When I met my clients, originally from the east coast, I was challenged to create a fun upstairs game room with a look that defined their style: a blend of a coastal / cottage energy that also addressed their need for lasting durability and multipurpose use.
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The Lookbook - A Tool For Discerning Interior Designer / Client Compatibility
I have had clients where style and the ultimate goal or look of the project weren't quite defined before we signed the contract.
Or maybe we all thought we understood the ultimate goal, but really, we weren't quite on the same page about what the client wanted for an end result.
Click through to see how we are coping with this on some of our larger scaled project proposals.
Read MoreDESIGNED Q and A - More Kitchen Backsplash Drama! x 2
These kitchen backsplash dilemmas are just getting too good not to share. I do not make these up…..I swear!
I received these two uploads this week on one of my old blogposts about kitchen backsplashes. Just when I think I’ve seen it all…..there’s another tiny deviation of where to end a kitchen backsplash or how to detail it.
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Those pesky little kitchen windows and how to make them look bigger
I guess you could say this was a backsplash question. That is how it was uploaded into the comment section of one of my posts on backsplashes.
I mean, yes, there is a question about where to end the backsplash, but really, there’s a bigger design situation here, in my opinion. There’s the situation where the top of the cabinets and the top of the kitchen window line up and everything is all in a little row, below the ceiling.
I typically try to remedy this situation whenever I can. Here’s the reason why.
Read MoreWhich paint color for my walls? You can stop worrying about it :-)
I have to say it. It’s getting crazy. You’d think that the whole entire design plan of a house or room was dependent on the wall paint color these days.
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