Mother Nature ..A Great Designer

I am working on a new project with a client I had not seen in years. We have a had a great time treasure hunting, shopping and being careful with the expenses.  We are semi-preparing a place for her parents to move. They have beautiful things but not ready to bring them this way.SOOO we are using nature and the" traveling Bellamy oyster" and a few comfortable pieces of furniture(that have NOT arrived yet) to create their new home. We made several trips to Nadeau,World Market and Habersham Antique Gallery to find lots of great things. . We slipcovered some rather ugly dining chairs with some beautiful linen from GDC in  Charleston SC and spruced things up with a  wonderful neutral color from Ben Moore 1524.the original color on the wall was an off white with a touch of yellow.

touches of nature and a few things..... to make the home feel inviting to them when they arrive

they have a beautiful marsh view (will recommend a new chandelier)

we are all in love with the rusty crusty old turquoise coffee table..and I am so crazy about using shells in design. 
the rugs are beautiful and add so much to the rooms

the bookcases seem so empty so I added a few  books from my library( which now spills out all over the floors in my office) I love books!!!!

this shells was picked up on Little Tybee  last winter and I love the barnacles

this shell was from my mother's collection

my client found this beautiful pottery lamp with a hint of robins egg blue..great contrast with wall color

on loan from Me....sharing the beauty of Nature!!!!

oyster shell candlesticks made from Bluffton  South Carolina

linen and wood and shells  great contrast..I love to use it.I call it my "brick and lace theory" 

the candle sticks can be ordered from bcoslick@gmail.com- recognize the last name(my son has started making them since Anna became the amazing art teacher.)

 

the "roving' Bellamy oyster shell.. a little art is good for the soul.http://www.bellamyart.com/

two beautiful monarch butterflies dropped by on the bottle brush to say welcome to the neighborhood!!!!

the beauty of nature ...he would not be good for  inside of the new project but very beautiful to watch outside on the corners of the deck. there is one in each corner.

Our Yellow Brick Road......................How magical!!!!

The end of a busy week and I am a very lucky person. I watched the sun come up on the ocean as I start my day and this was the view as I wrapped up my week.
I call it "the yellow brick road"...... it only last a few minutes and I imagine I would get pretty wet..if I decided to take it.
This is the Back River on Tybee and Aj's Restaurant. They have wild Halloween decorations .. a big spider jumps at you as you walk by it... just one of many surprises for visitors.

The project is 96% done...waiting for fabric and a few slipcovers. Still pondering the Great Room but the fabric did not get shipped so I have a few more days of pondering. THIS area is a challenge..but I just look out the windows and door at the beauty of nature and think positive thougths about the space.

SWEET DREAMS!

A New Beach House Adventure...............

I am so excited and tired...creating a new home for some very busy people. I told them I could "pull" their new beach house together in a week! They have been buying things and more things until I suggested they... STOP... until we really knew what else was needed to complete the house.
The house is beautiful but a little scary...............the views will blow you away and nature IS the best designer.
 It has soooooooooooo many light fixtures and colors and corners that it feels like a maze. Oh, it is going to be great ,but a few corrections are in order.
Budget is tight and hopes run high and I cant wait until they spend their first night and call me to say they are relaxed, and happy watching the waves roll in and the seagulls  fly by.

this room will the such fun

shams will be made from this fabric as accent with the turquoise both bright and soft the ceiling is wood and painted ...............

we need curtain panels at the windows because very few of the walls in the bedrooms are solid walls suitable for beds and/or headboards.

great potential here but it is going to take some serious pondering

ONE  of the views

great room into the kitchen view

dining room into the great room

PS. THEY LOVE  COLOR ..WOO HOO!!!!


My Favorite Bedroom and More

The rest of the cottage from the photo shoot....can't decided which room I love the most....What do you think?

bath

 guest room

a little humor in the laundry room

outdoor bedroom by the pool

guest room

organize?

behind the old shutters are the hidden bar glasses

the cottage is rented  by http://www.tybeecottages.com/ 912- 786-6746

A Little " Fluffing" is good for the Soul...

I am sharing the preparation for the photo shoot . I love love this house and I hadn't given much thought to doing anything to "fluff" before the shoot.
Amazingly, it was.... adding a thing here and there...moving a rug...adding a throw pillow or two or three or four...... adding some color to the kitchen cabinets(the coral knobs borrowed from my another client)  and painting the pantry screen door the cottage collection color I call "Heaven". .http://janecoslick.myshopify.com/collections/janes-colors

I ordered new knobs for the kitchen but they did not arrive in time .  
I have the original red coral knobsI had used in the powder room so I borrow all Tybee Shutters Cottage kitchen red coral  knobs ..added my own  and we had enough for the shoot .( adding some color to the kitchen for interest)

added some more pillows to the sectional sofa.... a mix of very different types...of pillows



before the red coral knobs

after the red coral knobs were added to cabinets

a little fluffing never hurts....

the original red coral pillows from 2006 when we restored the house ...all the walls and ceilings are 1x6 double beaded board . .. like the old beach houses were made

moved this rug from guest room for a bit more interest (Anthropologie 2006) that lamp is made from an old wallpaper pattern roller

very open floor plan..  into the dining room 





treasure hunting for this room was such fun

I think I am in love with this photograph. I love the dining room the most! Well, maybe the master bedroom and bath..I'll show it to you and a few other rooms in my next post and then well vote.


The clients have moved to Colorado so the house is now for sale.....
ttp://tybeerealestate.com/listing-27-taylor-street-195.htm