With closing down of state and county parks, beach fronts in California , once again, we will have to spend more time in our home. The human nature is that the longer you stay in one place, the more you start to focus on every details. And that may drive you crazy. Our experience is that maybe it is time for you to do something. Rather than just staring at something that is not pleasing to the eye, do something about it–de-cluttering, re-organizing and creating something beautiful. So at the end of the day, you can at least take a break and enjoy your labor fruits. Read on to learn how bring more fun to your family room in style.
1. Take advantage of your view if you are lucky to have one.
Please, please free up your space in front of your windows or your patio door if you happen to have a view of a beautiful garden, a meadow, magical mountains, breath-taking ocean or deep green forest. In the photo above, we love how the blue velvet sofa sits against a wall and oversees the outdoor view. The trick here is those two striped upholstered X-benches. They will not block your outdoor views. Rather, they provide flexible seating options.
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2. Have a corner table setup
One of benefits of having a corner table-set up in your family room is that it is able to use the dead space in the corner and creates a new activity zone (such as game table)for the whole family. You know we all have that feeling when we sit around a table in Starbucks and we intend to be able to focus on our reading or our work although it is pretty noisy in the surroundings. And fun part is that you can add your own decor style and personality.
Diana von Furstenburg is a powerful woman not only in fashion industry but also an active philanthropist. She sits on the board of Vital Voices, an organization that empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs, and also serves as a Director of The Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation, through which the designer has donated to several important causes. Yesterday, in honor of International Women’s Day, she teamed up with Amazon to launch In Charge store featuring inspirational women-owned small businesses. You can click here to check out the details.
She described her design style for her fashion in 1985 “[There are] three essential F’s in designing for women…flattering, feminine, and, above all, functional.” And she loves life. So, we couldn’t help but wander what her homes look like. Luckily, Artuitect Digest visited her Manhattan home in 2017. So let’s take a look at designer’s Manhattan home together.
The living room showcases her intuitive take for mixing colors and patterns, elements that have defined her fashion style and brand. We love how she played a low-profile box mustard sofa with her own over-sized black-and-white portrait, chic black-and-white animal print pillows and various shapes of mid-century modern wood furniture at the white wall backdrop. The portrait is by Zhang Huan; Von Furstenberg created the leopard-spot carpeting for the Rug Company. The armchair is by Michael Graves. Photo Credits: Architectural Digest
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A high style and playful home filled with well-collected art—above a vintage Salvador Dalí sofa is a Duong self-portrait; the sconces are by André Dubreuil, and the tables are by Alexandra von Furstenberg, Diane von Furstenberg’s daughter. we love this pink-on-pink color scheme. It is both flattering and feminine. A large-scaled leopard print rug anchors the space.
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Functional is key— Surrounded by Franz West chairs, the Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann table in Von Furstenberg’s office/living area often does double duty as a desk and dining table. A Joan Miró etching, a Francesco Clemente painting, and family photographs are displayed on the windowsill. Diane’s office (which also moonlights as a conference room) Photo Credits: Architectural Dig
A beautiful table set for a luncheon in honor of Anh Duong featuring Diane von Furstenberg Home plates, tumblers, and flatware
An Andy Warhol portrait of the designer is displayed near vintage chairs and a treelike table. We love this chic table setting–good for a conversation, a casual coffee break or for a reading.
So would you agree with us that her Manhattan home is bold, vibrant, a lot of mixed using of patterns and colors in an artful way just like her fashion statement?
One of the fun things we love to do at home is to sit around the dining table with candles on and soft music on at the end of the day. We feel we really need this to wind down each day and to get ready for a good-night sleep. we also love to put up a festive themed tabletop on each holiday since we celebrate almost every holiday as much as we can. Besides kitchen, a dining room is the place where people get together with families and friends for formal parties or casual gatherings all the time. So, the design of a dining room is really important for you to enjoy by yourself to the maximum and nourish your loving relationships. And you want this space to be unique and reflect your own personality and of course well designed. Today we are going to talk about 12 ways to devise a one-of-the-kind dining room.
1. Decide function first. Before you start the design process, you need to know how you would like to use this space—a formal dining or a casual gathers only? The way how you want to use the space will set the foundation for the design process.
Alex Papachristidis’s dining room for last spring’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York incited a frenzy on social media—so much so that even the interior designer, a bit of an Instagram sensation himself with more than 52,000 followers, was surprised. Still, he’d expected the room to make an impression. “That’s what you do with a showhouse: You go wild,” he says. “People want to be wowed.”
