This couple in the 1960s no longer wish to weaken the color palette. Quite the opposite.
Her new home in a leaf suburb of Philadelphia was very open, everything on one level and a color – white. It made the perfect empty canvas for a brave, colorful transformation. And with the help of the interior designer Melissa Urdang Bodie by Melissa & Miller, a kaleidoscope of colorful rooms has set the Joy of life Exactly back to this tired French colonial house. Take the tour to see how.
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The kitchen presented the new color palette. “A soft, slightly green green, which all included and was very calming,” says Melissa. “We have transformed this room with new cabinet fronts, tailor -made hardware from Hoffman Hardware, new window treatment from East London Tuch, Farrow & Balls Eddy Paint, de Gournay Wallpaper and Thomas Hayes Counter chair. We also torn out the old details of the counter/backplash and used a porcelain that is very soft. '
In the kitchen, like elsewhere in the house, the wooden floors that had been painted white have now been pulled out and colored with a natural finish.
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In the breakfast room, the heroic pieces are the solid dining table made of oak and the de gournay wallpaper, which helps to connect to the work side of the kitchen.
“With its informative lighting and textiles by de Gournay and Pierre Frey, the house has a balance between refined elegance and relaxed viability,” says Melissa. And nowhere is more obvious than in the kitchen circle.
“The customer often maintains, so she wanted a mill piece in the buffet style in the breakfast room to lay out the entire meal,” explains Melissa. The solution? A clever, custom installation with meters and storage.
The chairs come from Palecek with a Brooke -Perigon fabric on the seat.
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The living room is the only room with white walls, but the furniture brings a lot of color and radiate into the living plans elsewhere in the house.
The luminaires of cuff studio rope ball were Melissa's starting point. “We needed each other forever to compensate for them and put them so that they look great from every perspective in the entire house,” 360 degrees, “she says. 'Another key component was the Wrap-Around book rack, which we specially developed with East Ostis in oak and metal. And the carpet is from Erik Lindstrom. '
The sofa is a tailor -made maiden house, the wall lights come from devices, the chairs are Lawson Fenning and Holly Hunt.
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This smaller living room is known as “The den”. The deep blue -green color scheme (Farrow & Ball's Haag Blue) envelops the ceiling and the walls to create a cozy, atmospheric space.
“Comfortable seating was a must,” says Melissa. “The husband reads and reads and reads, so that chairs that were suitable for feet upwards, the withdrawal of essential importance – but they had to look good.”
The trailer comes from Lawson Fenning, Sofa Custom from Maiden Home and a Kelly Wearstler -fabric on the custom -made Ottoman. The curtains are located in a Colefax and Fowler fabric.
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With an open space, it is important that the different zones relate in a sensible way. This was not the case here, as Melissa explains: “We changed the river between the living room and the smaller living room, as it was cumbersome with a bad river. The customers were happy to talk and wanted a committed home. That is why we decided to transform this once uncomfortable space into a cigar bar and add to it to improve the river.
Melissa took the cigar artwork as a starting point and decided on the Brinjal of Farrow & Ball to give the room a refined warmth.
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“The addition of handicrons changed everything: the ability to flank the doors with credenkas and create a” path “from the front entrance to the rear part of the house, adds Melissa. This sense of a path gives the rooms back their natural river, while the strong color scheme of the individual space underlines its individuality.
At this end of the room, the luxurious marble slab and the back splash, the bar stools by Thomas Hayes and Hardware from Hoffman Hardware play their role in the Home -Bar for a real topic of conversation.
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The classic light blue scheme in the main bedroom creates immediate calm and relaxation, whereby minimal, cleanly equipped furniture further contributes to the cooled mood.
However, the main sleeping room was a challenge when Melissa saw it in his original condition for the first time. “The room was enormous and full of furniture that looked like a furniture exhibition room,” she recalls. “So we configured the bedroom to create a separate bedroom and a separate seat/dressing room while moving the direction of the bed.”
Important accessories include the Urban Electric Flushmount and Wandleuchter, Lawson Fenning Nachtische, Pierre Frey Bed Stoff and a Grasclloth Wall cover by Philip Jeffries
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There is a peaceful corner of the bedroom on the main bedroom, which is used as an additional living room. It is one of the most popular rooms by designer Melissa in the house and fulfills the owner's order for many comfortable reading of corners and is also the key to dividing the previously cave -like bedroom.
The room is decorated with a floral from vomentall wallpaper, Colefax and Fowler window treatments, urban electrical light and wall lights, Brunschwig & Fils stool fabric and a croft house chest of drawers.
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Our tour ends with a lively note with a bathroom that is dressed with the running green tiles from ZIA. The luminaires come from urban electrical and reeds from Perlato.
“What we love about this project is that every room has its own personality and its own character, but all work seamlessly together,” says Melissa. “This home is designed for the entertainment, while you feel effortlessly comfortable for your grandchildren and two dogs, and combines brave style with warmth and functionality.”
What a contrast to the single -colored, one -step, open home of the designer saw the designers first when she started this project. It is now a world of color and it has made a whole world of difference.
Buy the look
There is an unusual amber glass under the colorful pieces of furniture in the living room. This striking Safavieh Patterson accent table in Orange would create a similar appearance.
Moroccan cell -forest green tile
Dark green tiles are a permanently popular color selection for interiors. Wayfair's Moroccan celly floor and wall tiles in 'Deep Forest' fit well.
The living room attached to the main bedroom has a relaxing blue color scheme to add the seat. This Blue Roxbury six-drawer dresser would be a good choice for a similarly layered blue palette.
The committed home bar combines deep pink walls with blue -green club chairs and a series of glamorous pink bar stools. This velvet swivel bar stool is the perfect perch for an espresso -Martini.
In the primary bedroom, elegant, cleanly lined furniture helps to get a relaxing appearance. The maximum bench from Pottery Barn is good like a window seat or at the foot of the bed.
In the kitchen and the dining end, a delicate botanical wall covering is used in the chinoisery style that connects the two rooms. A leaf picture like this would be a good alternative.
Interior architecture: Melissa & Miller Interiors
Photography: Brian Wetzel