Transitional kitchen photo in Birmingham

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Light chocolate and robin's egg blue Oushak Persian rug. Laurl Self
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Great room with cathedral ceiling. In a room this size, one should create two seating areas. The small seating area in the far corner lends itself to more intimate conversations. The bold canopy-stripe armless chairs from Ballard Designs balance the impact of the black baby grand in the left corner. Pace mid-century corset chairs in butterscotch leather were purchased at an antiques store in Lambertville, N.J. Crackled glass genie lamps from Pier 1 Imports.

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Inspiration for a timeless living room remodel in New York

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Dining alcove. My husband and I combined our furniture from "our previous lives" to create eclectic living spaces. His antique table and legal bookcase (which I use to display china and stemware) and my Crate & Barrel dining chairs.

Interesting living spaces don't happen overnight. The items in this room were acquired over a period of approximately 30 years. My grandmother's leather-top end table just happens to match my husband's faux bamboo nesting tables! Collect items you are in love with over time and you'll be surprised at how well you can put it all together. I realized, over the years, that I was drawn to Asian art and antiques, and that I love the color light blue (in the hydrangea, silk pillow and planter). Home Goods rug. Stickley sleep-sofa. 56" cocktail table from eBay. Domain mirror... and the authentic antique Chinese gong... 200 bucks from a Long Island antiques store.

Example of an eclectic dining room design in New York

Family room - eclectic family room idea in New York

"Diogene," a cabin designed by Renzo Piano and RPBW for Vitra, installed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Photographer: Julien Lanoo © Vitra

Redesign of a client's Manhattan apartment (phase 1). I suggested she purchase either a throw or a couple of throw pillows in an avocado green print that would tie in the beautiful color of the walls.

The right-side bedside table is actually the sewing table base that I had in the entry + a marble top to match the left-side table.
Bedroom - traditional bedroom idea in New York

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Get creative when choosing artwork for your rooms. These 3 old baskets work well in this narrow space.
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One hopes for a marriage that is forever, but you do not have to be "married" to one style or arrangement! Change things up; "shop the house". After a while, this client wanted to lighten up and modernize her LR. Though beautiful, her oriental rug bored her and her wood furniture, she thought, was too "heavy". The room looks so much bigger with more of her pretty parquet floor showing. We layered 2 cowhides under a modern coffee table (all from ABC Carpet & Home Outlet), brought in black glass end tables from another room, and finished with a modern leather strap arm chair in eggplant velvet from Bloomingdale's. She's in love again.

The Control/Shift House is perched on the high side of the site which takes advantage of the view to the southeast. A gradual descending path navigates the change in terrain from the street to the entry of the house. A series of low retaining walls/planter beds gather and release the earth upon the descent resulting in a fairly flat level for the house to sit on the top one third of the site. The entry axis is aligned with the celebrated stair volume and then re-centers on the actual entry axis once you approach the forecourt of the house. The initial desire was for an “H” scheme house with common entertaining spaces bridging the gap between the more private spaces. After an investigation considering the site, program, and view, a key move was made: unfold the east wing of the “H” scheme to open all rooms to the southeast view resulting in a “T” scheme. The new derivation allows for both a swim pool which is on axis with the entry and main gathering space and a lap pool which occurs on the cross axis extending along the lengthy edge of the master suite, providing direct access for morning exercise and a view of the water throughout the day. The Control/Shift House was derived from a clever way of following the “rules.” Strict HOA guidelines required very specific exterior massing restrictions which limits the lengths of unbroken elevations and promotes varying sizes of masses. The solution most often used in this neighborhood is one of addition - an aggregation of masses and program randomly attached to the inner core of the house which often results in a parasitic plan. The approach taken with the Control/Shift House was to push and pull program/massing to delineate and define the layout of the house. Massing is intentional and reiterated by the careful selection of materiality that tracks through the house. Voids and relief in the plan are a natural result of this method and allow for light and air to circulate throughout every space of the house, even into the most inner core. Photography: Charles Davis Smith

The Control/Shift House is perched on the high side of the site which takes advantage of the view to the southeast. A gradual descending path navigates the change in terrain from the street to the entry of the house. A series of low retaining walls/planter beds gather and release the earth upon the descent resulting in a fairly flat level for the house to sit on the top one third of the site. The entry axis is aligned with the celebrated stair volume and then re-centers on the actual entry axis once you approach the forecourt of the house. The initial desire was for an “H” scheme house with common entertaining spaces bridging the gap between the more private spaces. After an investigation considering the site, program, and view, a key move was made: unfold the east wing of the “H” scheme to open all rooms to the southeast view resulting in a “T” scheme. The new derivation allows for both a swim pool which is on axis with the entry and main gathering space and a lap pool which occurs on the cross axis extending along the lengthy edge of the master suite, providing direct access for morning exercise and a view of the water throughout the day. The Control/Shift House was derived from a clever way of following the “rules.” Strict HOA guidelines required very specific exterior massing restrictions which limits the lengths of unbroken elevations and promotes varying sizes of masses. The solution most often used in this neighborhood is one of addition - an aggregation of masses and program randomly attached to the inner core of the house which often results in a parasitic plan. The approach taken with the Control/Shift House was to push and pull program/massing to delineate and define the layout of the house. Massing is intentional and reiterated by the careful selection of materiality that tracks through the house. Voids and relief in the plan are a natural result of this method and allow for light and air to circulate throughout every space of the house, even into the most inner core. Photography: Charles Davis Smith