By Elizabeth Yeager Cross
WV Design Team
Recently, Yeager Design & Interiors got to work on a spectacular home built by Steorts Homebuilders in Winfield. The attention to detail in the architectural features and expansive custom floor plan made the home impressive and beautiful.
Our client contacted us to help finish the overall look of the interior and to design a furniture and accessory plan that would match the beauty of the build.
At our first consultation, we focused primarily on the size and scale of what he currently had and tried to make lists for each space to see what items would stay, what needed to be added and where we would go from there.
Our first space to address was the entry hall. We found the existing console and art piece far too small in scale and found other areas in the house where they were better suited.
With its high ceilings, large French doors and bountiful natural sunlight, the hall needed a big statement. We chose a fantastic multi-tonal blue abstract piece that filled the void of the wall.
To create balance, we installed an iron console that still felt light with an open-weave design pattern and blue stone top. We adorned the table with aqua glass bottles, paired with a leather and glass lantern that carried the color of the art forward while mixing in touches of masculinity.
Removing the large, dark wood sleigh bed and replacing it with an upholstered bed in a washed slate-colored fabric set the tone for the new master bedroom. Now, with layers of rich bedding in calming hues of blues, cream, and gold, the room feels masculine yet soft
Our next rooms to enhance were the master suite and bathroom. Blue seemed to be the theme of the new design plan, and our client enjoyed the idea of inserting the color in various hues into his spaces. Blue can be such a calming color, so we chose to embrace it here as well.
We moved the existing dark, wood bedroom set to a large guest room upstairs and strove to create a more personalized bedroom setting with our new pieces. We installed a luxurious slate-colored, custom-tufted headboard and dressed the bed with plush pillows and fabrics.
To give the bed setting dimension and stateliness, we built layers into it with linen Euros, gold accent pillows and an aqua textured quilt.
We replaced the ordinary night stands with glass-top reclaimed wood tables with chrome bases. Thinking outside of the bedroom box and placing end tables on the bedside instead of traditional nightstands can make a stylistic difference that adds interest and openness.
The existing rug was also relocated and replaced with a much larger area rug that filled the room more and provided another layer of warmth. Gold lamps, a vintage, leather wing-back recliner and a beautiful gray dresser were also installed to finish the room and provide a unique balance of softness, eclectic style and masculinity.
To bring the tranquility and color scheme into the master bath, we chose another abstract, blue, frameless art piece that, while less glossy than our entry hall canvas, brought a little shine with its metallic, silver-foil application.
With a neutral color scheme for the master bathroom tile, it was easy to incorporate hues of blue with accents like art and ceramics
Hallways, landings and stairwells are often spaces where people need the most design help. We choose unique pieces of art and mirrors that combined luxury and metallics with rustic elegance and vintage woods.
For example, at the top of the second story landing, we chose a large white and gold canvas that draws your eye upward as you ascend the stairwell and serves as an interesting focal point. It played beautifully against the custom greige-stained wood floors, stairwell and woodwork trim.
Hallways should be treated as opportunities for show-stopping art, like this large abstract white-and-gold, unframed canvas
The last two spaces we paid a large amount of attention to were the second-story and basement guest bedrooms. To give our client’s house guests a sense of comfort and as much luxuriousness as the rest of the home, we knew we needed to add fine linens and finishing touches.
The key to creating a welcoming guest room is to finish the room with detail and purpose.
The second story bed, while neutral in color, was anything but bland. Pairing fur-trimmed Euros with his existing textured coverlet and our own stitch-knotted quilt gave the bedroom a glamorous warm feeling that any guest would gladly take a slumber in.
With the old master furniture, we had to soften the heavy feeling of solid wood with lighter linens and finishing touches like the fur-trimmed Euro pillows
The basement guest bedroom, however, was an area we got to be a little more fun and creative with. Since its location was next door to his entertainment area which included darts, a bar, pool table and more, we wanted the room to be a bit more personal and creative.
We chose a chevron reclaimed wood headboard and frame paired with a black-and-white pinstriped duvet and black silk quilt. Above the bed, we hung another abstract, frameless canvas that left the room looking gender neutral for any guest while being universally comforting, textured and relaxed.
Still warm and inviting, this guest room adjoined the main entertaining space in the home so we got to be a little more creative with the bedding choices. A pinstripe duvet paired with a silk black quilt makes for a fun, textures, and relaxed bedroom that any guest would love
There were many other areas of our client’s home that we addressed and improved upon — too many to fit into one article — but after this successful installation, we have compiled a few tips on finishing a larger, more upscale home.
When finishing your own spaces remember these suggestions:
Think of the overall statement you want to make with your home.
Choose pieces you feel strongly about, and don’t just quickly buy furniture to fill all the spaces.
Scale, scale, scale. Referencing the scale of your walls, furniture and accessories is a make-it-or-break-it task.
Try inserting hues that make you happy into your accessories and wall hangings that can be easily switched out after you have grown tired of them.
Layers are important to make your home feel warm and inviting. Even the most modern home uses layers to achieve an overall look of finished perfection.
Contact a designer to aid in your search for dream designs. It can be overwhelming to do it all yourself, and they can aid in filtering your requests so you have more personalized selections than just a million web pages thrown at you from the internet.
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