Shari Hiller and Matt Fox come up with decorating solutions for an upstairs work /study room with unusual features: French doors overlooking an interior balcony into the family room, a huge stairwall that is a part of both the upstairs study and downstairs family room, and a funky little alcove visible from the first floor.
Color and Pattern
Hiller discusses the step-by-step process necessary for selecting color and pattern in room decoration:
- Choose flooring first. A marquetry wood floor with a dark border pattern on light wood was chosen for the study.
- Select furniture. Dark wood furniture was selected to coordinate with the dark wood border on the floor.
- Select chair style. Comfort was important. Each piece was given the "sit test" before buying.
- Choose fabric. A book pattern was chosen for the study.
- Which sofa? A simple pattern was selected to harmonize with the busy pattern on the chair.
- What about the walls? Texture was needed since the wood floors were so smooth. A basket pattern was selected for below the chair rail, and a string pattern was chosen for above the rail.
- Choose paint. A middle range color was selected for the stairwall that works with both rooms upstairs and down. It was selected by viewing fabric and paper samples from both rooms together.
all discontinued:
wallpaper below chair rail (Northwoods Country pattern #NC2134)
wallpaper above chair rail (Field and Forest pattern #KB215HH)
book wallpaper border (New Country Gear pattern #GR2303B)
chair (La-Z-Boy LZB23-818, fabric J258663)
ottoman (La-Z-Boy LZB24-212, fabric J258663)
sleeper sofa (La-Z-Boy LZB51-867, fabric C418494)
Resources wallpaper
Blue Mountain Wallcoverings Inc.
Website:
www.ihdg.com
upholstered furniture
La-Z-Boy, Inc.
Website:
www.la-z-boy.com
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