BEFORE AND AFTER: FUN CUSTOMER'S LIVING ROOM MAKEOVER

wow, how lucky am i to have found fun customer who is equally excited about design as i am!! well, im actually WAY more obsessed but love that she loves it too...makes work so fun collaborating with each other to figure it all out.
  fun customer has some amazingly beautiful family antiques that she wanted to make fresh and give it new life. so we decided to mix some contemporary and some vibrant colors. sadly the room isn't all the way finished because fun customer decided to "cheat" on her house and have an "affair" with another house (my customer's own words describing it-i love it!). i was actually very excited to hear of the "infidelity"....sad to abandon current project but thrilled to get my hands on the new place. fun customer calls it the "father of the bride" house-and it truely is! cant wait for you to see :))!!
here are the before shots.......

and here are the after!! (minus the oly studio chandelier we are saving for new house!).....(and minus a series of framed intaglios we had origionally planned in place of the mirror.)

 

 

 

 

the "to die for!" chandelier that was just about to be installed....but will be so happy in its future new house!

 

see you at the next house!!

ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE...OF INTERIOR DESIGN

I LOVE MY JOB...MOST OF THE TIME!
SUMMER IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING TRYING TO JUGGLE KIDS AND CAREER FROM MY HOME OFFICE...BUT TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY...GOT LOTS ACCOMPLISHED AND AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF MY STUFF!
MY "PREPPY YOUNG CUSTOMER" JUST RECEIVED THIS CUSTOM OTTOMAN FIRST THING THIS MORNING. HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN HER HOUSE YET AND I'M DYING! BUT SHE SEEMS VERY PLEASED SO I AM PSYCHED!
http://lucywilliamsinteriordesign.blogspot.com/search?q=PREPPY+YOUNG+CUSTOMER

THEN I WENT TO CHECK ON ANOTHER CUSTOMER'S KITCHEN REMODEL....CABINETS LOOK AMAZING-YAY! GRANITE COMES NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE ARE INSTALLING THE "2 X 6" TILE IN A HARRINGBONE DESIGN...FINISHED PRODUCT PICS SOON TO COME!

THEN I GOT TO COME HOME TO MY OFFICE IN TRANSITION....ITS STILL HIDEOUS BUT AT LEAST I MOVED EVERYTHING FROM THE OLD TINY CAVE OFFICE WITH MY HANDY MAN, WHO IS A SAINT!...AND NOW IM IN THE BIGGER SPACE-WAY WAY WAY BETTER TO WORK IN...ALTHOUGH MY BUILT INS ARENT YET AND THE AESTHETICS ARENT THERE EITHER.....BUT ITS A START....

NEW PILLOWS I JUST PICKED UP FROM THE WORKROOM FOR MY NEW AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMER-LOVE HER STYLE AND CANT WAIT TO GET THESE IN HER LIVING ROOM!

THANK GOD FOR LEGOS.....WHILE I GET STUFF DONE DOWNSTAIRS, KIDS GETTING THEIR OWN PROJECTS FINISHED. FUTURE ARCHITECTS?? HERE'S H'S DREAM HOUSE.

UGH...............

OH MY.... NEED NEW OFFICE NOW!!!

MY OFFICE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN..... TOTALLY NEGLECTED....
I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM ACTUALLY PUTTING IT ON DISPLAY IN THIS BLOG. IT'S PROOF THAT EVEN INTERIOR DESIGNERS HAVE HORRIBLE ROOMS IN THEIR OWN HOMES.....OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME..??
I HATE THIS SPACE. IT'S DARK.  HARDLY ANY STORAGE. NO WORK SPACE (UNLESS YOU COUNT THE FLOOR .....WHICH I DO).THE OUTLETS HARDLY WORK AND I MAY BE VERY CLOSE TO ELECTRICUTING MYSELF UNLESS GET HELP NOW!!
I USE AN OFFICE MAX FOLDABLE TABLE WITH A PAINT DROP CLOTH AS THE TABLE COVER-NICE, RIGHT? UGH!
I DO LOVE MY BLACK DESK......AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO HERE'S MY GUEST ROOM-IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY OFFICE. SORRY GUESTS, BUT YALL ARE MOVING TO THE CAVE NEXT DOOR.... I AM SWAPPING SPACES!!

THE PLAN?? CREATING "PRETTY" AND FUNCTION. I REALLY WANT BUILT-INS ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS WINDOW AND A LARGE SURFACE AREA IN BETWEEN.....HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS....

 MY EXISTING BLACK DESK WILL MOVE THAT ONTO THE INTERIOR WALL AND USE IT FOR ALL MY PAPERWORK.....

AND THANKS TO PINTEREST, I HAVE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF INSPIRATION!

"AFTER" PICTURES IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS-STAY TUNED!

BACK FROM ALASKA.....KINDA

BACK FROM ALASKA... BUT STILL NOT READY FOR REALITY!!

