Layered Neutrals: Part 2

I recently had the opportunity to visit clients who recently welcomed their second child.  After a brief hiatus from working on their home, I stopped by to stylize their living room with a couple of plants, several patterned pillows and a comfy throw.  Seeing how the space emerged from the virtual room inspiration (below) into real life was quite rewarding.  As life settles down for the growing family more personal touches will be added, but for now they have the foundation for an inviting living area to read, play and watch TV.  Many congratulations SH and JH on your adorable new arrival.

These are the key pieces that make up the room.

1.  EQ3's Mañana Floor Lamp    2.  Williams and Sonoma Herringbone Flamestitch Rug 3.  West Elm's Paneled Armoire  4.  Suite NY's Friday Lounger 5.  Room and Board's Tyne Round Coffee Table and 6.  the Mota Wedge Sectional from Viesso.

Room Inspiration: Layered Neutrals

Now that most of the pieces from this "room inspiration" have been received and placed in our clients' home, it's time to begin accessorizing.  Having been inspired by this home, the neutral palette will likely be layered with tonal patterns in pillows, throws and maybe even in a pouf [or two].  By adding plants the space will brighten and extend from the inside to the outdoors.  Stay tuned for its reveal.

1. Mañana Floor Lamp  2. Herringbone Hand-Knotted Flamestitch Rug  3. Paneled Armoire  4. Friday Lounge  5. Tyne Round Cocktail Table   6. Mota Wedge Sectional Sofa

7 Of The Moment Inspiring Spaces

 

While creating spaces of your own looking at others' for inspiration can help define a personal style.  For my own home I am gravitating toward elements present in these 7 images.  Take a look:

Which of these spaces appeal to you?

1./2./3./4./5./6./7.

Rug Reveal: The Two We Selected For Our California House.

Here are the two rugs we bought for our mid-century design house in California. With a lot of wood features and barely any space for wallpaper, I strongly feel that the wood in the new house needs to be toned down.  Hence I want to introduce colorful patterns for the floors and step out of my comfort zone that previously consisted of warmer hues and monochromatic color schemes.  Using vibrantly patterned rugs in cool shades of blue, the house will reflect (hopefully) a nice combination of textures, colors and patterns.  Take a look at the two we chose and some of the pillows we selected for the main living areas.

The moving truck is due to arrive in the East Bay next Monday.   After spending the upcoming weekend with us in New Jersey, on Sunday,  my husband will fly to California to receive our belongings and begin setting up house.  I'm beginning to feel anxious to get there soon...

Out And About: Yayla Tribal Rugs

In search of floor coverings  for our California house, my husband and I dropped in at Yayla Tribal Rugs to go through piles of  colorfully patterned and intricately detailed carpets in hopes to find the ones destined to make the trip West with us.  A very patient and knowledgeable sales team (with some really strong arms), provides the potential buyers with lessons in history, craftsmanship and philanthropy.  Take a look at some of our favorites and stay posted for the rug reveal, when the two we picked take center stage.

Can anyone guess which two are coming to California with us?!

Below are photos taken by Cambridge photographer Kristen Emack.  It just so happened that she was snapping shots of rugs at Yayla the same week we were shopping for some.  Thank you, Kristen, for sharing your artful images with Cocoon Home.