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May 2016 Newsletter
  
 
     Are you wanting to redecorate that guest bedroom but don't know where to start? This month's article gives you some hints on how to do just that.
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From Inspiration to Motivation

Spring is in full bloom, and it is time to get started on decorating that guest room that has really needed your attention. But where should you begin? Finding inspiration to get you motivated to begin your project is the key to getting started.


 

  • Start with an item that you love. Look around your room.  How about that decorative plate you brought back from France, or a vase you found at an antique shop?
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  • Select fabric.  Because fabric is so diverse, from casual to formal and every little thing in between, the fabric itself can guide you to the rest of the room choices. Use the colors and style in your inspiration piece for your side panels and bedding choices. 
  • Select furniture.  Easy enough for a guest room - you know you will need a bed and a bedside table, perhaps a dresser, and of course a chair. Refer back to your inspiration item and your fabric choice. Be sure that your furniture selections have the same feel as your fabrics and inspiration piece.  
  • Select paint color.  Again, refer to your fabric choice. Keep in mind this guest room will host both male and female guests.
  • Select bedding.  Refer to your previous selections to guide you in your bedding choices. Notice how your first selection drives the rest of the room choices. The bed skirt and drapery side panels can be the same print with the coverlet and shams another coordinating fabric. Add accent pillows in a contrast fabric.
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  • Select window treatments.  The way you dress the windows in your room plays a big part in the way the room feels. You also need to take privacy, heat and light control into consideration when determining the style. Much like the furniture that you select, the window treatments need to work with that overall feel. Add a room darkening shade that controls both light and privacy and the side panels create an accent at the windows.   
  • And last but not least - accessorize. Easily overlooked, accessorizing really is that finishing touch. Consider artwork, mirrors, lamps, and vases, keeping in mind the feel and function of the room.
By the completion of this guest room, all of your creature comforts are met - a very welcoming bed, an armoire for housing your things, a sitting and reading area for relaxing. So pick your inspiration - grandmother's lamp, your father's old golf clubs, your favorite blanket from childhood - and get motivated!  And call me if you need some help!
 
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  • We make custom bedspreads or coverlets with bed skirts/shams that can match or coordinate with your window treatments.
  • We can upholster that favorite occasional chair that you keep in this guest bedroom. 
  • We can make custom accent pillows to help accessorize your room.  

 

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  • Pick an object that you love the style and/or the colors not one that you feel obliged to use. 
  • Have a story to tell about the inspiration piece - you weren't looking and this just caught your eye or you had searched for days at antique shops and finally you found this, or Aunt Jane gave this to you and you  just love it. 
  • Choose a main color from your special inspiration piece and use a smaller amount of two accent colors.

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I am the only interior designer in Lawrence specializing in window fashions.  We love to help you find solutions to your problems. These solutions can be beautiful, individualized, and practical.  They can solve your problems and still look extraordinarily stunning.  Or they can solve your problems and still look simple and unpretentious.  
 
The goal is to help you solve your challenge in the manner that fits your life style and your cravings. And although we do specialize in window fashions, we take a whole room approach.  We can help you with colors, furniture, flooring, and room arrangement.

Sincerely,
 
Jane Bateman
Jane Bateman Inc. 

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