Client Reveal: Family Room

 I am so thrilled to be sharing this client family room reveal with you all today!

What started as an instragram follower calling me in for a consultation to help her pick out some paint colors for her walls and built in's her brother in law would be building for her, turned into one of my most favorite full-service designs to date.  I had such a wonderful time working with my sweet client and the result was so rewarding and so beautiful.

 Her home was a decade old and was builder grade.  The fireplace was drywall with a simple, smaller scale wooden mantel with old small tan square tile in the surround.  As soon as I got a feel for her style I suggested doing a horizontal shiplap with sconces.  My suggestions were instantly validated when she showed me several inspriation pictures she had saved that met that style to a T.  We then proceeded to talk paint colors.  We decided on two shades of gray by Sherwin Williams, Aloof Gray for the walls and Passive for the back of the built ins.  Then one of my favorite whites for the builtins, Alabaster, which matched the creamier white shutters perfectly.  (Shout out to her handy husband!  He put up all the new trim around the doors and windows.)

Once the building of the mantel and bookcases were under way we we picked carpet, sconces for the mantel, tile for the surround and hardware.  With those design elements wrapped up we parted ways and I was estatic to hear back from her a few weeks later when she asked if it would finish with the furniture and decor. You bet ya!

 Her family was looking forward for some family time in here, making new memories and I knew the perfect sectional to place in here.  There is a local company here in Salt Lake that carries this beauty.  We were able to design it in store and had it custom made.  This blue-ish gray fabric is the perfect addition in the room.  We picked cleaner lines in the shape and kept the stitching pretty simple.  It took 6 weeks to be made and delivered.  Great turn around time and well worth the wait.  Fits the space like a glove.

One of my favorite parts of this reno was being able to keep the existing banister and having the contractor built millwork over the dry walled load bearing post.  Then doing the same by creating a box over the existing newel post and building a more meaty post.  Then painting the baulters white and staining the banister made the old and dated blonde wood banister look brand-spanking-new!!!

Next up:  

The furniture!  I knew the banister wall couldn't be left blank, I thought about a bench for a quick second, but then found this gorgeous blue chair and new I could angle it towards the TV to create a perfect viewing spot for her kids.  Who doesn't love a little extra seating anyway?!

 Here a a few views of the rooms pretty furniture pieces...

 

Last, but certainly not least came the styling of the room.  Styling bookcases has always been a favorite of mine! 

 Notice how the top of the glass door shelves were styled.  We decided placing side to side a bunch of books with the bindings backwords would be a perfect way to add interest and dimension with out distracting from the shelves below.

Lastly here a few other favorite pics of the space, love the bright, soothing, yet refreshing palette of whites, grays, blues and mixed metallics.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed the tour!  Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know if you liked it or if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

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Client Reveal: Main Level Bath

Hello there!  I'm thrilled to be sharing one of my favorite client remodels with you today!  I have been working on this 1970's ranch style home here in Salt Lake for the last few years, doing one room at a time.  It's now come to the fun part and we are doing some major renovations in the bathrooms and will be doing the kitchen here soon.

Sadly, we forgot to get a before picture before they started tearing everthing out.  Just imagine a yellowy beige everything.  The toilet was opposite of the window and it was just a poorly designed old looking bath. It is such a difference and I'm so pleased my clients family loves it as much as I do!

This bathroom is on their main level and will also serve as the guest bathroom when they have people over so, though her kids will be using this as their own bathroom, they wanted a sophisticated feel that would appeal to all ages.

We kept the palette light, bright and airy to give the illusion it is larger than it is.  

The palette of whites, grays and pops of the faux greenery keep it such  refreshing feeling.

We had the vanity custom made since the dimensions were not a normal size.  We went with a white craftsman look, and kept the design simple, but added narrow draws for functionality.  We got so much more storage out of this cabinet versus the old one. 

We picked out this gorgeous granite from a local granite quarry.  We were able to save some picking out a remanent.  Thats a good tip to save on counters for bathrooms.  Just google your local granite quarries and give them a call to see if they have anything that fits what you are looking for.  We love the beautiful movement and charecture this one has and give so much personaltiy to this space.

We found all of the tile at our local 

FLOOR & DECOR

They offer wholesale pricing to the public.  I actually get better deals going there versus using my designer discount other places.  I have used them on several design projects and love their selection and quality of products.

We went with a marble looking porcelian hex pattern for the flooring.  We went with this option just for durablity sake.  She has young children using this bathroom and though marble is gorgeous, it just wasn't practical for so much use.  This gives the same look with out being so hard to upkeep.

 The shower we went with a standard white subway with white grout.

The niche in the shower is a marble hex.

The grout on the hex tiles in the shower and the flooring have a Silver Grout.

We know subway tile appears to be super trendy right now, but it actually is very affordable and has been around forever and will be sure to keep this bathroom very timless looking.

We just adore the chrome design details and love the shape of the light fixture.

This paired with the round mirror give off a new england timeless vibe, which we love.

The other accessories were found at our local target.  They always have such great decor finds!

 My client was able to make these faux roman shades with THIS pinterest tutorial that we found.  We just bought and extra shower curtain and it was simple easy and adds so much to the window, finishing off the space perfectly.

Thank you for taking the time to read this bathroom reveal.  It was such a dream to work on and both my clients and I love the finished result.  I'm finishing up her basement bath remodel soon and I can't wait to share that design with you.

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Wall Color: Wash Basin by Kwal 

They were bought out by Sherwin Williams, 

but you can ask for this color at their store and they will have it on file.

Tile: Floor & Decor

Cabinet: Custom Made

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