Home Decor 60′s Style

Mad Men has taken the world of Home entertainment by storm.  If you were looking for inspiration for a home makeover, or like me a “Designer Showcase” room for The Cleveland Home and Garden Show, the 60′s could be a “cool” inspiration.

The sixty’s were all about artistic expression. Bold patterns mixed with clean lines.

1964 Vogue cover

This cover is so awesome. I love the Black & White.  Crazy individuality here.

There are many items from the 60′s that are being recreated for today.

If you would like to have a replica phone, here is the phone for you.

Retro phone

This can be purchased for about $50.00 Crosley’s Kettle Classic

My parents still have a RED one. The kid’s, all 20 something, love it. It even has a rotary dial.

Wouldn’t this be a great Executive chair? An Eames chair shows the artistic expression through clean lines.

Eames chair

Here is a great source for new “Retro Sofas”. This is from Room and Board. There were so many “cool” sofas I had a hard time picking just one for this post.

From the fashion to the furniture the sixty’s really has me inspired!  

Until Monday,

DesAnn Collins

DSA Staging Director & Trainer

www.DesignByDesAnn.com

Interior Decorating Journey

When you are shopping for a clients decorating project do you ever feel a little like Indiana Jones?

You search and search for just the right treasure. I’m certain the other shoppers around me think I’m a little off. Well they are half right. I am known to scream like a little girl when I find treasure.  So excited, and like a child it is hard for me not to run immediately to my clients homes to show them my treasures.

Perfect Shutter Treasure

The Dining room project, “El Fresco”, is truly a labor of love.

We are using these 100 yr old shutters instead of fabric for our window treatments. These shutters are perfect. remember to always measure, measure, measure. 

Not only are these terrific in color and wear but they fit perfectly.

Color check at the half way point

Here is a sneak peek of the Color washing, half-way through.

We are now looking for the perfect Slate tile for the floor.

Watch as our journey to “Fearless Design” land continues.

Next week we hope to reveal the new floor.

Be fearless,

DesAnn Collins

DSA-Staging Director & Trainer

www.DesignByDesAnn.com

Creating One-Of-A-Kind Spaces

Creating a one-of-a-kind space for clients is exhilarating! Interior Decorating a room from the top to bottom is always a joy. Home Staging focuses on how  to entice the buyers. It has to be all about  target market.  But decorating allows you to make it personal and make it all about the home owner. Here is a visit to one of my ongoing projects. The client had some specific requests.

  1.  They LOVE their chandelier and after a little research we found almost an exact match to a Murano Italian Glass Chandelier, so it stays!
  2. They want to displaysome special art which presents a bit of a problem due to the color saturation
  3. The furniture stays
  4.  Window’s architectural features add challenge

So time to pull it all together with great decorating ideas.  Rikk Mayr, a talented Faux Painter is creating magic on the ceiling which will highlight the much loved chandelier even more.  Here is a “SNEAK-PEEK” . This is only at the half way point of the ceilings completion.

Creative way of bringing the Cool Blues into a Warm space

I must also say that if it weren’t for my confidence with Color this would be a scary project.  I am boldly moving forward with the design as I have my DSA Color With No Regrets education.

I found the most fabulous 100 yr old shutters. We will be using them as window treatments. They are rough, chipped paint and perfect for this application. Fearless…No Regrets Design.

Happy Decorating,

DesAnn Collins

DSA- Staging Director & Trainer

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