I was talking with a client recently and she said to me, “it is amazing how many choices have been made within this house”. While it seems obvious, she was right; every small detail is a result of a choice. Really good designers think about every choice and how they all work together. Take a look at these small choices with big results. Amy Morris’s drawer pulls and lyre back chair make for a beautiful desk.
A red coral mirror is a great color choice to add to a pink accented bathroom.
Accessories bringing art and a console together through interesting shapes and colors.
I love the choice to paint the floor and the banister.
There are no distractions from the floor with everything else being painted white and the subtle chrome hardware.
The always popular Miles Redd dine-in library would be completely different without the color block painting by Leona Armstrong and the additional hints of pink throughout the bookshelves and on the lamp.
One of my favorite choices is those that are done in this room by Suzanne Kasler. The all white room with varying throw pillows matching in their spots on different sofas. The stools and lucite tables all work well together. The vase on the mantle says it all. I love all of her small choices.
The best thing about small choices is they don’t have to be expensive. Even a small vase of flowers can do wonders to a kitchen counter. What small choices have you made lately?
Photo Credits: Emily Followill via Things That Inspire, via VT Interiors Library, via Verdigrisvie, via HB, via Domino, Thomas Loof for HB, Suzanne Kasler
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What a great post- great photos. So true, the small details make the biggest difference! Accessories and small furniture pieces can make big impact. I love your blog!
Michelle
http://www.zunigainteriors.blogspot.com
Just yesterday, the window washers came, and it always amazes me how clear a small “choice” can bring about a clear vision. I always tell my children that “Life is all about choice.” Especially when they ask my opinion on tatoos and piercings which seem to be the norm. I simply reply, “Live is all about choice.”
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From when we get up in the morning until we go to bed at night, we make choices – big and small! How lucky we are to be able to make them. Leigh
I especially love the grey one oh and the bathroom is lovely too.
It sure does help to have skilled advice with many design choices – before a designer helped us, I knew I didn’t care for our black granite KI countertops, nor the fireplace surround that had some greens in it . . . but I also knew I didn’t want to go through the expense of changing those. In my mind, I never gave a thought to the possibility of their being any relationship b/w the black counter and green fireplace that was a good 20 feet away. I presumed they were immovable choices that someone else had made prior to me and that the designer would have to work around and downplay those things kind of being “in the way”.
To my surprise and amazement, with the use of fabrics, texture, and wallpaper she was able to tie those two elements to each other and into the rest of the plan. Instead of trying to hide what they were, she subtlety brought them into the overall plan. And now I see the undertones of green in the KI counter. That was amazing to me! Until I saw it, I didn’t know that was what she was doing! I still look at it often and marvel. I even like the counters alot more!
Designers are expensive – and totally worth it, when you work with a good one (like Laura!)!!
That Suzanne Kasler room is just stunning! You are so right – each piece in these photos are so well thought out as to how they create atmosphere, play off each other, and contribute to the overall feel. Just beautiful!
Hi Laura,
These images are fantastic! I love the photo of the white door, the gleaming black wooden floor and the living room designed by Kasler. I’m also always a sucker for libraries.
Thanks for sharing
Karen O.
It’s all yummy, and simply perfect.
So true and in today’s world we are lucky to have so many choices. I am in the midst of having to make big choices but I have to keep the details in mind so that all of my choices, big and small, will work together. I am tired just thinking about it all! Great post!
The last image inspires such calm feelings and it is full of harmonious “choices”. I have to say that all images in your blog are very carefully selected (chosen) and truly elegant.
Loved the comment of Susan S. and I wish I could see some photos of the project.
One of my favorite things about your beautiful and artistic design style is that you pay attention to every last detail and leave no decorative stone uncovered.
You always know the pefect details to make a house a home. xoxo
Wonderful post. I just read ‘The Private House’ by Rose Tarlow, and she recounts how she had finished a room (in her own home), and it was not quite right. Something else needed to be done. She pulled in an evening purse with a leopard print, stuffed it, and lay it on the table – and suddenly, the room felt finished. Have you read this book? It is wonderful – mainly text, and so interesting.