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Have you ever felt like your home renovation takes forever? It’s been a long very windy road but we’re finally getting close to the finishing line in terms of the actual renovations. I’m eager to move in to my office space and Luke is feeling particularly impatient and asks me every single day when he Guest house renovation update – Picking a color scheme
This week we had to paint. The house sits on a ledge high up a mountain side with the sun glaring in from three sides but with a steep hill behind the house. The front terrace pool bounces a weird blue light in to the house so it’s by far the most difficult house I’ve Picking paint colors – Week # 3 ORC
My new Jill Inc. office is still on my mind. With all the negative events happening in this country and in the world right now I feel the need more than ever to have a space with a comforting vibe. The first item on my must have list is a blush sofa. Here I’ve rounded The irresistible blush pink sofa – Splurge vs Save
Paint colors. One of my favorite subjects. While I love bold paint colors in a home (and lots of them), in the master bedroom I prefer peaceful soothing colors as a back drop. The bedroom is your sanctuary, the space you refuel and regroup and gather strength for the following day. In the perfect bedroom My TOP 10 paint colors for the BEDROOM (that will help you sleep)
Sharing a sneak peek from an install day of a colorful design project on the east coast. I love color (surprise!) and when a client can’t get enough of strong colors and patterns I’m more than eager to please. I’ll share this project as soon as we get it photographed in the meanwhile I can’t Color loving client – sneak peek from install day
When you create interiors you its all in your mind. Of course nothing is more fun than seeing your mood boards and designs come to life. The huge project we’ve been working on from scratch and designing in Virginia is coming closer to the install date. Yesterday I received a bunch of snap shots from Progress pictures from a big design project
The beige walls lasted almost nine months in the living room. I guess I’m not very trendy …I can’t live with a “non” color on the walls, it just feels too boring. After the charcoal wallpaper and blue and white passion fruit curtain came in… …and the off white soft Geo Shag it became clear The livingroom is getting color
Hope you had a great Easter weekend! Color as some of you know is something I can’t get enough of. I’m happy to let you know that a few weeks ago we started offering the bedding in 18 custom colors. Designers and customers have e-mailed for a long time and requested certain colors so I’m My bedding in delicious new colors
This week the we start with phase two of the renovations – the outdoors. The entire house will be painted, walls will be fixed, lanterns will be hung, a deck will be built by the pool and a grill and an outdoor bar will be designed and installed. The color scheme is of course what What color should I paint the front door?
A few days ago we started painting, not all of the house, but enough so we at least can move in.
One of the things I’m kind of obsessing over in design lately is black moldings and windows. This house has low ceilings and sunny California outside so I have to be careful not to be too heavy handed. Since I have the luxury of living there first and seeing what the light does to the walls, I can wait to decide just how heavy I can go with the use of black moldings.
We’re going to move in to the guest room for the first couple of weeks until the floor goes down. The plan for that room is to be a Beverly Hills hotel inspired suite with my own twist, so it was painted coral. We're finally painting!