own, yet all are so chic. I’ve pulled a few of my favorite images:

Holiday House Ally Coulter Bar Vignette

Designed by Ally Coulter

Holiday House Dineen Architecture + DesignDesigned by Dineen Architecture + Design

Holiday House Donald Schermerhorn DesignDesigned by Donald Schermerhorn

 Holiday House Suzanne Eason DesignDesigned by Suzanne Eason

Holiday House Charlotte Moss DeskDesigned by Charlotte Moss

Holiday House Robyn Karp DesignDesigned by  Robyn Karp

Tobi Fairley Design Black, White & Pink Sitting RoomDesigned by Tobi Fairley

Holiday House Vincente Wolf DesignDesigned by Vincente Wolf

For those of you in the New York area, the Holiday House is open for touring now through Sunday, November 25th.

*photo credits: Rikki Snyder via Houzz

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Read full story By on November 14, 2012 in Bedroom, charity, furniture, interior design, Interiors, Living Room, living rooms, mantels, office/study, textiles, wallpaper