Client E-Design Inspiration Boards~

A few month's back I shared this dining room inspiration board that I did for Kristin, one of my e-design clients. 

Well, since then I have gone on to design two other rooms for Kristin:  her family room, and her keeping room.  Both rooms were so much fun to design, and Kristin was a dream to work with. 




Kristin's Family Room




Kristin's Keeping Room



As a courtesy to my paying clients, I do not share sources here on my blog.  Thank you for understanding.

Kristin's home is new construction, and is just about finished being built....so Kristin will be finishing these rooms soon.  I can't wait to see the finished spaces!  And I'll be sure to share Kristin's photos with you all, so you can see how everything turned out in real life too!

If your home needs a bit of "sprucing up", I'd love to help.  Learn more about my e-design services here.

Monday Blues (In a Good Way)~

Some Monday mornings make you just want to stay in bed.  So today I thought I'd share a client design I recently worked on that would make it hard for me to ever get out of bed. ;-)

This is Kelli's Master Bedroom design.  She already had pretty blue walls in her master, so I took that as my cue, and ran with it.

I suggested that Kelli panel the wall behind her bed for a bit of texture (similar to the wall next to the curtains above.) Love the serenity, and the addition of a little bit of chocolate brown makes the room interesting. 


Sources:

Upholstered Bed, Dresser, Bedding and Art: Pottery Barn
Mirrored Nightstand and Bench: Pier 1
Chaise: World Market
Pillows: Etsy
Curtains and Lamps: Ballard Designs

Have a design dilemma you'd like some help with?  Find out about my e-design services here.

Have a great day~

E-Design Inspiration Boards (Same Room - Two Rugs)~

I recently completed an e-design for Kristin.  Kristin is building a new home, and wanted a bit of help with her dining room design.  Kristin likes warm earthy tones with just a pop of color.   I was really excited with the design I came up with for Kristin...and I gave her two rug choices...a nice neutral rug or a bold zebra rug.  I was secretly hoping she would go for the zebra...

And she did!!   I think it really gives the room the punch that will make it fabulous! 

Sources:

Table: World Market
Zebra Rug and Settee:  West Elm
Jute Rug: Pottery Barn
All Chairs: Pier 1
Mirror, Wall Plaque and Demilune Table: Ballard Designs
Capiz Shell Pendant: Pottery Barn


Kristin's house will be done in just a few short weeks...can't wait to see the photos of the finished project!

Have a great day~

Family Room Redesign Inspiration~

I recently had the privilege of working on a family room redesign virtual consultation for one of my fabulous readers, Kelli.  So today I thought I'd share with you the mood board that I created for her.

Kelli loves earth tones but has an infatuation with turquoise at the moment.  She has a lovely family room with a beautiful fireplace, high ceilings and fabulous windows.  I used brown as the base of the palette and added in a warm gold, a bit of red, and her beloved turquoise. I chose to bring the turquoise in with accessories because those are the easiest things to change if a color suddenly loses its charm.

I love the Chang Mai Dragon pillows from Willa Skye Home...they weren't actually the inspiration for the palette, but they could have been.  They tie the whole thing together beautifully. 

The Tuscan Bookcase from Ballard Designs will offer tons of storage.  I suggested that Kelli use baskets on the lower shelves to hide toys. 

Both artwork selections are also from Ballard Designs.  I especially love the abstract piece entitled Blue Reflection.  It's more contemporary which Kelli loves, and it incorporates the blues and golds from the room's palette in such an inviting way.

The curtains are Dupioni Silk  - which gives them a lovely sheen - and are from Pottery Barn.

I grounded the room with the brown Fallon Rug from Rugstudio.  I love the addition of the graphic trellis pattern.

I can't wait to see the finished product!

If you're interested in a virtual design consultation you can find out more about my e-design services here.

Have a great day~

A New Season, A New Room, A Giveaway~

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
Maybe it's the whole concept of Spring as a new beginning that does it, but I always feel the urge to redecorate during this season. How about you? Do you find yourself wanting to pull the old switcheroo? Rearrange the furniture? Maybe freshen up the artwork on your walls? Or perhaps you want to change it all...new paint, new fabrics, even new furniture? Come on. I can see that glint in your eye.

Sometimes, however, it's hard to know where to begin. What would be the best way to freshen up that room? Do you really have to change everything, or would a few simple changes give you the new room feeling you're longing for? It's not always easy to know. And sometimes a fresh set of eyes is just what you need.

That's where I can help. I have been decorating for as long as I can remember. Even as a little girl, I was interested in decorating. I batted my eyelashes at my daddy until I got him to build me a window seat for my room. I talked my parents into painting my walls lavender for my 8th birthday. I saved up my allowance until I could buy that bedding set I had my eye on. I even made my own curtains.

Now that I'm "all grown up", my home is my decorating laboratory. But, let's face it...I can only tweak my own rooms so often before I face a revolt from my family. That's where you come in, my lovely readers! Because I have such a passion for decorating, I want to share it with you! I want to help you tweak your rooms. (My family will thank you. ha ha!) So I offer virtual design consultations here at The Shabby Nest. You send me photos of your room, and I send you my ideas on how you can spruce it up, along with a virtual "shopping list" including links to where you can find my suggested purchases. And I can help you create a beautiful room on any budget. No budget? No problem! I can even offer suggestions on how you can improve your space for little or no money.

Interested? Well, you're in luck, because today I'm participating in the Nester's giveaway day! One lucky reader of the Shabby Nest will win a FREE one-room e-design consultation!! That's a $125 value!

To be entered, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. You can tweet, facebook or blog about this giveaway for additional entries, but you must leave an additional comment for each in order for the additional entry to count.

Want to see all the other great giveaways going on during today's giveaway day at the Nesting Place? Click here.

Good luck!

E-Design Services

I am so happy to announce that the Shabby Nest is now providing online design consultations! I have been receiving so many emails with design dilemmas and questions about my rates. Now I have assembled all the pertinent information on one page.

To learn more about my E-Design services click here. There is also a new E-Design button on my sidebar for your convenience.

I eat, breathe, and sleep interior design, and now I can share my passion for design with you.

As one of my readers once said, I "have an eye for pretty". Let me help you pretty up your nest!

xoxo

Wendy

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