Bunny Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Bar Inspired by Smashing Pumpkins Designed by Sees Design At Kips Bay Designer Showhouse 2020
“Our design at this Kips Bay Showhouse is a maximalist mash-up of pattern, color, dimension, and period that hopes to entertain and transport the owner’s guests. Our main inspiration, and namesake, come from both Bunny Mellon’s own home, particularly the hand-painted trompe l’oeil trellis mural in her potting shed and the artwork shown on the 1995 album cover of The Smashing Pumpkins LP, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.” says Sees Design.
The Celestial Ceiling Wallpaper | See Design Bar Design Ideas
An interpretation of Bunny’s mural is shown throughout on the bar walls, while the album cover art was used as the inspiration for the celestial ceiling paper.
Cambria Terrazzo Countertops | See Design Bar Design Ideas
Modern terrazzo countertops from the brand-new Gensler for Cambria collaboration contrast the near priceless antiques placed throughout in the form of a fountain to chill champagne from Pittet Architectural, as well as Regence style mirrors and 18th Century Terracotta Urns from Embree & Lake.
Beautiful Breakfast Nook & Keeping Room Ideas From Marcus Mohon’s Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse Morning Lounge
Daily moments of peace should be destinations in and of themselves. Whether perched in a club chair with coffee in hand and your dog at your feet or curled up on the chaise with a good book, this morning lounge is the sacred place for a family to begin and end the day. Whether starting the day with breakfast in the breakfast nook or playing a game, or watching television in the evening, Marcus Mohon has some great keeping room ideas.
What can we learn from Marcus Mohon’s Beautiful Kips Bay Breakfast Nook & Keeping Room?
1. Invest in an Inviting Space Because We Deserve Sanity.
Inviting you in to share a quiet moment, a casual meal, or a gathering of minds, this luxurious haven is destined to be the most desirable room in the house.
2. Select Colors & Style To Create Atmosphere.
A nuanced blend of rose, terracotta, and merlot hues is grounded by luminous whites and natural stone variations, resulting in an atmosphere that transitions seamlessly from day tonight.
Though stylish, every detail was designed to stand the test of time. Perennials fabrics covering the sofa and swivel club chairs repel spills, wipeable Holly Hunt faux vinyl adorns the antique breakfast chairs, and wool rugs from Madison Lily and The Rug Store boast spill-friendly patterns and palettes.
3. Select a Comfortably Sized Breakfast Nook Table
No matter what interior design Dallas budget you’re on, light filtering window treatments are available on almost every budget. Let the light in all while remaining private. If you can splurge for smart home functionality for custom window treatments, I highly recommend automated solutions for window treatments.
5. Think of Yourself In a Hotel.
Evoking the ambiance of a boutique hotel, plentiful seating and tabletops of varying heights meet the day’s ever-changing needs while floor-to-ceiling sheers drape the room in comfort.
6. Remember Sheer Draperies Are The Best Way To Hide Archictural Imperfections.
While it’s not something we strive to do, sometimes windows and doors cannot be moved. Sheer draperies are often the backdrop solution to provide the eye with a restful backdrop. Move the sofa anywhere you like without having to worry about it being centered in front of the window, door frame, or another architectural object.
7. It’s Okay To Hang Art Over Window Treatments.
Again, the architectural elements such as walls or windows may visually disrupt the interior design. In this case, consider completely steering a wall or using fabric panels in more places than to cover your windows. Then hang your art right over them.
8. Sometimes Art Doesn’t Need To Be Art.
While we always think of art as something that hangs. Art can be almost anything. Mixed mediums and combining multiple types of art provide interest without making your brain go visually crazy.
9. Modern Fireplace Designs Can Be Super Simple.
As humans, and especially as interior designers, we sometimes go overboard – especially with fireplaces. Marco Mohon, thank you for reminding me to KISS – keep it simple silly.
10. Mix Textures & Tones.
11. Vary Heights & Make Tables Functional.
12. Space Plan Each Square Foot To Serve a Purpose.
Functionality is key. Consisting of two distinct areas united through a transportive essence and rich, comforting palette, every square foot of this keeping room serves a purpose.
13. Make Sure The Breakfast Nook Table & Chairs Heights Are A Match Made In Heaven.
There’s nothing worse than having a table that is too high for a chair or a chair that’s too high for a table. Have you ever sat at a restaurant and immediately felt uncomfortable? If so, it’s probably because the hospitality designer did not consider the table & chair heights.
14. Because I’m not too fond of #13. What did you think about this keeping room ideas and breakfast nook post?
Can you leave me a comment below to let me know if this was useful to you?
Awesome Luxury Kitchen Design Ideas w/ Prep Kitchen by Chad Dorsey Design Kips Bay Dallas Designer Showhouse 2020
Inspired by concept homeowners—the Beauchesne’s—this modern luxury kitchen design by Chad Dorsey is a collection of materials with a European Elegance-meets-Industrial-Edge aesthetic tailored, relaxed, luxurious materials and detail. Only the best will do for this couple, originally from Monte Carlo, the Beauchesne’s (with a surname whose meaning translates to beautiful oak) are avid entertainers but don’t enjoy cooking.
Perception within their circle of friends is the Beauchene’s host lavish dinner parties and pretend to participate. Meanwhile, the cooks are hidden behind in the prep kitchen, “out of sight,” making it all come together.
A mix of imported artworks, stemware, and cherished mementos collected throughout their travels, personalize the space.
The Beauchene’s want the main kitchen to feel chic and sophisticated, much like their perceived persona around the community. Materials, lighting, and fittings all make a statement about the couple’s refined tastes and well-curated lifestyle.
Prep Kitchen & Pantry In Puritan Gray by Benjamin Moore
Behind the cased opening, a Prep Kitchen, Pantry, and Work from Home space provide that all day-to-day messy work is done out of the way. Here, renowned painter Louis Gloria’s lacquered Millwork finished is more traditional than the kitchen, evoking an English sensibility with a pale Puritan Gray from Benjamin Moore.
Focal Point | Cambria Stone with Reverse Painted Glass
The space’s focal point is a cased opening using a Cambria Stone inset with a Chinoiserie from artist James Mobley painted on Industry Glass over an antique mirror.
Custom Dark White Oak Kitchen Cabinets w/ DLV Brass Hardware
Custom dark white oak cabinets with wood and brass fittings hardware from DLV provides the industrial edge and reminds the Beauchene’s of being on their yacht in the Cote de Azur.
The hardworking custom brass island features a custom butcher block at the end of the space to land and do work, homework, or enjoy a nice spot for an espresso. Inspired by an English Sunroom, a faux skylight using an abstract black and white bird wallcovering on the ceiling from Trove creates the illusion of looking into the sky for added visual interest.
Coffee Bar with Cambria Solid Materials Backsplash
Dining Table Ideas Using Sculpture
The use of a brass tabletop with a tubular steel base and custom Apparatus Studio Trapeze Fixture offers a pleasing contrast against the rustic Cantera Floor from Materials Marketing.
Inset Flooring Material Instead of Rug
While budget is often the first concern on projects, one of our favorite things to do here at D’KOR is to use varied flooring in place of a rug. While varied flooring is an alternative to a rug, it’s dramatic even though there’s no turning back afterward. Well, actually, we just put the rug over the flooring—well done, Chad Dorsey Design.
Navy Blue Gossip Girl Lounge, Powder Room & Vestibule Ideas by Traci Zeller from Kips Bay Showhouse 2020 – Dallas Decorators Showhouse
Inspired by the proverb, “Words have no wings, yet they can fly a thousand miles,” Traci Zeller designed the Kip’s Bay Showhouse as the Gossip Room and Powder Room.
Several ladies slip away for champagne, primping, and girl talk as the party carries on elsewhere. The birds and butterflies scattered artfully throughout the rooms are poised to take flight along with whispered rumors.
The scalloped banquette, skirted sink, and upholstered walls are feminine and graceful; white lacquered walls and original art keep the overall look modern.
Banquette Seating Ideas
The scroll-shaped back banquette seating is simply gorgeous! Custom furniture always makes a space!
Fabric by Parisian Street Artist
Pieces sourced in France, including the vintage desk attributed to Jean-Charles Moreux, antique intaglios, rock crystal lamps, and custom graffiti fabric by a Parisian street artist, convey my cosmopolitan influences.
How To Skirt A Pedestal Sink
While pedestal sinks are making a huge comeback in modern bathrooms, sometimes storage space becomes the necessary evil. First, measure from the top of the sink to the bottom to see how much fabric you’ll need. Determine which style of skirting you like best. Select a fabric, trims, and velcro to make the skirt. Hire a local window treatment seamstress or a customizing workroom to sew the skirt for you. Fasten the skirt on with velcro.
Kohler Pedestal Sink w/ Sink Skirt
Navy Blue Floral Fabric with 3-D Birds & Butterflies
The Kips Bay Designer Showhouse Dramatic Magnolia Garden Foyer Entryway Ideas by Lauren Rottet Studio
Lauren Rottet’s entry at this year’s inaugural Kips Bay Dallas Showhouse is envisioned as a cleansing experience and a respite from the urban outdoors. The Entry Foyer is the heart of the home. It mirrors the verdant hues found in nature while emphasizing a dramatic use of color juxtaposed with cutting-edge furnishings in varying styles.
The Custom Wallpaper | Entryway Ideas
In today’s world, wellness is top-of-mind, and Rottet’s Garden Within acknowledges this without making it the statement. All who enter Kips Bay Dallas will feel a sense of calm and well-being. Custom wallpaper from Trove illustrates a forest of magnolias evolving as one enters from the light at the edge of the forest to the dense green covering of magnolias.
The Custom Entryway Tables & Furniture | Entryway Ideas
Frenchman Pierre Charpin’s Stump tables for Ligne Roset and the Archiduchaise chair by Xavier Lust from Ralph Pucci accompany custom-designed furniture, including a white marble-and-glass table and a marble bench by Lauren Rottet made by Sigma Marble for Rottet Collection. An acrylic garden trellis leads to a window perch where the Xavier Lust chair is poised in silhouette. Below sits a white marble vitrine envisioned by Lauren Rottet as the cleansing well one acknowledges before entering into the Kips Bay home.
Rottet’s plan encompasses a living Southern garden drama, with custom hide rugs from Kyle Bunting portraying magnolia petals and a tiered chandelier by Fisher Weisman.
A stair runner produced by The Rug Company winds upstairs to the second floor in a custom shade of green wool, where one discovers the colorful interlude below.
Benjamin Moore Salamander Deep Blue Paint
Existing millwork painted in Benjamin Moore Salamander will coordinate with and emphasize the journey inside.
Chandelier & Sconces by Visual Comfort
Rottet’s own Fascio sconces for Visual Comfort add sparkle while forecasting the garden-scape below.
The loft at the inaugural Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas was a hidden space away from the rest of the home.
Dallas designers gathered to create an amazing home to raise money for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. The loft is definitely a space for the family’s teens. Sherry Hayslip’s goal was to design a contemporary place to get away and find peace from the chaos of our everyday lives.
The loft is a place to chat with friends, unwind, play games, enjoy an after-dinner drink, or sit and look at the clouds and let your mind wander. If true wealth is health and time, space isn’t far behind, and this area is the perfect bonus to the house.
“When I first visited the loft, I was immediately drawn to the clouds as I gazed through the skylight. The room doesn’t have windows, so it was like a single frame of the Texas sky – the centerpiece of the design. The submerged series of art boxes and the custom skylight art shine by Artist Carmen Menza.” says Sherry Hayslip.
Other talented local artists’ pieces are incorporated throughout the space as well – I’m passionate about supporting the Dallas art scene. Phillip Jefferies was gracious to provide a new wallpaper from its specialty collection.
Daughters Room Ideas by Kips Bay Dallas Decorator Showhouse by Michelle Nussbaumer
We like to say Dallas designers do it best! Michelle Nussbaumer’s latest Kips Bay Designer Showhouse room was dubbed the Turkish Writer’s Lair. Inspired by a 19th Century English traveler, Nussbaumer’s daughter’s room design may have been in the latest Kips Bay Designer Showhouse in Interior Decorator Dallas, TX. Still, it definitely reminded us of a traveler that lived in Turkey and Morocco. Michelle Nussbaumer created a dream blue & white classic private oasis on the upstairs of the house. Keep scrolling to see some of our favorite parts of her Dallas interior design firms.
1. When designing a room for your daughter, start with an inspiration board.
Though inspired by an intrepid gentleman who brought his dreams back and created a private worldly oasis for his little girl, cultures collide just like the Bosphorus.
Nussbaumer used multiple layered patterns and textures throughout. See her new Michelle Nussbaumer by Paul Montgomery wallpaper created an exotic lair pattern below. For those who follow our blog weekly, you know we LOVE incorporating custom wallpapers and custom finished wall treatments in projects.
Custom wallpapers are among our favorites. Each homeowner and home is unique. While it should be functional for your lifestyle, it should visually reflect your style and taste too.
3. Order Custom Furniture For Your Home.
Fabrics and trims by Clarence House were beautiful on the custom Michelle Nussbaumer Bodrum Daybed, which mimicked the shape of the entry doorway. Keep scrolling to see what I mean.
Ordering custom furniture for your home is often locally produced and gives locals jobs, plus you’ll get a much better value for your money.
4. Use Reproduction Artwork That Appears Antique
To give your room an antique look, we highly recommend first checking out your local flea markets, art galleries, and even thrift stores.
In the case of this daughter’s room, we love that Michelle Nussbaumer used one of our favorite art vendors who does a great job with reproductions when clients aren’t looking to spend a fortune on art. Great job, Wendover Artwork! The art looks old, but it’s actually reproduction art perfectly finished and framed.
5. Incorporate Antique Like-Accessories
The accessories throughout the room make such a difference. For those of you who follow me, you know how much I love incorporating antiques. Michelle Nussbaumer used beautiful, gorgeous accessories from Ceylon et Cie for this daughter’s room.
6. Use LED Strip Lighting For Custom Closets & Storage Areas.
When ordering custom closets, be sure to add built-in custom LED strip lighting to light each shelf properly. While LED strip lighting can be costly, adding it to kitchen shelves, master closets, or other high-use areas can make a big difference in the organizational process.
7. Incorporate Practical Solutions Such as Hooks in Closets.
There’s no better way to stay organized in closets than using hooks.
8. How To Prevent Damages To Furniture Tops.
Use countertop overlays such as marble or incorporate removable trays to place your favorite perfumes and other items that could damage your furniture tops.
9. Add Seating To Closets.
10. Paint Old Cabinets Black & Use Nice Hardware To Modernize Cabinetry.
In showhomes especially, you can get some great ideas for what to do with the old cabinetry. Designers often have to pay for the work in rooms themselves, so cabinet replacement is not only expensive, but it can’t be easily removed when the showhouse closes.
In this bathroom, Michelle Nussbaumer did a great job of simply painting the cabinets black and adding really nice decorative hardware.
11. Create a Dramatic Entry To Your Rooms.
If budget allows, create a dramatic curtained entryway to rooms.
Cathy Kincaid’s dining room was inspired by a combination of rooms including Alidad and Veere Grenney that have caught her eye over the years. A veteran to show houses, Kincaid made a shortlist of her most trusted resources before starting on the interior design of her most recent showhouse room – Kips Bay Decorators Showhouse Dining Room decor ideas.
After you view the Kips Bay Decorators Showhouse Dining Room decor ideas, you’ll be able to skip to the other rooms. See the links at the bottom.
1. Don’t Be Afraid To Mix Styles of Dining Room Sets.
“Antique Furniture Works Perfectly With Modern Contemporary Art” ~Deanna Frazier
A Syrian inlaid pearl bone and ebony wall mirror from Newel casts natural light in this showhouse dining room. You can use any mirrors to cast or reflect light in a dining room or another space in your home.
2. Use Contemporary Art To Modernize a Dining Room.
7. Mix The Same Hues of Fabric To Create Depth & Interest.
The Soane Britain series of yellow and white fabrics ranging from prints to wovens to abstract stripes.
8. Use Carved Screen Panels For Window Coverings & Privacy.
In lieu of traditional curtains, Kincaid opted for painted Moroccan screen panels set unto the window.
9. Dining Room Chair Slip Covers.
Cathy Kincaid debuted her capsule collection of signature embroidered pieces for Penn & Fletcher with a set of custom-embroidered slipcovers for the dining chairs. Almost all dining room chairs can easily be slipcovered.
10. Topkapi Lantern Above The Dining Table.
A beautiful Topkapi Lantern hangs above the dining table.
While the guest bathroom has a full tub and shower, it also serves as their powder room. Located between their home offices, it’s used daily while they work from home in their home offices. They wanted to update it when we completed the remainder of the complete home remodel.
BEFORE | View The Very Small Powder Room Design Ideas From The Early 2000s
They expressed the room felt like a cave because of the dark walls and heavy shower treatment.
Everything in this bath was dated from the tile to the cabinet and vanity light. A key design challenge we had to work around was the absence of any natural light. This guest bath did not have any windows. Visually, our goal was to ensure that our design decisions lightened the space. The floating vanity was too large for space and intruded on the doorway. A full aesthetic powder room makeover was necessary to achieve the clients’ bright and airy new modern home renovation.
Powder Room Basin Ideas Were a Must | Small Powder Room Ideas 2020
The sink cabinet holding the powder room basin was intrusive. We gave the clients several choices for powder room basin ideas. Wait until you see what they chose.
1. Change The Sink Vanity Cabinet To A Pedestal Sink. | New Powder Room Vanity Ideas
We designed the room to appear more open by replacing the dated vanity sink with an elegant, airy pedestal sink. We then updated the faucet to contemporary polished chrome and the vanity light to a transitional, chrome vanity light. The neutral porcelain geometric patterned tile floor tied in the grey tile shower banding and carried the white across the room to brighten the space.
2. Powder Room Wallpaper Ideas & Dark Textured Paint Be Gone!
We knew the biggest impact would be to change the color scheme of the room from the brown, tan, red, and gold.
We decided on white, light grey, and teal to brighten the space and add a cool color tone. We designed various rooms throughout the client’s house with shades of teal in varying applications, so by adding teal to this small bathroom vanities made for a seamless transition throughout the house. We added a teal wallpaper with textured white dots that are reminiscent of strands of pearls.
Small Powder Room Ideas 2020 | Modern Powder Room Ideas | Powder Room Tile Ideas | Powder Room Shower Curtain Ideas | Small Powder Room With Pedestal Sink | | Modern Bathroom Ideas
We paired a timeless white subway tile with a contemporary grey fish scale tile banding to update the clients’ shower. The white subway tile really helped lighten the space and make it appear much larger. We raised the overall height of the shower tile to draw the eye upward and again, making the bath appear more spacious.
Small Powder Room Ideas 2020 | Modern Powder Room Ideas | Powder Room Tile Ideas | Powder Room Shower Curtain Ideas | Small Powder Room With Pedestal Sink | | Modern Bathroom Ideas
4. Change Plumbing Fixtures To New Moen Shower Plumbing & Sink Faucets
The custom shower treatment is done in ivory, embroidered fabric with horizontal teal banding. Keeping the shower treatment in a light tone, the embroidered fabric kept the room visually calm and nicely complimented the patterned wallpaper.
