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Marrying 2 Design Styles

February 27, 2020 by Charlene 2 Comments

This had to be one of my favorite projects to work on. It has a story that I think we can all relate to. You know the bachelorette falls in love with the bachelor, his place is safe, and cozy but it’s a bachelor pad through and through and can stand to have a softer touch to it. The walls are cold, there’s no artwork maybe a poster; but what it definitely is, is FUNCTIONAL.

The televison is FRONT and CENTER! A sound bar or speakers to have the surround sound effect! There’s an apparatice that houses video games, discs and other misc things that are out on display not on purpose but no reason to hide it. The lighting just always seems wrong, there’s no ambiant vibes at all.

Ash and her husband have been together for a while and these two have entirely different types of styles. She’s more of a minimalist she likes light and brights and minimal design. He on the other hand is more of a rustic industrial guy, he likes wood grains, things that are a bit gritty with masculine finishes.

So my challenges were ahead of me, I had to figure out a way to marry their styles and as a true Libra, I think I nailed it. Here were there must haves:

  1. Individual desk space for them
  2. A comfortable couch
  3. Creating a grown up space that reflected both of them

I think I nailed it, here was my proposal image for them.

Here are some before pics

BEFORE| This side of the room is for dining. Although it’s not too bad, it needed some personality
AFTER | I’ve added some personality and color to their netural dining table, pairing it with this walpaper from target (similar) just gave the entire room a great glamorous finish.

BEFORE | The place was a man’s cave through and through and I needed to had a softer feel to it.
AFTER | The room still has his presence but it has a little more style and grace which would be her presence 😉
BEFORE | There was only a desk for 1, and I had to take this room and make a desk for 2 so I took a similar page out of my home office’s book and built them a desk very similar to mine.
AFTER | I built this desk with an Ikea Countertop and Alex Drawers and customized iron legs

Here are some other shots of the space, I absolutely loved how this room turned out.

Check out more images on my instagram and thanks for stopping by. Let me know have you had to deal with your significant others’ style and if so, what was the happy medium.

Here are some of the items that we used

  1. Target Chevron Rug
  2. Pillows A Pillow, Leather Pillow , Tribal Pillow, Fur Pillow,
  3. Plant Pots: Homegoods
  4. Desk: desktop , drawers
  5. Desk Chair
  6. Couch
  7. Coffee Table
  8. Barcart
  9. Artwork: Equal, Afrocentric , Bohemian

Charlene

Filed Under: DECOR, Uncategorized Tagged With: bachelor pad, bachelorette pad, designing small spaces, industrial design, newlywed home, rustic design

Comments

  1. Fred says

    February 27, 2020 at 9:23 pm

    Wow! Incredible!

    Love love love it!!!!

    Reply
    • Charlene says

      February 28, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      Thanks so much!!

      Reply

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