Although the dining room is getting more casual and relaxed, still, most of home owners still want to make their dining room very formal with a big wow factor. If this the case, the striking artwork, unique wall-treatment, flooring, right light fixtures, one-of-the-kind furnishings and upscale custom furniture might be the options for you to consider. In this New Yorker Designer Alex Papachristidis designed dining room, the light-grey-colored hand-painted wallpaper is one of the key features for this stunning sumptuous dining room. Also the gilded Louis XVI dining chairs really stand out from the muted almost monogram color palette. The crystal chandelier, the gilded clock further emphosis the wow factor and luxury feel. So our suggestions here to crrate a formal dining room: invest in a good-quality dining table setting and choose furnishings to compliment the dining table setting.
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2. Have a focal point.
The trick here is to make the table the center of attention, so that your guests are compelled to take a seat and dinner companions are the main focus. Once the table is situated, arrange all other furnishings and accessories so that they complement this focal point. Also read this article on tables-capes.
We love this refined combined with rustic look. It’s truly a lay-back space with a high style thanks to the comfy slippery chair, the rustic wood table and floral wallpaper.The pink fresh roses on the table , soothe blue fabric on the dining chairs and plushy pillows on the banquette create such a calming dining setting to invite you to take a seat.The wasabi-wasabi like chandelier and the long wood table are casual, relaxing with a big style.Aren’t you thrilled to be invited to sitting around this polish dining setting.comfy and glamorousParty is about to start.inviting mid-century charm
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3. Gold bold with colors and surface treatments.
Unique colors and textures completely transform a space by creating interesting textures and surfaces in the major horizontal planes: the floor, the table, and the ceiling.
This high-gloss bright blue wall finish makes this dining room stand out .We love the silver-leaf ceiling treatment which looks elegant and bounce light around.a scenic tapestry on the wall can be a conversation starter.
4. Mix and Match.
Mixing and matching furnishings, lighting, or artwork is a fun part to design your dining room. It often creates unexpected result and makes the style of the space timeless.
In this space, six neutral dining chairs are contrasted by two zebra print armchairs.We love how the tradition crystal chandelier contrasts with super modern dining table and chairs to make the space so fresh and fashion-forward.This minimalism chandelier makes the traditional dining room decor look so fresh and interesting.Again, the mid-century modern chandilioer inject playfuness to this traditional dining room.The gold modern chandelier brings youthfulness to a traditional dining room.
5. Always looking for custom furnishings.
We assume you want to have a dining room unlike any other. So please always look for custom furnishings. A one-of-a-kind table or unique chairs will help a dining room stand out. The custom, live-edge wood table is the focal point of this space
The custom, live-edge wood table is the focal point of this space.
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Well, we hope you can enjoy your Friday like this lady in the video:
We are chilling out at Kimpton La Peer Hotel, West Hollywood. And we really love the interiors here. High-design & style seamlessly blend together for an inviting , modern, chic and glamorous atmosphere . Check out our experience.
Leeza SOHO, Photo through Zaha Hadid ArchitectsHeydar Aliyev centre, Baku, Azerbaijan. Photograph: Zaha Hadid architectsOne of Zaha Hadid’s final New York City apartment buildingsGalaxy Soho, Beijing Guangzhou Opera House resonates with its riverside location.
Aren’t those breath-taking design? And besides buildings, she also designed a series of home collections. One of them is Cove Kitchen she designed for Boffi Kitchen.
The Cove by Boffi and Zaha Hadid Design. Photography by Tommaso Sartori courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects
We were invited toBoffi Los Angeles re-grand opening last night and able to see this cove kitchen island in person.
In Conversation with Martin Jakobsson Director America of Boffi | De Padova; Maha Kutay Associate Director of Zaha Hadid Design; Moderated by Mallery Roberts Morgan Designer & Write
We had a panel discussion to pay tribute to Zara Hadid. Over the panel discussion, we were trilled to know that there are a series of Zaha Hadid home collections too and they are as fabulous as Zaha Hadid-designed buildings. We handpicked some of Zara Hadid’s home collections here and believe they will definitely uplift your home.
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Jennifer Lopez and Shakira co-headlined this year’s Super Bowl halftime show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. last night. Both ladies delivered more than expected performance.
We specially like the section that J. Lo performed with her 11-years-old daughter, Emme.
Emme joined her mom to sing her hit “Let’s Get Loud” and also sang part of “Born in the USA.” Honestly, she killed it.
We always can see J. Lo perform in such a high spirit and high energy way. What is her secret? We guess the secret may lie in that she can rejuvenate and rest very well in her cozy and chic home when she is in her down time. J. Lo has a lot of properties in different cities. The one we love most is her chic Hidden Hills estate. Let’s take a look together.
