A Refreshing Recipe for Change
/This week I’m sharing a space I helped my dear friend refresh. Late last summer my girlfriend lamented how she wanted to scrap her entire livingroom. Of course the designer in me immediately took over. I started asking questions - the very first being - What feeling do you want the space to evoke? While I was in the car with the boys on our way to the beach - she and I were texting at the same time I was looking up rugs, and other furnishings.
The Finished Space
I get it 5 months into Lock-down and I think a lot of us were looking around our homes and thinking ICK!!! The first thing we did together was talk about what would make the biggest impact in the room.
Some of you will have guessed what it was before I type it - PAINT - if you ever start to feel over a space - the least expensive and most impactful way to reinvigorate those happy feelings is through paint.
The Livingroom was painted in Benjamin Moore Hot Spring Stones with Linen Ivory trim. Now, It’s Sherwin Williams Snowbound on both the walls and trim.
What a difference… the space felt brighter and lighter.
The other element that changed was the rug. The previous (I wish I had a picture of it) was brown. This new beauty located through Rugsource introduced so many colors while still grounding the room because of it’s navy base. I told her to mix the pattern rug with whatever pillows she wanted and the feeling will be wonderful and uniquely hers.
Next I talked pillow covers and I turned to my favorite source: Annabel Bleu. A few pieces from the Indigo Farmhouse Collection were chosen.
As you can see there are a bunch of frames on the sectional - the family photos that had once lined the stairwell were relocated to the livingroom and new graphic art pieces were chosen for the space: Conversationalist 1 by Rikki Drotar and Blue Rapture II by Julia Contacessi through Art.com.
The movement and intense colors are captivating!
The refresh extended to other spaces. The front hall has a new Pottery Barn rug. The dining room’s new rug is from Wayfair. The downstairs office off the livingroom went from gray to a lovely vibrant blue with the addition of Sherwin Williams Needlepoint Navy.
The downstairs of this open airy 1929 colonial is a sea of blues with thoughtful touches of cream, tan and white.
I want to extend an extra special thank you and big hugs to my dear girlfriend Andy - thanks momma for asking my opinions and having faith when I said a few changes would accomplish what you were after xoxo!!!
What was done:
Paint
Rugs
Pillows
New Art
New shades for the fireplace sconces
