When considered one of your greatest mates on this planet has an issue (a brand new lovely home with outdated starter furnishings) and you’ve got the talents to resolve it, it’s just too painful to allow them to endure for lengthy. Add in the truth that you might have children of very totally different ages (thus fewer household hangs than you need) and two very demanding jobs (permitting for nearly zero weeknight social time). It’s then you definately notice that perhaps the excuse to hold is required. So now I get to carve out time to hold with Robs and name it work. Backstory – Robyn and I’ve been greatest mates since sixth grade and have stayed tremendous shut after I lived in New York and LA together with a few my different childhood greatest mates (shout out to Megs and Nic). They’re one of many primary causes I needed to maneuver again to Oregon. Y’all, if they are saying that the standard of your life is measured by the standard of your relationships, then I’ve a particularly high-quality life due to these three. If there’s something I may want for our children is lifelong deep friendships like Brian and I’ve with our respective cohorts – my goodness is it each uplifting and grounding to develop into adults and fogeys with individuals who knew you throughout puberty:)
That’s Robs and I 8 years in the past when she secretly got here down for a Gold Peak Tea advert marketing campaign that was, you understand, centered on making recollections with family members, taking a look at childhood pictures, whereas consuming iced tea! (a kind of “my job is each hilarious and oh-so-fun” days). Final yr we completed Robyn’s basement, mudroom, new rest room, and teen son’s room with the lead design by Priscilla Frost (I moved up after they have been 1/2 method finished so I principally simply styled and helped get some furnishings partnerships for the venture, Priscilla dealt with the renovation). However Priscilla has taken a full-time place (and this present venture is simply ornament, not renovation), so I felt like I may deal with the design work. I imply, I do have a procuring habit however want nothing for our house so I’ve been capable of direct that Saturday morning power someplace productive:) In case you might be questioning (as a result of everybody asks), no I don’t really feel snug charging my mates for my design time, however they don’t really feel snug not paying so we normally land the place they cowl my workforce’s time for design help and pictures/videography and I hope to earn money from the advertisements on the weblog put up and probably partnerships ought to I pitch the venture out). Nevertheless it’s not about cash, it’s about having enjoyable with my greatest buddy whereas attending to do my job, so I contemplate myself extremely fortunate. Let’s get into it:
The Dwelling Room
So right here’s what we acquired. Nice bones in a classic home filled with outdated starter furnishings (nothing flawed with starter furnishings however try that solar fading on the again of the loveseat on the far proper of the picture!!). Robyn has an enormous job at Nike and has labored her ass off for many years climbing the company ladder in what was a fairly dude-bro setting. She needed a house that mirrored her and her household’s present design model and I needed to offer that to her/them. She, like most individuals I do know, desires to like their house extra however doesn’t have the time to dedicate to adorning, doesn’t know the place to begin, and doesn’t have an infinite finances after transferring and upgrading the house (and saving for child’s schools). She was simply so bummed to stroll into her new home that she loves and be disenchanted along with her 15-year-old $300 couch set (it labored method higher in her outdated house). She suffered from the ever present “I simply need issues to be higher, however I don’t understand how I’ll ever do it” ailment. I acquired you Robs!!!
Right here’s the plan:
- Paint both partitions or bookshelves/hearth (at the moment planning on bookshelves and hearth). Perhaps each but when we don’t should then GREAT, which saves on labor.
- New increased high quality, heirloom furnishings that works for her household of 4 (two teen boys) and their pup.
- New window therapies (they love the perform of those so this will probably be a complete weblog put up about how we’re giving them the identical stage of privateness and ease of the shutters, however simply not these shutters which really feel far too coastal and received’t match the vibe after we are finished).
See how they stick out to date when they’re open? We nonetheless haven’t found out what we’re going to do, however I’m pushing to ditch the shutters (I like inside shutters at occasions, for positive).
The lounge must perform as an informal TV room at evening, (they’ve a basement TV teen grasp area), so they need this to be snug sufficient however extra elevated than a “TV room” (the mixture all of us need, proper?).
It’s additionally a pass-through front room (not my favourite format, which I constantly appear to personal) so we have to make it possible for the format flows properly. There actually is just one method to lay it out (primary couch towards that wall) in order that half is fairly simple.
The Eating Room
Within the eating room, they’ve a very lovely heirloom desk that we’re undoubtedly retaining. However the rug will go elsewhere in the home and we’re changing and donating the chandelier (and reducing the brand new one just a few inches). We hope to wallpaper in right here and ideally depart the built-ins and window trims the creamy white (changing {hardware}).
The view out the window is so fairly (you possibly can see Mount Hood) and filled with bushes so we don’t plan on window therapies in right here. The pure gentle is fantastic so it may well deal with a deeper coloration (and/or wallpaper) on the partitions. I’m VERY EXCITED.
So What Is The Vibe?
We’re going for a comfortable and trendy library/lodge vibe. It wants coloration, sample, texture – all of the issues – and we would like it to really feel collected and extra historic. Ryan loves deep, even daring colours (blues, greens, and burgundies) whereas Robyn loves issues to be a bit lighter and extra calming – blues, greens, and a barely extra curated coloration palette.
So right here’s the way it all went down. I’ve a stupendous leather-based tufted couch and two cream swivel chairs – all from Rejuvenation that I couldn’t discover the best area for in our house. I used to be hoarding them as a result of they’re superior and I knew I might discover a area for them ultimately. They have been in storage and I used to be not solely feeling responsible about simply hoarding them, however feared that they’d get broken. Since they have been all three from Rejuvenation and the lighting that we had already considered shopping for was from Rejuvenation, we figured this may be a great pitch to perhaps swing a deal. All our partnerships are negotiated individually primarily based on many many issues, and for this one, I pitched one thing that made it a win each for Robyn/Ryan and for Rejuvenation (and I like working with Rejuvenation, love their furnishings and lighting and figured that it might not solely velocity up the venture however permit for us to make a greater room, which is a win for EHD). Most significantly it simply felt acceptable on this house, Rejuvenation is native to Portland and I knew that I may mix their heirloom high quality furnishings to offer that collected but historic vibe that we have been going for.
Leather-based Couch | Swivel Chairs
Right here’s The place We Are Headed
That is the tough front room temper board…
and this one is for the eating room.
Now a few of this would possibly change, however here’s what have chosen so far. Robyn, Ryan, and I went to Rejuvenation on a Saturday for just a few hours and checked out each single factor. I acquired an incredible sense of what they beloved, so afterward I pulled collectively a plan that I felt assured may work harmoniously. Actually, as a result of you possibly can customise their items a lot (greater than many different bigger manufacturers of their scale) it’s a lot a lot a lot simpler to make it look collected and never like a catalog.
Now I do know {that a} sponsored makeover with nearly all furnishings from the identical retailer may not be relatable to most of you (maybe in no way) however a variety of the design choices and issues to resolve hopefully will probably be (like what to do about these shutters, how to decide on items that “look” collected over time even when they aren’t). Actually, all of us really feel so fortunate and grateful that we get to do that right here collectively. Ryan is tremendous helpful so Brian is getting a buddy to assist him construct the alpaca shelter this summer season 🙂 See? Win/win! Cheers for designing with mates and calling it work:)
Extra to return quickly. xx