Living Room

©Anna Stathaki

Chapter One Interiors and Ambient Lounge SG helped create this beautiful lower level apartment with exposed brick that uses is light and comfortable for living. The very small living room space is solved by using the Ambient Lounge Twin Couch bean bag and Vera Table as it's showpiece furniture. The tone of the Eco Weave fabric balances the exposed brick and wood features and creates light textures that make the feeling so relax but stylish.

Steven Robert Anderton

The stair is lit from above by the dormer. The landing at the top is open to the living room below.

Photo: Kayla Stark © 2016 Houzz

Zac and Zac

優雅なリビングルーム

All timber furniture and pieces are custom designed and handmade from Goldenwood Furniture

Kyle Caldwell

Photo: Rikki Snyder © 2015 Houzz

２階、ＬＤＫ。スキップとなっている他の部屋へ接しているため、天井高は４メートルと高い。屋上からの光がトップライトを通して射しているので、奥行きのある部屋でも明るい。この家の見せ場、ＬＤＫはサイドボード・テーブル・キッチンも全て家具工事（造付け）

This family residing on North Euclid in Upland, requested a living room they could actually live in. A space that was not too formal but nodded toward formality in a subtle way. They wanted a space where many people could gather, converse, watch TV and simply relax. The look I created I call “California French Country”. I achieved this by designing the room in layers. First I started with new dark wood floors to match their staircase. Then I had Board and Batten installed to accentuate ceiling height and give the room more structure. Next, the walls were painted above the Board and Batten Mood Indigo by Behr and the ceiling beams white for a clean, classic, crisp, fresh look. I designed custom inverted pleat drapes with a navy blue band to be installed. A new chandelier in loft area was installed to go with the existing entry chandelier from Restoration Hardware. Then it was time to furnish the space according to my new space plan. I used a mix of new and existing pieces, which most were repurposed and refinished. New furnishings included a goose down sofa, wool rug, tufted navy ottoman. Existing pieces I reused were the armoire which I had finished in a cranberry to match loft chaise. A wing back chair , ottoman, cane back chair and client’s entry bench that was made by her father were all reupholstered. I had a custom marble table top fabricated to sit atop 2 antique Chinese meal box holders that the client has been holding on to, which created the perfect entry table. I accessorized the room with red, blue and white accents to give the room that “lived in” feeling. The loft houses a large antique mirror that I found in a local shop, a velvet chaise to lounge and their daughter’s artwork was hung in the loft area to make the space feel like their own little getaway.

This adorable beach cottage is in the heart of the village of La Jolla in San Diego. The goals were to brighten up the space and be the perfect beach get-away for the client whose permanent residence is in Arizona. Some of the ways we achieved the goals was to place an extra high custom board and batten in the great room and by refinishing the kitchen cabinets (which were in excellent shape) white. We created interest through extreme proportions and contrast. Though there are a lot of white elements, they are all offset by a smaller portion of very dark elements. We also played with texture and pattern through wallpaper, natural reclaimed wood elements and rugs. This was all kept in balance by using a simplified color palate minimal layering. I am so grateful for this client as they were extremely trusting and open to ideas. To see what the space looked like before the remodel you can go to the gallery page of the website www.cmnaturaldesigns.com Photography by: Chipper Hatter