AMAZING TRIP...AND CRUISING IS AN IDEAL WAY TO SEE EVERYTHING.  EVERYTIME WE LOOKED OUTSIDE THERE WAS A WHALE...FANTASTIC ENTERTAIMENT....ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND GOT A LITTLE  IRRITATED ABOUT THE LACK OF DINNER CONVERSATION.....SINCE THE REST OF US STARED OUT THE WINDOW THE ENTIRE TIME WAITING FOR ANOTHER WHALE SIGHTING!

OUR FIRST EXCURSION WAS IN JUNEAU  CALLED A "FLOAT TRIP".....WASN'T SURE WHY THEY HAD US DRESSED IN THE WATERPROOF GEAR UNTIL WE HIT THE CLASS 3 AND 4 RAPIDS!! I HAD BUCKETS FULL OF 33 DEGREE GLACIER WATER THAT MANAGED TO FIND A TINY CRACK IN BETWEEN MY NECK AND MY PROTECTIVE WATERPROOF GEAR....DRENCHED.....BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT....THE KIDS LOVED LOVED LOVED IT... AND I DID TOO!

MY ATTEMPTS TO GET MY KIDS TO ACTUALLY SMILE AND POSE FOR A PICTURE ARE ALWAYS UNSUCCESSFUL.....BUT THE SCENERY BEHIND US AT GLACIER BAY WAS AMAZING!

THE LEGO ACTION FIGURES SOMEHOW MADE IT ON BOARD...ALL 100 OF THEM!

BEAUTIFUL TURQUOISE LAKES!

 A POPULAR PASTIME....BASKETBALL COURT!

WE WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE FREE UPGRADE TO A BALCONY CABIN!!

A TRIP WITH PRICELESS MEMORIES....THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO TRAVEL!!

OUT OF OFFICE: ALASKA BOUND!!!

THANK GOD FOR SUMMER! I LOVE TO TRAVEL AND THRILLED OUR KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER VACATIONS.

 LAST SUMMER WE WERE TRAPPED AT HOME SO THIS SUMMER WE ARE GOING BIG!!

IT WAS BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE OR AN ALASKAN CRUISE. I KEEP HEARING ALL THIS HYPE ABOUT THE ALASKAN CRUISE SO I AM REALLY CURIOUS!

......I KINDA HATE BEING COLD AND IM MORE OF AN INDOOR GIRL (ACCORDING TO MY HUSBAND) BUT I NEED TO CHECK IT OUT!!.....NOT TO MENTION MY 9 AND 6 YEAR OLD BOYS ARE GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN!

 JUST HOPE I DON'T RUN INTO A BEAR....I RAN INTO A SHARK LAST WEEK AT THE BEACH SO ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE?

 OKAY, SO IF IM NOT ATTACKED AND LIVE TO TELL ABOUT MY TRIP, PHOTOS TO FOLLOW!

SEE YALL LATER!

ARCHITECTURE INSPIRATION: CHAMBERS AND CHAMBERS

SO I STUMBLED UPON THIS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED ARCHITECTURE FIRM  ON PINTEREST......AND OMG.....
IT'S RARE THAT I GET THIS EXCITED......AND I WAS SOOOOOOOO PSYCHED WITH WHAT I FOUND ON THEIR WEBSITE.
NOT ONLY ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING EXTERIORS BUT ALSO  BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING AND THE DECOR INSIDE?..........PIN PIN PIN PIN PIN!!!!
HERE IS A LOOK INSIDE MY FAVORITE PROJECT BY THE VERY TALENTED CHAMBERS AND CHAMBERS.
http://www.chambersandchambers.com/

BEFORE AND AFTER: BEACH HOUSE FINE TUNING

A VERY SPECIAL CUSTOMER RECENTLY ASKED ME TO HELP REDO SOME STUFF IN THEIR BEACH HOUSE. IM ALWAYS UP FOR A FUN EXPERIENCE AND THIS BECAME QUITE THE TRANSFORMATION!

 FIRST, WE STARTED CLEANING HOUSE BY ELIMINATING ANYTHING THAT WAS A DISTRACTION .....REMEMBERING THAT LESS IS MORE, WE WANTED A SIMPLISTIC DESIGN.

NEXT, THE HOMEOWNER HAD ORDERED 3 LARGE SLIPCOVER SOFAS- BUT WE NEEDED SOME REALLY LARGE PILLOWS TO TAKE UP SOME SPACE....AND THE PILLOWS NEEDED TO COMPLIMENT  THE CUSTOM SEASCAPE ARTWORK.

SO,  MY WORKROOM MADE EURO SHAM SIZE PILLOWS TO REALLY ANCHOR THE LARGE OVERSCALE SOFAS...THE PILLOWS ALSO  HELP BALANCE OUT THE WEIGHT OF THE ART. REUPHOLSTERED CLUB CHAIRS CARRY THE COLOR SCHEME TO THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM...

 NOW THE HOMEOWNER HAS AN EASY & CASUAL,  COMFORTABLE , & BEACHY LOOKING SPACE.

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