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| Matters of Style |
May 2015
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Greetings,
Welcome back to Matters of Style, a periodic newsletter from To a T Interiors. This edition continues the series on redecorating a dated home with tips for blending old and new for an updated guest bedroom and how to move from traditional to transitional style. Happy Decorating! |
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Reworking a Guest Bedroom
| As a redesigner, there is little that gives more satisfaction than using what you have to make-over a space However, the recipe for making a space feel updated and fresh often requires adding new to the old. Such was the case in this guest bedroom in our NC home.
This is how the bedroom looked just after moving in, with the former owner's paint, window treatments (WTs) and carpeting.
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| | Updated with new paint and carpet |
We elected to replace the carpeting and chose a medium brown paint color to complement the wood tones of the furniture. Minimizing contrast between furniture and walls makes a room feel larger and also more serene.
The room came together nicely but it needed something at the windows to complete the space.
When helping a client with window treatments 18 months ago, I found this fabric and knew it would look great in the guest bedroom. It has amazing texture, comes in 8 different colors and is a low end price point for a custom fabric. After placing the order with the WT fabricator, she pointed out the fabric comes double the normal width. That means we only needed 5 yards of fabric for these panels where most other fabrics would have required twice that amount.
Working from a prioritized list of updates for our 20-year old home, we finally addressed the window treatments in
the guest bedroom.
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| | With new window treatments |
The new hardware and panels finish the room and gives it an added richness. It was totally worth the wait to get this
polished result.
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Making the Move from Traditional to Transitional
| This bedroom set served us well over approximately 22 years. It's style worked with the traditional styled homes we lived in.
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| | Guest bedroom in Maryland |
In moving to our NC home in late 2012, I wanted a more relaxed, aka, transitional look. Transitional style is defined as a blend of traditional and contemporary styles, incorporating lines that are less ornate than traditional designs, but not as severely basic as contemporary lines. As a result, transitional designs are classic, timeless, and clean. Another way to achieve a transitional look is to break up matching furniture sets. I set out to achieve that look in our second guest bedroom in NC.
We sold the four poster bed frame to the purchasers of our MD home.  When staging the house for sale, we ditched the mirror that came with the dresser that heavily skewed the look toward country style. Getting rid of those two style influencers allowed the simplicity of the night stands and dresser to stand out.
The picture below shows where we started with this guest bedroom at move in.
Upholstered bed frames have been popular in recent years as the texture and softness of the fabric breaks up the all wood look of most bedroom sets. That is exactly what this new head and footboard do for this guest bedroom. |
| | With an upholstered bed frame |
Compared to the first picture above, with one purchase, we achieved the clean lines that are transitional and the look is more collected and not matchy-matchy. Here is a picture of the dresser that feels like new without the mirror. A true win-win!
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As always, if you need help making your home the inviting, comfortable space you envision, call To a T Interiors. We can help you select the perfect paint color, find solutions to corral the clutter that accumulates for busy families or redesign your living spaces to enhance the beauty and function for the whole family.
Susan
Susan Keifer
301-467-3563
www.toatinteriors.com
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