Three color scheme options

Hi guys!! I have been working on a few other inventory color scheme options for work and ended up with these 3 for a couple current homes. I wanted to be sure I had 3 distinct homes. I should be doing a few more soon that I'll take pictures of.

Sea crest birch cabinets in the color Clove

Sherwin Williams stucco SW 7569

(I would still do accent walls in the rooms but this gives a nice base color)

UbaTuba granite

Lucerne - Alpi tile

Shaw carpet - caravan 

Piedrafina cultured marble - white 

Derby birch cabinets - Twilight

SW 7632 modern gray

Bristol - Concorde tile

Silver Brown granite

Shaw carpet - lady's choice

Piedrafina cultured marble Bianco & White

Sea crest birch - clove

SW 6149 relaxed khaki

Bainbrooke brown granite

Bristol - ashton tile

Shaw carpet - earth beige

Piedrafina cultured marble - white 

Simple Elegance

An exciting part of my job is when I get to put together what we call "inventory" or "spec" homes. This is when we build homes so that someone who is needing to move in much quicker than our average build time of 5-6 months can purchase a house with the selections already made for me. I enjoy it because I get to play around with different color combinations and see what works best as well as what sells the quickest. This home has gorgeous maple recessed panel cabinets with a cashmere glaze over all and an autumn glaze accent in the details of the cabinet. I then paired the cabinets with Silver Brown granite to add some cool tones to the kitchen while enhancing the autumn glaze with the brown in the granite. I also selected a light brown tile by Emser for the all of the common and wet areas of the home. The tile isn't too dark as too over power the beautiful granite but has enough color to compliment all of the shades of brown and neutrals in the kitchen. The bathroom was then designed with the same concepts in mind. The cabinets are the same and the countertop is a Piedrafina cultured marble, color emperador. The walls are a light beige, I believe Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams to add color throughout the entire home but light enough that most any color could be paired for an accent color once a home owner has moved in and chooses to pull some colors from their furniture.

I hope you all like it! Let me know what you think!

Mediterranean Colors

The following photos are from one of my projects when I first began studying interior design. This was for my residential design course where I spent a 10 week semester working on one project. The first time the class met we interviewed our client who was a professor at a local college. She wanted to use Mediterranean colors throughout her home and create a well designed, spacious and functional home for her and her husband. Each student in the glass was given two artists. A 3d and a 2d artist. I apologize I can not remember the names of mine due to this having been almost 5 years ago. Displaying the art in her home was important to her. The 3d artist I was given created beautiful glass art that worked perfectly with the large number of windows in the home so that the natural light really put the art on display. My clients husband was also a science professor and had a large collection of rocks that they both wanted to be on display but not cluttering the furniture. Due to the fact that we would be remodeling the kitchen from scratch, my solution was to build a glass case into the back of the kitchen countertop so that the rocks would be displayed in a common area of the home but without risk of damaging furniture.

In the second image you see a striped piece of fabric. That has all of the colors that I planned to use in the living room. An easy way to ensure versatility in your home and be able to change things at a minimal cost over time is to use solid colors in the large expensive items while adding pops of color and details in your pillows, paint colors or window treatments. The striped fabric was used for throw pillows. I pulled the green into a nice sheer curtain and the rich red into an area rug. With the rich red being such a large part of the room it was then toned down a bit to balance out the room with a golden brown fabric on the large sectional.

A whole different animal was the guest house. The last board displayed and the two small floor plans on the first board are for the guest house which would be used by an exchange student or intern. The guest house would allow them to have their own space and be able to work on projects in private. Unlike the main house, the guest house had very limited natural light. There were not stairs in there yet so a full remodel and major construction would be necessary, so I built a mock model to do a study of where to put the stairs to allow for the most natural light.

I hope you all like my first post!! I look forward to any and all feedback!