Gypsy Inspired Family Room

Inspiration Room: $36,000

The Inspiration Room
Host Brooke Channon introduces designer Allison Murphy, who created a dramatic bohemian look in a family room using rich fabrics and warm colors. Feminine details like a hand-painted metal lampshade and glossy pillows combine with masculine elements like oversized furniture in textured fabrics and a deep jewel-tone color palette. The centerpiece of the room is the couch covered with seven fabrics and a fabulous assortment of pillows.

Makeover Room, before

Transforming the Makeover Room
Designer Stuart Piontek guided the makeover of a large living room with an oversized sectional, no identifiable design scheme and zero personality into a richly colored and inviting room full of pillows and a sense of identity.

• Painted the walls a warm brown cork color.
  
• Installed woven paper shades on the windows that have the same tone as the walls.
  
• Left a console table in a warm wood tone and ornate curves in the room and hung a traditional landscape painting over it. Two gold-tone lamps with tassels and an ornate bowl filled with fresh green apples finish the look.
  
• Bought a sofa and loveseat in a green-taupe color with rich tapestry pillows. More pillows were added, all in a color scheme of red, green, gold and brown. The added pillows are wildly different from each other, combining lots of texture, sheen and trim. A taupe throw finishes the couch.
  
• Positioned a deep red and olive green area rug in front of the couch.
  
• On the rug, placed an iron-base coffee table with whimsical curved lines and a glass top, then added a richly colored paisley throw and gold square platter.
  
• Dressed the loveseat with pillows and a throw in rich shades of red and placed a bronze floor lamp with a paisley shade and beading beside it.
  
• Used a scrolled metal table with glass top beside the loveseat.

The Bottom Line
To see where the savings are, take a look at this direct cost comparison of some Inspiration Room items and the creatively comparable ones used in the Makeover Room:

Fireplace painting, $9,000 / Artwork, $175

Console, lamps, accessories, $3,300 / Creative alternative, $115

Italian Chenille couch and pillows, $5,800 / New couch and pillows, $650

Hand-forged iron coffee table and accessories, $2,600 / Iron and glass table, $215

side table, coffee table — Levitz
floor lamp, console bowl — Lamps Plus
red chenille throw, decorative pillows, candlestick lamps, rug — Marshall's
chenille throw — Ross
paisley scarf-like throw, gold platter (Capiz), sugared apples and plums — Z Gallerie
silk-like lampshades — Target
paper woven shades — Pier 1 Imports