When do you know its time to hire an interior designer?

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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 166px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lHeMNA2uWj1jDM5tJ0KQna22RGiM51vxsN3Jvpd6makEALhCAWUdr3S-WYhKmdgHnaMoKylH_XlgJrokXv8eNBi85rM36seaI2lGGkLsNjGCPH4DS5owoLOsbx39wKO5_-jJuj0iVksK/s1600/_1W_2218.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530504923679407554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lHeMNA2uWj1jDM5tJ0KQna22RGiM51vxsN3Jvpd6makEALhCAWUdr3S-WYhKmdgHnaMoKylH_XlgJrokXv8eNBi85rM36seaI2lGGkLsNjGCPH4DS5owoLOsbx39wKO5_-jJuj0iVksK/s320/_1W_2218.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" /></a><br /><br />I had a client that was from France living in the US, he moved to Stuttgart Germany. He asked me to design his home in Stuttgart. He was moving into a very contemporary space. My client had many antique family French treasures that he wanted to incorporate into his new residence along with some modern art that he had collected and some that we had had commissioned when he lived in the US.<br /><br />Mixing old and new could have been a sheer disaster if the right balance had not been struck between the two. He was wise to hire an interior designer to pull it all together. A seasoned eye and competent professional can easily guide you through the process and edit the non estensitials.<br /><br />The walls were left in a pale white so I used warm colors and inviting textures of velvet, mohair and leather to create a welcoming space in this otherwise sterile modern home. I mixed very modern lamps, end tables and artwork to "temper" the antique settee, writing desk, bar and French country dining table. The Kravet linen and velvet from Belgium is an unexpected flourish of softness that plays beautifully against the antique settee in the sitting room adjacent the living room and makes an inviting place to sit on the fabric covered floor cushions. I carried the same fabric into the dining room on the modern bench I had made by a local artisan that nestles next to the dining room glass wall. The modern mix continues outside with a rusted metal sculptor. My client is thrilled with the results and is so happy to live with ALL of the pieces he loves.

When do you know its time to hire an interior designer?

I had a client that was from France living in the US, he moved to Stuttgart Germany. He asked me to design his home in Stuttgart. He was mov...

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It's a Ralph Lauren Christmas!

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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">I had sooo much fun today, decorating one of my</span> <span style="color:#666600;">client's homes for the holidays!</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">My client loves everything French . I am a big fan of this casual chic Euro look too. I took my own advice and made sure that the decorations did not detract from the home's existing colors of cream, milk and chalk.</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">Boxwood garlands abound on stairways, wrapped around the Christmas tree, draped over the entry hall hutch, tucked into silver bowls and white milk pitchers. I used a theme (natural and green ) and just added to it in every nook.</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">I uncovered a very large elk horn in my mother's basement last week. I thought it would be the perfect touch on the dining room table ...so it's now on loan for the holidays. I draped her antique pine table in a heavy white quilt. Nestled among the horn is a slightly tarnished sterling silver bowl filled with green apples, it's a family treasure. Fir and cedar bows are tucked underneath. (See photos below.)</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">The entry hall begged for a grand gesture, so I pulled in a cement urn from outside dusted off the snow and filled it sky high with greens and berry covered branches. I made a "collar" out of leftover boxwood garland.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#666600;">The fireplace is so beautiful I didn't want to draw your eye away from it ...so I banked two cypress trees on either side. Instead of pots I wanted a softer look so I wrapped their bases in cream colored broad cloth . </span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">The accessories that I had put together before Christmas for the mantle, worked perfectly so I left them up.</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">We bought VERY little to decorate this home...I used family treasures and a few borrowed items to complete this nature inspired French country Christmas.</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">Hope you have fun decorating your home for the Holidays!</span> </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.kimberleejaynes.com/">http://www.kimberleejaynes.com/</a><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#666600;"></span><br /></div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>

It's a Ralph Lauren Christmas!

I had sooo much fun today, decorating one of my client's homes for the holidays! My client loves everything French . I am a big fan ...

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