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A couple of additional moodboard options for my dear friends, Amber and Martin. (See last post).

Moodboard One

Moodboard One is all about pattern and colors. I tried to bring in more energy into the room through the different patterns..florals, spirals, linear lines, ethnic patterns as well as a mix of blues, yellows, greens — which I think Amber, certainly, tends to lean toward. This moodboard will definitely brighten their space and bring a lot of life to the space. They recently purchased a dining table with matching chairs (hooray!), which is has a reddish-wood color. Now for the goody-links on Moodboard One.

Ajara Foyer Table
Couch – Pauline Sofa
Couch Pillows (2 of same) – Bull’s Eye Silk Pillow Cover
Addition option: Dandelion Pillow Cover (for chair)
Occasional Living Area Chair

Option 1: Armchair in cotton basket weave flax
Option 2: Chloe (Just an example…love the pattern here)

Coffee Table/Ottoman – Plank Cocktail Table:
Living Area Rug – Jaipur Printed Dhurrie Rug Size: 5×8
Window Drapes – Spiral Vine Curtain 84 inches
Accessories – Aquamarine Vase (for foyer table or coffee table)

Moodboard Two

Moodboard Two is taken down a notch, but still has a good bit of pattern and texture — as reflected by the occasional chair, the jute green rug and the throw pillows. The couch seems inexpensive (it’s on sale actually at Macy’s) and looks super comfy – I was thinking of a comment Amber made in one of her emails about envisioning the two of them lounging on the couch watching a Friday night movie, and I think the ottoman provides a good alternate for functioning both as coffee table and for putting Martin’s feet on to relax! (Also there’s storage)…The blend of colors also will work well when viewed along with a purple-ish wall that runs parallel to their living area and the length of their apartment. I put in some purple shades throughout the moodboard so as to draw in the wall color with accessories. I imagine the bookshelf against the purple wall. This particular shade of wood will work well against the purple color they have now and will contrast well with the black-specked countertop on their island. Now for the goodies:

Ajara Foyer Table
Couch – Martha Stewart Kent Sofa
Throw Pillows – Bloom Pillow – Aubergine
Coffee Table/Ottoman – Alfresco Bench in Oatmeal with Storage
Occasional Chair (Can double as Dining Table Chair)
Mitchell Armless Chair (get 2)
Pattern Option 1 or Pattern Option 2

Alternate: Avington Armless Slipper Chair (get 2);

Living Area Rug – Green Diamond Weave Jute Rug (5×7)
Bookcase – Expedit
Accessories
- 1. Jacquard Vases (two)
- 2. Devon Mirror

After a long hiatus from all things interior design, you can imagine my excitement when I was asked by my hubby’s cousin and his wife to help them think through the design/decor features for their first owned home. Matt and Mandy recently moved from their 2 bedroom Crystal City apartment into a wonderful 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, over 1,500 square feet townhome that is within walking distance to a metro and has a huge extended backyard. Quite a rare find in the Washington, DC-area at an affordable price! They had a number of furniture pieces that they were bringing over from their apartment to their new home, most of which were transitional. Their primary challenge was identifying the design scheme that can incorporate their existing furnishings with new purchases and add in colors to blend in their transitional, contemporary-leaning taste. So I came up with a few moodboards to help them visualize the potential!

Living Room
They had a sage-green sofa and loveseat as well as matching dark-chocolate side tables and coffee table. But they wanted to bring in color into the space. So what did I come up with? GREY! Yes, grey. Well, a silver-grey anyway. It just fit their contemporary leaning style and a great backdrop to an infusion of other colors, like golds and fuschia, in the space as well as a great tie into the other wall colors in the other rooms.
1. West Elm Tiled Capiz Table Lamp. What better item to juxtapose against a silver-grey wall than a metallic-gold capiz-base lamp?

2. Pier1 Sand Striped Window Panel or Pottery Barn Dupioni Silk Grommet Drape. And of course, to add warmth to the room, muted golden window panels. Also a great tie-in to the sage-green sofa, loveseat and the chocolate tables.

3. Handmade Soho Blue Burst New Zealand Wool Rug (5′ x 8′). Loving this. The burst of gold, bronze and texture will make your room (and your feet) happy!

Dining Room
For their dining space, Matt and Mandy already had the dining table and chairs in the above moodboard. The dining room is horizontally adjacent to the living room, with silver-grey wall against golden capiz lamps and gold window panels… I thought why not a mustard-ish yellow wall? From gloss to muted yellow. The dark brown leather chairs and the reddish-brown table legs would fit well. To tie it all together, I found some tasty goodies below.

Reading Room
Immediately next to their kitchen is an open space that may have been an informal sitting area, which Matt and Mandy are turning into their reading room/first floor office. Mandy fell in love with this Santorini blue, which worked perfectly in the flow of my silver-grey and mustard-yellow wall schemes. Some goodies for their reading room on the moodboard above.

West Elm Round Coco Mirror. for over fireplace?
Andalusia Rug

Master Bedroom
And for one of the most important rooms in the house, a comfortable, serene space. They already had most of the furniture, so all I had to do was find the right wall color and options for their lighting scheme and some additional accessories. For the wall color, I suggested a light, grey-blue…which worked perfectly with their chocolate-colored bedroom set. Other fun items, I found: