Ready to see another one of my designs? My clients Rick and Kelly had just moved to Brooklyn and gave me the mission to decorate an apartment where the entryway, living room, dining room, and kitchen were all in one space – yep, open concept awesomeness! Every furniture item in the design is NEW (I am a furniture sourcing machine!!) Plus they wanted to incorporate eco-friendly new items into their new apartment. I’ll show you today the furniture placement layout that I created, some before and after photos, plus close up on some cool items that may make you drool with envy.
The design also included a slim console table (place in the entrance = for a mail drop zone area!!) and a wall mounted bookcase behind the door (sorry no pics of it without my having to dive deep into my archives).
I love styling the room “final touches” before the finale = making my client’s heart smile. My goal with styling to to also TEACH my clients how they can place items
BEFORE PHOTOS OF DINING + LIVING AREAS
AFTER PHOTOS
Did you spot the intertwined recycles wood COAT RACK above? Isn’t it GORGEOUS?!!
Without the visual height of the curtains, the furniture items would had looked “heavy and incomplete”, so I am glad we hugged the apt windows with curtains galore!
Here’s a close up of one of the capiz shell sheer curtain panels … oh, and the green cushion is an outdoor (comfy) cushion I spotted last minute for the window sill .. extra seating!!! … and it’s much more ECONOMICAL than having one custom made (extra seating done Ada style = economically!).
The coffee tables (2 levels) were made from railroad ties (yes, u read correctly … the bracket that support railroads). Eco-friendly awesomeness.
My design made sure that the dining area wasn’t closed off by the living room. I incorporated a long bench as seating for part of the dining area so it can provide EXTRA seating for guests chilling out having fun in the living room. The dining table is made of peroba rosa wood (from an old Brazilian coffee factory) that was trimmed to 1″ strips and tiled together. I love the different color woods strips (marvelously mosaic!).
A big THANK you to my WONDERFUL design assistant Albina who was by my side on Christmas Eve finishing this project (you are AMAZING Albina!!!) and the rocking expertise of contractor Virgil and his team!