Happy Hall Bath and Elegant Master Retreat

HALL BATHROOM BEFORE

HALL BATHROOM AFTER

Way more fun and perfect colors and pattern for teen girls.  Added new larger tile and brought it all the way up to the ceiling.  Painted the cabinets chocolate brown and added new cabinet hardware.  The double curved curtain rod gives them more space when showering and the decorative curtain adds height to the room.  There is another curtain behind this one that is used for functionality.

 

This color combination is one of the teens favorites.

BEFORE MASTER RETREAT



"Using the furniture the client had" to keep within their budget and adding new accessories, lamps, a rug and bedding made this room look like a retreat.  It's not always necessary to start from scratch!!  Unless of course, your budget can handle that.

AFTER MASTER RETREAT

What a difference!

I added mirrored glass to the top of the end table to dress them up a little (they are actually place mats-shhh).  These lamps are like artwork in the room.

BEFORE

AFTER

Didn't the wallpaper on the headboard wall turn out beautiful?  Thank you Lester!!!  I think it added such subtle elegance.  The beautiful painting was done by Mary Howe, a local artist in the area.  She created it just to go in this room with my color scheme.

See how the wallpaper and the sheets coordinate.  The rug is perfect with the draperies and adds a warm layer to the room.

BEFORE

AFTER

My client inherited the furniture from their family so it's special to them.

You can see the drapery panels in this picture.  Same fabric as the throw pillow on bed.

Love the etched flowers on the round mirrors, adds a vintage touch.

I added the cording around the European shams to coordinate with the bedspread color.  It married them well.  The lamps came with different lampshades, I found these and thought they added much more style vs. the plain ones they had before.

As you will remember from previous posts, this was my INSPIRATION for the overall feel and color palette for the room.

Here's how it turned out. 

"Similar, not identical" as my daughter would always say when she was about 3 years old.

This was a great project and wonderful clients!

Enjoy your weekend!  Hope you enjoyed seeing these transformations! 

Master Bedroom almost complete!

BEFORE

I'm working really hard this week trying to finish off all the loose ends so we can do the install this Friday for the above master bedroom. 

BEFORE

I'm really excited about it all coming together and it's going to be such a retreat for my clients.  We have a conservative budget so we are "using what the client has" and incorporating lots of new items to this room.  It will be fun for you to see how we make changes to a space using old and new pieces.   I bet you are curious now!  I'll post pictures on Friday night or Saturday so you can see the DRAMATIC difference!

Remember....this picture below was our inspiration as far as the color scheme and the overall feel of the room.   Click here to read previous blog post about this room.

To visit my website with large before and after pictures, click here.  I'd love to set up a consultation with you.

Anybody home under there?

Some of you might have seen these already.  Next time you want to complain about too much snow...

think about these photos!!!

Check out the snow mobile on the roof!

These pictures were taken in Lead, South Dakota , on January 5,2011. That's just off I-90 close to Rapid City near the Wyoming border.

Beautiful!  I just can't imagine!

Knock, Knock....

Talk about getting depressed!

This snow is almost taller than him!

Crazy!

Oh, the work!!!!

Is anyone home?  How do they get inside?

Just a swinging!!  Good sports in their summer attire.

I can't imagine shoveling just to get out of my house!  I'm spoiled rotten because I don't have to do this.

How do you find these homes for a design consultation?  No address anywhere?

Get the champagne out, it's time to hot tub!

I think my husband and I would kill each other if we couldn't get out, ha!

I enjoyed these photos and thought you would too!

Happy "almost spring" to you!  What a beautiful day we had here in Texas!  Hope we don't get any more snow and if you are still getting snow, hope you don't get snow like this!

Love is in the air

My Valentines Day Inspiration!

I lost my grandmother 15 years ago.  She was a remarkable woman  and was filled with so much joy and compassion for others.  She loved to entertain and always did it with tremendous style.  My youngest daughter has her middle name "Alice" and I LOVE that.

The above picture is a typical English Tea displayed just like my grandma would do it.  Beautifully pressed linens, fresh flowers from her garden, silver, crystal, china and of course everything freshly baked with LOVE.  Not only was it freshly baked but it was always incredibly delicious!

When she died, my grandpa couldn't let go of any of her china. He loved it because it brought him such great joy when he used it to have his tea each day.  It reminded him of the way she use to show love and compassion to others by entertaining in their home.

Seriously, this was a daily setting for her!  Their home was constantly filled with people and she always treated them like royalty.

He died about 2 1/2 years ago and passed on some of her china pieces to our family.  My mom and I flew to Africa for his funeral and my mom and her sisters packed up all of their special things. Such an incredibly hard thing to do when you lose someone you love.

During the pack up, there were a few cups and saucers that were put aside in the "chipped and cracked" box. It's not that the pieces weren't beautiful any longer, they just couldn't be used.   Of course, I saw this pile and just couldn't hear of them throwing these precious pieces away.  Potential for a "Renewed Treasure" and a new way for them to be admired and LOVED.

Their Golden 50th Anniversary plate....so touching, they really were in LOVE.

 I carried them home carefully in my suitcase and have had them stashed away in my "treasure armoire" since then.  I figured there would be something beautiful I could make out of all these pieces and have just been waiting for that special inspirational piece that would inspire me.

I found this beautiful handmade piece of art on Etsy about a year ago and knew right away that this would be an amazing piece to create with all those little treasures I was given.  I LOVE how they placed the tea cup handle on the side.  Mine may be a little different but it has given me a great idea.  I really LOVE the pops of orange that they incorporated into this design.

My goal is to finish my new project here in the next few months in their honor.

I'll post pictures when I'm done. 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL OF YOU.  THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING MY BLOG AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND  ENCOURAGEMENT.  I LOVE YOU!

Have a cup of tea and think of those you love today!

 

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