One Day Home Makeover: A Grateful Client
We just finished
a design for a long-time client who purchased a new home. At the completion of the space design, my
design assistant and I spent a day there to make the house feel more like home. We repurposed some of her artwork and
purchased new artwork and furniture as well.
We arranged tables, benches, center tables, ottomans and accessories for
three rooms to create a space to come home to – it’s so important for a homeowner
to have a sense of the space not only being designed for them, but that it is
truly theirs.
We gave
special attention to her dining room and tabletop accessories for each space.
We hung her prize cuckoo clock and her mother’s confirmation picture. We created a closet scenario outside of her large
walk-in closet to make it personalized by adding drapery, rods and a bench to
create a nook to welcome her each morning.
We completely revamped her entrance by adding a center table, candle
sticks and antique boxes on the floor.
We redid a sitting area in her front room to personalize it specifically
for the female homeowner. We
accessorized the media center and wall behind the center for her family
room. We put towels in the master en
suite and measured for window treatments.
Our client
was working late so we gave instructions to the housekeeper and her husband who
were kind enough to understand that we had a great goal in mind: a grand
reveal. When she drove up into her
driveway all the lights were on and the windows were open. We knew that when she arrived home and came
in she would be beautifully surprised.
She showed
up at our office the first thing this morning and could not believe what was
accomplished. She wanted to know where
we had purchased everything and how we did it so quickly. We had met at her home on Saturday and by
Tuesday night we had located, selected and installed over 40 items; this was in
addition to the items we used from her personal collection.
One of the biggest
joys that I had was that artwork I had selected with the client more than 16 years ago – textured wood
frames in ocean blues and greens – were used in this brand new setting. We had chosen that for a space where she used to reside and I was able to reintroduce it
in a new and unique setting and it looks like it belongs. When we talk about repurposing, this is one
of the keys to our success. She had laid
out all of the art in the basement along three walls like a gallery and we
selected and placed items.
While we sat
this morning we chose additional artwork including a Norman Rockwell reproduction
that has special meaning for her husband. We also selected lighthouse themed art and a canvas
featuring cherry blossoms for the dining room.
Our client was glowing with excitement and said she can’t wait to go
home at night. There’s no better
feedback and no better feeling.
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