Small Powder Room Ideas 2020 | Modern Powder Room Ideas | Powder Room Tile Ideas | Powder Room Shower Curtain Ideas | Small Powder Room With Pedestal Sink | | Modern Bathroom Ideas
7. Small Powder Room Ideas With Pedestal Sink
By replacing the sink cabinet with a pedestal sink, we opened up the bathroom visually and practically. The clients did not need the extra storage often required from a large sink cabinet. Functionally, the sink was too close to the toilet, too close to the door frame, and felt forced into the small powder room.
Small Powder Room Ideas 2020 | Modern Powder Room Ideas | Powder Room Tile Ideas | Powder Room Shower Curtain Ideas | Small Powder Room With Pedestal Sink | Modern Bathroom Ideas
While most people want cabinets instead of pedestal sinks, you can see how much space the pedestal sink freed up in this small powder bathroom. If you’re curious, here are the other pedestal sink options (sink basins) we presented in our initial powder room remodeling presentation:
While we and the clients loved the Kohler and American Standard options, they didn’t make the budget cut.
9. Cost of Small Powder Room Remodel
This small powder room remodels cost can vary depending on construction and plumbing costs. For instance, if you select one type of faucet or shower plumbing, those line items alone can easily quadruple. We recommend hiring an interior designer to help create a plan based on your budget for all of your design projects. If your budget can fluctuate, let the designer know you want to stick within your budget range.
If you need help designing your home, office, or any other spaces, click here to schedule a complimentary interior design appointment with me or a member of my interior design firm. Whether you’re local here in DFW or Houston, TX we would love to help you design your dream home.
With the self-isolation many families worldwide are under, I thought it would change our moods if we begin introducing vertical gardens into our homes or condo balconies. After all, plants produce much-needed oxygen and alter our moods.
Visually, in my research for my recent residential interior design firms dallas project, I wanted to share some of my findings with you all. Before introducing vertical garden wall ideas to my interior design client, I’ll love your feedback, likes, and dislikes on these ideas. Do you like any of these concepts for a condo or apartment balcony?
Green garden walls are a perfect combination of nature and modern design suitable for large and small interiors. Vertical garden walls can include moss, grass, plants, mobile green walls alone, or other materials. The possibilities of creating compositions from panels are endless. They can be used as artistic pieces such as paintings, or an entire wall can be changed to a green surface.
Throughout this post, you’ll see…
The Coolest Vertical Walls In The World For Interiors or Condo & Apartment Balconies
What are the health benefits of garden walls?
According to NASA, plants filter toxins and improve air quality. Besides turning carbon dioxide into oxygen, live plants also absorb harmful VOCs, formaldehyde, and benzene, which are off-gassed by fabrics, home fragrance products, rugs, cigarettes, and plastic.
1. One Type of Greenery Mixed With Hard Surfaces Creates a Wallpaper Effect.
Vertical garden walls look awesome mixed with hard surfaces such as tile, granite, and marble.
2. Half Wall Vertical Wall Gardens With Artificial Plants.
Being lovers of green interiors, which is why we would like to encourage you to create vertical gardens with moss and plants in your homes and workplaces. In the restaurant, Dare, the commercial interior designer used faux plant material installed on a two-inch by two-inch black wire panel.
3. Shapes Used As Room Dividers Filled With Moss & Succulents.
A great solution for commercial spaces is to use squares and circles or other shapes in a pattern to create an amazing wallpaper effect for a vertical garden wall to serve as a screen or room divider.
Monamour Natural Design in Casa Decor 2012 / Madrid – “Screen Divider,” The Nature Collection / Vertical garden with preserved plants designed by Claudia Bono
4. Floating Shapes With Moss.
I love this architectural floating suspended maintenance-free moss vertical wall garden. It was created by Monamour Natural Design’s General Director Denis Broduriès is a French entrepreneur pioneering the introduction in Spain of vertical gardens and organic elements without indoor maintenance. The Chief Designer and Creative Director, Claudia Bonollo, is an artist and architect with a deep interest in research and constant innovation.
5. Geometrical Wooden Moss Garden Room Divider.
Commercially or in residential design projects, the visual separation with a maintenance-free garden wall is super interesting and can be a much less costly build-out than a typical construction build-out.
The Vegetal era | VEGETABLE WALL WITHOUT MAINTENANCE | Stabilized plants | Vertical Walls | Vertical Garden Wall Ideas | Condo Balcony Ideas | Apartment Balcony Ideas
6. Convert A Bookshelf To A DIY Vertical Garden.
The way to apply a DIY vertical garden is quite easy if you have an old bookshelf or shape to use as the vertical garden’s base.
7. Exterior Vertical Garden Wall Ideas.
My dream exterior real vertical garden wall! Seriously, this is the lushest garden wall I’ve seen yet!
8. Linear Architectural Garden Wall w/ Built-In Seating.
One of the most practical garden walls I’ve discovered is this beautiful contemporary linear garden wall with built-in benches.
9. Lush Greenery Indoor Plants On Mid-Century Modern Style Garden Wall.
While this one may look like an easy one to maintain, it’s all plants that require watering. The mechanics behind this garden wall are essential.
10. Indoor Vertical Herb Garden Wall.
An indoor vertical garden is a great way to add some decoration to your home that could also be an efficient move for kitchens or mudrooms. Add life inside of the home and serve a purpose greater than design. Herbs are one of the Earth’s most natural resources for your health and digestion. Herbs would require a little more maintenance, but still would be fairly simple and ideal for any kitchen or other room. It could be as short or as tall as you’d like and could add some great color to an otherwise simple kitchen.
Perfect for privacy and visual appearances, outdoor wall gardens are by far the easiest to maintain. Consult a gardener or landscape architect to ensure you’re investing in plant materials that grow well and are easily maintained in a walled garden.
14. Eye Catching Vertical Gardens Beautify Any Plain Wall
The majority of people love to have lawns and gardens in their homes. Most of us do not like to maintain or take care of them. The costs can be out of control, and there’s always a better way. People either love gardening or despise it. As long as the garden wall’s construction is good and plant maintenance functionality is incorporated, your vertical wall garden can take care of itself.
15. Bathroom Succulent Wall Garden
A succulent wall planter could have an endless variety of blossoms, cacti, and colors to act as living artwork within the home. Succulents are very easy to maintain and do not require much water, so there will not be too much mess. I love this beautiful, easy-to-maintain succulent wall garden behind this freestanding master bathroom spa-like tub.
In open spaces, bouncing sounds can make a room feel hollow, empty, and miserable to function in. Using materials such as wood or, in this case, sheet moss and reindeer moss significantly reduces the sound bounce. As urbanites get more isolated from the natural world, their desire to maintain some connection has inspired creative new interior design ideas like moss walls to fill their needs. Moss walls are a beautiful and relatively low-maintenance way to bring some beautiful nature into your home.
Romantic and visually stunning, shaped shrubbery garden walls are always sophisticated touches on a home’s exterior. Instantly speaking manicured, this lovely heart-shaped tree shrubbery is absolutely stunning.
yardsurfer.com
How To Shape Garden Wall Plants & Shrubbery?
Start with a string garden trellis by using string garden wires. Instead of wood or iron, you can use strings for the plants to grow on to.
18. Use Garden Trellises To Create Artistic Shapes
Garden trellises are something you wouldn’t want to miss as they offer functionality and aesthetics like no other garden structure. Easily create arbors, lattices, frames, structures, and panels called garden trellis that make the outside world architecturally interesting. Think of it as bringing artistic shape to your yard and neighborhood.
19. Bamboo Trees & Privacy Tree Ideas | Rooftop Garden Ideas
Extend the height of your home’s privacy walls with trees. Bamboo trees can be costly at first, but they grow really fast and tall for maximum privacy, and they are easy to shape. Yes, they can drop leaves, so be prepared for a little cleanup, but the architectural look and benefits to your health are worth it. These bamboo trees’ ideas are on a rooftop garden. You can imagine the rooftop aesthetics without the trees and the mahogany flooring and planter hiding the pots.
20. Balcony Garden Wall Ideas | Inspiring Small Balcony Garden Ideas For Small Apartment
On most balconies, there is no room for planted pots. Depending on your condominium association bylaws or rules, a walled garden can be a beautiful asset to your balcony and save space. Outdoor vertical balcony gardens can be functional and practical. Most balconies can easily grow herbs for cooking, succulents, or useful plants such as aloe plants that heal various ailments, including burns or sunburns.
Incorporating water in your balcony garden provides you with a refreshing retreat. Some balconies are incredibly small, which makes it hard to construct an adequate garden. Still, there are many different balcony garden designs to try, and vertical gardening is a significant solution. Tiered gardens are excellent for smaller spaces.
What Things To Consider Before Creating a Vertical Garden Wall?
When creating a wall or vertical garden, think about how much sun and water the plant will need. Lower maintenance plants such as succulents, ferns, and low ground covers are good candidates. Consider the plants’ structure, how the plants will get watered, and how often the plant needs to be watered.
Questions & Answers: Everything You Need To Know About About Interior Design & Interior Designers
Learn How To Find The Right Interior Designer Or How To Become An Interior Designer
Throughout this post, I’ll answer the most pressing questions you’ve emailed, asked on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter. I hope you gain a wealth of knowledge. Here’s almost everything you need to know about interior design & interior decorating.
What is interior design?
Interior design is the color, form, space, texture, pattern, line, and light within a space.
What is an interior designer?
An Interior Designer’s role is to provide accurate advice for the optimal safe occupation of those who work, live, and relax within an interior space. … A designer must therefore possess knowledge of a multitude of skills.
How to find an “interior designer near me” or interior designers in my area?
First, review the designer’s website and view their portfolio to ensure their style is a good fit for you. Does their style or taste level match your wishlist?
Next, look at their service options as some designers are not experts at commercial interior design. In contrast, others are turn-key home designers, some offer complete home remodeling services, and others are only interior design consultants meaning they do not complete the project for you. Are their services a good fit for your needs?
Call to schedule a complimentary first meeting or initial consultation. Most designers will meet with you either online or in person to review your project. Design firms like mine meet with clients in the DFW area complimentary for the first meeting. We also schedule complimentary design zoom meetings for clients moving from other areas or clients that are not comfortable meeting in person for the 2019 pandemic.
What should I prepare for the first consultation with an interior designer?
Most designers will want to see any interior design Pinterest boards that you may have created or home design magazine photos of projects that you like. If you don’t have either, don’t worry. A good designer can help determine a good design style based on your lifestyle.
Modern interior design refers to the design of a space, room, home, form, or function of an interior as it relates to modern elements. Modern design refers to a design era that has passed, while contemporary design is all about the now and the future. The most popular modern design era is the mid-century modern era of the 1950s and 1960s. But Art Deco design of the 1920s or anything from then to the vintage look of the 1970s can also be considered modern.
There are numerous ways to start an interior design career. There are several ways to establish an interior design career, from college degrees to online training or interning with an interior design firm. Interior designers often specialize in a particular area, such as residential interior design for personal homes or commercial interior design. Commercial interior design involves designing restaurants, businesses, and other commercial spaces.
How to find an internship position with an interior design firm?
From time to time, interior design firms have paid and unpaid internships available to help students fulfill their college credits. Internships are the best way to learn and understand the full compass of interior designers’ requirements.
How to become an interior designer?
There are several options to consider becoming an interior designer. Here are a few of the other articles that I recommend you read to learn how to become an interior designer.
Wishing you all the best with all of your interior design projects or your interior design careers! Be sure to subscribe to my interior design blog for more home design inspiration. You can find all of the links to my social media if you keep scrolling.
It’s going to be a very Merry Christmas! Are you ready? I always need Christmas lights to put me in the mood for Christmas. Driving around to look at holiday lights is a lot of fun. In case you’re not able to go on a drive or in case you’re living amongst the Grinches that try to steal Christmas, I thought you all would love seeing these videos of some of the best Christmas light displays.
Grab your family members and make a cup of my favorite 5-Minute orange spice tea.
Then, watch the videos of the Best Christmas Light Displays and enjoy!
Christmas Lights To Sound | Best Christmas Lights Displays 2020
Million Dollar Homes Decorated For Christmas | Best Christmas Lights Displays 2020
Best Colorful Christmas Light Displays 2020
Entire Neighborhoods Battle For Best Christmas Light Contests
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukah! I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Light Displays.
Home Office Decor Ideas 2020 & How To Calculate Home Office Deduction From Your Taxes
How To Decorate A Home Office?
Decorating a home office should include functional furniture, necessary lighting, storage for office equipment, plus it should be quiet and comfortable for the person working it. Throughout this interior design blog post, you’ll learn how to decorate a home office and discover some great ideas for design solutions we provided our dallas interior design service area interior decorating client. Plus, the best part is – you may be able to deduct your home upgrades and expenditures for your home office on your taxes. Keep reading to find out how to calculate your home office deduction and how to decorate a home office ideas for 2020.
Best Home Office Design Ideas For Him
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve written interior design blogs about my clients, Mr. & Mrs. Ivey. They are a fun Dallas couple with incredible energy and style. They wanted their Dallas area home to match their common personalities and their personalities when it came to each of their home offices. Mr. Ivey wanted an industrial meets cozy home office.
Mr. Ivey wanted us to lighten up his office and make it more functional. Although architecturally beautiful, the primary design challenge of this project was the vast amount of woodwork in the room. The paneling and lines were fantastic, but it makes the room dark.
The bronze chandelier disappeared against the wood paneling. Instead of drawing the eye upward toward the beauty of the vaulted ceiling, the chandelier was an understatement.
The cornices and panels were dated and took away from the beauty of the turreted windows. The desk with wrought iron, scrollwork legs felt imposing in the space, and the tan and brown rug did not fit the room properly.
Hello, industrial meet comfortable cozy. Now, Mr. Ivey’s home office features a wood and iron A-frame desk, grey leather chairs, plush kidney pillows, and a light grey abstract ottoman. The grey motorized roman shades and neutral, round Greek key-patterned area rug add depth and visual interest against the dark wood floor and oak-paneled walls.
Next, we replaced the bronze iron chandelier with a contemporary silver leaf chandelier. The openness of this chandelier draws the eye upward to highlight the beautiful architectural details of the room. The modern chandelier is like a hanging artistic sculpture that immediately modernizes the once dark home office.
About The Interior Design Plan For His Home Office Ideas
Our interior design plan included solutions first to lighten the color scheme to incorporated cool tones to balance out the warmth of the wood panels. We removed the dark cornices and panels and replaced them with light grey motorized shades. The motorized roman shades have a natural woven appearance to enhance the natural elements. By adding the motorized option, Mr. Ivey can easily open and close the window treatments on calls with the touch of a button by remote. The clerestory windows were left unadorned for aesthetics and optimal light.
Since the client often works from home, so we wanted to ensure his workspace was updated to function for his needs. We chose a wooden A-frame desk with hidden drawers. The clean lines and hidden desk drawers helped visually modernize the traditional architecture and woodwork and trims.
Home Office Desk Ideas 2020 |Home Office Decor Ideas 2020 | How To Calculate Home Office Deduction
Home Office Chair Ideas
Next, we added a sitting area by the windows. We chose an eight-foot round rug with a white and grey Greek key pattern to provide a strong contrast from the wooden floors. The light tones in this rug brightened the room and provided the eye with a great visual distinction between the wood floors and the wood-paneled walls.
Home Office Decor Ideas 2020 | How To Calculate Home Office Deduction
We added two grey leather chairs and nesting tables for the client’s coworkers to use during informal business meetings. The round ottoman is comfortable putting your feet up or can be used to hold a cocktail or coffee tray. The round shape mirrors the shape of the turret’s nook. The sitting area is so inviting that even the client’s pet loves the chairs.
Did you know that you can deduct a portion of your home office on your income taxes?
Yes! According to most certified public accountants and tax laws, a portion of your home office could be tax-deductible. Depending on your tax situation and the way you file, deducting your home office could be a valuable tax saver.
How to calculate home office deduction for your taxes?
Typically, most accountants state that 10% of your home office is tax-deductible or 1/10th of the total square footage of your house. Then, you can deduct 10% of the total cost of utilities and other expenses, such as rent or mortgage interest, homeowners or renters’ insurance, and utilities (such as your electric, water, and gas bills). As always, with any tax matters, consult with your CPA or tax advisor.
How much did this home office decor project cost?
The cost of this interior decorating project was $25,170. The price included all furniture, rug, lighting, smart home window treatments, the design plan, labor, delivery, and installation.
I hope you’ve gained a little bit of interior design and home decor ideas knowledge from this interior design blog post. Be sure to subscribe to receive my exclusive interior design projects and my home decorating advice. Click here to subscribe to my interior design blog.
8 Pet-Friendly Modern Two-Story Family Room Ideas 2020
Before this transitional family room, complete with a new custom taupe leather sectional with a pet-friendly cuddler and elegant two-story geometric stationary panels, there was a lot of interior design planning. Finding the fun geometric spa-green armchairs to create the perfect sitting nook by the two-story bay window didn’t just happen. The abstract wool rug adding the ideal blends of blue-greens and teals to this bright and airy family room didn’t just arrive.
Throughout this interior design blog post, you’ll find a lot of home decor inspiration and the steps and processes that created this beautiful modern home’s pet-friendly family room. I hope this post inspires you.
Below I’ve also included the overall costs of all furniture, accessories, and custom window treatments, including privacy shades, custom art, rug, ceiling fan, and lighting.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
To get some of the questions we’ve received from our overseas clients moving to the Dallas area, I’ll go through those on our blog posts.
What is a Family Room?
A family room is a space in the home where families most often gather to watch television, play games, have conversations. The American “family room” would be similar to a European living room. Where the European style family room is typically considered posh or reserved for entertaining house guests or late afternoon teas, the home decor of a family room is often much more relaxed and suitable for each family’s daily needs. Most American households do not contain a family room and a living room.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
BEFORE | The Old Fireplace Art
The fireplace mantel is relatively small for the two-story vaulted room. The finish and the style were good for the modern look we were going for, so we didn’t want to disrupt the stonework.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
BEFORE | Old Art & Accessories Above The Fireplace & Mantle
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
BEFORE | Pet-Friendly Furniture
If you’ve followed me on Instagram, you know I love my little fur sons and my client’s fur children. When we have fur children, planning the interior design project with pet-friendly furniture is critical.
BEFORE | The Empty Family Room
Dallas Interior Design Firm Awesome Family Room Ideas
To help answer your questions we’ve received by email and on social media, I wanted to cover these questions in today’s interior design blog post.
How To Decorate a Family Room?
How To Design a Family Room?
1/ Floor Plan & Furniture Layout.
When our clients saw the design plans are shown in the floor plan and 3D renderings, which look like photos to showcase our family room ideas, we knew they were going to fall in love with their home again, and they did! Before we begin any project, we first take measurements and present a floor plan with furniture along with 3-D visual renderings, which show all of the furniture, rugs, art, and some of the accessories in place.
