San Francisco Talent

Another Amazing design firm in San Fran. Jeffers Design Group has a extraordinary way of using color and textures to make their spaces warm, inviting, one of a kind and most importantly memorable! There really isn't a whole lot to not like. I've selected a couple of my favorite spaces they've done to show you. These spaces are like beautiful, colorful cakes that I want to eat every bit of!!!!!

I could eat this room alive! They're are so many great layers in the room (totally not meaning to make cake references)....The way all these colors relate back to each other and work is just beautiful. Now i'm not sure who is in charge of the art but they HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD every single time, great eye!

This is the Dining Room off the Living area. Dark and cozy for great dinner parties. Want the chandelier, dining table and the room color! #done

Late afternoon shot. The lighting is pretty amazing as well! (So many people get that wrong??)

 Another great shot of the living area!

Okay, I think this wall pattern is the coolest thing since sliced bread! I want to try it in my hallway!

Great art, great shot!

I love color, but I love neutrals as well......this is a pretty good use of neutrals in a room and infusing pops of color into the room but knowing where and when to stop!

I really, really, really, really, love this table with the mirror! #reallyreally

Inspiration. I love those bookshelves, not over done and well thought out!

Great piece of art, again!

Great console table and lamps. Love the pop of green below!

Talent in San Francisco

So, my boyfriend and I will be driving out to San Francisco next month for a three month internship he'll be doing there and I'm pretty excited about it because it will be my first time to visit! I've been checking out Designers in San Fran. when I came across  Benjamin Dong. First off let me tell you how much bad design is out there, lol! It's refreshing when you come across someone who totally gets it all. Clearly good design is a talent that cannot be taught, it has to be something you're born with.......and Benjamin Has IT!

 Simplicity, elegance, and restraint  are what make this picture one of my favorites. The black interior almost acts as a frame for the still life within it. I love the touch of green, every room needs something green and alive in it I think.

I want this Faux Bois wallpaper so bad! I'm crazy about a Greek key pattern, especially on this Roman shade.

I love these shades of blue with the wall color and grays in the room.

I want two of these for either side of my bed! ASAP

Pages from my Portfolio

Dark and cozy.

Ray Booth

Loving this Foyer. The Mural with the Dark trim.........I need it in my life!!!

That Turquoise Daybed needs to be in my bedroom........by the time I get home today!

I'd never move from that sofa!

If you haven't been to Mrs. Howard's in Atlanta.....just put it on your bucket list.

I'd never go out to eat! EVER.

Let's Get Away!

The Delano Hotel In Miami.......I picture myself in the pool with a Drink and my bestie!

I mean, who doesn't love the lake!?!

I would have parties and friends over 24/7......and maybe a photo shoot or two!

I'm shopping for a bathing suit as we speak!!

I would swim under the water with my eyes open allllllll day LONG!!!!!

Speechless.......

My kind of tent party!!!

Beautiful Rooms

Ray Booth of Mcalpine, Booth & Ferrier Interiors

A home for sale in the Hamptons.

Melanie Turner, ASID. Turner Davis Interiors

(My Favorite)

Mcalpine Booth & Ferrier A hotel they did in Mexico. Amazing!

Bill Ingram (Love the over sized door)

It came to life!!

So, for one of my classes we had to design a light fixture from scratch and design it around one of our favorite designers. Clearly, I chose Kelly Wearstler because of her creative sense and ....her love of gold and metals!

  My light fixture was designed with scrap wood I had from previous projects. I used gold paint that I mixed in with some faux painting techniques I had up my sleeve to create the illusion of brass supports for the shade and a bronze base. I wanted the grain in the wooden shade to show through so I watered down the paint, and used a Drapery ring for the finial......it kind of pulls through the look of a modern lantern.?

The "Came to life part refers to the fact that we're building a lake house for a client and they were in need of some interesting standing lamps for their outdoor "Areya" ;-)  that wouldn't blow over. Btw. They're 5 feet tall too!!

I love them!! From a school project to a real life client's house!!! ;-)  I post some pics once the house is done  with them in the space!

A little paint goes a long way!!

So I was bored last weekend and wanted something to do and I thought about how boring my hallway was. I've always loved KellyWearstler's foyer in her house with it's funky, modern wallpaper in it and thought why not do something like that!! I wanted my treatment to have a little more strength to it as well as have some sort of architectural quality.

This was my hallway before, not bad but kind of boring don't you think?
I wanted the design to mimic 18th century Louis XV wall paneling......

I really love it, I just lightly free handed some lines on the wall with a pencil and went over it with some leftover paint. It would have been even cooler if it were two different shades of a brighter color!!!! Hmmmmm, lol

A taste of the past!

So I was going through my computer and cam across this picture of my old bedroom from when I lived in Montgomery. Apparently I wanted to be a 60 year old antique dealer who lives in Savannah Georgia?? I don't know but damn was I traditional!!

My taste has definitely changed since then, now I enjoy white walls, with a touch of modern, and traditional pieces mixed in and less pattern!

From a door to a chic console table.

In my living room/ foyer I wanted a table at the end of the room but I was having a hard time finding one that was long enough, as well as one that was cheap enough. I remembered having a couple of bi-fold closet doors that were white and knew that the length would be perfect. So I took one and cut it in half to the appropriate length, screwed the top piece to the legs I created from cutting the one piece in half and this is what I ended up with.

Works perfect for what I needed, and for only $20....you can't beat that!