RE-DESIGN FOR LIVING - CREATING WARM & COZY

LAST WEEK I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH COLLEAGUES ON A RE-DESIGN FOR A HOME IN THE BRITISH PROPERTIES OF WEST VANCOUVER. THE HOMEOWNER WANTED HELP WITH CREATING A MORE COMFORTABLE FEELING AND LOOK, AS WELL AS SELECTING AND HANGING PHOTOS & ART WORK.

WHEN WE FIRST WALKED IN WE WERE ALL THINKING, YEAH, IT NEEDS SOMETHING! THE CHALLENGING PART WAS CREATING A NEW LOOK WITH HER BELONGINGS.

AFTER MUCH "HOME SHOPPING" AND MOVING OF FURNITURE, THIS IS ONE PART OF THE LIVING ROOM WE CREATED FOR HER. SHE HAD TOLD US SHE LIKED TO HAVE TEA & READ IN THE LIVING ROOM; HOWEVER WE NOTED THERE WERE NO READING LAMPS?

WE MOVED THE TWO SIDE CHAIRS TO THE WINDOW & BORROWED LAMPS FROM HER BEDROOM TO CREATE A READING/CONVERSATION AREA FOR HER.

WE REPLACED THE ART WORK AND DE-CLUTTERED THE FIREPLACE MANTEL. IT IS NOW THE FOCAL POINT IT SHOULD BE.

WE DIDN'T PAINT OR BUY ANYTHING NEW FOR HER. WE FOUND PIECES IN OTHER ROOMS, SUCH AS THE MORE COLOURFUL PILLOWS FOR THE SOFAS, AND EXCHANGED THEM WITH PIECES THAT WORKED BETTER IN THE ROOM THEY WERE IN AND BROUGHT THE BETTER PIECES INTO THE LIVING ROOM.

SHE WAS THRILLED WITH THE CHANGE!