I spent the latter part of last week in the country at my clients' Carol & Jeff's house. I got to see horses, Brahmans, llamas, longhorns and even a coyote, which is pretty exciting for this city girl. Carol and Jeff live in a rustic farmhouse built from Austin Limestone, with a modern metal roof. It has really beautiful wood moldings and large open light-filled rooms. I'm helping them bring a little bit of personality to each of their rooms. We made a lot of progress in their living room, which is also the entry into the home. Here are a few before & afters.
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Carol and Jeff already had all of the furniture we used in the space. We reoirented what was already there, and rehung artwork that we brought in from other parts of the house. We added some new lamps, some new pillows, and a peacock feather arrangement to the coffee table for some color.
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The above glass piece formerly hung in their sunroom on a less visible wall. It is a piece they got in New Orleans, and I believe it is made from broken glass collected after Katrina. We brought it into the living room and paired it with a coyote watercolor done by musician Joe Ely, and a print of a Golden Retriever, a breed they have owned many of.
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To define the entry hall portion of the space, we added the above antique sideboard, which formerly lived in the dining room. We decided not to use the curvy mirrored decorative back piece that sat on top of the cabinet (you can see in the before). We added the tall silver vertical mirror above the entry piece and a white ceramic lamp for a modern twist.
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