before and after......

Hopefully you can tell a difference in our before and after....
the bones of the home are amazing...great finishes (rock fireplace, hand scraped wood floors, large windows, etc....) but the decor was just missing. Also...we had to work with a couple of design challenges....a wall that would split the back of a sofa...a long narrow room, a light switch that was of course in a bad spot, and a narrow space on the two sides of the windows. What we did....was work with the existing color scheme of the home and played up the neutral colors - then dropped in our red/brick accents. No real need to always be matchy matchy so we have about 3 different wood finishes...dark espresso, walnut and painted linen. We ran our 9x13 rug ling ways (rug by Candice Olsen) to create a sense of depth that otherwise would not have been as dramatic if we put an 8x10 horizontally. We sat our sofas face to face even the the brown sofa extends from the wall but used our spaced ceramic flower petals to not only create drama but to deflect the light switch and draw the attention away from the wall. We only had room for one width of panels so we went a little more bold on the pattern and then dropped in plenty of lighting to make the room even more warm and fuzzy. The upholstery is from Vanguard and Bernhardt.

Residential details in commercial spaces.....

This is a project I worked on with my friends Matty and Fox. A lot of the elements that we used for this commercial building have their roots in residential settings. The chair with heavy duty velvet is from Kincaid Furniture, the table and ottomans are from New Pacific, the bench is form Zuo Mod, the Lighting is from Trend, the mirror is from Howard Elliot, and the art is from Art Classics. Even the cabinetry that we floated on the wall is from our line ultracraft. Quartz is an approved counter top surface that works for commercial, medical and of course residential settings. We often use commercial products for residential settings (like outdoor furniture) and we use plenty of residential pieces in commercial settings - just knowing the use and wear potential leads us....as well as the aesthetic.

Warming up a commercial space...

who says commercial spaces cant be warm - I love warm colors and would probably choose warm over cold most any day. Sometimes the beauty is in the details....like the door inlays and the inset handles to the tile inlays in the hall. Even the thin ruler style floating frame on the art gives it a subtle substance. Mirrors, lights over art and benches in hallways give them life that otherwise is often times over looked.
Also...check out the ceiling details.