After | Family Room Makeover Photos | Family Room Ideas 2020
2/ Choose Color Palettes & Paint Colors.
Next, we chose the color scheme for the entire home makeover. The first-floor main color scheme was a bluish-green spa-like teal with violet and white. Chrome and silver metallics were the chosen metal tones. These modern colors would be a far cry from the former heavy browns, burgundy, and gold colors, which made the house feel dark and dreary. The clients wanted to switch to cooler toned colors, so we decided on teals and blue-greens with a soft grey neutral.
Paint color selection is critical to get right the first time. Paint is costly, but labor is even more expensive. You’d be surprised how many homes we work in after clients try to choose their colors or when they hire inexperienced or unprofessional Dallas interior decorators or interior designers. Before starting your project, I highly recommend consulting with a professional interior design firm.
3/ Select Pet-Friendly Furniture For Your Fur Friends.
The client’s previous furniture arrangement was very not functional or intimate for their daily use. They used their chair and a half with the ottoman more than their sofa. For the new room design, we selected a pet-friendly taupe leather sectional with a left-facing cuddler. This cuddler gave them an ideal spot to curl up with Abby, their fur daughter, aka. dog. Fun geometric spa-green armchairs provide the perfect sitting nook by the two-story bay window.
We used a grey acacia wood console table with acrylic legs; this made the piece feel very light and airy in the space. We also chose a round cocktail with an iron base and white stone top. The side tables with polished white tops and steel bases for around the sectional eliminated the worry of drink rings and coasters.
How Big Should The Area Rug Be In Family Room?
4/ Select Rugs That Fit Your Lifestyle.
An area rug should fill the rectangular space in a room. Typically furniture is placed in a rectangular pattern within a family room, so get the largest rug that will fill the rectangular void in the family room.
In this family room, the clients” previous rug was not sized correctly for the room; so when we added the larger area rug, it instantly made the room appear larger. The wool contemporary abstract area rug encompasses the entire color scheme and provides excellent contrast against the wood floors.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | After Family Room Makeover Photos
5/ Custom Window Treatment Fabric & Fabrication.
We designed the new stationary panels to start right below the ceiling and used a continuous rod instead of medallions, gave the window treatments a cleaner and more transitional look. We used a geometric pattern with grey and spa green embroidery on a neutral background.
The geometric fabric scale was large, and verticality accented the windows framed with custom window treatment panels to draw the eye upward in the room. For privacy on the two-story bay windows, we used cordless blinds.
For privacy on the small window and French door, we used white linen cordless roman shades with teal Greek key banding.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | After Family Room Makeover Photos
How To Decorate a Tall Wall In a Family Room?
6/ Lighting Should Function For Your Lifestyle.
What type of lighting do you need for your lifestyle?
When working with clients, my interior designers and I always ask about our client’s lifestyle. While we all have visions, the best testimonials and thank yous from our clients often come months later when they’ve had an opportunity to use and enjoy their homes.
Do you need reading lamps?
For this family room makeover, we used an arched nickel floor lamp in between the two chairs to serve as a reading lamp for fighting selections.
Do you use your ceiling fan?
Most of our granite interiors dallas clients tend to use their ceiling fans, so we updated the ceiling fan with a larger modern weather blade ceiling fan with a downlight for overhead lighting when they need it.
Always balance the light.
While the two-story windows allow natural light to pour in the family room during daylight hours, we needed to balance the room’s light. Next to the sofa on the end table, we added an artistic ceramic bowl table lamp with an acrylic base. This lamp balances the light and is used for reading.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | After Family Room Makeover Photos
7/ Accessorize For Function.
We finished the space off with accessories and wall décor, such as acacia wood art and blue-green ceramic bowls, and contemporary painting. Too many accessories can make a room feel junky and not functional. Before purchasing accessories, think about function and form in one piece that can serve your daily needs.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With TV and Fireplace | Home Designers Dallas TX | After Family Room Makeover Photos
8/ Family Room Ideas With TV and Fireplace
Where to put the TV in a family room with a fireplace?
First, you must consider or add the electrical placements and cable’s in television’s viewing area. Then consider the seating in those areas. While some rooms allow for plasma televisions to hang above the mantle or fireplace, others may not be suitable. In all cases, consider your electrical, cable, and display hanging solutions for the television first.
In this custom built home, the television outlets were on the right side of the fireplace and mantle. To take advantage of existing electrical cables, we chose to leave them in place and hang the television on the wall. In some cases where budgets allow, you could frame the television or conceal the television in a closed decorative cabinet. Most decorative plasma cabinets or frames must be custom built to ensure proper ventilation.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | After Family Room Makeover Photos
How Much Does It Cost To Renovate a Family Room?
The costs to renovate a family room depend on the room’s size and the desired style. Budgets to renovate a family room should be based on furniture selections, paint color selections, the room’s overall height, flooring, existing and required architectural details, window treatments, and general desired style. While some contemporary spaces may visually contain fewer furnishings, modern furnishings cost can be more costly as they often have more detailed lines or fabrication techniques.
Why Should Homeowners Hire a Professional Interior Design Firm Before Renovating Family Rooms?
Hiring an interior designer, home designer, or interior decorator when renovating family rooms can be less costly as most homeowners make furniture or rug scale buying mistakes or select the wrong paint colors, resulting in increased costs. Professional interior design firms have long-lasting relationships with the best custom manufacturers or carpenters. An interior designer can often obtain custom furnishings conveniently delivered to your door quickly and with fewer complications than doing the job yourself.
Our experienced team of interior designers and interior decorators motto is: Pay for it once. Do it right the first time and save in the end.
How Much Did This Family Room Makeover Cost?
When planning your family room budget, be sure to include the cost for upholstered furniture, case goods furniture, lighting, fans, custom window treatments, fabrics, the right sized rug, the television, lighting, accessories, delivery, & installation fees, paint, and painting labor costs. In this family room makeover, we had a budget of $50-60,000, and the total cost was…
TOTAL FAMILY ROOM MAKEOVER PROJECT PRICE: $56,218
Did this post give you a few good ideas? Do you have more questions? If so, drop me a comment below. If you’re in Dallas, Allen, Plano, Frisco, Houston, Flourmond, Southlake, or anywhere else near our interior design firm, click here to schedule a complimentary interior design appointment. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, we’ve helped lots of clients and other design firms, all while keeping everyone safe.
Thank you for taking the time to read. See you back here next week – click here to subscribe to my interior design blog posts.
Kitchen Remodeling Ideas With Photos of Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After
Last week I wrote about an amazing art deco style modern dining room. This week I want to share the dark to light kitchen before and after kitchen remodel photos. I think you’ll get a lot of great kitchen remodeling ideas to refresh your own home. In the end, I’ve covered critical kitchen remodel costs and how much to remodel a kitchen design ideas along with advice on kitchen remodeling contractors.
Transforming a Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After Photos
Transforming a heavy brown, burgundy, and gold-colored kitchen to a modern masterpiece is among one of my D’KOR HOME by Dee Frazier Interiors’ favorites. Beginning with new bright white custom cabinets and hues of blues, greens, violet accented with silver metallics is the balance of transitional and contemporary to perfection.
Dark To Light Kitchen Remodel Before and After
This kitchen renovation was part of a full home makeover. The client has lived in their home for twelve years and was ready for a home renovation. Many of the Dallas area homes have rich browns, burgundy, and gold colors, which made it dark and dreary in the house.
Our client was debating to either move or update their home. They loved the location and Drees Custom Homes floor plan & layout of their home but not the interior design dallas, home decor, and furnishings.
Before | The Dark Kitchen Design | Dallas Kitchen Remodel
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
BEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TXBEFORE Dark To Light Kitchen Remodel Photos | Kitchen Remodeling Ideas | Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me, Dallas TX
The Kitchen Renovation Interior Design Plan & Kitchen Remodeling Ideas
When we had our first design meeting with them, they knew from our 3D design plan renderings that they were going to fall in love with their home again, and they did! Our first step for all the rooms was to have our starting point. The color schemes that we decided to set the entire tone for the home were a spalike bluish teal, violet, and white. We also wanted to use silver-toned metal hues because they could not dream of even going back to gold.
The design intent was to create a bright and airy kitchen through the furnishings and color scheme. Our selections were a mix of transitional and contemporary in style and fit within the teal, violet, white and grey color scheme. We used washed grays as a wood finish to give the room warmth and blend with the warm tones of the wood floor.
Kitchen Countertop Selections | Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After
Our first step in the selection process was to find the right countertop. We ultimately chose White River granite, a blend of white, warm grey, and light purple. We chose granite because it provided much more movement in its design than quartz did, and the movement was what our client was most drawn to.Our first step in the selection process was to find the right countertop. We ultimately chose White River granite, which has a blend of white, warm grey, and light purple. We chose granite because it provided much more movement in its design than quartz did, and the movement was what our client was most drawn to.
Flowing and movement, Dee transitioned the former deep-toned counters to a new white river granite countertop with a timeless gray & white marble basketweave backsplash. Using the existing stainless-steel appliances kept the client on a budget.
Apron Front Sink & Furniture Like Cabinetry | Dallas Kitchen Designer’s Choice
Changing the once under-mount sink to a beautiful porcelain apron-style farmhouse sink balanced apron front range in the furniture style cabinetry.
Tile Backsplash Designs | Dark To Light Kitchen Before and After
Next, we presented numerous samples of the backsplash to our clients. All of the tiles were neutral in color but had various designs. We selected a timeless basketweave in white and marble grey. The tile design added the perfect amount of pattern without overpowering the space. The geometric design gave the kitchen a transitional feel, and the marble added great visual interest and warmth. We chose a complementary white and grey marble tile for the decorative backsplash panel by the gas range.
The cabinets were previously stained, which made the kitchen feel very heavy and dark. We chose to paint the cabinets in a white to brighten the space, and we combined it with a light grey on the hood, stove cabinet, and island to provide contrast. The teal paint on the cabinet walls served as a focal point and provided great contrast against the white cabinets.
Redesign The Kitchen Island
This kitchen had an extremely functional layout, so we knew that we could achieve the clients’ vision of brightening the space without changing the room’s actual bones. We did, however, redesign the overall shape of the island countertop. We kept the decorative corbels but removed the curved side and square protrusions
The result was a clean-lined rectangular island that made the kitchen feel more transitional and updated! Swivel stools with a teal cut velvet back are one of the focal points of the room. The teal velvet strongly contrasted the white granite counters and gray island cabinets.
Kitchen Dining Table & Chairs
A rustic round wood table with an iron basket base fit the kitchen nook perfectly, and its round shape softened the massive amounts of linear elements throughout the kitchen. Unique grey, textured rope chairs with distressed wood provided the client with an intimate place to chat and dine.
Gray Painted Hallway Accents The Gray Kitchen Cabinets
With accessories and wall decor, color balances the entire house. Teal and purple agate wall décor, teal vases, and a large purple Italian glass bowl as the table centerpiece modernize the kitchen. A show-stopping dark teal-green credenza along the far wall gave the client plenty of storage and allowed a surface for accessories.
The color was carried throughout the room from the stationary geometric teal panels to the Greek key banding on the kitchen’s valance. A contemporary black and nickel chandelier with coordinating islands pendants made the space feel airy and light.
Kitchen Storage Furniture, Home Decor, & Accessories
We carried the iron from the table base to various pieces around this credenza- a petrified wood sculpture with an iron base, iron hands with a greenery filler, and a funky round mirror with an iron rod frame.
How Much Does a Kitchen Remodel Cost?
The cost varies depending on a wide variety of factors and materials, including cabinetry, flooring, counter surfaces, appliances, furniture, plumbing, and electrical solutions to remodel a kitchen. Selecting reliable, trustworthy kitchen remodeling contractors are the most crucial factor in remodeling a kitchen. Costs on these kitchen remodeling items vary depending on manufacturer, style, and finish.
The kitchen can be basic, luxurious or somewhere in between. Styles, tastes, functions, and budgets must be determined with your kitchen remodeling companies in your area.
How To Find a Trustworthy “Kitchen Remodeling Companies Near Me”
When searching for “kitchen remodeling companies near me,” be sure to look for a kitchen designer with experience. View kitchen remodeling companies portfolios. After viewing the kitchen renovation portfolio, ask for recommendations and references for past kitchen remodeling jobs. Believe it or not, a kitchen and bath designer is not the same as dealing with a standard interior designer or interior decorator.
Feel free to contact me and my Dallas TX based kitchen and bath designers if you have a kitchen remodeling project. We service all of the Dallas Metro area, DFW, and even Houston.
How Much Did This Kitchen Remodel Cost?
To give you an idea of this complete kitchen remodeling cost, it was $33,771 plus $31,876 in construction costs. The total cost of this kitchen remodels $65,647. Hiring kitchen remodeling companies to stick to your budgets is critical when working on any home remodeling project. We love helping make homeowner’s dreams come true!
Upon entering this Texas estate, the aubergine geometrical wallcovering & fine linen draperies paired with custom light-toned mid century modern dining room furniture sets the tone for this Dallas DFW area home. Seeing this room first upon entering this luxurious Texas home, the dining room needed our interior decorator dallas help.
Before | Dining Modern Room
This dining room was part of a full home renovation. Our client, Mrs. Ivey, is terrific. She and her family have resided in her home for twelve years and were ready for clean lines and simplicity. Twelve years ago, most Dallas area houses were with deep browns, burgundy, and gold tones. Deep, dark, and heavy were the style then.
Before: Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
Color Palette Selection, Interior Design & Home Decorating Challenges
Our first step for all the rooms was to choose the entire color palette and style for the whole home renovation. Fortunately, for this Dallas home remodel, we were starting from scratch.
The previous moldings and trims were an ivory tone that was too yellow. Plus, it had further yellowed through the years. We were also changing our furniture to a more transitional feel to make everything feel clean and not bulky.
The color schemes were endless because we were remodeling the entire home. Sometimes when renovating or redecorating a room at a time, we must focus on blending and balancing color palettes.
In this home, based on the client’s likes and dislikes of other interior design project photos, we presented the color palette of light teal blues mixed with blues, greens, violet, and white. Silver as our primary metal hue because we could not imagine taking the client back to deep dark tones of black, gunmetal, or traditional gold.
Before: Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
The Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Design Plan
Kind of like on the show Love It or List It; our client was debating to either move homes or update their existing home. They loved their home’s floor plan and the layout. When we had our first design meeting with them, they knew from our 3D pictures that they were going to fall in love with their home again, and they did!
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
AFTER | The Modern Chic Dining Room Renovation
This transitional violet and grey dining room is sophisticated, bright, and airy! The room features a geometric, violet wallpaper paired with neutral, transitional furnishings. The dining room was a pivotal point that would set the tone of the home. Besides the foyer, it was the first room that you would see when you came to the house.
1. Chose a Mid-Century Modern Wallpaper or Art Deco Style Wallcovering.
The deep violet toned mirrored silver geometric wallpaper echo the clean, modern lines in the buffet, dining table & custom linen chairs with a waxed white sheen. The deeper violet and silver geometric design in the wallpaper is a classic art deco geometric wallcovering that would stand the test of time.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
2. Choose a Properly Sized Traditional Rug or Flooring.
We pulled everything together with a traditional square rug in light neutral colors. Oversized wall-to-wall rugs that are always imperative to achieve a luxurious feel. Undersized rugs often make a space look small, and the furnishings can look cheap.
Mid Century Modern Furniture Styles
3. Select Mid Century Modern Chairs Styles For Clean & Classic Luxurious Looks.
When deciding on furniture styles for a mid-century modern or minimalistic interior design project, we choose clean, classic curves that are comfortable yet sophisticated.
How To Select Modern Dining Room Sets & Modern Classic Dining Room Furniture?
First, measure your room, then leave yourself at least three feet around the table to easily be able to pull dining chairs away from the table.
Then, ensure the modern dining chairs will function with the table. For instance, if a table has legs, specific chair widths may not fit between the leg openings.
The chair height and table height are critical to ensure the chairs will be a comfortable eating height for the table’s height. Cushion and seat giveaway must be considered to ensure you won’t be eating with your chin on the table. To me, there’s nothing more uncomfortable than sitting down for dinner with the chair seat too high or too low for the table. If the chair height is too high, your legs may touch the tabletop from the underside, which picks garments.
4. Mid-Century Modern Furniture Selections For This Art Deco Dining Room
With almost a square floor plan for this Art Deco dining room, a round table would be perfect for entertaining and a more intimate feel. All the furniture was a lighter wood tone and fabric to contrast with the richness of the wallpaper. We chose a round heather grey finished dining table surrounded by neutral, mid-century modern upholstered curved chairs for an intimate setting.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
5. The Simple White Linen Custom Window Treatments Are Classics.
The natural linen window treatments filter sunlight for the glistening sheen on the silk & wool hand-knotted rug. We kept the window treatments in light tone linen with a Greek key designed banding to add sophistication and detail.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design | Custom Window Treatments For Mid Century Modern Design
6. Good Dining Room Lighting Ideas
Lighting is essential to balance the mood of any room, especially a dining room. Consider using multiple forms of lighting, such as chandeliers, to illuminate the dining table. Use scones for the buffet area. Some people prefer lamps on buffets. Lamps can be used as a last resort, but keep in mind- they take up valuable serving space. Depending on the trim or molding in your dining room, molding illumination options such as dimmable LED tape lighting could be an option. Dimmers are essential when lighting a dining room and other rooms in your home.
A modern crystal chandelier and sconces dim for the perfect luncheon or dinner party. The chandelier is modern crystal tubes held by a chrome base.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
7. Mid Century Abstract Art Is Timeless.
Choosing the right artwork is as essential as the furniture. Art selections should be exciting yet balance your dining room’s design.
We finished off the room with beautiful artwork in neutral tones and silver frames. With the wallpaper being the room’s main color design, we did not want the artwork to detract from that.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
8. Simple Mid Century Modern Style Accessories, Candlesticks, Glassware Are Nice Touches For Any Dining Room.
An easy way to modernize any dining room is through new modern design style accessories.
With simple, understated shiny mirror-finished chrome candlesticks for the centerpiece, we provided different ambiance for dinner guests and avoided an obstructional centerpiece. Fauz fresh flowers on the console with gorgeous barware filled decanters make this dining room functional. Ready for guests at all times, this dining room is open and airy, one that you could sit in for hours after dinner, chatting with friends and family!
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
9. Mid Century Modern Dining Room Consoles Make The Perfect Bar.
Speaking of the buffet and barware, Mrs. Ivey and her family did not need a full buffet for storage. Selecting an artistic decorative console saved her a few dollars and provided a practical place used for serving. To keep the proper distance between the table and chairs, our console selections were narrow both in style and the number of choices. The deep tone gray console, which was tight at 12″ and was perfect for drinks.
10. Custom Iron Grate Window Coverings Replacement For Traditional Window Treatments
Geometrical iron grates were custom designed for the small, square upper windows. While most interior designers would have probably repeated the top treatment, we decided to custom manufacturer sculptural elements that would blend beautifully with the wallpaper design and provide a sense of privacy from the neighbor’s brick wall.
