Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts

Sunny San Diego House Tour

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Over the past year I've been working on and off via email with an old friend to make their house reflect them. This is a young, busy family that recently relocated back to California from Boston.


This is the beautiful entry sitting area. My friend is quite talented with flowers!





The house was a blend of dark beige, brick and maple wood. My dear friend is anything but beige and now I think their house reflects her sunny disposition so much more. We lightened everything up! I really wanted to keep the existing beams and brighten the walls and brick to draw attention to them.


I love those built-ins we added - it was her idea and it looks great. That was a pinterest-inspired DIY, believe it or not! Her husband and dad are very handy!


The kitchen felt very heavy and dark. In addition to painting the existing cabinets we added a classic subway tile back splash to brighten the space. And those beautiful built-in banquettes? Her dad built them! She picked the eating nook lighting and I love the natural capiz with a bit of glimmer.


I really enjoy working with other people's tastes. Mine tend to be more neutral and I tend to gravitate towards a soft palette but my friend is all about bold. These silk drapes are so her and I love how they define the spaces in the open floor plan. That dining set belonged to her husband's grandmother and they were very attached to it. It looks great freshened with new dining chairs.


We didn't do much here, she already had most of the beautiful furnishings. Just a little paint and this master looks so gorgeous.


This was one of my favorite projects for their house. We're still tweaking big brother's room for the next house but little sister has such an adorable little nest. We started with a blank canvas. She picked this beautiful iron crib and I love that custom linen daybed.



Thanks K for sharing these adorable photos of your house! Can't wait to see the next one!!








A "Neutral" Christmas

Friday, December 19, 2014

There's nothing neutral about this one. While the palette may be restrained, again, the over-the-top use of fresh greenery and ornaments are gorgeous in this California house of Brian and Emily Sullivan.







california cool colors

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Even though I'm super busy tending to our baby girl these days, I've got a couple projects underway just for fun. Friends on both coasts are planting roots and I am helping rework their real estate purchases. I'm not a professional but I'm having fun working on these really amazing spaces. The first is a classic San Diego house with soaring two story ceilings and Mediterranean iron railings but they wanted to go in a fresh direction. For a new family of three that recently relocated from Boston, here's some of the ideas that have been inspiring us:

Moth Design


classic kitchen featured in Style at Home
 

mydesigndump.blogspot.com
 
inspirationfordecoration.blogspot.com

Moth Design

http://theaestate.tumblr.com/post/22118397841

http://www.hillarythomas.com/

Bill and Giuliana's son's nursery

decorpad.com

My favorite thing about doing spaces with friends is accommodating their tastes and making them a home.