I was recently looking back at all of our Monday redesigns and thought I'd share a few of my favorites to date:
Friday we saw Trisha's office. Today we've got her redesign. I did keep in mind that Trisha and her family have put their house up for sale and are trying to move closer to family. As I designed the space I made sure that any changes that are made, (other than paint) she can take with when she moves as they should all fit in a standard size office in just about any house!
I've kept the office in mostly neutral tones with small color accents. An office should have a more soothing and clean feel to it!
1. Let's divide up the wall a little and add a little more continuity to the space. Paint the bottom 1/3 of the wall Sherwin Williams color SW6104 Kaffee and the top 2/3 of the room Sherwin Williams color SW6100 Practical Beige. Add some white chair molding with a small ledge at the line between the two colors.
2. Dwell Studio Rug from Target. This will provide a little pattern on the floor and help to pull the room together with the neutral color palette we've chosen.
3. Simple picture frames in varying sizes of the same style will be added to the ledge to provide a place for displaying some of her daughter's artwork in a slightly more grown-up format. They are also easy to change up as new artwork is available. (If you're worried about the frames being knocked off, try some heavy duty velcro along the top of the frame and velcro it directly to the wall.)
4. Add some sheers to the window. This will continue to let plenty of light into the room, while providing a type of diffuser for less harsh light when filming video. (Which Trisha does a lot of from her office!)
5. Here's where we add the color. Simple wooden boxes painted in your accent colors from IKEA will bring in the color accents as well as provide nice, fashionable storage and help to keep things open and non-cluttered.
6. Casual Office Seating will allow for a variety of activities and flexibility in the room design.
I have kept most of her furniture for now, and when she moves she can update us with the dimensions and layout of her new office and we'll do a new floor plan!
Thanks so much Trisha for letting me help you with your office!
P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway for the lovely accent pillows from 2modern. It ends Thursday, July 23rd at midnight!
This Monday we'll do something a little different. Danielle sent us pictures of her Living Room. It is nicely decorated but she's having a little space planning trouble:
We are struggling with how to place our furniture. We have a chair and a half and we don't like the fact that it sits in front of the fireplace. The only piece of furniture that could possibly leave the room is the black computer armoire. We're trying to make sure we don't have furniture in the entry way and allow flow to the dining room that is on the other side of the fireplace.
So, on Monday we'll layout her space for her, and I'll walk you through the process so that you can learn some too!
Don't forget to send us your Outdoor Redesigns to be entered into the Design Challenge. It ends today!!
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