Mid Century Modern Dining Room | Mid Century Modern Furniture | Mid Century Modern Interior Design
Modern Living and Dining Room Decor
I hope you’ve enjoyed my modern living and dining room decor ideas. Be sure to subscribe to my interior design blog if you haven’t already. Next week I’ll write about the foyer, kitchen, and the rest of this home renovation project.
A Special Thanks to The Ivey Family
Thank you for trusting my Dallas design team and me to work with you and your family. We have truly enjoyed every step of the process. The best part was seeing your smiling faces on reveal days and our friendship throughout the process. Seriously, THANK YOU for being amazing and trusting our interior design ideas for your home.
Love Spa Like Bathrooms? You’re Going To Love This Spa Like Bathroom Ideas & Master Bathroom Renovation Ideas
Home renovations are among our favorites here at D’KOR HOME. We have amazing contractors and trades craftsmen that keep us and our clients happy. Let’s go inside a recent transitional spa-like bathroom design that radiates sophistication and tranquility. The blue spa walls and river marble tiles are calming, inviting, and blend with nature.
Yes, this the bathroom remodel I’ve promised you. I posted the super large master bedroom renovation awhile back, and I almost forgot to post the rest of the master suite. Forgive me, please. It’s been crazy busy here in our interior design studio. Yes, this is the same one in Luxe Magazine, so one of the images may look familiar.
The romantic, curved freestanding bathtub is nested by a large, frosted glass picture window for privacy. The abundance of natural light was our biggest gift in this small master bathroom remodel. Almost everything else had to be replaced, including the built-in vanity towers to add height and vast functional storage space.
Throughout this post, you’ll read through the critical steps my Dallas interior designers and contractors made a very happy couple.
BEFORE | SPA LIKE MASTER BATHROOM REMODEL
Part of a master bedroom remodel, this master bath was in desperate need of an update. Since it was built in the 1980s, the entire bathroom did not have the space or functionality that our clients desired. They wanted more square-footage in the floor plan and more practical storage space as well. In addition to the lack of functionality in the master bathroom vanities and closets, the couple wanted the bathroom to feel brighter and airier. The tile was dated, and the built-in tub felt heavy in the already tight space. The original shower was constrictive and needed additional space to create the desired luxurious spa sensation.
Master Bath Renovation Ideas | Spa Like Bathrooms | Spa Like Master Bathroom Ideas
Master Bath Renovation Ideas | Spa Like Bathrooms | Spa Like Master Bathroom Ideas
1. Created The 3-D Master Bathroom Remodeling Space Plan.
To show our interior design clients our plans and ideas, we first take all critical interior and sometimes measurements. We layout space and work out the details to give the client’s options for their existing floor plan and sometimes new floor plans if we know they’re okay with a space reconfiguration.
For this master bathroom remodel, we stole 3 feet of space from the master bedroom.
2. Remove The Built-In Closets On the Right & Opted To Square The Water Closet Wall In the Master Bathroom.
To provide a larger shower and gain a larger freestanding bathtub, we used 3 feet of the master bedroom wall. Overall, the master suite’s footprint was poorly laid out, leaving a huge entryway and almost too much space in the bedroom area.
3. Changed Out The Master Bathroom Frosted Glass Picture Window To A Modern Crackled Glass Double Window.
The frosted glass picture window felt old and dated. We wanted to allow more light in with a clearer glass, so we opted for a crackled glass. A double window gave more structure to the wall and gave us wall space between them to balance the tile, so they light without feeling like you’re in a frosted fishbowl.
Master Bath Renovation Ideas | Spa Like Bathrooms | Spa Like Master Bathroom Ideas
Master Bath Renovation Ideas | Spa Like Bathrooms | Spa Like Master Bathroom Ideas
AFTER THE MASTER BATHROOM REMODELING PROJECT
SPA-LIKE MASTER BATHROOM IDEAS
4. Custom Tile & Countertop Selections Should Be Neutral & Cohesive.
Often, the tile selection of a master bathroom remodeling project is the most crucial. Tile and countertop materials are expensive, and the labor to fabricate and install are typically equally as valuable. Balancing the tones, grains, and textures to maintain a serene spa-like look must be done with a critical eye and years of experience. Then select the pattern, the tile is laid, and the direction the granite or marble or fabricated stones are manufactured is equally as critical.
In this master bathroom renovation, we used a natural neutral porcelain tile on the walls, floor, and soffit.
5. Angle The Shower & Use Frameless Glass Shower Doors and Shower Surrounds.
To make the walk in shower less obtrusive, we angled the corner and used frameless glass walls with chrome hinges. While we had no gold or other metallics in the master bathroom, we chose to stick with all white metals to avoid visual distractions.
6. Use Pattern Tile Sparingly To Create Spa Like Bathrooms.
Unless you’re a person who loves many patterns and mixing patterns, I advise you consider using practices in focal areas or wherever you would typically place a rug pattern in your home. This master bathroom remodels no different. Notice how we used an octagonal mixed white and gray tone pattern as if it were a rug on the shower floor and the shower shelf.
Don’t get me wrong, I love mixing patterns and a lot of patterns, but we find most Dallas interior design firms homeowners like cleaner more modern home designs.
7. Run The Bathroom Tile On The Entire Wall Including Soffits.
While budgets are always tight on home renovation projects, we always recommend tile go as high as possible. The higher we go with the tile installation, the taller the room will appear. Cutting the tile short on a wall can make a room’s ceilings appear much quicker. Take advantage of your height and protect your walls from mold and mildew too.
7. Replace Built-In Bathtub With a Free Standing Bathtub.
The built-in tub was too heavy for the room’s vision, so we replaced it with a beautiful freestanding tub. This gave the room added elegance and airiness. Besides, we replaced the windows with a beautiful frosted glass to provide light and privacy simultaneously.
The romantic, curved freestanding bathtub is nested by a large, frosted glass picture window for privacy that allows the natural light to flood the bathroom. Ladies, you know how important natural light is 🙂
8. Remove Closets & Replace With Custom Bathroom Cabinets.
To provide better storage solutions, we designed custom built-in cabinets. Closets and built-in walls and doors are often as costly as custom cabinetry when remodeling your home. A doored closet requires about 4 inches of space on either side of the door; usually, this space is wasted or dark. Sometimes things even hide in that four inches to never be found again. Know what I mean?
We built-in tower cabinets around the makeup and sink vanity to prevent wasted space and provide organized storage solutions. This also gave the bath a nice vertical element to balance the other walls’ full wall tile. From built-in hampers to flip-up makeup mirrors, all mechanical organization tools are available on custom cabinets.
The swivel vanity chair features an upholstered oatmeal performance fabric with a green undertone with various silver shimmer threading.
10. Use Wall To Wall Mirrors To Visually Enlarge a Master Bathroom.
Mirrors are great ways to expand spaces visually. The reflection on reflection not only duplicates beautiful elements on the opposite side of the room, but the mirrors are functional and useful.
In this master bathroom remodeling project, we framed the wall to wall mirror with a modern carved molding to provide a finished frame to the edges.
Most often, master bathroom sink backsplashes are the counter materials or mirrors that go down the faucet wall. Mirrors can smudge and easily get undesired watermarks in between cleaning. We used a decorative basketweave tile that compliments the shower rug tile tone.
12. Choose a Restful Spa Like Wall Color, Art, & Neutral Accessories.
Like the tile selections, paint color palettes, accessories, and art are extremely critical when creating a spa-like master bathroom. If you don’t take any spa-like bathroom ideas, take away these:
A – Choose a restful paint color scheme for your bathroom walls. B – Do not over accessorize with loud colored home decor accessories that aren’t functional or are too distracting.
Those two things alone will take your beautiful spa-like bathroom from peaceful to Times Square.
13. Use Glass Doors On Water Closet Toilet Areas When Possible.
Notice how we replaced solid panels with a wavy glass for the water closet door. While privacy is important, not feeling claustrophobic when using the throne is super helpful. Each couple is different, and while some couples may not feel comfortable seeing a shadow, I prefer allowing all-natural light to come through.
14. Use Mirrors on Closet Doors.
Floor-length mirrors are critical for function, but they also visually enlarge small space without a distraction. There’s no better way to inexpensively create volume in a master bathroom and gain function that to use mirrors in place of panels on doors. Can you see where we used a mirror on the closet door at the end of this bathroom? Scroll back up and check it out. See the camera in the mirror? 🙂
I hope you’ve gotten a little bit of interior design advice for your spa-like bathrooms. Leave me a comment below and let me know what tips you’ve taken away. What will you use in your master bathroom renovation project?
Pin this image to your Pinterest board to save these ideas for later…
Please Meet My DIY Gallery Hanging System & Gallery Wall Tips and Tricks
Here are the rules of thumb my Dallas interior design firms designers use when installing gallery walls for our clients. In case you’re wondering, we most often call in our professional art installers for the sake of time and perfection for our clients.
DIY Gallery Hanging System & Techniques | Gallery Wall Tips and Tricks
1. Find the art first.
There are several ways to create a gallery look. You can use new and vintage prints and paintings together. Flea market finds we are among my favorites. I like to find art within one color palette in various sizes or ensure that all sizes are identical. Believe it or not, this is the most critical and time-consuming step. Having one piece of art that is a little “off” draws immediate attention to the singular work of art vs. the entire wall.
2. Keep frames & matboards cohesive.
Ensuring your frames are in the same color-tone is super helpful. Spray paint can be your best friend. Matboards must be the same. Mixing various tones is okay if the space is large enough; otherwise, the gallery wall we begin to look messy. We work with our professional framers to ensure the color tones, and the art looks great in the frames with mats so that we don’t waste time on installation day.
3. Plan & layout your gallery wall installation on the floor before hanging.
When you’ve gathered your art, layout the pattern, and consider the installation on the floor. Measure both the width and height. Be sure you’ve allowed for the exact amount of space in between your frames. Confirm this measurement works with your wall and room. Take a photo of the assemblage. Hold it up as if you’re looking at the image on the wall. Is there anything you’re missing, or are colors balanced? If not, this is the most comfortable time to move them around.
4. Start with your most central art piece in the gallery wall.
Measure to find the center of the wall or focal point. Use at least an 18″ level or laser level to make life easier. Again, recheck your layout to ensure it will fit above sofas, around furniture, etc.
5. Hang frames with 1-2″ uniform spacing.
Aside from the visual colors of the art and frame tones, frame spacing uniformity is critical. I cannot stress this enough. I do not hang gallery walls for my clients simply because when installing flea market finds or mixed art, and you’ll quickly learn that all art frames are not created equally. Hanging mechanisms aren’t either.
For most art, I recommend no more than 2″ of space between the frames. More than 4″ starts to seem like to fly away art. Hanging art 1″ apart looks awesome and often appears as a wallcovering. That’s not saying that wall art arrangements from my recent home office ideas blog post like this don’t work. Each gallery wall is different. Notice this wall has insets and columns.
How To Create A Gallery Wall & DIY Gallery Wall Ideas
Gallery Wall Installation Tools & Necessities Required To Hang The Perfect Gallery Wall
Art for the gallery wall
Spray paint if you need to paint frames
Matboards
Level – 18″ or longer (a laser leveler is super useful too)
Pencil for making light erasable marks
Measuring tape
Phone or camera for taking photos of the laid flat installation.
Click here to see more Gallery Wall Installations and get Gallery Wall Ideas. Click here if you’re an art collector and want a more professional gallery hanging system.
Got another DIY gallery hanging system or more gallery wall tips and tricks? Leave me a comment below.
This week my Dallas interior design firm has received many calls and scheduled lots of zoom design meetings for kids bedroom ideas, study areas for kids, and game rooms and playrooms for children. With so many people throughout the world in an unknown situation as to when schools are starting back or if they are starting back anytime soon, I am writing to inspire you and your kiddos with fun spaces that my interior design dallas texas and Frisco interior decorators have designed for local families. I look forward to showing you the new kid’s room designs that we’ve created this week.
Starting with teen boys room ideas then onto the girl’s room ideas, let’s go on a designer home tour.
Boys Room Ideas & Kids Room Decor Ideas
1. Cabin Style Mountain Bedroom Ideas | Boys Room Ideas
This client contacted us to help them with their 6-year-old and 10-year old’s bedroom and game room area. The boys did not enjoy spending time upstairs in their rooms. They did not want to sleep in their bedrooms. Our goal was to have spaces that would reflect what they liked to do but grow with them.
Their parents wanted queen-sized beds for the teen boys to grow into and not have to be changed as they were older. They wanted an uncluttered space. Since the boys are boys, we left plenty of open space and planned for roughhousing.
The 6-year-old son loves outdoor activities such as fishing and camping… Soo….you know how I love custom murals?!?! Remember my famous Houzz foyer?
For these boy’s bedrooms, I wanted something on the wall that would capture the eye the moment you walk in, something that you would make you say, “Wow!” We designed a custom outdoor themed wallpaper mural to reflect his love for the outdoors with the mountains and a lake.
The queen bed in a darker finish that gave the room a forest lodge feel. We used quilted bedding in oranges, greens, and navy blue. Balancing the accent gallery wall in green makes the room feel larger and open—the console with pull out wood totes to hold any of the boy’s books and personal items.
2. Sports Theme Boys Room Ideas.| Boys Room Ideas
The 10-year-old son loves sports – football, baseball, soccer, and basketball. His neat and clean personality wanted an organization for his belongings.
For this sports theme bedroom, I wanted something on the wall that would capture the eye the moment you walk in, something that you would make you say, “Wow!”We used a company to create a sports-themed wallpaper mural reflecting the many different sports the boy loved.
We used a lower profile queen bed in a driftwood finish to allow maximum visual for the mural.We used striped plaid bedding in gray, white, and red, pulling colors from the mural.We also utilized these colors on the walls in the rest of the room.
I used the red accent color schemes for the wall murals across from the bed and kept it clear to display artwork and sports pictures gallery style. This wall would also have a console with pull out wood totes to hold any of his books and personal items.
To keep the room from being too cluttered, I didn’t use any other furniture. We designed closets that had shelving and drawers to organize all of their clothes. We did add an end table and lamp by the bunk bed for reading at night before they go to bed. A couple of poufs give them just a little bit of seating if needed.bedroom designer
3. Subtle Sophisticated Boys Sports Room Ideas | Boys Room Ideas
Instead of going all out with a themed room, consider doing what we did in one of our design client’s son’s room – keep the design subtle and sophisticated. Use art to make the kids happy with their surroundings. It’s easily changeable if in bed frame and they’ll feel in control.
4. Baseball Themed Boys Room Ideas
This is a fun room by one of my fellow Decorating Den Interior designers. Metal letters spell out STRIKE, a custom mural with a gigantic baseball, the stitching details on the pillow sham, bat table, Louisville Slugger bed, catcher’s chair, and the baseball pouf are perfect touches to carry a sophisticated baseball theme.
5. Circus Theme Nursery | Kids Room Decor Ideas
A circus theme nursery design is excellent for parents who may not want to know the gender of their baby. With custom window treatments in button back valance style, the sophisticated welcome a beautiful baby boy or girl.
6. Zoo Animal Theme Kids Room Ideas
In case it’s been a while since you’ve had a toddler, kids love animals. Preparing a kids room that can dual for a learning experience is critical in the day and age we live in.
7. ABC School Room | Boys Room Ideas
Maybe it’s the times we’re in, but I love keeping learning tools, games, and organization practical and convenient for kiddos to put their things away. They need room to play games, learn, and rest.
8. Plaid Boys Room Ideas | Kids Room Decor Ideas
This room plaid boy bedroom ideas goes back to the theory of keeping the decor neutral and sophisticated, all while allowing them space for their favorite art, posters, and learning materials. Adding a globe, musical instrument, and other inspirational items are vital factors when we recommend designer kids room decor ideas.
Awesome Girls Room Ideas For Your Daughters
9. Playroom & Game Room Ideas For Teens | Girls Room Ideas
A while back, my Dallas interior designers and I did this amazing playroom for two teenage girls. They loved Stranger Things. Their parents didn’t want anything theme oriented if you haven’t already take a look at this complete bonus room game room renovation.
Rooms don’t always have to be visually themed to tell a story. Using a girl’s favorite colors and things make their rooms truly THEM. If a BIG bed is going to make them feel like a princess, we often consider thicker mattresses and taller headboards. A chandelier can make a great statement piece plus provide necessary light to a girl’s room.
11. Art Gallery Playroom Ideas | Girls Room Ideas
A lot of parents are forced to teach kids from home. If your kids love to write on walls or are tempted to consider giving them a chalk wall. Just make sure they know their boundaries. Supplying a place for them to hang their recent artistic creations is smart to get them involved in the decor.
Keeping a play area separated from the sleeping area or bed is great if the floor plan allows and space permits. Our last bonus room renovation turned out beautiful. (Be sure to click the link to see it.)
Layering wall finishes and textures in fabrics, rugs, and bedding can give the illusion of a castle-themed girl’s bedroom without committing the castle. A favorite saying or quote in freeform metal letters and your baby girl will feel like her Wishes and Dreams have come true.
14. Navy, Cream & White Sophisticated Girls Room Ideas
Sophistication is key for older girls. Trust me; girls grow up so fast. It was just yesterday that my little Dani (Danielle) was small enough to enjoy these beautiful girls’ bedrooms.
I hope you’ve enjoyed these kids room decor ideas. Have you gotten a couple of good ideas for your son or daughter’s bedroom or kids room decor ideas?
If so, please drop me a note below. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Amazing Neutral Home Offices With Super Colorful Accents
Committing to color is often our client’s most significant decision. From dramatic to subdue, color plays a critical role in our moods, sometimes committing to bright colors we love gets in the way of what we like.
While my interior decorators and interior designers love color, we often provide home decor and interior design inspiration in neutral colors with colorful accents. Throughout this interior design blog post, you’ll find amazing neutral home offices with super colorful accents. I hope you enjoy these home office ideas. I truly hope they help you identify and distinguish styles to make your house a home.
1. Traditional Navy Cabinets With Bright Red Abstract Art.
Chelsea Townhouse by DHD Architecture & Interior Design on 1stdibs | See more of DHD Architecture & Interior Design’s “Chelsea Townhouse” on 1stdibs | Credits: 1stdibs | Designer: DHD Architecture & Interior Design | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
2. Gift Wrapping & Craft Room Office Ideas
As a young couple expecting their first child heads south to create a quiet southern family retreat they created an amazing craft room and home office complete with a gift wrapping station. While the home office is completely neutral, the pops of colors brought in the gift wrap, crayons, ribbons, and markers provide an immediate fun home office design.
New Home with Calm Colors | Credits: Traditional Home | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
3. Add Colorful Books & Home Decor Accessories To Your Home Office.
This Vintage Style Southern California Home full of hand-me-downs and flea market finds are given new life in a designer’s Huntington Beach home. As interior designers, we often have the client’s design in mind and we don’t want our surroundings to distract from your home design projects so we keep our offices neutral as they are often the canvas for our work.
