PLEASANTVILLE RESIDENCE: WINDOWS" BEFORE"

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So I met this client as a referral from another (love those!) and right away she told me that she likes to find her own fabric. She is a bit of a stickler for the perfect one & knows it when she sees it. I explained that I was the same way, but would take a stab at it just in case she couldn't find what she was looking for. So of course the challenge was on. Bring it on baby...bring...it...on!

We were working around an exquisite rug with some serious color, so I brought her a pile of swatches...eh, nothing earth shattering. I went through all of my books. Determined not to give up, I thought, let me step away from the fabrics for a day & refocus. "Step awaaaay from the fabrics".

So a new day came & I thought I am going to go through all of my books again..there has got to be one that works. And so it happened...was it wishful thinking that for some crazy reason the absolute perfect fabric jumped out at me? I'll never know, but I brought a few other hopefuls, including this new one. When we laid them out on the rug, wouldn't you know, we had found it! My client, who happens to be very animated, gasped..I got my usual chills (which is my inner measure when I love something) & we spent a minute or two hitting eachother in the shoulder...we were both excited!

PLEASANTVILLE RESIDENCE: WINDOWS "AFTER"

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And here we have it...as per her request...a working London Shade...the incorporated paisley she wanted...and in the perfect color. A slightly masculine, yet feminine solution for this room. Exactly what she wanted! You can't really tell by these photographs, but trust me when I say that this fabric looks like it was made for this rug.

We are both very happy with the result.

YaY!!! :)

CROTON~ON~HUDSON LIVING ROOM WINDOWS "BEFORE"

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This was the 3rd room I was doing for this client. It is a very awkwardly designed space so we first started with a floor plan. This client knows what she likes & only needed me for final approval of her choices & ultimately the window treatments. I give credit where credit is due, & she is responsible for how awesome the room looks...below.

CROTON~ON~HUDSON LIVING ROOM WINDOWS "AFTER"

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Okay, not for nothin', but how flippin' cool is this room? I LOVE IT! I think it should be in a magazine, but hey, who am I? My favorite thing is the faux pony pelted cow print ottomans. FAB-U-LOUS! (sung in my overly flamboyant sing-songy voice). And again, I'll have to toot her horn, as she chose everything from the paint color, to the rug, & everything in between. but enough about her...heehee...

Originally my client thought about doing Restoration Hardware drapes, in their silk chocolate & aqua grey but it was way too over-exposed in my opinion & trust me, for the price, their quality is not anything to brag about. At any rate, despite the chocolate color in the room's accents, the rug's brown was not chocolate at all, but rather a bronze color with a khaki under-tone. Choclate would have been too strong. After spreading a bunch of swatches over the rug, there was one that stood out to both of us. Hooray!!! Consider it done I said!

The awesome part about this fabric is that it has a beautiful stitching design that runs throught the fabric that actually mimics the design in some of the pillows she had already chosen. Fate?? I think YES! And voila! Mission accomplished. Love it, Love it, Love it. :)