Before and After: Challenging Style

Traditional meets fresh Southwest.  Quite a combo, huh?  But this describes my clients perfectly.  They love Southwest style, and wanted to incorporate some rustic bits of it with some fresh color and their traditional furnishings.  I thrive on a challenge.  And I love eclectic mixes.

I visited this client today to measure for the living room window treatments, which are in phase two of the plan.  The chairs and sofas have arrived, the walls have been painted, (the rug was existing), and the coffee table and custom pillows are due to arrive any day.    Forgive the re-scanned copy of this before pic, where the walls are white and the two old silver-green chairs got the boot!

Here's where things stand now.  The color is off a bit -- the walls are blue-green, not so blue, but you'll get the idea. 

 The two soft white sofas will have a rustic pine-topped, strong and clean-lined iron coffee table in between them.

The front foyer in this open home is at the entrance to this room.  Here is what it looked like before (again, a crummy re-scanned copy...)

To introduce the eclectic, rustic Southwest feeling and tie it to the living room, I put in a significant pine piece and suggested the wall be a darker accent color.  The artwork was the homeowners, and the lamps we added gave the space much more presence.

In the background of this foyer picture, you can see the first project I did for this client -- the family room window treatments -- the colors of the foyer are echoed in the textured pattern and the color of those panels.  We all know flow in an open plan is critical.

I can't wait until the living room becomes more complete and I can show you the rest.  In the meantime, what would you say your most challenging eclectic mix has been?

Talk to you soon,
Carol

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