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VIP Master Bedroom Suitable for a college student, this VIP bedroom has been designed with modern yet functional furniture. A modern bed in white lacquer and walnut finish features a stunning headboard with LED lights in a wave pattern. Two sphere mesh table lamps sit on the nightstands providing soft illumination. Behind the headboard the image of an old car mural in a striking blue color showcases the bedroom theme. All the walls are covered with patterned wallpaper in hues of beige, grey and brown. An oversize double drum shade in organza hangs in the center of the room while providing illumination. The bedroom has been completed with a desk finished in white lacquer and walnut below a couple of white shelves floating on the wall across from the bed. Interior Design by Julissa De los Santos and the MH2G Design Team. Photography by Francisco Aguila

Game room and TV room for students to play pool, ping-pong, videogames, and watch TV.
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Our team at Smith & Vansant transformed a diminutive 1920's J. F. Larson faculty townhouse building into Triangle House, a live & learn residence for an undergraduate community. The first floor of two townhouses was gutted, and re-designed as the central student gathering room. How to work with what we had? How to make a dormitory feel like a home? The ceiling is low. With bearing walls gone, Jason Gaddis worked with the structure that had to be added to hold up the second floor, adding pilasters, traditional trim on the new beams, and a chair rail to tie the room together. Light fixtures had to be shallow. The College wanted to use wood-grained "luxury vinyl plank", having found that it held up well in social spaces that get used for dances, meals, music and lectures. I took samples on site with large paint samples, to get a the right floor color. The real treasure of the 8 townhouses was that each had a living room fireplace. We kept them all, though none now can have fires. Pi Smith and I worked on the paint palette. We used a deep color to make this room feel cozy, and to highlight the trim and symmetry of the room. For the photo shoot, we wanted a rug. Kwachen/Inner Asia was founded by a Dartmouth alum, and had a store near campus. They loaned the pillows and this wonderful rug, perfect for a home called Triangle House. We think that the students over the years will enjoy regularly transforming the room for different events as much as we did. Builder: Estes & Gallup Photo and Fireplace illusion by Rob Karosis. Plants and brass platters loaned from my house.

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Children’s waiting room interior design project at Princeton University. I was beyond thrilled when contacted by a team of scientists ( psychologists and neurologists ) at Princeton University. This group of professors and graduate students from the Turk-Brown Laboratory are conducting research on the infant’s brain by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (or fMRI), to see how they learn, remember and think. My job was to turn a tiny 7’x10′ windowless study room into an inviting but not too “clinical” waiting room for the mothers or fathers and siblings of the babies being studied. We needed to ensure a comfortable place for parents to rock and feed their babies while waiting their turn to go back to the laboratory, as well as a place to change the babies if needed. We wanted to stock some shelves with good books and while the room looks complete, we’re still sourcing something interactive to mount to the wall to help entertain toddlers who want something more active than reading or building blocks. Since there are no windows, I wanted to bring the outdoors inside. Princeton University‘s colors are orange, gray and black and the history behind those colors is very interesting. It seems there are a lot of squirrels on campus and these colors were selected for the three colors of squirrels often seem scampering around the university grounds. The orange squirrels are now extinct, but the gray and black squirrels are abundant, as I found when touring the campus with my son on installation day. Therefore we wanted to reflect this history in the room and decided to paint silhouettes of squirrels in these three colors throughout the room. While the ceilings are 10′ high in this tiny room, they’re very drab and boring. Given that it’s a drop ceiling, we can’t paint it a fun color as I typically do in my nurseries and kids’ rooms. To distract from the ugly ceiling, I contacted My Custom Creation through their Etsy shop and commissioned them to create a custom butterfly mobile to suspend from the ceiling to create a swath of butterflies moving across the room. Their customer service was impeccable and the end product was exactly what we wanted! The flooring in the space was simply coated concrete so I decided to use Flor carpet tiles to give it warmth and a grass-like appeal. These tiles are super easy to install and can easily be removed without any residual on the floor. I’ll be using them more often for sure! See more photos of our commercial interior design job below and contact us if you need a unique space designed for children. We don’t just design nurseries and bedrooms! We’re game for anything!

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New Craftsman style home, approx 3200sf on 60' wide lot. Views from the street, highlighting front porch, large overhangs, Craftsman detailing. Photos by Robert McKendrick Photography.

This is a 12 x 20 foot dorm room for Art students at SCAD in Savannah, Ga. The original room had VCT tile floors, 2 twin beds, 2 dressers, 2 drafting tables, white textured walls and ceilings, a bath counter area/clothes rod and private toilet/tub. It was originally a motel room.

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Good quality desk is necessary furniture in the each student room. Functional, practical and original at the same time CLICK, despite its compact size has a wide, comfortable top, and a container, which comes also with an adjustable shelf for three heights.

New Craftsman style home, approx 3200sf on 60' wide lot. Views from the street, highlighting front porch, large overhangs, Craftsman detailing. Photos by Robert McKendrick Photography.

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