Before and After Beach House Part 3

Back to the beach... I know, I know Christmas is around the corner and winter is settling in but I'm still thinking beach:). 

So i thought I'd continue the tour of the Avalon house. 

If you missed the previous beach house posts you can go here and here.

Let's head upstairs to the family room/dining room. This is how the owners found the space.

Family Room/Dining Room Before

Below are the sofas we re-purposed here for this space.

Family Room/Dining Room Now

table lamps Regina Andrews
pillows Quadrille in kazak

swivel chairs by Lee Industries

Large abstract by Baltimore artist Janine McGuire

 Pillows Quadrille in kazak

light fixture Anthropologie
table custom

So how did we approach this space? First we repainted all of the dark paneling decorators white and added new cypress hardwood floors. We also removed the stone fireplace. This was not in the original plan due to budget constraints but we discovered it was unstable and unable to hold the TV so we removed the stone and added new dry wall. For a little pop we painted the interior of the fireplace box a bright blue. 

We kept my client's coffee table and just styled it. We also added new slip-covered sofas and linen swivel chairs from Lee industries. 

To add just the right amount of color and pattern, we added custom made Quadrille pillows with a bright blue contrast welt. The pillows you see on the swivel chairs I bought retail and added the perfect color trim to the plain white pillows. And we hung a large colorful abstract in between the sliders. 

The cool light fixture above the table is from Anthropologie and the dining table was custom made by the owner.

One last look.

Before

After

Thanks for reading!! xoxo

Older House Renovation Before and After

I thought we'd take a break from the beach house update and give you a sneak peek into another renovation I worked on this past year. This was an old house built in the early 1900's that was rehabbed beautifully by a local builder. The house was taken down to the studs and completely gutted.

You can read more about this home here and here.

The client and I worked together on the finishes, lighting, flooring,  paint colors and interior furnishings. The entire house is not "decorated" yet. They have two small children so they're taking their time and decorating in stages.

But I thought it would be fun to share where we are so far.

Living Room/Entry

I don't have any real "before" pictures but I do have where we started the design process... an empty room which is both a living room/entry for the home. This client loves lots of pattern and color. So this project was right up my alley!

Living Room/Entry Before
(these are bad pictures of a pretty space- cloudy day)

As you can see this room will be an entry point and needs to have appropriate flow from the entry door to the stairs and to the rest of the home. It also needed to be bright, open and spacious.

We chose to use four swivel chairs instead of a sofa and two chairs so the room would not appear blocked off or have any weird dead spaces in the back. 

For additional seating we added two cubes under the console in the back of the room. 

With this configuration the room looks beautiful no matter how you enter.

Living Room/Entry After

Window Treatment fabric by Kravet in riad indigo
Lee Industries swivel chairs custom upholstered in Quadrille fabric
Little table by oomph
Paint color nimbus benjamin moore

Lamps Robert Abbey
Console Society Social
Bright orange cubes s private label Stephanie Kraus Designs, LLC.

Here's a peek into the kitchen 

Beautiful white cabinetry and gray subway tile.

And a quick look at the master bath

Modern, fresh and serene.

Hope you enjoyed this mini tour.
Thanks for reading xoxo!!

One Room Challenge: Week Six - The Reveal!

I made it! Whew. Thanks to Linda at Calling it Home for lighting the fire I needed to put this room to bed (so to speak).

The mission for the room? To make it fun, colorful and a happy place for an 11 year old girl to wake up in!
Fyi - this post will feature mostly the images from my daughter's new space. All links to products and fabrics are at the end of the post.
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Let's not forget the closet... 

 



 

 



One thing I've learned because I've done a lot of teen/young adult rooms (after doing their parent's spaces) is that when you do it 100% of the way down to the last little detail and take in their input (my daughter chose the wallpaper and it snowballed from there...)

they really tend to keep the space clean and neat. I have walked into spaces I've done 2 years later and the parents will tell me this. Once it's neat and clean and pretty they want it to stay that way!! BONUS!!!  

Thanks to my friend Joanne Posse who took these amazing photos! I just love her and her work!! You can check out her photography here.

And a huge thank you to the One Room Challenge

 sponsors for making this room look beautiful!

 

Loom Décor
Linen fabric for headboard
Fabric and custom fabrication for the draperies and color block bed skirt

 Minted

Artwork above desk and above two night stands

 Mark and Graham

Striped bed sheets, monogrammed pillow cases
monogrammed paperweight
Wayfair

Desk

SEE BELOW FOR DIRECT LINKS

Now, it's a MUST for you to check out the rooms from these very talented ladies. Everyone worked so hard and did an unbelievable job! Thanks ladies for all of your support!! xo

Jana Bek

Autumn Clemons

Coco+Kelley

The English Room

Vanessa Francis

Greige Design

Hi Sugarplum

I Heart Organizing

Jenna Sue Design

Stephanie Kraus

The Pursuit of Style

Julia Ryan

Savvy Home

Simple Details

Simply Grove

6th Street Design

Jill Sorensen

Swoon Worthy

Waiting on Martha

Kimberly Schlegel Whitman

 



Stephanie Kraus Design's Sources
Imperial Trellis Wallpaper  Schumacher
Wall paint custom by Benjamin Moore

 Headboard custom design by SKD. Fabric by Loom Décor

Bedding and Shams  Pottery Barn Teen

Striped monogrammed pillowcases  Mark and Graham

Color block bed skirt custom made by Loom Décor

Draperies  custom made by Loom Décor. Fabric Loom Décor
Drapery trim  M and J Trimming

Drapery hardware  had forever:)

Desk  Wayfair
Amethyst Mirror - Bungalow 5

Monogrammed magenta paper weight Mark and Graham

Nightstands - had forever:) Paint - Pilgrim Haze by Benjamin Moore

Nightstand hardware and Closet hardware  Anthropologie

Brass Sconces  Visual Comfort

Nightstand and desk art  Minted

Pink abstract on large wall  Wendover Art - trade only

Lucite Bench - trade item Alan Campbell fabric (trade only)

FABRIC SEALED BY Fiber Seal - Let them know Stephanie Kraus Designs sent you!
http://fiberseal.com/

French desk chair - daughter's own
Fabric on French chair and long bed pillow  Caitlin Wilson Textiles

Thanks to these local businesses:

Monograms by Tibbar Tibbar
 

Blue Desk Lamp - Robert Abbey  The Blue Octagon

Sunburst brass mirror above bed  The Blue Octagon

White elephant The Blue Octagon
Dana Gibson white and gold trash container The Blue Octagon
 

Other accessories - my daughter's

Thanks for reading!! xoxo

 

 

 

I'm feelin' blue... navy blue that is!

I've been gettin' my navy on lately ... 

 

Here are some of my FAVE navy/navy-ish fabrics

Quadrille

 

Perennials

 

 

 

 

China Seas



Perennials

Trina Turk for
Schumacher

You know why else I love navy?

It gets along fabulously with so many colors like...

Navy and Pink

Navy and Orange

Navy and Green

Navy and Yellow

Navy and Coral

Navy and Red

Really navy?... even lavender???

C'mon navy now your messin' with my head ..
Navy and Black???

 

What's your favorite navy combination??

 

Linking up with:

Savvy Southern Style

Dwellings

Keeping it Simple

 

Thanks for reading!! xoxo