I'm desperate to change my dull, boring, man-inspired house!
I have a very small house, 1600 sq ft total. Our main living area is one big room which includes the kitchen, dining area and living space. My husband chose all the furniture and colors, so the walls are all tan, the furniture is all black leather and nothing on the walls. I especially hate the ugly brown curtains he chose. I can't purchase all new furniture so I'm hoping I can paint, add some color pops and artwork so it looks like a woman lives in this house.
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I have to say that at home I quite purposefully design with an aesthetic that skews masculine, yet my women friends swoon at the result. One who came to hubby's 50th who hadn't been here before said that she'd peeked outside at our patio and hoped that I didn't mind when she and her husband show up this summer with a few bottles of wine to enjoy by the fire, lol. At the end of the party her normally quiet husband made a spectacle, marveling at our foyer's corner chair and demanding one for himself. (Yes, he'd had a nip or two of the high-test home brewed mead.) Come to think if it, they showed up late the next morning for some reason or other.
I'm inspired to create settings where Cary Grant and Bogey might stroll in and put their feet up for a glass of brandy (making a batch of orange brandy now in fact.) But it also has to be just edgy enough to entertain, say, Sting and Paul Weller from 70's punk band The Jam. And perhaps Thomas Jefferson, too. I think if you forgo the floral and frou frou for a look of quality and luxury, on any budget, you both win.
This is the kitchen/dining room. Imagine the rest of the living area as one big stretch from the kitchen to the front window.
I saw a lot of teal in your book, so popped some items in for inspiration. Just choose paisleys instead of flowers, teals instead of pinks, botanical rather than floral, etc. and bring some sparkle to the space. I already love the globe birdcage lighting.