custom office, bruce damonte® photography

Designed by Karen Hodgdon, Allied ASID

Photographer: Tom Crane

Photo: Nat Rea

Nick Johnson Photography

Full house remodel/addition. Custom fireplace with carved corbels and rolled plaster. Photos by Erika Bierman www.erikabiermanphotography.com

Originally designed by Delano and Aldrich in 1917, this building served as carriage house to the William and Dorothy Straight mansion several blocks away on the Upper East Side of New York. With practically no original detail, this relatively humble structure was reconfigured into something more befitting the client’s needs. To convert it for a single family, interior floor plates are carved away to form two elegant double height spaces. The front façade is modified to express the grandness of the new interior. A beautiful new rear garden is formed by the demolition of an overbuilt addition. The entire rear façade was removed and replaced. A full floor was added to the roof, and a newly configured stair core incorporated an elevator. Architecture: DHD Interior Designer: Eve Robinson Associates Photography by Peter Margonelli http://petermargonelli.com

Spacious living room with essence of simplicity. The painting brings life into the space and adds colors . Photography by VIcky TAn

A Hotel Luxe Modern Transitional Home by Natalie Fuglestveit Interior Design, Calgary Interior Design Firm. Photos by Lindsay Nichols Photography. Interior design includes modern fireplace with 24"x24" calacutta marble tile face, 18 karat vase with tree, black and white geometric prints, modern Gus white Delano armchairs, natural walnut hardwood floors, medium brown wall color, ET2 Lighting linear pendant fixture over dining table with tear drop glass, acrylic coffee table, carmel shag wool area rug, champagne gold Delta Trinsic faucet, charcoal flat panel cabinets, tray ceiling with chandelier in master bedroom, pink floral drapery in girls room with teal linear border.

A Hotel Luxe Modern Transitional Home by Natalie Fuglestveit Interior Design, Calgary Interior Design Firm. Photos by Lindsay Nichols Photography. Interior design includes modern fireplace with 24"x24" calacutta marble tile face, 18 karat vase with tree, black and white geometric prints, modern Gus white Delano armchairs, natural walnut hardwood floors, medium brown wall color, ET2 Lighting linear pendant fixture over dining table with tear drop glass, acrylic coffee table, carmel shag wool area rug, champagne gold Delta Trinsic faucet, charcoal flat panel cabinets, tray ceiling with chandelier in master bedroom, pink floral drapery in girls room with teal linear border.

Photo credit: WA design

To view other projects by TruexCullins Architecture + Interior design visit www.truexcullins.com Photographer: Jim Westphalen

Living room fireplace mantel with decorative paint finish. Photographer: Andrew McKinney

We are a young newly wed couple who decided to ask for cash gifts at our wedding so we could decorate our new digs. We received the keys the morning after becoming Mr & Mrs Leclair, and to this day we have yet to take a honeymoon. Both of us had a brewing passion for modern interior decorating that needed to be fulfilled. Our previous 1 bedroom apartment was a great warm up but the real challenge was ahead. We received generous gifts to get us started but after the wedding, closing costs and a few unexpected costs we were left with a fairly conservative budget to work with. First up was painting. None of the existing loud colours in the house were really to our liking. So started the giant task of painting every single wall in the house. Oh, and throw the garage and front entrance doors in there also. Thankfully Melissa works at a paint store so we were able to receive a few free cans and some really good deals on others. Quick shout out to Benjamin Moore and Pittsburgh Paints reps. After accomplishing this feat (with the help of family & friends) we decided a few walls needed some punch. A little wallpaper you say? Why not. Next up was lighting. Most of the fixtures were out of date or not giving us the desired effects. With the help of our handy uncle Rob, we changed every single fixture in the house and out. A few have actually been changed twice. Always a learning curb, right? We splurged on a few pendants from specialized shops but most have been big box store purchases to keep us on budget. Don’t worry, when we strike it rich we’ll have Moooi pendants galore. After the hard (wasn’t that bad) labor came time to pick furniture pieces to fill out the house. We had ordered most of the big ticket items before the move but we still needed to find the filler pieces. Had a great time driving around town and meeting local shop owners. After most of the furniture shopping was complete we had next to nothing left over for art and a lot of empty walls needed some love. Most of the art in the house are pictures we took ourselves, had printed locally and mounted in Ikea frames. We also headed down to the local art supply store and bought a few canvases on sale. Using left over house paint we created some large bold abstract pieces. A year has now passed since we first got the keys and we’re, mostly done. Being home owners now, we also realized that we’ll never actually be done. There’s always something to improve upon. Melissa’s office hung in the balance of our undecided minds but after a recent retro chair purchase we’ve been re-inspired. That room is coming along nicely and we should have pictures up shortly. Most of what we’ve done are cosmetic changes. We still plan on upgrading the kitchen, upstairs bath and replacing the old carpets for some swanky hardwood floors. All in due time.