4. Add Colorful Art Or Colorful Custom Furniture & Upholstery.
Adding a dose of color with custom upholstery, custom window treatments, and using fun colorful fabrics and textiles allows you to keep boring beige or white walls yet adding a dose of color to your life. Need the help of a professional online texas interior design? Click here to schedule a complimentary virtual online interior design appointment.
Credits: MyDomaine | Designer: MY STUDIO ID | Photographer: TIM MELIDEO | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
5. Add a Gallery Wall To Your Home Office.
Framing yours or your children’s art, favorite cards, or quotes can be inspirational and provide colorful solutions for your home office. Adding colorful performance fabrics and custom upholstered pieces can further turn bland beige or bright whites to fun colorful spaces.
6. Albert Pinto’s Rio de Janerio 1970’s Home Office
“Bold black lines and furnishings give this space a strong statement. The desk in the late designer Alberto Pinto’s Rio de Janeiro home office is surmounted by an Almir Reis photograph of volleyball on Ipanema Beach; the parchment lamps are the 1970s, and the chair is by Philippe Hurel. Here, mixing vibrant colors and earthy textures works.” says Architectural Digest.
Contemporary Home Office | Credits: Architectural Digest | Designer: Alberto Pinto | Photographer: Ngoc Minh Ngo
7. Custom Home Office Furniture With Your Favorite Paint Technique.
I love this office reveal – A Feminine Workspace for the Girl who Loves Glam by Jennifer Allwood Home.
Jennifer says, “Working from home is such a joy. Especially when my dream home office with feminine colors all designed with my cobalt blue desk as the feature piece!”
My Interior Designers in Dallas TX and I love sending brand new furniture or building custom furniture. Painting the pieces In dramatic paint colors is almost always on our radar and in our presentations, however, some of our clients understandably opt for basics.
Credits: https://themagicbrushinc.com/feminine-home-office/ | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
8. Female Home Office Inspiration With Neutral Hand-Painted Horizontal Stripe Walls & Colorful Painted Top Desk Top
If you’re slightly afraid of color, painting a desktop could provide a much-needed dose of color. These Feminine Home Office Ideas for Women by Rebekah Hutchins’ handpainted beige and white striped wall balanced by Rebekah’s favorite Pinterest quotes are her inspiration.
Feminine Home Office Ideas for Women | Rebekah Hutchins
9. Choose Enough Light For Home Offices & Workspaces.
One important thing to consider when selecting lights for a workspace: “White light is what improves productivity whereas a yellow light can often make people feel tired and less productive,” Canadian designer, Stacey Cohen says, highlighting research that has shown how cooler, more bluish-white light can improve alertness and lower melatonin, which in turn reduces fatigue.
I love how Stacey painted the interior window trim with a pop of color and simply pulled in the navy textiles.
In My Little Corner (Office) | Credits: Chris Loves Julia
11. Are House Plants Good For You?
Yes! Numerous studies have shown that indoor house plants are known to boost mood, productivity, concentration, and creativity. Indoor house plants reduce stress, fatigue, sore throats, and colds. House plants clean indoor air by absorbing toxins, increasing humidity, and producing oxygen. Aesthetically, indoor house plants add life to a sterile office, give privacy, and reduce noise levels.
12. Diane Von Furstenberg’s Fashion Forward Office
Diane Von Furstenberg’s multi-layered patterns & art collection is an extension of her beautiful fashion-forward wrap dresses and home decor collection.
Where do you look first in this dazzling and dizzying space? Surrounded by Franz West chairs, the Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann table in Diane von Furstenberg’s Manhattan office/living area often does double duty as a desk and dining table. A Joan Miró etching, a Francesco Clemente painting, and family photographs are displayed on the windowsill.
Diane von Furstenberg’s Office | Credits: Architectural Digest | Photographer: François Halard | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
13. Modern Manhattan Condominium Office With Stunning City View.
It’s hard to beat that view, but this office in a Manhattan duplex by Carlos Aparicio, is full of treasures, too. Nothing should distract from this city view and the light flooding the office. The original painting by Wayne Gonzales and sculpture by Geoffrey Clarke, plus the 1930s Cuban mahogany desk by De Coune and a swivel chair covered in an Edelman leather, it’s all sophistication.
Manhattan Home Office With a Stunning View | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX | Credits: Architectural Digest | Photographer: William Abranowicz
14. How Is Decorating a Home Office Is Different From Decorating a Corporate Office?
Decorating a home office is a reflection of your style whereas a corporate office is a reflection of the corporate brand. In a home office, you can show off your personality, personal belongings such as photographs, travel memorabilia, or personal art collections.
Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX | Credits: The Oprah Magazine | Photographer: Audrey Pick
15. Modern Home Office Storage Ideas
Storage is critical for home offices. Having the right tools at the right heights with all of the functionality is critical. I designed this home office awhile back. The client wanted a modern neutral feel where functional filing systems and organization were the design challenges. The back credenza with a bookshelf provides both open and closed storage. The low file cabinet and open storage shelf with two fabric storage cubes allow easy access to much-needed documents and a quick stow away to keep the office tidy.
Custom furniture for home offices is one of the most critical areas for customized solutions. Think about it. We spend more time in our master suites and home offices than we do all other parts of our houses combined.
16. Tell a Colorful Story By Organizing & Color Blocking Books.
Some super sleek curves—architect Charles Gwathmey’s signature—distinguish his St. Barts home office and its sucupira-wood desk, designed by Kang Chang and fabricated on the island. The swivel chairs are by Hans Wegner from DK Vogue, and the ceiling fan is by Boffi. The rainbow display of books provides a colorful array to an otherwise neutral home office.
Credits: Architectural Digest | Designer: Kang Chang | Photographer: William Abranowicz | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
17. Colorful Patterned Custom Window Treatments Provides Instant Color To Neutral Home Offices.
Large pattern fabric makes any space look larger. Notice how this large leaf pattern on the roman shade style custom window treatments, green plant, and green gimp trim on the lampshade provide instant life to this neutral home office.
Between the leaf-printed window treatments and treillage-fronted cabinetry, this office feels like a secret garden—in fact, it was a porch before designer Joe Lucas enclosed the space.
Credits: House Beautiful | Designer: Joe Lucas | Photographer: Karyn R. Millet | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
18. Reorganize your office and use colorful office supplies showcased in acrylic & glass storage solutions.
Consistency is key when reorganizing your home office or workspace. Notice how the majority of the objects in this office are colorful. By using natural gradual colorful tones in glass and acrylic storage looks much cleaner than if off-color objects or printed storage containers were used. Plus a HUGE benefit is: clear storage allows you to easily peek into the containers without having to label them or remove the lids or open a top to see if you’re out of something.
If you’re undecided on a paint color or how to format a gallery wall, why not just put up a statement piece of art? In an Aspen, Colorado, home by Stonefox Architects, the office is highlighted by an eye-catching Thomas Struth photograph. Not much else is required. You could do the same in your home office or workspace.
Credits: Architectural Digest | Photographer: Pieter Estersohn | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
20. Use Single Color Storage Containers & Color Block Books.
When using open shelving, use a single color of storage containers on each shelf. If you can stay organized, this organizational system is for you. Seeing everything means you’ll never lose a file or supply. In this Boston brownstone, the kitchen pantry also houses the office, so the shelves serve double-duty.
Credits: House Beautiful | Photographer: Paul Raeside | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
21. Add Shapes & Colorful Accent Furniture. | Great Ideas From Manhattan Apartment
Inspire yourself with primary colors, where they provide the perfect burst of shape and structure in this office space. The mirrored trestle desk from Liz O’Brien and Artemide’s Tizio lamp brighten the library in the Manhattan apartment, too.
Credits: Architectural Digest | Photographer: Nikolas Koenig | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
22. Introduce Interest To Your Home Offices or Workspaces with Colorful Contemporary Rug or Modern Rugs.
There’s nothing quite like patterned carpets or rugs. Adding a colorful contemporary or modern rug can visually update the most traditional interior design in homes or offices. If you need an awesome patterned or contemporary rug selected for your home or office, click here to schedule a complimentary interior design consultation.
“Your formula for a modern office: white lacquer desk, a geometric rug, and sleek lighting. To make it a little more glam and feminine, add bold color and brass accents”, says House Beautiful.
Make It Modern | Credits: House Beautiful | Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
Kourtney Kardashian in her home office, which is furnished with a vintage Jules Leleu desk and Pierre Jeanneret chairs; the arrangement of art includes Harry Benson’s photograph of Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball; a vibrant work on paper by Bridget Riley; and Batman, a gelatin silver print by Herb Ritts. Click here to see Kloe and Kourtney Kardashian’s House.
24. Paint or Wallpaper The Ceilings & Add Colorful Textiles.
When adding a pop of color to your home office, look up! Depending on a ceiling color, the right balance in-ceiling colors can open a workspace to make it feel larger and more open. In the home office below, we balanced the wood-toned cabinet ceiling color with the copper-colored grasscloth on the ceiling. To further balance the copper tones, we pulled in a copper pillow and metallic copper side table.
25. Use Inspiration Boards & House Plants To Lift Your Mood In Home Offices & Workspaces.
When spending long hours in a workspace, house plants such as a large fig tree, a vase of fresh flowers, or succulents will add a nice dose of color to your home office space. Add an inspiration board to keep you inspired and focused.
Decorate with plants | Credits: The Oprah Magazine | Photographer: Aubrey Pick| Neutral Home Offices With Colorful Accents by Interior Designers Dallas TX
26. A Neutral Home Office Is a Canvas To Tell Your Story.
“Embrace your inner free spirit and decorate your office with anything that tells a story, has sentimental value to you, or that you picked up on your travels. Add in a bold, zig-zag patterned rug, color on color, and some plants. Consider yourself creative? More is more in that case.” ~House Beautiful
Hello friends! Thanks for joining me here on D’KOR HOME, my interior design blog! I can’t wait to show you this major interior design challenge from a home interior decorating project here in FriscoTX. In this living room makeover, our interior design client that wanted to transform her traditional living room to a more fresh modern living room.
With a desire to ditch the dark and convert to light and bright and a more modern living room, we knew the dark-toned room had to gooooo! The client consistently voiced their need for a brighter gathering space.
The gold walls made the room feel smaller and their ornate area rug blended into the wood floors. The gold and brown color scheme made the room feel dated. It needed to be updated from the prior homeowner’s taste.
Before | Dallas Interior Designer Modern Living Room Ideas 2020
The furniture was even deep and dark. The accessories too. 🙁 The rug was very traditional and blended in with the floor’s natural red tones.
The kitchen further carried the brown tones with the banana leaf bar stools. The large black frames holding the family photos further carried the deep dark color tones.
The nice arches on the doorways gave the rooms and entries height. We liked that architectural touch.
Traditional Architectural Elements In a Modern Living Room Design
Our interior decorators and interior designers do not believe in throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We love to identify and keep the good architectural components of each of the rooms we design. When we assist clients in pre-shopping for homes with realtors, we always look for awesome architectural elements and floor plans that work with the family’s lifestyles. In this house, we liked the fireplace, flooring, trims, door casings, and hallways. Wait until you see the hallways. 🙂
We can easily transform this luxury home from dark and bland to light and grand.
Existing Custom Window Treatment Dilemma
Another challenge was designing the client’s existing custom window treatments. They had a patterned gold and grey swag with matching panels and a solid grey valance. The patterned fabric was warm in tone, but it had an undertone of grey-green that we had to ensure we blended in our new design.
Of course, we would have loved to ditch the drapes and replaced the traditional swags with something a little more modern, but sometimes budgets do not allow for custom window treatments. Keep scrolling to see how awesome the existing custom window treatments looked in the new room.
AFTER | INTERIOR DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR LUXURY LIVING ROOM DECOR IDEAS
Luxury Living Room Paint Colors
One way we instantly brightened this living room was by giving it a fresh coat of paint light beige paint. To give the room a sense of light, we chose a beige paint tone with a neutral grey base to blend with the warm tones of the client’s stained built-ins. The paint immediately gave the room much needed natural light play and the custom window treatments took on a new life.
Custom Modern End Tables With White & Gold Table Lamps
To give the room more functionality we added end tables on either side of the sofa. This also allowed us surfaces for table lamps. The stacked white and gold table lamps created a low-light and instantly brightened the space. Through the added light and color, we were able to achieve the bright living room that the client always wanted.
MODERN LIVING ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN IDEAS, LIVING ROOM DECOR IDEAS, MODERN LIVING ROOM DECOR, CUSTOM WINDOW TREATMENTS
Light Modern Rug Provides Balance of Transitional & Contemporary Interior Design Without Going Contemporary Overboard
Replacing the dated red and gold traditional rug with a lighter, white, and gray area rug immediately provides a contemporary updated look. The large pattern of the contemporary rug provides a strong contrast to the wood floor and gave us the opportunity to add more cool tones to the room.
Custom Furniture Designs by Me & My Dallas Interior Designers
We wanted the chairs to stand out as a “wow factor” in the room. The muted blue-green chevron on the outside back (scroll back up to see what I mean) is clearly visible upon entering the house via the front door & foyer area. Remember the black console that was there? If not, scroll up to see what I mean.
We chose a complementary muted blue-green soft-to-the-touch solid fabric for the front of the chairs to keep the sitting area visually calm and colorful.
Custom Grey Slipper Chairs In Kid-Friendly Performance Fabrics
Another element of the design was updating the sofa and chairs. The clean lines of the new sofa and chairs gave the living room a more structured and sophisticated feel. We designed the custom sofa and chaise in a grey performance fabric to ensure the client was able to easily clean up any potential spills. The grey performance fabric had an undertone of warm gold & green that blended beautifully with the client’s existing window treatments.
Performance fabrics are extra durable textiles that are kid-friendly and pet-friendly fabrics. They are more sustainable and allow for human errors such as wine spills, drink spills, and are even colorful candy hand clean up. When looking for new furniture, performance fabric check the box for these durability factors.
1. STAIN RESISTANT FABRICS
Performance fabrics have a moisture barrier that repels water- and oil-based stains. Liquids bead up on performance fabrics rather than absorbing quickly absorb into upholstered custom furniture such as sofas, chaise lounges, chairs, barstools, & other textiles that you use daily. Say goodbye to most, if not all stains. Have your favorite red wine or Nespresso coffee on your new custom sofas & custom chairs as long as they have performance fabrics. Lounge with comfort on a new white or light gray sofa knowing you can kiss grandma’s plastic sofa covers good-bye.
2. WEAR RESISTANCE FABRICS
Our D’KOR HOME performance fabrics are rated for extra heavy wear and stainproof per the Wyzenbeek Test or rubs per minute test.
It is a process that involves rubbing the textile repeatedly to see how many rubs per minute it takes before the fabric starts to wear out or lose texture. For heavy-duty use on living room custom furniture, Wyzenbeek-approved upholstery requires a rating of 15,000 double rubs. Most of our performance fabrics are rated for 30,000 or more rubs per minute— which is rating recommended for sofas in commercial places such as hotels, restaurants, your doctor’s office or any other commercial interior design project.
Rest assured your new custom sofa will withstand years of evening cocktail parties, mornings of coffees, or Netflix binge sessions. Fur-babies like my Leo and Beau will love you for it!
3. ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY & NON-HAZARDOUS
Yes, we are environmentally conscious. Our performance fabric sofas not only safe for use in your home design trends 2020, but they’re also Earth-friendly and sustainable. They withstand the test of time and are worth every penny as they keep their shape and look the same so that you don’t feel the need to dispose of it in 10 years. Plus there are no harmful chemicals necessary to clean the stains, most can be cleaned with soap & water, Mrs. Meyers Cleaning products or Windex.
An updated abstract painting above the fireplace brightened the room and blended our warm and cool tones together.
Our Interior Design Dallas Home Decor & Accessories Placement
Gold accessories such as the sculpture and vases on the mantel carried the gold from the window treatment and the warmth from the stained built-ins. By adding colorful accessories such as porcelain bowls for the cocktail table and large teal vases for above the built-ins, we broke the monotony of the previously warm-toned color palette. Scroll back up to see what this looked like before.This living room is now bright and airy thanks to updated furnishings and accessories! The clean lines of the transitional sofa and chairs add sophistication and structure. Various blues, from the vases above the built-ins to the fabric on the chairs, give this living room a fresh, lively look.
Thanks so much for reading! No matter where you’re reading from, we can provide interior design ideas and solutions for your house on your budget. All you have to do is schedule a complimentary 30-minute interior design consultation to meet one of our residential interior design firms Dallas. We can meet each other and tell you all about our interior design process.
You may remember our family room interior design – remember the family room with the aquarium? Yep! We are back to the couples therapy house 🙂 Now, let’s talk about their two-story foyer. Considering it is the first room people see upon entry, we knew the foyer design ideas must be next!The foyer is large but had very little decor.
BEFORE | TWO-STORY FOYER DECORATING
What did our Dallas interior design firm client envision for her grand two story foyer?
Our Dallas interior design service client wanted to keep her 2-story foyer neutral with touches of grays. There was a lot of empty wall space.Since it was a two-story foyer we wanted something dramatic to fill that wall space.With this being a transitional home, the main goal was to keep it from getting cluttered.Since the foyer currently did not have any lighting, we needed to add a chandelier and sconces.
THE INTERIOR DESIGN PROCESS OF DESIGNING A TWO-STORY FOYER
How To Decorate A 2-Story Foyer
It’s funny. No matter how many spaces we design, two-story foyers are often among the most dramatic spaces when properly designed and decorated. Most often they require large-scaled custom art, wallcovering, a custom wall treatment, and definitely custom window treatments.
2-Story Foyer Art Ideas
My first step was to develop a design for the rounded wall on the staircase area.This was a large empty wall that would become the focal point of the two-story foyer.I used trim plaquing to frame five sections. Then, we (well, really our wall covering installer) installed textured and pattern wallpaper.
To best help our client envision the installation prior to committing to the product order and work orders, we 3-D rendered this drawing to ensure she liked the design concept.
AFTER | TWO-STORY FOYER INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT COMPLETION
Two Story Foyer Lighting
Light balancing a two-story foyer is critical. We used two different types of lighting – two modern silver & crystal sconces were included in our mix of wallpaper and sculpture to create the art.
Two Story Foyer Chandelier
I selected a chandelier that was large but not too extravagant, so as not to take away from the staircase wall. The chandelier is understated yet correctly sized for a foyer. Just in case you’re not familiar – two-story foyers require gigantic chandeliers. Any sconces must also be appropriately sized and scaled for two-story foyers. There’s nothing worse than the epic fail of the chandeliers being too small after they’re installed.
Large Foyer Decorating Ideas, Two Story Foyer Ideas
How To Choose the Best Size for a Foyer Chandelier?
Here is a guide for choosing the best size chandelier for a foyer, two-story foyer, or entryway:
A 10-foot high foyerchandelier should be 20 to 30 inches in height.
A two-story foyer with a 16-foot high ceiling (two–story) needs a large chandelier that is at least 32 to 48 inches in height.
A two-story foyer or entry chandelier should never hang closer than 7.5 feet from the ground. It should never hang more than 11 feet from the ground otherwise it will feel too small.
