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Rustic, Elegant Row House in Brooklyn

Recently Vogue featured the Brooklyn home of  landscape designer and Vogue Contributing Editor, Miranda Brooks and her architect husband, Bastien Halard. Lead by Harlard, the rundown row house was completely renovated from head to toe in just six months. The interior design is American pastoral with rustic, yet elegant touches. And although new, the rooms are inviting and have a lived in feel I love. Speaking of love, it was the custom de Gournay wallcovering in the master bedroom and hand-painted/printed wallpapers in the girls’ rooms that had me looking twice at this home. (swoon)

de Gournay wallpaper in bedroomblack claw foot tubliving room with mint wallseclectic home office with bookshelvesMarthe Armitage wallaper girls bedroom with butterflieskids playroom with art wallblue floral wallpaper girls bedroombeautiful cottage garden with bench

Isn’t this a charming garden seat? Designed by Brooks of course!

To see more, visit Vogue.

Cristin

*photo credit: Francois Harlard

 

 

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Read full story By on January 16, 2013 in Bathroom, Bedroom, chinoiserie, gallery wall, Garden, Girl, interior design, Interiors, kids' art wall, Living Room, Playroom, wallpaper

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

2013 Design Trend :: Graphic Patterns

In the past few years, graphic patterns have been appearing more and more on the fashion runways and in home decor. Like it or not, it’s a design trend that’s not going away. Watch out for bold geometric patterns to gain even more momentum in 2013. You’ll find graphic patterns covering textiles, adorning furniture and shaping lighting. I’ll be cheering for my fave, the honeycomb pattern!

 

2013 Interior Design Trend Graphic Patterns

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Happy Friday!

Cristin

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Read full story By on January 4, 2013 in Features, friday find, Friday Finds, furniture, home accessories, Interiors, textiles

My Favorite Posts of 2012

Didn’t this year fly by fast? With 2013 just days away, I wanted to take time to reflect back on a busy and rewarding year here at Simplified Bee. It’s been wonderful and I’m so blessed. To celebrate, I’ve selected twelve of my favorite posts of 2012.

elegant foyer designed by Suzanne Tucker

1. Interview with Interior Designer Suzanne Tucker

 organizing school paperwork tips

2. Guest Post: Organizing School Paperwork

 organized medicine cabinet

3. Organized Medicine Cabinet

teen girls hangout room

4. San Francisco Showcase 2012 :: Sneak Peek

 hexagon tables

5. High Point Market Spring 2012 :: My Faves

kids playroom with world map wallpaper

6. Playroom Design with Centsational Girl

Hamptons Designer Kitchen

7. Hampton Designer Showhouse 2012 :: Favorite Details

honeycomb pattern daily planner 2013

8. Top 7 Stylish Daily Planners for 2013

Union Jack decor for home

9. Summer Olympics Tribute :: Union Jack Decor

vintage swim suits

10. Peek Into The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show 2012

green and white kitchen nook

11. My Kitchen Nook Reveal

thanksgiving table setting

12. Thanksgiving Table Setting

It’s a pleasure to write this blog every week. I also hope that it inspires you as it does me. Thank you so much for reading!

Wishing you a joyous 2013!

Cristin

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Read full story By on December 28, 2012 in foyers, High Point Market, interior design, Interiors, Kitchen, Organization, teen rooms, Uncategorized