Thank you, Better Homes & Gardens, for showcasing us in this feature about how to design a space where life happens!
"Having an entire room in your home dedicated to guests and formal seating just doesn’t make sense for most people anymore. Flexibility and efficiency is what’s current—rooms that have double and even triple uses." —Nadia Watts
Read Here for the full article written by Colleen Sullivan
Photograph by David Patterson
Written by OONAGH TURNER
Check out this interesting article From colder colors to the right layout, this is how designers create decor that feels "naturally cooling"
You will read 5 Ideas for cooling your rooms!
Photographer: Emily Minton-Redfield
Breathe new life into old digs Written by Perri Ormont Blumberg
Click HERE for all 11 Design Ideas! I loved being in good company with Noz Nozawa in this article!
For designer Nadia Watts, art gallery vibes balance otherwise neutral furnishings.
Rotate your art as if you’re in a gallery. You’ll be amazed at the difference a simple tweak can make. Changing the location of your art can dictate a novel approach to transforming the rest of your living room space. Denver-based Nadia Watts of Nadia Watts Design brought in a grouping of artwork from other rooms to curate a new aesthetic by pulling colors from the paintings into the pillows. “This created a new relationship in the room that was not there,” she says.
Swapping pillow covers is a simple way to shift living room design. Nadia Watts likes to “freshen up” a room by changing all the printed throw pillows to bold and solid colors. Color blocking sends a message that the room is polished and no-nonsense. Patterns, on the other hand, create playfulness and exude a certain personality.
Photos: Emily Minton-Redfield
Architectural Digest AD It Yourself
9 Living Room Design Ideas Designers Swear By By Perri Ormont Blumberg
Move Wall Art…
“Rotate your art as if you’re in a gallery. You’ll be amazed at the difference a simple tweak can make. Changing the location of your art can dictate a novel approach to transforming the rest of your living room space.”
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Thank you to The Spruce and Sarah Lyon, for including me in this bright article! Click here to read.
The Colors You Need to Decorate With for '70s Design Style Written by Sarah Lyon
I added Persimmon Orange to the living room upholstered benches and then pulling from the art, I choose to introduce bright yellow into the accent pillows and then green chartreuse with a textured throw.
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Nadia
A bit of good news: You don't have to revamp a whole room to add visual interest to your space. One of my favorite design tricks is to change up the backs of bookshelves with a bold paint color. Take a look at these spaces:
BEFORE: These are handsome bookshelves, but they don't exactly serve as a strong design element in the room. And I bet you couldn't care less what's on those shelves because you can't actually see what's on them.
AFTER: I used dark navy paint, Benjamin Moore Hale Navy, to draw a viewer's eye in and give enough contrast to make the obects on the shelves interesting.
And here's another example:
BEFORE: Lovely but a bit dull.
AFTER: We used a finishing technique by a local finisher, using a base coat of Benjamin Moore, Chili Pepper, and a glaze applied with a tint of Rasberry Pudding. The living room in this house is long; painting the backs of the bookshelves helps the human eye find an easy and interesting place to rest.