After the wallcovering was dry, we added multiple beautiful metal wall sculptures and sconces to help fill in the sections and give dimension to the wall.
Custom Furniture For Two-Story Foyers
Next, I took two gray upholstered chairs from another room and switched out the ivory chairs, adding more color and depth to the foyer.We selected new tables and consoles with a deep finish and metal accents.
Large Foyer Decorating Ideas, Two Story Foyer Ideas
What Type of Window Treatments To Choose For a Two Story Foyer?
Custom Windows Treatments Are Best For Two Story Foyers
Floor to ceiling window treatments gives two-story foyers their well-deserved dramatic entry. In this custom-built Dallas home, we installed custom window treatments on both sides of the foyer.
Why Install Window Treatments In a Two Story Foyer?
By installing custom window treatment we visually balanced color and softened the visual tone of the foyer. We selected a beautiful gray faux silk fabric with a simple box pleat for these custom window treatments. To further balance the foyer’s tones and style, we hung the custom window treatments on large-scaled square chrome exposed rods with crystal finials, adding a touch of elegance.
Aside from the visual aesthetics of window treatments, they function as sound panels as they absorb sounds that may otherwise travel throughout the house.
Large Foyer Decorating Ideas, Two Story Foyer Ideas
What Type Of Furniture To Choose For a Two-Story Foyer?
First, we think of scale when editing our furniture selections and designs for clients. We often custom make furniture so that we obtain the scale and style that’s a perfect fit for foyers. Under-scaled cabinetry, chairs, and other furnishings are a BIG NO-NO! The same goes for accessories, art, mirrors, and lamps. The scale and function of a foyer are the most important considerations. Measure, measure, measure and ensure all of your items work together. OR better yet, let us help you with an interior design plan for your home – book a complementary interior design consultation.
What Type of Rug Goes In A Two-Story Foyer?
Given the various angles of this two-story foyer, I used an octagon rug, not the standard round that would have been expected.It has a nice sheen and geometric design but octagon rugs are very hard to find.
Large Foyer Decorating Ideas
What Type of Decor To Use In a Large Foyer?
Lastly, I added a great acrylic and glass sculpture in front of the window overlooking the pool area.The foyer really sets the tone of walking into this beautiful home.
Colors will always play a psychological way in how we feel and how we live in our homes, offices, hotels, and even hospitals. No matter what’s going on in life, color plays a huge role in everything from our moods to our appetites. Throughout this post, I’ll show you the beautiful Color Trends In Interior Design 2020. From Sherwin Williams to Benjamin Moore to Pantone to ELLE DECOR, you’ll get my overall Interior Design Color Trends 2020 with photos of each.
First let’s go through the color trends in interior design according to my Dallas Interior Design firms in combination with the USA’s leaders in color Pantone, Sherwin Williams, Benjamin Moore, and then of course, ELLE DECOR – a design magazine favorite.
2020 Design Color Trends According To ELLE DÉCOR’S Approved By Us & Other Designers
Bold Monochromatic Color Trends In Interior Design 2020
“Monochromatic does not have to be pale. Colors like cobalt blue, kelly green, or even aubergine can evoke monochromatic in a daring way that’s full of personality and elegance.” —Jonathan Rachman of Decorist
Dusty Teal Color Trends In Interior Design 2020
ELLE DECOR’s editors covered the dusty teal color trends, and we agree. Recently, we completed a bonus room home renovation for a family with teenage daughters. We used the dusty teal color trend on the custom sofa, custom accent pillows on the window seat, and even piped the custom chair welt in dusty teal. Dusty teal works nicely as a neutral as it allows almost any other color or style to be incorporated. Click here to see this full bonus room game room home remodeling project.
Warm & Cool Pastels | Color Trends In Interior Design
Warm pastels are typically warm color tones in light color hues. Here is an example of cool pastel color trending in a recent dining room interior design project. You’ll want to see this entire granite interiors Dallas house, so be sure to click here to read my post – 2020 Dining Room Design Trends.
Blue Gray Color Design Trends 2020
Mixing a beautiful blue-gray with deep taupes and creams, pewters, and sometimes a touch of gold is serene. We used the blue-gray color design trend a couple of years ago, but it’s just now labeled “a design trend,” so we’ll take it. Be sure to notice the painting detail on this master suite ceiling. Click here to see more of our Master Suites or other homes by the room.
Color Trends In Interior Design Trends 2020
Moody Hues Color Trends In Interior Design 2020
Deeper moody hues are great for master suites, studies, basements, and accent walls. This is a faux finished & stenciled ceiling in a master suite we designed for a Dallas interior design clients a few years ago. Lighting is super important when using moody hues, so be sure to balance lighting when using moody hues.
Interior Design Trends 2020
Organic Tones
Think nature. Think greens, blues, and natural materials such as natural stones and finishes when trying to achieve the organic color trends look in your home.
Blue, Green & Gray Color Trends In Interior Design 2020
Somewhat along with the natural color trends color theory, mixing blues, greens, and grays are super popular. I would like to think we helped start this color theme when our client relocated from California to Texas. View the entire blue, green, & gray kitchen design here. The powder room above is from the same home.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Earth Tones | Color Trends In Interior Design 2020
Earth tones are simply natural yet can be mixed in geometric patterns or used as solids. Leather is a big part of the earth tones interior design color trends 2020. As a Texas interior designer, Earth tones are always popular. This family room was one we designed a couple of years ago. See all of our family room design ideas.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Rich Jewel Tones | Color Trends 2020
Completely classic and always in style, rich jewel tones are a part of history. I used rich jewel tones way before it was a color trend. Yes, this is my own home that I designed when I first moved to Dallas and started my Dallas interior design firm.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Navy Blue Color Trends 2020
Although it’s official – Navy Blue is a color trend. Navy blue is a jewel tone, and it’s been popular from everything from custom cabinets in kitchens, libraries, and other major home remodeling commitments. Please view all of our dining room design ideas.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Black & White Color Trends 2020 Rich Jewel Tones
Stark, black and white are always striking. Be sure to check out more dramatic deep color tones mixed with pops of color in my dramatic deep dark home offices blog post.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Punchy Colors Trends In Interior Design 2020
Despite what we do as interior designers, colorful rooms are always among my favorite. They simply make me smile.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Benjamin Moore Colors Trends From ASID Dallas Presentation
Benjamin Moore stated, “In the new decade with rosy optimism. While it seems these days every paint color has a designated, much-buzzed-about Color of the Year, arguably no company makes a bigger show of it than Benjamin Moore. Last year, the brand took over the iconic Pool room at the Four Seasons to reveal Metropolitan AF-690; the year before that it was Caliente AF-290, unveiled to much applause at none other than Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum.”
What is Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2020?
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
“Color of the 2020 Year – First Light 2102-70 is soft and not so sweet pink. We might venture to say it’s the new white, beige, or gray – in the way that the tone can layer with almost anything. The color that stood out as the most symbolic of the mindset and direction for 2020 is First Light 2102-70. This soft pink represents a new dawn in thinking, a revitalized spirit, and a rosy outlook for the decade to come with an optimistic outlook for how we live, work, play, and design as we head into the future.” says Benjamin Moore. First Light 2102-70 is sophisticated and warm, and is appropriate for all seasons and styles. This color has a feminine quality, but it works very well with colors traditionally considered to be masculine. Color of the 2020 Year is an ideal backdrop for any room as it will enhance various textures and materials while bringing a flattering glow to a room. Additionally, this hue works exceptionally well with minimalist interiors and clean lines by incorporating softness that brings a welcoming feel to a room. “When you look at color over time there is often a direct relationship between what shades are popular and what is happening in the world” – explains Andrea Magno, Benjamin Moore’s Director of Color Marketing and Development, which in March 2019 carried out the color workshop in Warsaw during the international Benjamin Moore retailers meeting.
Almost First Light Pink Bedroom Color Trend 2020
Before Benjamin Moore’s First Light was color trend, we designed this beautiful pink bedroom for our Dallas interior design client. I love the slightly deeper and a tiny bit more salmon tone that played nicely with the fabric tones.
Pink Walls | Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
What is the Sherwin Williams Color of the Year 2020?
Being the leader in color theories both Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore are color trending experts. They should be, right? After all both are amazing paint companies. While I tend to favor Sherwin Williams paint quality and colors, I also completely agree that navy blue color trends have dominated interior design!
What 2020 Color Trend Has Dominated Interior Design?
Naval is the Sherwin Williams color of the year for 2020. Naval and any other color of navy blue have dominated interior design for the last three years.
When was Naval was announced as the Sherwin Williams Color of the Year?
Sherwin Williams announced the 2020 Color of the Year, Naval SW 6244 on September 24, 2019 at 5:42pm. The rich navy creates a calm and grounding environment infused with quiet confidence. And while you may think Navy’s been done before – it’s never been done like this. Navy will soon be the new gray. Have you seen my home office interior design blog post? It seems like every other home office is being painted a form of navy blue.
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Color Trends in Interior Design 2020
Why Did Sherwin Williams Select Naval As The Color of the Year?
According to Sue Wadden, Sherwin-Williams’ director of color marketing, the shade is simultaneously luxurious and versatile and would enhance a formal dining room as much as a zen yoga studio. Wadden calls the blue a “new neutral,” suggesting that tones outside of the typical white, gray, or beige can be used to a similarly soothing effect. Furthermore, the color’s connotations pushed it to the top of the brand’s pile of contenders. “The use of color in interior design is changing—it’s not just about what a space looks like anymore, but the feelings a space can evoke,” Wadden says. “Because navy has strong ties to nature and well-being, it made sense to select Naval. It is reminiscent of the night sky, which people have looked to for centuries for guidance, as a muse, and as a reminder to live more mindfully.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaG2acCR6yY&feature=youtu.be
What is the Pantone Color of the Year 2020?
Pantone states, “A timeless and enduring blue hue, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.” “Imprinted in our psyches as a restful color, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the human spirit, offering refuge. Aiding concentration and bringing laser-like clarity, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue re-centers our thoughts. A reflective blue tone, Classic Blue fosters resilience.” says Pantone. Leatrice Eiseman, the Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute said it best when she made this statement about Classic Blue.
How Do I Make Sure Paint Colors Will Work In My Home Before Painting?
Selecting the wrong paint color is extremely costly, therefore work with an interior designer that specializes in paint color consultation. While it’s normally best to have a designer come to your home or office for a paint color consultation, with COVID-19, that may not be possible. For over 10 years my team and I have helped clients all over the United States and globally select paint colors. We can provide two types of 3-D renderings – photo-realistic or digitized. Photorealistic is the best way to confirm paint colors but it’s also the more costly method of predetermining colors. NOTE:Not every interior designer is great at selecting paint colors, so no matter what, ask to see their color consultation portfolio or their entire interior design portfolio. If you do not like what you see, interview another interior designer until you’re comfortable with the person first.After all, as award-winning Dallas interior designers, we the leading paint color consultants. If you need help selecting your paint colors, click here to schedule a complimentary virtual meeting or in-home design consultation so that we can assess your home design projects. Here is more information about our Dallas Interior Design Firm Services.
Be sure to share or pin this to reference this post later…
Thanks for reading! I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Be sure to drop your questions or comments below. I’m happy to answer any painting questions you may have. Happy coloring! X~ Dee P.S. Check out these posts or book a complimentary home design appointment with one of my Dallas interior designers or Dallas interior decorators.
Seeing that many of our clients from other regions outside of Dallas are still self-quarantining in home offices, I wanted to share a few Dallas office interior design ideas on D’KOR HOME today. I hope you enjoy my 29 Awesome Dallas Office Interior Design Ideas. Did you see my 24 Colorful Home Office Ideas and other interior design blog posts?
If you need help with interior design Dallas design ideas for your own home office, this should be an inspiration, or we can help you create a fantastic office design to suit your personality. Lori is working on a Dallas Office Interior Design Ideas for a client.
1. Shepard Fairy OBEY Giant Street Art Mixed With Antiques Office
What better way than to start your day with GIANT artwork by the famous street artist Sheppard Fairy. I love the mix of antiques with street art.
Office and Study by Deirdre Doherty Interiors, Inc. on 1stdibs
Mount Washington by Deirdre Doherty Interiors, Inc. on 1stdibs
Credits: 1stdibs Designer: Deirdre Doherty
2. Travel The World | World Map Office Ceiling
What a beautiful office ceiling. OH! My! I love incorporating the gigantic map of Middle Earth or The Seven Kingdoms in a Song of Ice and Fire.
Credits: Houzz
3. Striking Zebra Carpet With Black Walls & Black Built-Ins.
Featured in Traditional Home, this Lake Shore Drive Chicago Apartment in a prim building is fantastic! I love a great carpet or rug as the focal point for interior design projects.
Credits: Traditional Home
4. Hunters Haven Dark Masculine Office Ideas.
Being in Texas, most of our interior designers here love taxidermied animals in a masculine setting. This Tudor designed home renovation’s office would make a great fit in a Dallas office interior design. “A beguiling 1920s home proves the power of love at first sight,” says Traditional Home magazine, now on Better Homes & Gardens.
Tudor-Style Home with a Modern Makeover
Credits: Traditional Home
5. Deep Charcoal Painted Walls Make a Great Dallas Office Interior Design Ideas
Believe it or not, dark walls create depth in light spaces. Whenever we’re working on a condo design with floor to ceiling windows or a room with lots of light, dark walls are often our best friends for design drama.
Atlanta Remodel | A designer daughter helps her parents renovate their new home
“Since it’s not a common area, your home office is a great place to design risks with art and furniture choices. (We love the curvy design of this desk and lamp!) “
“Art should not always be saved for the main and sometimes more important rooms in the home. Adding beautiful Art to a home office has a way of elevating it to feel like the destination anyone would feel happy in,” says Sullivan. “Tall stained oak bookshelves that go up to the ceiling maximize shelf space for artful objects, and of course, books.” Courtesy of Sullivan Design Studio
Try a statement painting | Credits: The Oprah Magazine Designer: Sullivan Design Studio
7. Joanna Gaines Meets Black Walls & Black Built-Ins Concept. | Dallas Office Interior Design Ideas
I have not had time to watch Joanna Gaines lately, but I imagine if she had painted walls black, this would be her look.
A Modern Farmhouse Home Office like Joanna Gaines – The Morris Manor
A modern farmhouse home office like Joanna Gaines? What are the key elements? In March 2018 HGTV magazine featured our home
Credits: The Morris Manor – Katrina Morris | DIY & Home Decor Blogger
Mangimelli designed the office of a couple’s part-time Miami home with minimal—but matching!—furnishings for a look that feels both luxe and intentional. “It needed to be functional for both of them, private, and sophisticated but still in keeping with the overall home design,” says Mangimelli. “We designed a custom, dual-sided deck supported by brass legs with a walnut cabinet in the middle and topped with the same Calcutta used for the palladia terrazzo on the floor. The walnut wall paneling is strategical to conceal built-in cabinetry that houses equipment and storage behind flush doors.” Courtesy of Strang
Credits: Architectural Digest Designer: Jean-Louis Deniot Photographer: Derry Moore
10. Deep Navy Blue Lacquered Home Office In Florida.
We’ll always love a very blue design idea, and that goes for the high-gloss office at Alex Rodriguez’s Florida estate—Briggs Edward Solomon handled the decoration—a Florence Knoll pedestal table is grouped with Saarinen armchairs, all by Knoll, and a carpet by Diane von Furstenberg for the Rug Company; sconces from Flos flank Marco Ovando photographs.
Decadent Blues | Credits: Architectural Digest Designer: Photographer: Björn Wallander
11. 50 Shades of Gray Dallas Office Interior Design Ideas.
“They say compartmentalization and clear borders are essential to business, and that applies to the masculine home office just as much as the boardroom. Hence, if you’re a man who works from home and has room to spare, consider a proper masculine home office as being more or less mandatory. Just throwing something together won’t cut it.” ~ Man of Many
Masculine Home Office Ideas & Inspirations | Man of Many | Credits: Man of Many
12. Moon Masculine Home Office Ideas.
Credits: Man of Many
13. Art Deco Home Office Ideas.
If John Hamm from Mad Men had an office in Dallas, this would be it.
Credits: Man of Many
14. Floor To Ceiling Built-In Bookshelves.
Create an authentic library look with floor to ceiling bookshelves.
Maximize every inch of space in your office by opting for floor-to-ceiling shelving on all four walls. In this home office space designed by Davis, exposed 2 x 12 wall framing was employed to create display and storage cubbies. The organization is vital in keeping things from looking chaotic, so if you tend to be on the messier side, consider doing the floor-to-ceiling treatment on just one wall. Courtesy of Malcolm Davis Architecture
Go floor to ceiling with storage
Credits: The Oprah Magazine Designer: Malcolm Davis
15. Navy Blue Built-In Bookshelves With Sconce Lighting.
Add sconce lighting to the tops of your bookshelves or the side columns using inset shelf lighting. Style and grace return to a Victorian-style home in Franklin, Tennessee, thanks to O’More College of Design alumni and friends for the 2014 O’More College of Design Showhouse.
Credits: Traditional Home Designer: O’More College of Design alumni and friends
16. Black, White & Gray Neutral Home Office Ideas.
Neutrals work perfectly for our Dallas art collectors. We love giving them a space for their latest inspiring art collection to be installed and showcased easily.
Credits: Etsy
17. Hang Art On The Bookcase Makes a Stylish Home Office Accent Wall.
This clean, timeless design uses our deep, blue Espionage (C2-742) as an accent wall that’s both eye-catching and functional as a bookshelf in this home office. Perfect for a part-time spy.
If your workspace is fresh, you may be more inclined to use it. A vintage aluminum desk and stool create an industrial vibe in this Colorado cabin‘s study. Chicken-wire bookcases add a rustic touch to the room.
Credits: House Beautiful Photographer: Eric Piasecki
19. Go All Black & Gray.
Is this not the sexiest office you’ve ever seen? Black furniture combined with brass accents looks super sleek. Opt for a gray-black for the walls, so it doesn’t feel too dark—photo by Nicole Franzen.
Give yourself plenty of storage and shelf space in your home office.
Home Office Modern Design Study Nook 37 New Ideas | Credits: Shiloh Home Journal
28. Custom Built Furniture or Custom Built Counter Desks.
A desk doesn’t have to be “office furniture.” Functional workspaces are critical when considering your home office ideas. A desk can be a counter surface, wood, or anything smooth for a writable surface.
Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed these office ideas. Be sure to check out more of my home office ideas – click here. Be sure to check out my interior design blog post – 24 Super Colorful Home Office Ideas. You could get some home office inspiration from that post too.
Please Meet My DIY Gallery Hanging System & Gallery Wall Tips and Tricks
Here are the rules of thumb my Dallas interior design firm interior designers use when installing gallery walls for our clients. Just in case you’re wondering, we most often call in our professional art installers for the sake of time and perfection for our clients.
DIY Gallery Hanging System & Techniques | Gallery Wall Tips and Tricks
1. Find the art first.
There are several ways to create a gallery look. You can use new and vintage prints and paintings together. Flea market finds are among my favorites. I like to find art within one color palette in various sizes or ensure that all of the sizes are identical. Believe it or not, this is the most critical and time-consuming step. Having one piece of art that is a little “off” draws immediate attention to the singular piece of art vs. the entire wall.
