One of my recent projects has been to refresh a combination living and dining room for a home in Plymouth, MI. The space is wonderful, with great architectural features-- high ceilings, detailed wall and trim finishes, hard wood floors, and large divided windows-- allowing a lot of natural light.
My client's concerns were the scale and proportion in the room, and creating an updated look. She felt that the window treatments were too small for the space, and created a disproportional feel. The oversize mirror above the sideboard in the alcove, also felt too large for the thin legs on the table and filled too much space of the alcove.
Before:
Solutions:
To scale down the ceiling and add more cool colors into the room, we chose a blue-grey ceiling paint, leaving the existing detail work on the beams, but bringing some cooler, darker grey into the detail.
To make the window treatments more proportional, I made some floor length draperies, simple, but with a fun (more modern) pattern, to contrast with the existing cornice fabric.
In the alcove area, we brought in a smaller mirror, and my client selected a painted Harlequin Diamond pattern for a special, dramatic feature for the room. Again, we went with a grey color, to incorporate more cool tones into the room, but chose a darker hue for more contrast.
In rearranging the layout of the room, I removed select furnishings, and replaced some artwork to streamline and simplify the room. I rotated the sofas so they would open up to the room-- creating a more inviting living area, and ease of movement throughout the space.
We took down the vines strung around the beams, replaced hardware and drawer pulls on the cabinets, sideboard and end table, replaced the area rugs with more modern and darker ones for contrast and scaling, and brought in a few new colorful accessories as accent pieces.
And here are the after pictures you have all been waiting for -- proof that subtle and simple changes can have very grand effects!
After:
Decorative Details:
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