2009-2010 Home design style - Dining Room With Cottage Garden Style

09 June 2009
- The walls are given a graphic punch with a fun paint technique. Wahl creates square "friskets" — clear protective overlays — out of Con-Tact paper and adheres them to the wall to create a faux dentil molding. She paints the walls a raspberry color, then removes the friskets to reveal the original light green base coat underneath.
- The dining chairs are enhanced with floral slipcovers. Wahl creates a second tabletop out of birch and paints a colorful floral design on top. Rubber mats are placed in between the two tops to stabilize the new one. The perimeter of the original tabletop is hidden behind a piece of painted canvas stapled to the new painted top.
- New floral shades dress up the chandelier.
- A piece of remnant linoleum is painted for a fun floorcloth. Wahl applies several coats of a clear sealer to protect the design.
- Checkered wallpaper is applied to the backs of the china cabinets to help them blend in better with the new colorful design.
- Storage comes in the form of a painted chest. Wahl paints an old dark chest with coordinating colors and adds black shelf brackets and a quartered fence post for the legs.
Before
A decorative wrought-iron accent and a painted design behind it add whimsy to one wall.
Craft boxes are covered in leftover wallpaper to create decorative but functional storage.

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2009-2010 Home design style - Shingle-Style Home

09 June 2009

Designer Sally Weston used different woods and glass finishes for cabinets for an unmatched, evolved looked. Adjacent spaces with specific functions easily flow into each other in the open plan.

Warm pine cabinets and honed granite countertops give this large kitchen a time-worn appeal.

The kitchen area is made up of a series of uniquely functioning spaces. In addition to the main work area is a large butler’s panty and a smaller baking pantry. Facing the island on one side is the dining area with banquette, and on the other is a coffee bar and massive planter with natural stone counter and copper faucet.
Different woods were combined in the large kitchen for its charming and comfortable look. The main cabinets and island are made from honey-colored Pennsylvania pine. They use both seeded and hammered glass for upper cabinet panels. Lighter colored wood for specific pieces avoids a built-in look. The cabinets in the butler’s pantry are mahogany topped with bird’s eye maple. The baking pantry, coffee bar and planter use white wood cabinetry topped with marble. The flooring is 100-year-old reclaimed heart pine.
The formal butler’s pantry has a large farm sink, a warming drawer and dishwasher, as well as ample storage.
The large island looks out into the family room, so interaction between the cook and others is easy and natural. The family room is surrounded with windows on three sides.

The large dual-level granite-topped island houses a round stainless steel prep sink and a professional cooktop.

The unusual-shaped sink has an elongated end and a round end for maximum function.

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2009-2010 Home design style - Asian-Style Interior

09 June 2009

Designer Ivan Beardsley's home is typical of a lot of houses that were built during the late 1940s and 1950s. The California ranch-style home is only about 1,100 square feet but he's made it seem much bigger with a just a few tricks. In the living room, he took the doorways up to the ceiling and cut the doors in half to give them more presence. The furnishings are modern and sleek and instead of a traditional sofa, table and chair arrangement, he's used two pairs of matching chairs that seem to float around a glossy center table.

The sweeping shape of the unusual shelving space running underneath the window makes the room feel larger.

The entry into the kitchen and dining area is defined with a purple painted column that is actually a Sonotube, a cardboard column used to form concrete pillars. It helps to visually increase the height of the ceiling and adds a burst of color not found in either room. Instead of remodeling the kitchen, he stayed true to its character by keeping the original tile and stove intact.

Beardsley doesn't have a grand-scale dining room so he turned a patio into a fully-functioning entertaining space. Draperies and mosquito netting are drawn closed when the sun gets too hot. The console in the back is made of poured concrete.

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2009-2010 Home design style - French-Style Decor

09 June 2009

Designer Linda Fujimoto loves anything artist-made, French or antique and her house is a great display case for each of her great finds. The living room is a perfect example of an inviting garden-style sunroom. The crisp colors in the wallpaper set the lively tone; the flooring consists of Mexican paver tiles that only get better with age. An old gate has been fashioned into a coffee table with the addition of iron legs and glass top. The loveseat is covered with a bedspread that's been sewn into a slipcover.

Her personal touch is evident the moment one steps in the door and sees the stained and stenciled staircase. A harlequin design on the walls complements her artistic touch.

The bistro-style kitchen contains marble counters, a buttery color on the walls and large-scale antique island. To bridge the marble to the cabinets, Fujimoto installed crown molding and faux painted it to resemble the countertop. The wood floor is painted with a blue and white harlequin pattern for additional texture and color. The white diamonds were sponged with the blue color to tone down the contrast.

The master bedroom is alive with color, pattern and drama with black carpet, floral rugs and layer of pillows on the bed. Dressmaker details abound with dress forms and mannequins used for decorating.

The closet doors are enhanced with ceramic knobs and gold paint on the inside edges to coordinate with other gilded elements in the space.

The downstairs bathroom was once all white from the ceiling to the floor. Fujimoto transformed the space with several coats of porch paint and greeting card and wallpaper cutouts decoupaged onto nearly every surface.

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2009-2010 Home design style - Tropical-Style Retreat

09 June 2009

After

Artist and author Eyvette Jones already has a lot of colorful, interesting furnishings and accessories, she just needs a cohesive look to bring all of the pieces together into a tropical retreat.

The Dilemma

Before

Host Kristan Cunningham and design coordinators Spencer Anderson and Dave Sheinkopf hope to make her wishes come true by introducing color, reworking the existing furniture, adding dramatic lighting, adding more storage and showcasing her art.

The Solution

After

The design transforms the living space into an inviting, island-style getaway — here's how they do it:

The walls are painted peacock blue-green to start the Tropical theme.
Anderson transforms the existing pine armoire with a coat of black paint. After it dries, he sands it down for an aged appearance.

Sheinkopf builds a pine hutch to go on top of the existing storage piece. He adds a crown detail to the top and face-frames the piece with pine molding. After he paints the piece black, he cuts matchstick blinds to fit the back and adds bamboo poles to the sides to tie it in with the other tropical elements in the room. He also sands down the painted finish to match the armoire.