Transitional Dining Room with Blue Accent Walls

Transitional Dining Room with Blue Accent Walls

Hi Wanda:

So this 3-part project is going to be different. I am not going to restrict your creative decisions since based on our last project we've established that you have amazing eye for things, and we COMPLETELY TRUST you. I want you to be creative and flex your imagination (Think of the projects like "Inside Out", "Family Time", "Love of Color", "Family Room Makeover", "Living Dining Combo" and "Coastal Beach Home" from your portfolio -- they are our favorites!). The areas involved are not going to be high traffic areas, (and with the exception of the office room) have no utilitarian purpose either. So if there's something you feel aesthetically or something you strongly feel we should change, I want to hear it. If I don't like it, I won't mince words and will let you know.

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One of the key things we learned from our last project, and I would like you to keep in mind with this one, is to place LESS emphasis on availability of items in stock and from Decorilla's preferred vendors and to focus instead on what works best aesthetically. Last time, there were things that worked best from a design standpoint, but Decorilla's preferred vendors did not have it in stock, so you made changes (round coffee table --> square table, for example). Ultimately, if there's something that works (regardless of whether it is in the preferred vendor list) please suggest it. Ultimately, what I am paying for is YOUR talent, design expertise, and creativity; NOT Decorilla's discounts. With our living room project, we ran into some trouble when one of the items we wanted ended up being out of stock and then the substitutions they sent didn't match up. Ultimately, it would have been better for us to have an idea of what works and then find a substitution ourselves, which is what we ended up doing. This is not your fault, and we love what you did, which is why we requested you again (and it's not Decorilla's fault either since your company cannot control its vendors inventory). Anyways, it still came out great (we are still working on it -- and our ability to shop got hit hard with COVID, so a few items are missing), but its still very close to what the renderings showed and we spent probably less than half the price, and we love it all the same.
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Now onto some key differences from last time:

1. Unlike our last project, we are free to make remodeling decisions -- additions, subtractions, new lighting fixtures/recessed lighting, new paint colors. I want you to be free to make these decisions, the only part that we cannot paint is the foyer. The furniture must stay in the dining room. The rest is your oyster :-) ... Also, unlike last time, none of these areas will be high traffic or occupied by the kids. The dining room is only used on special occasions, and the office room is for my use exclusively. We are happy to experiment with new paint colors, design features, new fixtures (we would like new fixtures, actually). With the office room we can also do custom shelving if you think it's appropriate.

2. I would like there to be a thematic cohesion between the dining room, foyer, and the living room (which you previously designed) since they are all interconnected (foyer leads to living room and dining room is on the side). The office room is a somewhat separate entity with its own purpose, and therefore, you have far more design independence. [you can watch the video, or look at the floor plan for a better idea of the layout]. To give you a refresher of what our living room looks like so far, I've attached two pics that I quickly snapped (under non-project pictures). It's a work in progress and we have items that we still haven't added, but it's getting there and so far my wife and I both love the way it looks.


HERE ARE RELEVANT POINTERS ABOUT EACH AREA IN THIS PROJECT:

OFFICE ROOM: This is primarily for my (Rasi) use, so it needs a modern, masculine feel to it. I am a physician (but will not be seeing patients in my home). I do have a ton of Diplomas if there's a spot in the wall that can go without looking gawdy. A nice shelving unit (glass/wood/steel?), and I am very techie (think iMac and Mac Pro Tower) with nice speakers and a dual sleek monitor display (I can share the exact designs before the final rendering). I like clean, uncluttered design. The office is painted (SHERWIN WILLIAMS SW-6364) and the walls have a knockdown texture, but I am open to changing colors, accent walls etc. The office has french doors that open to the foyer and on the opposite wall there is a door to the 1-car garage (we are using as a workshop/storage). There is a single ceiling fan/light combo. The floors are espresso hardwood. The windows face the exterior of the house (front) and have plantation shutters facing into the room. It gets a fair bit of light during the day from the large plantation shutters, so I'm happy keeping the colors we have or if you suggest, changing them. Feel free to use any accent colors you think goes best.

FOYER: This is the main area when a guest walks into the house. As someone walks in through the front door, it opens to the foyer, and on the left immediately are the french doors to the office room. The grand stairway is right ahead to the left, and the dining room is to the right (please see video attached). Going further into the house through the Foyer opens into the living room. I don't think the Foyer requires a lot of work. There are two barnhouse circular chandeliers with candelabra bulbs (smaller than the one we used in the main living room. We replaced these two when we did the living room and chose a smaller sized design to keep with the same design elements we used in the main living room one. But beyond that, I don't think it requires anything since it's essentially a hallway to the rest of the house. The reason I included this in our design package is because I want you to point things out that you think will enhance the foyer and perhaps I'm not seeing it.

DINING ROOM:
This is a formal dining area so it doesn't get much traffic. -- it opens to the foyer via an open archway. From a layout standpoint, the dining room is sandwiched between the foyer and another hallway parallel to the foyer running on the other side of the dining room (this hallway connects the kitchen with the main garage). Both hallways open to the dining room via two large archways.

There are two light fixtures that have two small chandeliers now (I hate them!). The dining room is also painted SW-6364. You are free to repaint, make design changes, and make plenty of suggestions -- including light fixture replacements, additions or changes. The only thing we cannot change is the DINING ROOM FURNITURE. This includes a dining table, six chairs and a sideboard/buffet. These were quite expensive and purchased from Ethan Allen. Perhaps the single piece of furniture in our home that my wife and I unanimously agreed that we absolutely loved, so decided to splurge on. [ Ethan Allen Rambert Oak Buffet (http://tiny.cc/yqqprz), Ethan Allen Brycemoor Dining Table (http://tiny.cc/fdrprz), Ethan Allen Grayson Dining Chair (http://tiny.cc/xjrprz). ]. I actually found a photo of a dining room with this particular set, in our EXACT same dining room!! What are the chances of that? It actually looks quite nice, but certainly needs a bit more accents of color. I attached it here: https://imgur.com/apqoQzQ -- Please take a look. Otherwise, it is a blank canvas for you as well.

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I have attached a quick pic of the living room project that you designed. I will warn that it is still a work in progress. We are still missing much of the wall decor/mirror that you suggested, the drapes haven't been added, and some of the accessories need to be swapped out to ones that have more punch (we initially purchased grey storage ottomans with the navy blue chairs as you suggested, but the Decorilla vendor was out of the blue and offered this grey one instead AFTER we purchased. After we bought it we realized I would have rather purchased blue ottomans in order to get more colorful accent in the living room -- again, one of the reasons that I am not going to be shackled to a design because of preferred vendors. But regardless, the furniture is all in and it looks nice and is coming together slowly but surely. I quickly snapped these off my iPhone so it's not quite as elegant as the renderings.

I've also attached a walkthrough video where I walk you through the areas you will be working on how they relate to one another. The video is attached.

Sugar Land, TX , USA

Sugar Land, 77479

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