A Glorious and Gorgeous Office

Design Plan for: Office
Client: Evelyn

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Evelyn, a stay at home wife with a succesful catering business she runs from home, was in dire need of a space to call her own. An office where she could quietly work on invoices, correspondence with clients and everything else needed to run a business. Until now she had been doing all of her "office" work on the kitchen table sharing the space with all of her cooking utensils. Not ideal. The space she asked me to design was a blank slate, a small empty room Evelyn and her husband had currently been using as a storage room in their city apartment. A lover of the arts, she asked that I design a room around one of her favorite Paul Gauguin inspired prints, that I make it feminine with contemporary touches and that I inspire her to create even more amazing recipes. i was completely inspired myself, as I explained in this post, Gauguin is one of my favorite Impressionist Artist and so wiith this fresh, colorful, elegant and completely beautiful space, that is exactly what I set out to do!

Taking the gorgeous bright tones of saturated color from Gaugin's Tahitian landscape as accents, I decided to make the artwork the main focal point of the room by surrounding it against crisp white walls.  To give it the proper elegance it deserves however, I made sure to select a beautiful, traditional styled frame and matting that will be customized to the right dimensions. I then selected functional but stylish (and affordable) furniture pieces in the same crisp white but pulled the turquoise blues, violets, bright orange reds and muted yellows as the accessories in the space. I also managed to incorporate a few uber feminine furniture pieces, namely the ornate French styled throne - er I mean chair - for the queen herself.  In terms of textiles I chose a modern moorish pattern for the rug, and bright modern roman shades for the two small windows in the space. I was even able to incorporate her super feminine and cute rose colored Sony Vaio LapTop into the design.

Here is Evelyn's Testimonial in her own words:

At first glance my jaw dropped!!!!!!! Absolutely stunning!!!!!! As if it were more possible to fall in love with my Gauguin print, I am. I cannot wait to transform this space. You, like Gauguin are an artist! Incredible job!  Thank you a million times over!!!!!!!!!



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Spring Picks - Contemporary, Bold and Modern.

Just a few drool-worthy items that have caught my designer eye. Colorful, creative, and seasonally inspired.  Perfect for Spring.

Vapor Chairs, better known as "Ghost Chairs". Light, airy, ethereal, barely-there elegance to sit your tush on. What’s not to love?

Image from CB2

Big, beautiful, bold colored blooms -  art displayed on a pillow. These had me at "hello."

Somehow this "Dodo Bird" design is not so dodo-looking in this whimsical and colorful design. And this graphic floral pattern just screams Spring. Lovely, no?

Loving the sense of humor on this punchy pillow. I'm sure these smiling faces would feel right at home against the perfect neutral colored sofa or chair. And this rainbow striped inspired pillow would be the perfect pop of color in a neutral room.

Heading in another direction, classic black and white becomes bold, modern and graphic with this lovely piece...

And this one. What a chic and femininely sweet print juxtaposed in a modern way...

Let's talk art. Funky, fabulous and global inspired. Any of these pieces would sing on a bare wall...

Vases. Gotta love a vase that is called "The Genie."

(all items from CB2 and Crate&Barrel)

                                                                                                                                                        Thinking many of these accesssories would work flawlessly with an one of the prints from my Urban Fine Art Photography Gallery. Please take a look, browse the collection, you might find the ideal print to accent your space and add just the right colorful touch:)

I'll have plenty more drool-worthiness to share in a future post. Stay Tuned....:)

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A Timeless,Transitional and Uber Terrific Living Room

Design Plan for: Living Room
Client: Yadi.

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Yadi, a super talented decorater herself, asked me to help her re-design her living room from a classically traditional and old-world styled space into something more contemporary, fresh and modern. The starting off point would be these fabulous traditional-styled wingbacks that are currently cherry wood and a pale-gold fabric.  I suggested she re-upholster these in a sophisticated and luxurious gold and black fabric and reinvent the wood with a black laquer finish. These amazing chairs, along with Yadi's request that I incorporate artwork from my Fine Art Photography Shop , inspired this design plan. I can say with all candor that this is one of the spaces I would like to see in my own Chateau C'est La Vie one day, Yadi and I have very similar decor aesthetics. I thoroughly enjoyed creating this design!

Here is Yadi's Testimonial in her own words:
"I am completely floored, this is jaw-droppingly GORGEOUS!!!!! I am In-LOVE with your design! You are absolutely the BEST, may God continue to bless you with such amazing talent!"


For more information on the details  and components of this fantastic design plan, please reply to this post, or email me to cestlavie.events@gmail.com with your questions and comments.


Next up,  the relase of two fabulous new Fine Art Photography Galleries - Chic and Ice. Stay tuned....

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