Design

You can learn much from studying rooms that you love. Below I have attached a living room picture from a home I designed a few years ago. This turned out to be a very calm and soothing space. I wish I were sitting there now! A few key points: Windows were placed on both of the outside walls of the space. I always try to have natural lighting feeding into a space from more than one direction. Fireplace wall design was asymmetrical. Here form followed function. We needed a hideaway for the flat screen on one side, but not both. That left space for a cozy bench on the other side of the fireplace. A funky half oval shaped fireplace was used. This adds a very unique detail to an element that is normally very predictable (the rectangular fireplace box). Yellow walls with cream trim; natural wood floors and leather - the materials and colors are comforting. Dark ebony stained trim is used sparingly to cap off the fireplace and media cabinet and at the stair railing. This adds richnes...

You can learn much from studying rooms that you love. Below I have attached a living room picture from a home I designed a few years ago. This turned out to be a very calm and soothing space. I wish I were sitting there now! A few key points: Windows were placed on both of the outside walls of the space. I always try to have natural lighting feeding into a space from more than one direction. Fireplace wall design was asymmetrical. Here form followed function. We needed a hideaway for the flat screen on one side, but not both. That left space for a cozy bench on the other side of the fireplace. A funky half oval shaped fireplace was used. This adds a very unique detail to an element that is normally very predictable (the rectangular fireplace box). Yellow walls with cream trim; natural wood floors and leather - the materials and colors are comforting. Dark ebony stained trim is used sparingly to cap off the fireplace and media cabinet and at the stair railing. This adds richnes...