Saturday, March 1, 2014

A lot of women are working from home and sometimes it’s not as easy as we will like it. That is the reason why home office for women is a very good topic to discuss. Are you a woman who works from home and needs a space to call your own? I know how hard it can be trying to find the right space just for you but at the same time being mindful of the rest of your family? As women we sometimes put everything first and ourselves last, that’s just in our nature. We have to take care of our family right? Sure we do, but there are some things we can do to put ourselves first without taking our family for granted, like decorating a room just for us.  So the question is, how do we make our space just for us? Here are a few home offices for women from around the web that speaks to me and I'm sure most women who are looking for that special home office or craft room, these will speak to you also.
This is a beautiful craft room for any special lady who loves crafts. Couldn't you see yourself working in this beautiful room? Everything is so organize and neat. I love it

Love the Craft table just lovely
This a space that is carved out for a lady who just need a space of her own. How cute and simple. Look at the table that's being used as a desk how clever is that and she can lay a lot on that table with out the clutter. So ladies you don't need a normal desk.
This is a space being used for a makeup table but can easily be used for a place to do work w/ a laptop and a phone your ready to work.
A space in the middle of the room just for her how cute

How about this home office with all the pops of red isn't it gorgeous? I love it

This room is so cool with all the white back round and all the pops of red throughout how cool is that?





Lots of people are afraid of bold and colorful living spaces but what do you do when a beautiful room is among you and it’s very colorful? Do you embrace it, shun it, or love it? Well I choose the latter I love it because when you see rooms that you can’t do anything but respect, you have to embrace it. Check out these very colorful living rooms below.....

How about this lovely room, isn't it beautiful? It has all the right color combinations that make this room works. Check out all the pattern but yet it all works. I love it....
I absolutely love the rug. Its beautiful!!!

I love this room because its colorful in the reverse, the green sofa stands out with color but the white walls are so subtle but yet allow the sofa to stand out and claim its colorfulness.
Here we go again with the white walls but still burst of color with the orange sofa and touches of orange sprinkled around the room. It goes to show that you don't have to paint your walls a bold color to make your room colorful.
This room I love!! I love the dark walls and the pops of color throughout, the orange coffee table makes a statement along with the cute blue and green lamp. I love this colorful living room.




Decorating for a man can involves creating a space that is masculine and bachelorism, most men like to prove how manly they are so a lot of times most men will lean more to the dark side of the color wheel. Pinks and pastels are normally out of the question, as a designer I can respect that but what happens when there is a woman in that mix. How do you create a space for him and also keep her happy? I think I solved the problem, check out these amazing masculine living rooms that are made for a man but will make every woman happy.


















I've been working on this dresser for a client for about a month. 

That's way longer than I normally take to finish a piece, but the first redo didn't go quite the way we planned so the redo ended up being redone. 

Here's the before.


The redo.

(Cringe)


And the redo, redone. 



So much better!

The major problem I ran into was finding the right orange paint. 

The original color was Masada by Benjamin Moore, a very rustic orange. 

The problem with it was that since the paint already had a lot of brown in it, the dark wax and stain I used over the distressing just made it look dirty. 

So we chose a new orange, Marquis Orange, by Sherwin Williams.

At first I was concerned that it would be a little to bright, but once the stain and dark wax were put on it darkened it enough to give it the rustic look we wanted. 

Third times a charm right? :)

PS The stuffed animals used to stage the dresser where donated by Rhett. Meet Bruce the moose, Bear the bear and Tornado the horse.  They are beloved toys around our home. :)


This room was done for a couple who loves to travel all over the world but yet still have a few places they haven't been. Because they travel so much they’re able to meet lots of people and acquire a lot of photos from their travels so it was only fitting to have a place for their friends and family when they come to visit.  My clients called me to do their guest room for them because they wanted to finally have a place for their guest and all their beautiful photos they take on their travels. Now as you all may know in most of my designs I’m always challenged to use something or use a color the homeowner already chosen and this room was no different. My challenge this time was the paint color the homeowner chose himself and his wife was dead set against but guesses what? This was no challenge at all for me because I was so happy he made the choice because I didn’t have to be blamed for it! “hmmm isn’t hat selfish of me” but no really I loved the color from the first time I laid eyes on it. The Smokey gray color is very modern so the real challenge was discovering how to bring traditional and modern together.  

Did I do it?

Check out the before picture of the guest bedroom


Beautiful Smokey Gray Walls and a beautiful cherry-wood twin bed. Love it!

How about that bed! Pretty right! Check out the After Photo

After

Like a lot of rooms I do. Something has to stay,this was a beautiful piece of art the homeowner loved so much she wanted to honor it and keep it in the room. Here is where I used it in the room..
Here is the picture on the side wall next to the bed

This a rocker chair the homeowners wanted to keep but you know,"I couldn't allow it to stay as is although the color weren't bad for another room scheme"


After!!! Yellow! I love it...The new painted rocker chair.
Yellow trim on the canopies
Yellow artwork





My DIY Project For This Guestroom 

DIY Pillow not quite!! This pillow was a store bought pillow but was not the colors I had desired all but the red so I painted the flowers yellow and the heart gray made for a perfect color combination in the room design.

5 dollar table!! Spray painted with the color red and a touch of yellow- look how good it looks in this room.