November 2014 ~ The Art of Events

I truly enjoy creating a room that says “I’m comfortable” and “roomy”. My project was to take what this house already had and create an ambience of warmth. My inspiration was the oriental vase (gold, yellow, reddish brown and of course the sunflowers) . I used that to create a cohesive theme among the rooms by rearranging and adding/buying other accessories.

BEFORE - Living Room Challenges

Create an inviting living room space
Create a small nook for the computer desk
Hide the old fireplace

AFTER - top of the fireplace
Bought the mirror to create an illusion of space in the fireplace area.

AFTER - Bottom half of the fireplace

To distract the eyes from the tarnished fireplace, I hid the fireplace with paintings the same color scheme as the vase.

BEFORE - Right hand side of the living room

The sofa is plushed against the window

AFTER - Right hand side of the living room

Moved the sofa several inches away from the window to create a small sitting area for the computer desk. Added some yellow tinted pillows to lighten the brown color of the sofa.

BEFORE- left hand side of the living room
Hides a loveseat, coffee table, piano and etagere.

AFTER - left hand side of the living room

Removed the etagere , pushed the piano away from the wall and created a walk in space for the piano seat and made the piano face the loveseat. The backside top of the piano is missing a black lining, so I covered it with a gold fabric and added accessories to detract the eyes from the imperfect side of the piano.

Made the loveseat area warmer and brighter by acessorizing it with colorful pillows

Before- Dining Room
Challenge: the furniture is dark wood and had 6 chairs crowding the living room area.

After - Dining Room

Resolution: shortened the table, added some greens to lighten up the dark brown pieces of furniture , and accesorized the table with the living room colors to give warmth to this space.

added bonus space - created another seating corner across from the dining room table.

BEFORE - Family Room

AFTER - Family Room

Added new pillows, added some paintings where colors highlight the green and blue walls.

BEFORE - Family Room

AFTER - Family Room
Moved the etagere from the living room to the family room

BEFORE - Bedroom 1

AFTER - Bedroom 1

The two paintings from the living room were moved into this bedroom because they match the bed coloring. I've added some neon green pillows to balance the pinkness and greyness of the comforter.