South Carolina Hunting Cabin

For the past couple of months, we have been working with a client to design their hunting cabin in South Carolina. The clients want a refined rustic look and we've been pulling a lot of fun options for them!

Here are some inspiration photos from our Pinterest board:

We are loving this sink for the kids' bathrooms!

Kitchen Inspiration

Kitchen Inspiration

Master Bedroom Inspiration

Bunk Room Inspiration

We are using Oushak rugs as our inspiration, and here are a few of our favorite options along with some coordinating fabrics.

Check out our Pinterest board for more hunting cabin inspiration! 

Carrollton Kitchen

Recently, one of our sweet clients contacted us for some help on her kitchen. We have worked with her in the past and we were thrilled to hear from her again. She recently gave her kitchen a facelift and needed help with some finishing touches.

In the photos below we added roman shades, new lighting, and some fun pillows.

The window was so big that we had to jump in and help with installation.

We are also discussing repainting the kitchen in a fun shade. Emi wanted to make sure that the colors worked well with the drapery and in different light. 

Here is a close up of the pillows for the banquette. We love the Romo Mirabel fabric in Wasabi! We're working on making a cushion for the banquette to finish off this little corner.

Next, the client asked us to help with her living room and dining room. We love her taste and can't wait to have fun decorating. More to come from this home later!

Serenbe Showhouse :: Sneak Peek

We have exciting news....

The Design Atelier has been selected for the 2014 Serenbe Designer Showhouse! 

For those of you who haven't heard of Serenbe, it is a community born in an effort to protect the beautiful rural land just outside of Atlanta known as Chattahoochee Hill Country.  The area focuses on sustainability and quality of life. Buildings and homes are arranged in clusters in order to preserve a great deal of undeveloped green space. 

The New York Times stated, 

"Serenbe is a utopian experiment in New Urbanism being molded out of Georgia red clay."

The concept is brilliant. Live, work, and play in an organic yet thriving location. 

Now that you know a little about the area, let's talk about the Showhouse!

 

The Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles 2014 Serenbe Designer Showhouse features 15 designers over 3 floors of an English inspired cottage. The home sits on a winding road nestled in the woods linked to retail and restaurants by a pedestrian footbridge.
 
The Showhouse is open September 6 - 28, Monday - Wednesday for group tours (20+ individuals) and Thursday-Sunday for general admission. Tickets can be purchased here. 

Last week, we decided to visit the house and get our bearings as to the progress of the showhouse. The house is still under construction but we were able to get a great understanding of what the completed space will look like.

The fireplace wall is amazing!

Aren't those high ceilings are gorgeous!?
And Melanie serves as a beautiful scale-model, don't you think?

It's hard to tell in the pictures, but the scenery through the windows is pure greenery and it didn't take us long to decide that the interiors will complement the view.

After we finished our tour, we headed back to the car, only to find that it had been raining and the previously solid dirt "driveway" was now mud. I'm pretty sure the contractors are still laughing about how Emi slipped in to a river of mud with one fatal step!

Thankfully, one of the sweet workers let us use his water to wash our feet off and then loaned us some lovely shoe covers to keep us from repeating our muddy mistakes. 

Let's just say Melanie & Emi will be packing boots for the next job site visit. 

We are thrilled to have been given a great space and are teeming with ideas! More to come on that soon...

Buckhead Apartment :: Work In Progress

Our most recent project is an apartment located right in the heart of Buckhead. It is next door to the St. Regis and has an amazing view of the city. We are so excited to get started!

The best part: Our client is a woman after our own hearts. She loves classic design but is not afraid to go a little dramatic and funky. I get excited just thinking about it!

Last week we brought our ideas up to the apartment so that we could go over the plan in the actual space. Here is a peek at the ideas for the living/dining area:

The bedroom will be soft and feminine with lots of texture and shades of cream, grey and purple!

 In the bathroom, we are going to bring in a fun wallpaper!

I always giggle to myself when we do things like taping samples to the wall. I feel like people think designers should just instantly know what the correct choice is. But sometimes we do it the fail-proof way... Trial and error. In this case, we covered the walls with samples and then narrowed it down to two. It might be a silly way to decide but it always helps to see the product in the actual light of the space!

Here are the choices that we've narrowed it down to: 

You cannot go wrong with Phillip Jeffereies. We love this one.. especially how it looks with the countertops and the fact that it ties into the color scheme for the living room.

But we also love the paper below! It is hot off the press and a much better price point! It even has a little bit of shimmer which is always fun!

We would love to hear your opinions on the space! Updates coming soon!