Entry—we love this curved sofa in light blue velvet with brass frame at the foyer. It’s glamorous yet soft, elegant and relaxing. It invites you to take a seat once you are home.
Grand Staircase in the Foyer–The lunette sofa echoes the curve of the staircase.
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Living Room—we love this gray and blue color palette. It is so chic and soothing.
Kitchen—the color palette of this kitchen is amazing. We specially love the light blue cabinetry and vintage black pro range. And fresh flower on the island truly make the space alive.
Gray-Blue and White Kitchen “There are all these tones of gray, and we played with that—using a bit more of a gray-taupe here, a bit more of a gray-blue there,” says interior designer Michelle Workman. “It’s almost like a black-and-white film from the forties.”
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One of fun things to do when we stay in Las Vegas hotel is to stroll around in the hotel and check out new restaurants for food and fresh design. As you know, Vegas is so savvy at entertaining its guests from all over world. And what we see here usually will lead the trends both in design and food industries globally.
So in the morning of our second day in Vegas, we took a little bit time to explore around and we found this new cool restaurant in our hotel–Park MGM. By the way, if you haven’t read our first blog about our hotel room, you can click here . So for this new-found restaurant, I love its several floor-to-ceiling large windows, color palette and the way it incorporate fireplaces and bookshelves in its dining space. So the overall vibes are airy , homy and intimate.
We love this entry display table with a lot of fresh flowers. This setting is so inviting and we just want to go in and spend a little bit time in this lovely place.
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And of course, if you are too busy to sit down for your breakfast and you can just grab a cup of coffee from this adorable vintage blue cart just outside of the restaurant to start your day.And here is inside of the restaurant. We love its French flair–the marble long bar table, modern classic chandeliers….Such a stylish bar–the emerald green tiles, the overhead floating brass floating shelf units and mid-century modern bar chairs in caramel leather with nail trims.
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Again, we just love these shaded brass chandelier and they are not only soften lighting output and reduce glares but also elevate the interiors as well.
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And then we walked to the tram station through this long long pathway. We really enjoyed the garden view out of the window. The mid-century modern benches against the large arched windows invite you to sit on them.
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And we love this wimscale gold-leaf chandelier. The style is the nod to charming traditional design elements. We love how these traditional chandeliers play off with the mid-century modern benches.
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Every year we will design Chinese New Year tabletop theme. For lunar New Year 2020, the year of the metal rat, we features the following elements:
Color Palette—embrace Pantone Color of the Year 2020—Classic Blue with touch of traditional Chinese red and pastel pink to create a modern, intimate, chic and festive decor vibe. The large area of white paint in this eat-in space balance off Classic Blue and light up the whole area. In this color palette, we have influences from Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2020–First Light, DunEdwards Color of the Year 2020 –Mint Fresh and PPT color of the Year 2020—China Porcelain.
Our Color Palette for Lunar New Year 2020
Mix of modern and clean-line classical furniture to create a fresh, inviting, relaxing, comfy and feminine atmosphere where we are often drawn to for a holiday family get-together.
A banquette seating is trendy in any eat-in space, specially the corner area —it looks pretty neat, stylish and offer extra seats and storage for get-togethers. The plush cushions, upholstered fabric and throw pillows together elevate the every-day eat-in spaces and bring in elegance.
We often have fun to mix high and low, old and new and of course different aesthetics. Mixing of all kinds will add interest and character into the space. In order to keep the cohesive vibe overall, we will have to use some common elements to thread through the different layers. And here is the case study for the corner space for the project we recently designed. We would like to create a chic, fresh, elegant, polished decor style while still keeping it inviting and cozy. Here is how we did it—today, we are going to share 6 tips on how we artfully mix high and low, modern and classical, old and new to achieve this goal.
Rule #1, always keep an overall color palette neutral if you are going to take a mix& match approach.
Color palette–cream, ivory, champaign, blush, muted pastels, blue, orange and gold
It had been super busy in the last several days from WestEdge show to working on the on-going projects. WestEdge is hosted every year at the end of Oct mainly to show local small home goods makers’ handcrafted products in Los Angeles and of course some global brands in kitchen and bath as well. The show venue is usually modern and chic. I partially enjoy their outdoor lounge area in the beautiful SoCal sunshine in fall. Here are 3 homes trends we saw from this year’s show:
Muted pastel color palette on tiles, ceramic objects:
2. Dramatized Lighting Fixtures:
3. Fashion-forward Decorative Pluming Hardwares:
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