2. Keep frames & matboards cohesive.
Ensuring your frames are in the same color-tone is super helpful. Spray paint can be your best friend. Matboards must be the same. Mixing various tones is okay if the space is large enough, otherwise the gallery wall we begin to look messy. We work with our professional framers to ensure the color tones and the art looks great in the frames with mats so that we don’t waste time on installation day.
3. Plan & layout your gallery wall installation on the floor before hanging.
When you’ve gathered your art, layout the pattern you’re considering for the installation on the floor. Measure both the width and height. Be sure you’ve allowed for the exact amount of space in between your frames. Confirm this measurement works with your wall and space. Take a photo of the assemblage. Hold it up as if you’re looking at the photo on the wall. Is there anything you’re missing or are colors balanced? If not, this is the easiest time to move them around.
4. Start with your most central art piece in the gallery wall.
Measure to find the center of the wall or focal point. Use at least an 18″ level or laser level to make life easier. Again, recheck your layout to ensure it will fit above sofas, around furniture, etc.
5. Hang frames with 1-2″ uniform spacing.
Aside from the visual colors of the art and frame tones, frame spacing uniformity is critical. I cannot stress this enough. I do not hang gallery walls for my clients simply because when installing flea market finds or mixed art, you’ll quickly learn that all art frames are not created equally. Hanging mechanisms aren’t either. For most art, I recommend no more than 2″ of space between the frames. More than 4″ starts to seem like fly away art. Hanging art 1″ apart looks awesome and ofter appears as a wallcovering. That’s not saying that wall art arrangements from my recent home office ideas blog post like this don’t work. Each gallery wall is different. Notice this wall has insets and columns.
Gallery Wall Installation Tools & Necessities Required To Hang The Perfect Gallery Wall
Art for the gallery wall
Spray paint if you need to paint frames
Matboards
Level – 18″ or longer (a laser leveler is super useful too)
Pencil for making light erasable marks
Measuring tape
Phone or camera for taking photos of the laid flat installation.
Click here to see more Gallery Wall Installations and get Gallery Wall Ideas. Click here if you’re an art collector and want a more professional gallery hanging system. Got another DIY gallery hanging system or more gallery wall tips and tricks? Leave me a comment below.
X~ Dee
P.S. If you liked this post, I think you’ll find a lot of value in my other interior design ideas blog post…
ZigZag Patterns & Home Decor From Luxury Interior Design Dallas
When designing homes for our Dallas interior design clients, some want solid tones; others prefer patterned wall coverings and textured finishes. A new trend is zig-zag patterns. While working with a modern interior design client for a home renovation project, the zig-zag pattern questions came up. Can we use a zig-zag patterned tile? A zig-zag patterned backsplash? There are all different types of zig-zags patterns and millions of zig-zagged things! I’ve used tons of zig-zag fabrics and textiles in my interior decorator Dallas design projects.
I crocheted a blue and white zig-zag quilt back in the 80s. Of course, we’ve used zig-zagged patterns, chevron patterns, and herringbone patterns for years. I had to know.
What are the different types of zig-zags patterns?
Why is the term “zig-zag” suddenly being used?
Why do people suddenly want zig-zagged patterns in their home decor?
What are the other names for Zig-Zag Patterns?
There are slight differences in the meanings of zig-zag patterns vs. herringbone patterns vs. chevron patterns. Before presenting my fascinating findings when researching zig-zag trends, I’ll let Webster’s dictionary do the work for this part.
Definition of flame stitch: a needlepoint stitch that produces a pattern resembling flames.
Definition of zig-zag:one of a series of short sharp turns, angles, or alterations in a course also: something having the form or character of such a series
Definition of herringbone:a pattern made up of rows of parallel lines which in any two adjacent rows slope in opposite directionsSome call zig-zag patterns “chevron” patterns. Others call them “Flamestich.” While Zig-zag patterns have been around for centuries and better known as “herringbone.”Throughout this post, I’ll share how Italian brand Missoni, the high-end Italian fashion house based in Varese, led the zig-zag pattern trend in interior design.
Meet Mrs. Missoni Turned ZigZag Patterns Into A Multi-Million Dollar Global Fashion & Home Decor Empire
Mrs. Missoni first started with what’s considered a “flame stitch” zig-zag pattern. Look at the sofa behind the image below to see what I mean by “Flame Stitch.” Flame stitching typically has high and low peaks in the pattern combined with multiple colors.
Missoni Exhibit At Milan Design Week 2019
Initially known for colorful knitwear designs, Mrs. Missoni entered the global home decor market at the Milan Design Show in 2019. Shortly, after the Milan show, they presented their knit and zig-zag pattern concept presentation during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019.
Considering we are amid a pandemic and none of us interior designers know when we’ll be inspired by artisans such as Missoni again. Enjoy these photos from Missoni’s Milan Design Week booth. Truly! Whether you’re a lover of zig-zag patterns or not, this craftmanship is something to admire.
Italian Artist Alessandra Roveda X Missoni’s Crochet Bedroom Interior Design Ideas
Design Milk dubbed this crochet bedroom a “playful landscape by Italian artist Alessandra Roveda.” I must agree. For those who enjoy crocheting as a hobby, can you even imagine crocheting all of this? Every inch of the chandelier, art, bed, mirror frames and even the nightstand is crocheted. Oh! And then there are the zig-zag patterned bedspreads! Notice there are many bedspreads.
While nothing can take the place of handmade crocheted home decor or a first baby’s outfit, or a fashionable cape, Missoni’s got the second-best to crochet in their zig-zag weaved patterns. From robes, bath towels, fabrics, furniture, and other textiles, no amount of zig-zags is too much.
Different Types of ZigZag Patterns
What Is The History of Zig-Zag, Chevron, and Herringbone Patterns?
While Missoni is not solely responsible for zig-zagged patterns, they deserve credit for the colorful variations of zig-zags. Herringbone patterns have been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Roman road paving systems used a herringbone pattern to create extremely durable and stable thoroughfares. Egyptian jewelry contained herringbone weaves. The Italians seem to earn the credit for herringbone patterns, so we’ll let the talented Italians take all of the credit for what you’ll see below – today’s Zig-zag patterns in much of our home decor.
How Has Zig-Zag Patterns Influenced Interior Design & Architecture?
From ceilings to home decor to complete architectured homes and spaces, the zig-zag trend has reemerged in so many ways. Here are just a few.
Zig-Zag Patterned Architecture
photograph by Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA | Different Types of Zig-Zags Patterns | Different Types of Zig Zag Patterns
Zig-Zag Patterned Architecture Ceiling
Rustic White Washed Zig-Zag Patterned Architecture Ceiling
Different Types of Zig Zags Patterns
Zig-Zag Patterned Wallcovering by Missoni
Different Types of Zig Zags Patterns For Missoni Zig Zag Pattern Wallcovering
Zig-Zag Patterned Black & Taupe Wallcovering
Squiggly Blue & White Zig-Zag Wall Covering Combined With Patterns
Whew! That was a lot of zig-zagging. I hope you learned a little something about the history and the design trends of zig-zags today. Thanks for reading, and be sure to subscribe and follow me on social media. Leo and I love answering your comments on social.
How Home Designer Help Clients Transition From Larger Homes Into a Del Webb Texas Community Home
Being a lover of the older generation by default, my team of home designers and I (Dee Frazier) love helping retirees transition their belongings into new Del Webb Texas retirement communities. This particular client, Darlene, and her daughter, Denise, is particularly unique to us. Can you believe that she did NOT see the full interior design process until her moving day from Sequin, Washington!? This was a reveal I wish we had filmed.
From taking a trip down memory lane to discovering new purchases that fit each room and the client’s lifestyle is imperative. With the recent losses of two of our parents here lately, it’s most evident how much we need good people to care for the aging population. Each time we go into a Del Webb Texas community, it’s nice to see people enjoying the interior design Dallas texas design and home decor process. Darlene’s situation was almost the opposite of our typical Del Webb interior design process.
Most of our clients love to entertain, and we thoroughly enjoy decorating rooms to help them do just that – ENTERTAIN & LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST! Let’s go inside Darlene’s Del Web Texas Community Home, designed by my junior designer Sam Synder who’s Austin TX based.
This was written in D’KOR HOME, “Projects that involve helping retirees downsize and prepare to do lots of entertaining in retirement Del Webb communities are a favorite of Dallas, Texas interior designer Dee Frazier, and her junior designer, Sam worked on this project together. Not knowing what to keep and how to transitional beloved keepsakes into smaller spaces can be frustrating.”
“Instead of moving into a home that wasn’t exactly her, Darlene went to Houzz and searched for an “interior designer in Dallas TX.” While living near Putrid Sound with a beautiful view of Mount Rainer near Sequim, Washington, she didn’t know who to trust to remodel her house to her taste and liking altogether. Dee Frazier Interiors immediately stood out as a group of realistic interior designers. After using Dee and her Dallas Interior Design Firm to redesign her Del Webb home completely, Darlene’s daughter Denise hired Dee and her design team to redesign her Dallas condo completely.”
The Del Webb Eat-In Kitchen Dining Room with Gallery Wall & My Dining Room Chair Placement Tips
In small spaces, people rarely angle the chairs where they pull out in the corners. It’s a vast space-saving technique that we use in dining room designs for both aesthetics and function. It works exceptionally well in restaurant layouts and keeps people from feeling trapped. Think about it. If these chairs were placed in the usual pattern, you’d walk into the room and seem at the back of the chairs instead of the fresh flower table center piece.
Make your day even better – REANGLE YOUR CHAIRS!
Inside The Dining Room of Del Webb Texas Community Home | Model Home Designer | D’KOR HOME | Best Interior Designers Dallas | Serving Dallas TX, DFW Metro Area
Del Webb Living Room Before Our Interior Design Plan Was Implemented
AFTER: Del Webb Living Room With All New Custom Furniture, Art, & Window Treatments
How This Del Webb Home Was Transformed From Dark & Airy To Light And Refreshing
Updating and repurposing treasured heirlooms and other furnishings is a common theme in the Dee Frazier Interiors design process. Typically, with most Del Webb homes, we start by identifying family heirlooms and keepsakes. Many interior designers want to sell homeowner’s new furniture or not work with them at all. Our interior design firm is quite different in that sense.
Except for Mrs. Zeller’s Del Webb home, we started from scratch! Mrs. Zeller only wanted to keep her Waterford chandelier. You’ll see where we placed that a bit later in this post.
Why We Presented Shades of Blue for Mrs. Zeller’s Del Webb Community Home
Mrs. Zeller was used to looking at this beautiful view of Mount Rainer near Sequim, Washington:
Our Interior Design Plan & Art Selections for Mrs. Zeller:
Del Webb Study | Before
Study Window Treatment Design Drawing
Del Webb Study | After
Yes, here is Mrs. Zeller’s Waterford crystal chandelier…in her private study.
Master Bedroom In Del Webb Community Texas | After Interior Design Plan Installation
The room was empty and very dark prior. Sorry, my photos of the before of this room are incredibly blurry, so I didn’t want to bore you with a blurry picture. Enjoy the after of Mrs. Zeller’s serene master bedroom.
The focal wall is wallpapered in a tone-on-tone neutral damask wallpaper.
Master Bathroom In Del Webb Community Texas | Before
Design Boards | Master Bathroom In Del Webb Community Texas
Master Bathroom In Del Webb Community Texas | After
Complete Kitchen Design In Del Webb Community Texas | After New Custom Cabinet Installation
The kitchen was dark and depressing. Now, it’s fresh, clean, and modern with new appliances and Daltile Quartz Countertops.
Before Guest Bedroom Interior Design Plan & Custom Furniture Installation
Del Webb Community Texas Before Best Interior Designers In Dallas TX
After Guest Bedroom Interior Design Plan & Custom Furniture Installation
Before Guest Bathroom Design
After Guest Bathroom Design
Here’s How Our Dallas Interior Design Firm & Home Designers Help Del Webb Texas Homeowners:
Our Dallas, Frisco, & Allen interior design firms are different from our competitors, especially when it comes to downsizing. We like to make the experience that Del Webb Texas homeowners enjoy without regrets or concern that someone will throw out all of your belongings. All of our designers have aging parents or grandparents. We treat you as we want others to manage them.
Here are just a few ways we are different than other local Dallas interior design firms:
1. We are compassionate and never in a hurry.
Trips down memory lane are essential to us. We compassionately go through each piece of furniture and your belongings to provide the best options for your home’s aesthetic.
2. We love refinishing vs. discarding.
Often, we find uncut diamonds in the ruff, and unlike most interior designers, we love refinishing, reupholstering.
3. We want your home to function for you, forever.
Unlike most interior designers, we are not about our egos or taking the final home tour photos. While we want your house to be photo-worthy, our interior design process is all about you, the homeowner.
4. We treat you as we want our parents to be treated.
We are working to keep our clients safe in the COVID-19 pandemic interior design and home decor process. We work with clients virtually, or we keep our social distance. Whatever makes our interior design clients feel comfortable is what we do.
One of the biggest questions homeowners ask us, is “who should I call for pool & patio design ideas”? For our clients, the choice is easy! Even though we are interior designers, we are also exterior designers. If you’ve read my blog posts, you know that I love merging interior design with external surroundings. I’m a gardener at heart.
As another Memorial Day approaches, pools and patios are now havens, especially amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Being the expert kitchen and bath designer in the Dallas, TX metro area doesn’t stop at the home’s interior design. We often go outdoors with our design expertise for as many home interiors we design.
Throughout this post, you will find super essential considerations for your loggia. You’ll discover imperative pool & patio design ideas too. Please read to the end if you require patio design ideas. Yes, we can even help with virtually preparing and executing patio design ideas for your pool or loggia too. For now, read on…
How To Design Outdoor Spaces To Best Suit Lifestyle & Regional Weather Especially In The Dallas TX or DFW Metro Area
Before considering an investment in your loggia or patio furnishings, there are a series of questions every homeowner, especially Dallas, TX homeowners, needs to consider before taking the plunge. Dallas can have four types of weather in one day! Wind, rain, snow, and heat are all considerations in DFW. Your region may be the same.
After stepping in on a project where the homeowner hired another designer and her outdoor kitchen contractor – it was all going wrong! No one has taken the weather or surfacing into consideration. I’m a positive person; therefore, I won’t spend time telling you what all they had done wrong. I’m simply going to tell you how to fix your pool & patio design ideas plan of attack moving forward.
Below you will find questions your design professional should be asking every homeowner. Whether you choose to work with an interior designer, exterior designer, landscape architect, home remodeler, or builder, before spending a dollar, they should ask you the vital questions below. Hiring someone to build an outdoor kitchen or source patio furniture and outdoor seating is critical because most of the outdoor patio furniture is garbage, yet it’s expensive.
In the case of my recent design client, the prior interior designer had NOT even asked the homeowner about their lifestyle before spouting off HER design ideas. {My personal pet peeve with some interior designers.} To avoid embarrassment for THAT and all interior designers in DFW, I will use one of my past exterior loggia design projects to walk you through the proper questions and how to ensure you’re getting outdoor pool & patio design ideas you want to live with for LIFE.
First, let’s view the project during construction…
How We Helped Opposites Attract
Carrying the cool blues outside to the pool area was a natural fit. To give our “opposites attract” homeowners a virtual walkthrough of the space before continuing color, placement, and product selections, we created a comprehensive design using 3D rendering technology.
After finishing their interior design and home remodeling project, we blended their styles and began on the exterior patio design ideas. See the living room design below – click here to see the entire living room home remodeling project details.
We finished their interior design projects first, then began bringing their exterior project into three dimensions. Our 3D renderings save the client’s time and a lot of money by streamlining selections and preventing additional construction costs. They thought they originally wanted things in their interior design and their patio design ideas. After seeing their initial wants in 3-D, they quickly realized these were decisions they would later regret.
During Construction | Home Remodel | Pool & Patio Design Ideas
1. Select a qualified exterior designer or landscape architect for your pool or patio design ideas.
Make sure your interior designer understands landscape architecture and exterior products. Otherwise, it could be like flushing your hard-earned money down the drain. Ask for references or links to their most recent work’s interior design blog posts. Call their previous clients to ask specifics about their work and product selections.
2. Select flooring surfaces that are heat and water-resistant.
As interior designers, we love to use beautiful tiles. All tiles or concrete surfaces around a pool or patio should be heat and water-resistant.
3. Surfaces should be prepared and leveled before installing flooring or tile.
Believe it or not, we often see contractors and builders skimping on products such as levelers. Flooring leveling is imperative; otherwise, tiles crack and cause decks and patios to look old and need repairs long before their time.
Builders and contractors often get away with leveling because homeowners may not realize these issues until much later after it’s too late or the project is out of warranty; that’s if there’s a warranty at all.
4. The outdoor surfacing and patio furniture scale need to be bigger than you think.
See how small the tile is under the large gigantic concrete tiles below. The size of the concrete tiles is four times the size of the small thin porcelain tiles previously selected by THAT other uneducated interior designer and her contractor.
HOME REMODELING PROJECT FEATURING OUTDOOR PATIO DESIGN IDEAS WITH CONCRETE TILES
5. What should you use for outdoor screens or patio protection? Motorized smart home screens, traditional screens, or screened doors?
See where the red tape is? Everything goes into consideration with patio design ideas. In this case, motorized smart home screens are built into the home’s structure columns. There are numerous ways to screen a patio or loggia. When applicable and budget allows, the motorized smart home screens are the best bang for the buck.
6. 3-D Renderings of Pool & Patio Design Ideas by designers or landscape architects are always a good idea.
When working with a designer or landscape architect, I highly recommend that clients pay a little extra for designers and landscape architects that supply you with an excellent visual rendering of the outdoor pool or patio design ideas. Renderings can easily allow you to see what their patio design ideas will look like before the first construction dollar is spent.
We love to provide more than a verbal presentation or storyboards to help our clients understand and visualize how their investment will be spent and the final results. Three-dimensional renderings are how we start the design process to help each homeowner see the scale and dimension of their furnishings before we place a single order.
Questions Every Interior Designer Or Landscape Architect Should Ask Before Designing Your Outdoor Loggia or Patio Area
Whether it’s an indoor or outdoor space, a series of questions is necessary to understand how you will use outdoor rooms or outdoor areas at home.
Here is my list of questions to ask when meeting with a Dallas homeowner. Keep in mind, if you’re not in Dallas, there are many other considerations, with the climate being a biggy that should be considered for your area.
7. How will you use your pool, patio, or backyard space?
Will you entertain family and friends on weekends, or will you take a seat outdoors to browse through your emails and social media each morning? Or is this a seasonal space (ex winter, spring, summer, or fall) only space? These factors determine if you’ll need cushion storage, furniture covers, and whether or not leaving exterior furnishings exposed at all times is a good idea or not.
8. How often will you use the outdoor loggia or patio?
Daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, or only for special occasions? If so, how many special events do you host each year? Furniture use and comfortability are keys to creating patio design ideas that suit your lifestyle.
