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Want to Make Your Bedroom Romantic? Add a Mirror

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Create a romantic and beautiful setting by installing a beautiful mirror in your bedroom. Some key locations are above your headboard or above the night stands. And a full height mirror on the wall reflects light beautifully and allows the opportunity to check your look on the way out the door. This Seattle interior designer says installing a mirror is the fastest way to add glamour to your room. And, you can do it fast! There are so many sources for great mirrors so here are some favorites… and don’t forget about local, vintage resources.

Endsleigh Mirror - Currey and Company

Italian Sunburst Mirror - Susan Wheeler

Mirrors add elegance to bedrooms

Sophia Mirror - Thomas O'Brien for Hickory Chair

If you’re ready to add a glamorous mirror to your bedroom, contact us for ideas and solutions. We offer a complimentary Skype call to discuss your project. 206.973.3743

Benches Are Essential For Your Bedroom

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In my Seattle interior design projects, I apply my motto that “every bedroom should have a place to sit”. Even for the smallest bedroom in your home, it’s important to find a place for a chair or ottoman. Next to your nightstand, it’s a great place to place a tray or books. Benches are placeholders for the outfit you plan to wear the next day or to a party. Same goes for your partner for his suit and tie.

Hickory Chair & Alexa Hampton

I believe in benches or ottomans at the foot of the bed as a solution for putting on athletic shoes or a place to take a phone call. Plus ottomans and benches allow you to add color and function to a space at the same time.

Hickory Chair - 1911 Collection

 

Hickory Chair - Candler Twin Bed

 

If you’re ready to add seating to your bedroom, contact us for ideas and solutions. We offer a complimentary Skype call to discuss your project. 206.973.3743

Secrets in Full View on Your Bedside Table

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What’s on your bedside table? I am sharing mine.. I love this table from Hickory Chair in a custom finish designed by Alexa Hampton. The pull out tray, drawer and open shelf below make it so functional for this Seattle interior designer.

 

Seattle interior designer's bedside table

Love the pullout tray and drawer

But I wanted a custom finish which was easy to do with Hickory Chair..

Seattle interior designer shows her bedside table

Only thing missing is my IPAD

My bedside table contents remain pretty stable and it holds all my reading materials (which are in constant motion)… the addition of an iPad completes my addiction to reading in bed under the covers. (I removed the cup of tea, which is a ready companion, for this photo.)

I enjoy lounging in bed on the weekends and I keep a notepad in the drawers to jot down ideas.

So what else is on this table? a pair of reading glasses as I can’t read without them. Wayne Dyer’s daily meditation calendar, family photos so I can see my grandsons, the remnants of an orchid, minus flower, and titles from Bob Burg.

What do you keep on your bedside table? Let me know. Our firm will design your bedroom for your bedside table secrets.

How to Calm Condo Clutter? Go Vertical with California Closets

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For this Seattle interior designer, city living equals a condominium. Call it downsizing or urban living, it equates to less space. In a recent project the solution to condo clutter came with vertical solutions from California Closets. In this 1000 sf downtown Seattle view condo, the guest bedroom was also the office, a common situation. How to store files and still offer guests a place to land for a visit? What? no linen closet for extra towels, comforter, blankets?

For this project, the solution arrived in the form of maximizing vertical wall space within the condo. Let’s start with the guest/home office closet. First the client sorted out essential office requirements for space and files and then guest needs like bed size, a table and lamp and closet.

Multi purpose closet for guests and home office use

The closet now provides hanging space for a short term guest as well as office file storage for the home.

Next, the non existent linen closet. In the entry we swapped the existing entry closet for a 7 foot niche directly opposite. The wall displayed art and books which moved to another location. With a larger entry closet, essential linen storage has a place of its own plus the coats, boots, shoes, hats and entry clutter is hidden away too.

From comforters to coats and shoes in the entry closet

Probably the fastest and most efficient organization comes from a well organized closet. With an inventory in hand courtesy of California Closets, clothes, shoes, belts, purses and all are placed within easy view for my client.

A place for everything and everything in its place!

 

While you may not need a closet the size of Gayle King’s, we all benefit from a clutter cleanse and the sense of relief when we can find our clothes easily.

Gayle King courtesy of Oprah.com

Organizing mentor, Peter Walsh shares his de-clutter message in this video [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcVhXEFtEE[/youtube]for California Closets.

Canopy Beds for Cozy Comfort

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As this Seattle interior designer creates a master bedroom concept, I am imagining a canopy or almost canopy bed. With ceiling height at 12′, a sense of cozy comfort calls. With a view of the Puget Sound from the 35 floor, the outdoor drama is provided with lots of windows.

Quickly my client selected two favorite fabrics as a starting point for soft coverings. Both from Kravet.

Cameron Sable - Lee Jofa

Peony & Blossom - G P & J Baker

Albert Hadley from House Beautiful

I like this concept from a feature in House Beautiful by Albert Hadley in the April 2009 issue. But most likely, side panels rather than a full canopy will be sufficient. A mix of solids and complementary prints to be selected. But I can’t forget the charming, small chair from my client in a yellow and blue stripe.

Client's Petite Boudoir Chair

This composition of a master bedroom design concept combines some family sentiment, lovely colors and patterns, a cozy, comfortable bed and a million dollar view.

Heading to the High Point Furniture Spring Market and as you read this I am sourcing new products and sources. More on what I saw and heard soon.

Escape and restore yourself in your very own sanctuary away from noise, carpools and schedules. Create your very own ‘Ritz-Carlton’ suite, a perfect blend of luxury bedding and calming colors for quiet times. Call 206.973.3743.