When the temperature drops, nothing beats curling up by a fireplace in a room that exudes cosiness. Melanie Hay, designer of this elegant but relaxed open-concept house, shares her recommendation on adorning for heat.
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NO SPARROW, NO GOOD This front room is elegant sufficient for entertaining, however nothing is just too delicate, finicky, or tough to wash. Spills could be wiped off most surfaces; cushions are washable or straightforward to switch; and with a toddler in the home, virtually nothing is breakable. “While you get dwelling, you need to have the ability to chill out, kick off your footwear, put your ft up and never fear concerning the furnishings,” advises designer Melanie Hay.
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Comfortable and soothing Earthy, pure tones and textures immediately make a room really feel acquainted, cozy and welcoming. Take your shade cues from nature – cinnamon, terracotta, stone, wooden, sand, moss inexperienced, even sky blue. Texture can also be key to this room’s consolation: the knobby really feel of the bedspread and rug; the comfy upholstered armchairs; the delicate veining of the marble high of the espresso desk. As a final touch, piles of cushions in a spectrum of earthy colours add much more texture to supplies equivalent to velvet, silk, cotton, linen and wool.
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DESIGN, Melanie Hay design. PAINT, Cosmopolitan CSP-100 (panel and end), Muslin OC-12 (high partitions), Benjamin Moore. SECTIONAL BANK, Trendy sporting consolation. SEATS, CB2. Basket weave dice OTTOMANS, hexagonal OTTOMANS, MIRROR, wayfair. FLOOR LAMP, spherical COFFEE TABLE, UPHOLSTERED SOFA, Crate and barrel. BACK, THROW, Pottery Barn. Massive VASE (on pedestal), West Elm. PEDESTAL, Bettencourt nation home. PILLOW, VASE (with inexperienced), Celadon ARTWORK, Elte Mkt.
“At first, visualize the way you need the house to really feel and use that imaginative and prescient as a information for each adorning resolution you make.”
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A colourful life “Do not be afraid to carry shade to your partitions. I’ve come to appreciate that there are lots of nuances in colourful partitions,” says Melanie. On this case, selecting to color the higher partitions in a classy linen tone with a barely darker greige for the wainscot and woodwork raises the profile of the cladding and offers it a romantic, old-world really feel. Melanie says, “It additionally helps to carry the entire room collectively, despite the fact that there’s so much occurring right here.”
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Layers of which means Suppose when it comes to layering. Melanie tossed pillows and a polka dot blanket onto the sofa; devised gentle but neatly proportioned remedies for the home windows and sliding door; and added lighting layers. “You want overhead lighting, however shade lights for various areas are additionally vital for job lighting and to create zones,” she says. “A second chandelier above the eating room desk would have been an excessive amount of, so we added wall sconces as a substitute, making the eating space really feel like its personal house.”
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DINNER TABLE, Article. WINDSOR SEATS, City shed. Small SIDE CHAIR, Design at your fingertips. CURTAINS, BLINDS, Melanie Hay design. Capri BLAKER in aged iron, CHANDELIER, Technology Enlightenment. MARBLE TRAY, Elte. CANDLE HOLDER, Store at Sarah Birnie Interiors. Black and white figurative PHOTOGRAPHER, Elte Mkt.