9. How will you maintain the loggia or patio furniture?
Will you maintain your loggia, patio, or pool area, or will you hire someone to do it for you?
More elements such as weather and types of materials aren’t changed out like a throw pillow. Most outdoor furniture is equally as costly as interior furnishings, yet it’s exposed to elements. In Texas, we have to think to make the selections for their interiors or sometimes loggias, and then we let the patio. Maintenance and care for outdoor furniture are more critical than indoor furniture, which must go on someone’s TODO list.
AFTER BUILT-IN STORAGE BENCH BASED ON PATIO DESIGN IDEAS by DKOR HOME | Outdoor Patio Design Ideas That Include an Outdoor Television
10. Will you entertain in each of your outdoor areas?
If so, how do you envision entertaining guests? For instance, should we plan on refrigeration, wine chillers, a bar, grill, wood fire pizza oven, or will you be ordering in Dominos? Do you want areas separated but harmonious, or do you prefer complete separation so that kids and adults can organically separate themselves?
AFTER PATIO DESIGN IDEAS | DKOR HOME | Outdoor Patio Design Ideas That Include an Outdoor Television
11. Do you plan to watch sports games? If so, should your patio design ideas include a television?
The answer for most of our clients is YES on outdoor television or televisions. If your answer is also YES, you’ll need to think about the internet or cable in the television area.
3-D RENDERING OF PATIO DESIGN IDEAS | DKOR HOME | Outdoor Patio Design Ideas That Include an Outdoor Television
12. How long have you lived in metro Dallas TX, DFW, or your regional climate?
If my clients are moving from other regions, I advise them of climate issues for their outdoor spaces. Understanding their outdoor space maintenance is even more critical.
3-D RENDERING OF PATIO DESIGN IDEAS | DKOR HOME | Outdoor Patio Design Ideas That Include an Outdoor Television
13. What necessities are most important for your patio design?
The latest outdoor theatre screen? Outdoor smart home screens that you can lower while you’re at the office?
14. Should you consult an “exterior designer near me”?
The list could go on and on based on my homeowner’s answers. Still, as a Dallas interior designer with more experience than I care to write about in this blog post, it doesn’t take us long to identify solutions that function for each of our clients.No matter where you live. I highly recommend you reach out to a qualified exterior design professional. Our interior design firm offers free virtual design consultations. Believe it or not, we design and oversee projects for clients both in-person and virtually.
Best Kitchen Design Ideas 2021 From Our Texas Projects & My Designer Friends Worldwide
As most of us in America are now “sheltering in place,” I wanted to share a few inspirational kitchen ideas with you. From modern kitchens to Texas traditional, you’ll find some of our favorite kitchen design ideas in the photos below.
Kitchen Design Questions Answered Plus Over 30 Amazing Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
1. Buttery yellow kitchen walls with blue & white accessories.
2. Change your tumbled stone or beige backsplash to modern hues of gray.
Compliment with a black stained walnut island, the cream glazed kitchen cabinets are typically paired with tumbled marble, aka tumbled stone. When our California clients moved to Dallas, TX, we wanted them to feel right here in Texas. With a punch of kelly green velvet on the bar stools, we kept resale in mind while doing my favorite – bringing the outdoors in! The gray tile immediately modernized the glazed cabinets.
3. Use Hunter Douglas Silhouette shades for privacy.
They keep things simple and neutral works for almost any size kitchen, especially when your kitchen windows peer into your neighbor’s living room. When window treatment fabrics can be a distraction, instead of adding too many different colors, add textures – use sheer like materials such as Hunter Douglas Silhouette shades.
White Mission Style Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
4. Add a nice fruit bowl filled with fresh fruits.
The smaller your kitchen footprint, the more monotone the kitchen design ideas are what works best. Adding color on the walls, a different color for the cabinetry, and a different fabric color for the window treatments can be a visual nightmare. Color is often best added with a beautiful fruit bowl filled with fresh fruits.
Add an excellent runner at the sink area. Adding a pattern or color on the backsplash is always a good idea if resale is not a concern.
In this Del Webb retirement resident’s kitchen, we added simple accessories for pops of color with accessories our client already owned. You, too, may have home decor that can be around.
Del Webb Retirement Home Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
5. Give the kitchen height with window treatments & accessories.
If your kitchen sink window has a foot or more above it, adding a window treatment as high as the crown molding is always a good idea! A beautiful faux roman shade is a great place to use more expensive printed designer fabrics. The Roman shade can also hide the Hunter Douglas Silhouette shade header so that the shadow completely disappears for a fully transparent window.
Add accessories above the kitchen cabinets only when you’ve got a lot of space above the kitchen cabinets.
Use an artistic fruit bowl filled with fresh oranges on the kitchen island. | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
6. How to determine the right size bar stools for a kitchen counter or island?
There’s nothing worse than ordering the wrong sized barstools for a kitchen island or counter area. Typically there are two different sizes of barstools. More often than not, I find that people do not order the correct sized barstools for their bars or counters.
While every kitchen is different, every counter thickness and every barstool is different, a good rule of thumb for getting the correct sized barstool is semi-easy.
If your countertops are sink height, you will need counter height bar stools. If your counter height is comfortable standing as if you are at a bar, you will need bar height stools.
7. Order paneled appliances to match your cabinetry.
I’ll use this kitchen as an example for my paneled appliances recommendation, but please note: put on your imagination cap. Okay, now that your imagination cap is on – look at the kitchen fridge, imagine if it were stainless like an oven. The kitchen would feel weighty and substantial vs. the fridge is blending in.
Another consideration to take if you’re designing an all-white kitchen is to order all white appliances. If the client’s budget had been no option, and if it had been on the market at the time, I may have recommended a white Kitchen Aid dual oven, a white microwave and I would have taken the backsplash above the cabinetry on both sides of the kitchen cabinetry to give the kitchen a sense of more height.
If cabinets had been replaced, I might have also considered ordering taller cabinets with glass doors at the top.
8. Take your kitchen cabinets & window treatments as high as possible to increase visual space.
As I said in #7, I highly recommend taking your kitchen cabinets to the ceiling with beautiful fat crown molding to cap them off.
As for your window treatments, hang them just below the molding to create the room’s maximum visual height.
Fortunately, my interior design clients in Dallas, TX, receive the best custom window treatments and custom kitchen cabinets. We make both custom window treatments and custom cabinets locally.
9. Use glass kitchen cabinet doors with lighting to create height.
As I was saying in #7, this is an excellent example of using transparent glass with lighting.
Using various shades of gray (or grey) hues in flooring tiles, kitchen cabinets painted gray with a deep gray glaze, monotone gray fabric window treatments, sleek gray stainless steel appliances, a gray marble backsplash, and gray painted walls is a beautiful kitchen design idea!
11. Dual-tone or monochromatic custom kitchen cabinets.
Many times my interior design clients want more kitchen cabinets than builders built! Exact matching cabinet tones or styles not often possible. In this case, we could use a large-scaled dining hutch, but the function may not work for the homeowner. I bet you can’t guess what’s behind those dark double doors? If you guessed a television in the kitchen – you’re right! The husband wanted a TV in the kitchen.
12. What to do with stained kitchen cabinets? What paint to use on kitchen cabinets? Who to hire to paint over stained cabinets?
Many times homeowners ask me if we can or should paint their stained kitchen cabinets. I prefer lots of light and color, yet stained cabinets have their place in the right home for the right people. It depends on the feeling and mood that each of our interior design clients wants to feel. As an interior designer, we often paint cabinetry, but it’s an investment. The budget is a significant factor.
Finding the right product for your kitchen cabinets is CRITICAL! If the proper prepping methods not yet done, and the appropriate materials are not used, you could wake to a peeling paint nightmare. If you’ve ever dealt with peeling paint, you know one scratch will lead to another.
I highly advise that you hire a professional home remodeler, kitchen cabinet painter, or cabinet refinisher to analyze the exact finish on your cabinets. Have each prepare quotes for painting over the stained kitchen cabinets. Ask questions on any discrepancies.
13. Paint lower kitchen cabinets with a contrasting color.
In small kitchen designs, clients often want to paint their islands or counter areas in a completely different color. Here’s a great example of how to paint an L-shaped island and lower cabinets a contrasting color.
14. Shape kitchen islands to fit your kitchen floor plan.
My friend Susan designed this kitchen for her client. Instead of using the same L-shaped counters and boxy island, she completely reshaped an island and the main counter surface to fit her interior design client’s taste.
15. How to use multiple counter surfaces in one kitchen? How to determine where to use wood & marble kitchen countertops?
Using multiple types of counter surfaces looks fantastic and helps visually divide certain areas. Practical use should be the first concern when defining which kind of counter surfacing when considering kitchen counter ideas.
Do not use wood in areas near the sink or where lots of water could be. Do not use wood over dishwashers. Dishwashers heat and produce steam, which can warp the wood. Wood should be used in the areas where you’ll eat or in beverage center areas.
Use marble, granite, and other hard surfaces near sinks, ovens, or ranges. Think about it! If you need to quickly set down a hot pot, make sure your kitchen counter surface can withstand the heat! Otherwise, get it out of the kitchen! {Or at least the central part of the kitchen :)}
Multiple Counter Top Types In One Kitchen | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
16. Add beautiful plumbing details such as a farmhouse sink or designer faucet.
I love beautiful plumbing products! Farmhouse sinks and gorgeous faucets are among my favorites.
17. How to paint kitchen cabinets? What color to paint kitchen cabinets?
Okay! Now, if you like me, you love color! While many regions in America are stuck staying at home, color is critical for the mindset. Paint your kitchen cabinets! If you miss my recommendations on ‘how to paint your kitchen cabinets,’ go back up to #12.
Below are several ideas of well balanced and beautifully painted kitchen cabinets comment below to let me know which color you like the best.
Apple Green Kitchen Cabinets | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
18. Monochromatic kitchen backsplash detail.
If you can’t go all out with a monochromatic kitchen backsplash, you may want to do a small inset shelf or picture frame a contrasting monochromatic or color kitchen backsplash.
19. Full monochromatic kitchen backsplash wallcovering & mix old furnishings with modern kitchens.
When clients are willing, and budgets allow, I recommend patterns for tile backsplashes to create depth and magnify space.
Incorporating antiques can easily be incorporated as islands and contrasting cabinetry.
Monochromatic Kitchen Backsplash With Wooden Stained Island | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
20. How to incorporate & balance different hues into one kitchen?
While I said earlier that I usually don’t recommend painting walls contrasting colors, I typically don’t recommend it UNLESS it’s possible to BALANCE the colors. Notice how the teal barstools, vases, and home decor accessories balance the teal blue wall color. The black and chrome light fixtures and painted gray hood vent cabinetry balance the stainless steel accessories.
Teal Colored Kitchen | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
21. How to contrast your kitchen ceiling to give height?
Ceilings are often the forgotten fifth walls! One of my favorite things to include in a client’s interior design plan is a contrasting ceiling, especially in Dallas’s luxury homes. Whether you’re considering a complete home remodeling project or a kitchen redesign or building a new home, think about your ceilings.
Adding ceiling moldings, details, and paint is critical to draw the eye up, which creates visual volume.
Wood Beam Ceiling in Kitchen | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
22. Where to use glass kitchen cabinet doors?
Our Dallas TX interior design clients often ask us if they should change out kitchen cabinet doors from solid panel to glass. I highly recommend the lens in the kitchen to open the space. My only caution is: Your glasses, plates, and items in the cabinets need to be color coordinated and neatly organized.
Baby Blue Kitchen With Gray Marble Backsplash | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
23. Wood flooring or tile in a kitchen?
Many clients ask if wood flooring is okay for kitchens. The short answer is yes! The long answer is there are new tile options that look like wood that are much more durable long term. Tile withstands water and high traffic areas without having to be refinished. Marble is so durable used in hotel lobbies – enough said?
White & Gold Vintage Kitchen With Vintage Range Herringbone Floors | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
24. Open shelves & white subway tile – an affordable kitchen backsplash option.
Most of the projects we work on here in Dallas, TX, and other regions like Miami, FL, for clients defined as luxury homes; there are many luxury options that we create on a budget. One of the most affordable kitchen backsplash solutions is a generic white subway tile. If budgets don’t allow for additional custom kitchen cabinetry, shelves and brackets can suffice for both function and aesthetics.
Blue Kitchen Cabinets & White Subway Tile Backsplash | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
25. Why does my interior designer need a kitchen remodeling budget from me?
Balancing budgets is a BIG part of an interior designer’s objective for clients. If you’ve worked with an interior designer, you’ll often notice that budget is our first question for a good reason. Some people get annoyed because they don’t know or understand what a good kitchen design, kitchen remodel, or a home remodeling project will cost. That is understandable. It’s the job of the best interior designers in Dallas, TX, and your region to give you projections and estimates. I’ll use the kitchen below to explain why budgets are so critical.
26. Focal shiplap wall with custom black cabinetry.
In this kitchen, the interior designer used almost all paneled appliances. There went $5,000 Subzero 700TR (Tall Refridgerator). Then the client cooks daily and wanted the $7,500 range. They needed peace for the dishwasher, so the $1200 Bosch (maybe $850 on sale for an earlier model) is the only super quiet option that could be paneled. Bam $15,000 already spent before any design begins! IT does NOT include the custom panels required to cover these appliances.
Budgets are critical, and things like shiplap walls are affordable kitchen remodeling solutions when budgets are tight. It did not make sense budget-wise for the interior designer to take the marble backsplash up the sink wall. Notice it stops at approximately 18″ high.
27. How to mix antiques in a modern kitchen design?
Mixing antiques into a simple modern kitchen design can be easy. Balance is your best friend. Imagine if this Tibetan patterned rug replaces with a stylish rug. It would be too recent to go with the stained oak island and copper Moscow mule mugs (we call them “Dallas Mules” here in Dallas, TX). Simplicity and balance in this kitchen design are fabulous.
Navy Kitchen Cabinets & Wood Island | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
28. Should you select black window frames?
If you’re working on a new home building project, black window frames are a substantial consideration among millennials. Black frames provide a very industrial look that works as organic window treatments as they frame the outdoors nicely.
Caution: Black window frames recommended if you want inset window treatments such as blinds or shades as most often, the headers are white. White headers will need to be covered with a soft roman shade or cornice, which can impede the visual appearance most homeowners are trying to achieve with black window frames. Keep in mind black window frames typically need to be installed throughout the house or considered when you’re custom ordering windows for your new home.
Navy Kitchen Cabinets & Wolf Range With Red Knobs, Black Window Frames | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
29. How to incorporate antique light fixtures with modern lights?
For those of you who know me well, you know I LOVE ANTIQUES! I can rarely pass by an antique store without popping in. Yes, the antique stores being closed are reducing my thrifting therapy time.Here is an excellent example of how to incorporate antique or antique-like light fixtures with modern light fixtures. The beautiful art deco globe fixture pairs nicely with the contemporary black shade wall mount fixtures above the kitchen sink.
Green Shiplap Kitchen Cabinets & Contrast Kitchen Island | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
30. Can you mix plumbing, cabinet, & light fixture finishes in kitchen design? Can I mix floor patterns with marble veins?
The short answer is YES with our friend Ms. Balance in tow. Notice how the marble backsplash in this kitchen design coordinates nicely without competing with the patterned floor. Kitchen sink plumbing is often hard to find in gold, but more recently, colors like rose gold are available. Yes, you can mix varied tones of gold, rose gold, and matte gold.
Blue Navy Kitchen Cabinets | Kitchen Design Ideas 2021
I think that was a lot more than 30 Kitchen Design Ideas 2020, but who’s counting? Did you find any useful kitchen design ideas that you hadn’t previously thought about?
Proud To Say…these words have been my best to type thus far…
I am a National Kitchen & Bath Luxury Interior Designer Dallas TX!
A couple of weeks ago, I shyly swayed away from posting that I was accepted as a National Kitchen & Bath Luxury Interior Designer Dallas TX! After realizing that after all of the home renovations and the many kitchens and baths I’ve helped create for clients. I must be OKAY, with admitting that I am deserving to be apart of such an amazing organization as the National Kitchen & Bath!
In celebration, I want to share one of my favorite projects with you…this is one of my favorite kitchen re-surface designs of all times.
In this case, Amy was moving from California to Dallas TX. She wanted a few changes and needed a luxury interior designer Dallas to help her. Fortunately, we received the call.
When we first visited the house, we discovered cream glazed kitchen cabinets with granite countertops. The island lighting stood out quite a bit. Dimmers on the can lights were a must.
Amy wanted our advice to keep to simply fresh and modernize the house Texas-style.
5 Ways To Modernize A Kitchen | Modern Kitchen Design Ideas
To modernize a glazed cabinet kitchen without changing cabinet colors or ripping out cabinetry, there are several things
1. Use Pendant Lighting
Lighting is essential in every kitchen. Depending on the visual aesthetics and practical approach, one of the easiest ways to light balance over a large island is to utilize pendant light fixtures. Pendant lights are a great way to balance without worrying about the fixture size and length.
In this 50 shades of gray and a touch of Kelly green kitchen, we chose a boxy open chrome pendant to keep the open look without the distraction of light fixtures. If you look back at the before picture you’ll notice the fixtures were small and really too contemporary for a Dallas home. Plus the larger interior shade of the pendant we chose illuminated a lot more light.
Whether you have great barstool frames or you need new barstools, an easy way to give your kitchen a modern feel is the fabric, leather, or pleather. In this kitchen design, we designed the barstools and made them custom. They are comfortable and the barstools swivel.
3. Select Modern Performance Fabrics With No Stain Technology.
When selecting fabrics for your kitchen, think color, balance, and use fabrics. Amy has children and a beautiful dog. We all understand that kids will be kids and dogs will be dogs. When selecting fabrics for the barstools was imperative. The kiddos frequently eat at the bar. We selected an easy cleanup microtechnology performance fabrics.
The other thing to consider when selecting performance fabrics is – never rely on the visual colors you see on a computer screen. Notice the diamond-shaped fabric below doesn’t look as green as it does in person on the barstools.
4. Select Modern Kitchen Artistic Home Decor & Accessories.
I love introducing our Dallas interior design clients to unusual artistic home decor. An artistic approach to home decor accessories or a period approach to home decor can visually give the space a modern look.
In this modern kitchen design, Amy loved the pops of navy blues, teals, and aqua colors mixed with Kelly green looks distinctively amazing.
5. Balance Kitchen Colors & Style With Surrounding Rooms Home Decor.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when glancing from room to room and the tones and colors aren’t balanced. Most of our clients love color and balancing color is critical to designing a restful family home.
Family Room Interior Design Ideas | Luxury Interior Designer Dallas TX | Kitchen Design Before Modernizing | Modern Kitchen Design Ideas | Modern Kitchen Designs | Dallas Kitchen Designers | Kitchen Designers In Dallas
Were any of these tips helpful? If so, please drop a comment below. I love to hear your feedback and questions.
How To Create A Gallery Wall & DIY Gallery Wall Ideas
How To Create A Gallery Wall & DIY Gallery Wall Ideas
