Townhouse Living Room Redo



Today I'm sharing a project that I completed last fall- a townhouse living room.  The client requested a space that was light, airy and clean with coastal inspired colors to provide a calm and serene retreat.  She also asked that I incorporate a "happy pop" of color- either orange or pink. The room was fairly small - approximately 16 x 13, and had to include a seating area, media center, a piano and because the front door opened directly into the living room, a console table to drop keys and mail.  This was our starting color palette:

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And here are some inspiration photos for the mood we were trying to create:

French-style living room - I love how light and bright the room is.
Nautical Themed Blue and Pink Living Room @Layla Grayce
coastal living with a modern feel, love the jute rug, baskets, black pendant lantern, blue slip-covered wing char and white painted coffee table x
My client loved the blue planking on the back of this bookcase and wanted to incorporate it in her bookcases. If you remember, I did blue planking on my dining room hutch, only placing the planks horizontally instead of vertically.
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Take a look at these "Before" photos...lots of issues to be addressed for sure!!!  Pink walls with smoke damage up by the ceiling, 80's country wood furniture, bland tile in front of the fireplace, too much clutter...


Lots of brown...with shutters that only went two-thirds of the way up the windows.



A piano and chunky chair-and-a-half squished up against one wall, and more brown wood trim and stair railings.



And here it is now!



The room does not get a lot of natural sunlight, so we kept the walls light with Benjamin Moore's Gray Owl at 50% and crisp white trim.  The room had a challenging layout...there was only one wall to place the tv on, and the opposite wall (where the couch would go) had a window right above it. Due to the awkward placement of the windows, we chose wide white plantation shutters.

The piano fit nicely in the nook...



We had the stair railing painted white to blend in rather than stand out, and added a parsons console table.  This is located across from the front door, so she can drop her keys and mail here as she walks in.  The greek key ottoman cubes can be pulled out for extra seating...and I like how they break up all the vertical lines of the spindles.





The fireplace got a new "marble" hearth...real marble tiles were going to be too thick to match up with the wood flooring, so we chose a porcelain tile that looks just like the real thing.

A wool dhurrie rug from West Elm grounds the space.  We gave one of her end tables a coat of blue paint and a unique drawer pull from Anthropologie.







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A New Year...

Happy New Year friends!
Happy New Year to our fabulous followers and all pinners worldwide. Have a wonderful new year, cheers!
 I can't believe we're almost at the end of January already...where did it go?!  At the beginning of the month I sat in my new studio (photos coming soon!) and worked on my 2015 goals for Summerland Homes & Gardens.  2014 was a good year with multiple projects and lots of learning experiences (some good & some not so good!)  As I'm "in the trenches" running a design business, I'm trying to find the best way to streamline my business, manage projects, take my organizational skills up a notch and successfully market my company.  So I've been doing lots of planning for Summerland and am very excited for this year and what it's going to bring. Having your own business is A TON of work, but I LOVE it! I love the creative process, working with my clients, and seeing my visions come to life.

 I also created these vision boards to be inspired and stay focused on my goals (both personal & professional) and to remind me of some of the things I want to accomplish this year.



I'm also happy to announce that Summerland Homes & Gardens won Best of Houzz 2015! Great news to start this week!  Here's part of the press release...
Remodeling and Home Design

Summerland Homes & Gardens Receives
Best Of Houzz 2015 Award

Over 25 Million Monthly Unique Users Rated Top-Rated Home Building,
Remodeling and Design Professionals in the United States and Around the World

January 19, 2015 –Summerland Homes & Gardens of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The design studio, which specializes in both interior and garden design, was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Design and Customer Satisfaction. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users on Houzz, known as “Houzzers.” Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2014. Winners will receive a “Best Of Houzz 2015” badge on their profiles, helping Houzz users around the world who discover and love a professional’s work to learn even more about that business’ popularity and satisfaction rating among their peers in the Houzz community. 

“Houzz provides homeowners with a 360 degree view of home building, remodeling and design industry professionals, empowering them to engage the right people and products for their project,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of industry marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize Summerland Homes & Gardens among our “Best Of” professionals as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”

You can follow Summerland Homes & Gardens on Houzz: http://www.houzz.com/pro/ellewoeller/__public


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 2015 is off to a busy start and I'm looking forward to this year's projects and all the creative possibilities!


"The Year is Yours. What will you do with it? {New Year's Eve Free Printable }

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