Another piece of advice: specialize.
If you find you have a passion for one style of furniture over another...specialize in that period. If you love Biedermeier furniture, read all yo...
Hi Brent,
I am an Interior Designer and furniture designer. My best advise is:
MAGAZINES!!! Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, Southern Accents, Veranda, Interior Design...magazine...
I keep forgetting: I have used a shop on Sunset in the Angeleno Heights area many times, great prices, great work...I just can't remember the name. If you are coming down sunset from Hollywood to ...
(also, consider a 1/4" glass top with the 1/8 beveled edge. it will protect the surface and gives it a much more custom/high end look for not that much $$$)
You can have it both ways; bold and neutral. I would consider a deep grey. Not quite charcoal, but deeper and darker than the color chips they are considering. Something in the BenMoore 1608-160...
GORGEOUS!!!
I might consider a 60" round dining table centered in the middle of the dining area. The little table to the side is the wrong scale and reads more like a gaming parlour. A tabl...
More substantial hardware for the drapes. Add a panel to the bottom or top of the drapes to create the proper length, and move the drapes up to the ceiling. Art on the walls will go a long way. ...
I don't know if its possible (space-wise), but I might consider using an indoor-outdoor area rug on the floor. There are some really handsome ones available, and the prices are really affordable. ...
to me the problem seems to be nothing but shades of grey and beige. very flat. take the coffee table to an autobody shop and get it shot with a red that works with the red in the pillows. perhap...
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Not certain, but it looks like the work of Carlo Mollino.
same color as the walls
My father too has an appreciation for that type of leather furniture. I call it "CATCHER'S MIT COMFY", and its kind of awful.
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Another piece of advice: specialize. If you find you have a passion for one style of furniture over another...specialize in that period. If you love Biedermeier furniture, read all yo...
Hi Brent, I am an Interior Designer and furniture designer. My best advise is: MAGAZINES!!! Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, Southern Accents, Veranda, Interior Design...magazine...
I keep forgetting: I have used a shop on Sunset in the Angeleno Heights area many times, great prices, great work...I just can't remember the name. If you are coming down sunset from Hollywood to ...
(also, consider a 1/4" glass top with the 1/8 beveled edge. it will protect the surface and gives it a much more custom/high end look for not that much $$$)
under $200 at a local auto body shop. everybody is desperate for work these days, and this is an easy job.
You can have it both ways; bold and neutral. I would consider a deep grey. Not quite charcoal, but deeper and darker than the color chips they are considering. Something in the BenMoore 1608-160...
Louis XVI shield back fauteauil
OH GOD NO!!! IS POST MODERN BACK?!?!?!?!?!?!
GORGEOUS!!! I might consider a 60" round dining table centered in the middle of the dining area. The little table to the side is the wrong scale and reads more like a gaming parlour. A tabl...
Are those someone's feet in the air?
More substantial hardware for the drapes. Add a panel to the bottom or top of the drapes to create the proper length, and move the drapes up to the ceiling. Art on the walls will go a long way. ...
I don't know if its possible (space-wise), but I might consider using an indoor-outdoor area rug on the floor. There are some really handsome ones available, and the prices are really affordable. ...
Paint the cabinets. Get refrigerator paint and paint it too. NO ALMOND COLORED APPLIANCES!
to me the problem seems to be nothing but shades of grey and beige. very flat. take the coffee table to an autobody shop and get it shot with a red that works with the red in the pillows. perhap...
a simple roller shade maybe something like: http://www.theshadestore.com/category/chilewich/chilewich
microwave on the side so kids can access it, and its out of the triangle.