Monday Redesign: Stephanie's Living Room

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  We were met with a little hail and threats of tornadoes this weekend.... which is always fun.  My husband automatically goes into storm chaser mode when bad weather arises.

Well, today I have a fun living room/dining room redesign for you!  Stephanie is a photographer and has impeccable taste.  She wanted to keep her living/dining room colorful and fun, but simple and functional too.  She is an avid dwell reader, and loves to shop on Etsy.  I just knew the minute I saw her space, that this was going to be a fun redesign... we have very similar taste and I love her artistic flare.

I first worked up a new floor plan arrangement.  Stephanie had a great couch already in the space as well as a dining room table.  Keeping the space simple and functional was a must-- as the space is used for both a lounge area for the family as well as an eating area.

And now for a breakdown of the new goodies in Stephanie's space:

1. Stephanie already had this great piece of art that I based the entire redesign from.  Isn't it great?


2. I used the Tullsta chairs from IKEA covered in the Green Sprig fabric from JCaroline Home.   The accent pillows are also from JCaroline Home covered in solid Orange Bdwalk and Apple Green.


3. The Ottoman is a large 18″ square one from JCaroline Home covered in the Orange Bdwalk fabric.


4. Accent rug from FLOR.  This is the All Square pattern in lime.


5. A floor pillow in Tangelo from JCaroline Home.

I had such a great time working on this redesign and I hope Stephanie enjoys her new space!

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Room Redesign: Mary's Dining Room After

Did you catch Mary's room from Friday?  Here's her room layout and redesign!  She wanted a more fun, warm, and inviting space for her dining room/entry way.  They have friends over for dinner, games, and chatting and want this space to feel comfortable for everyone.  Their new furniture layout will look like this:




I've turned the table so that it uses only half the room instead of floating in the middle of the room.  If you look at this before picture you can see that the chandelier will be very easy to move and be centered over the new table position.



By placing an area rug underneath the table it will keep it grounded and your eyes focused on this area.  For the other half of the room I've added a small seating area filled with some comfortable, yet fun chairs and an ottoman that can be used for extra seating, an end table, or just to put your feet up on.  I'd also love to see the wall space behind the gorgeous built in area covered with a fun paper to add a little bit of contrast and pattern to the space.  Especially since all the items currently on the shelf are very neutral.  Having a pattern behind those will just make them pop!  This is a very easy DIY project that I think Mary and her husband could handle no problem.



1.  I used the Tullsta chairs from IKEA covered in the solid chocolate fabric from JCaroline Home.

2. The Ottoman is the large 18" round one from JCaroline Home covered in Earth Fireworks fabric.

3. Accent pillows from JCaroline Home covered in Citron and Earth Fireworks.

4. Make simple panels from the Foliage Sand fabric from Fabric.com.  Use the panels for all windows in the space, it will help to pull the space together and let it feel more cohesive to the eye.

5.  Accent rug from FLOR.  This is the All Square pattern in lime.

6. Recycled Glass hurricanes from West Elm.  Fill them with natural green objects like branches, leaves, simple flowers.

7. The Italian Chocolate paper from Paper-Source would be a great addition to the alcove space behind the shelves.



8. Dress up the mirror.  Etch a quote or flourish along the bottom of the mirror to add a little decoration.  (Not willing to permanently etch the glass?  Cut out the shape or phrase with clear contact paper.  The matte finish of the contact paper will look exactly like etched glass and if you get tired of the design it's easy to take it down and switch it out!  It's also easy to switch it out for more seasonal quotes too!)

Our Fourth Design Challenge-Sponsored by FLOR

It's time for the next Design Challenge!  This time our sponsor is FLOR.  I absolutely love their designs and the quality of their product!

The winner will get to choose one of the following three carpet patterns and can choose any available color they'd like within the style!  That means that there are 26 different pattern/color combinations for the winner to pick from!

Morning Coffee

Shirt Stripe

Take A Ribbing

You will get 12 tiles which is enough tiles to create a 5' x 7' area rug.  They can also be reconfigured if you need a smaller one for a mudroom, a long and narrow one for a hallway, or any number of other spaces!  Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor FLOR!  (Don't forget to follow them on Twitter!  @FLOR_  )

Here's the form!  Please remember that images must be sized less than 1024 kb.  Can't wait to see everyone's favorite spaces!!



Good luck!

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