Design a Room Interiors Camberley

Every home is filled with furniture and objects, but they are not valued equally by homeowners. Personal preferences and history play a part in determining individual likes and dislikes in furniture and accessories.  Coming to terms with what you truly value in your home can help you set a design focus.<br /><br /> As a place to start with clients who  may be  having difficulty focusing on where they want to go with a design, I often ask them to show me several things in the space that they value/love/ couldn't part with. In talking about why they like the particular piece I get insight into what is important to them and many times the objects also provide inspiration for the design.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/64772/Marina-Residence-contemporary-family-room-san-francisco"><img border="0" height="680" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/961142990c646068_8-1000/contemporary-family-room.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: center;"><small><a href="http://www.houzz.com/professionals/architect/san-francisco" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;"></a> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/pro/sutton-suzuki-architects/sutton-suzuki-architects" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Sutton Suzuki Architects</a></small></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"> Art work of varying kinds can serve  as an impetus for a room design.  The tones of the sculptures and ceramic vases  are picked up i<span style="font-size: small;">n the dark<span style="font-size: small;"> wood<span style="font-size: small;">s of the <span style="font-size: small;">stacked tables. The beige sofa allows the art work to stand out. </span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3simC0w5FhTze4GCm9oNazPLF6QruI6vG7pZqKexOxEOwaQALTqbhTFoA5C_Y8KC6dro1wC38Prf_gyPoQTMR-E5jqyNvP92nx6hQCrdleNsbQD0ildA0T-TpLC4-POZ5Ybt6sN2DSNJx/s1600/DSCN5639_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3simC0w5FhTze4GCm9oNazPLF6QruI6vG7pZqKexOxEOwaQALTqbhTFoA5C_Y8KC6dro1wC38Prf_gyPoQTMR-E5jqyNvP92nx6hQCrdleNsbQD0ildA0T-TpLC4-POZ5Ybt6sN2DSNJx/s640/DSCN5639_01.JPG" width="480" /></a> </span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small> </small><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Margaret Ryall</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In my  home art usually influences my room designs.  I certainly don't purchase art work to match my decor, but I like to give my art work the option of influencing the room in which it lives!  One of my favourite pieces (artist Will Gill) begged me to paint this favourite chair a lovely green. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/1472027/Chevy-Chase-Living-Room-contemporary-living-room-dc-metro"><img border="0" height="334" src="http://st.houzz.com/simgs/bb71aaf200382945_8-0089/contemporary-living-room.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444;"><div style="text-align: center;"><small> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/pro/suzannepricedesign/suzanne-price-design-llc" style="color: #444444; text-decoration: none;">Suzanne Price Design, LLC</a></small></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> Antique rugs are a wonderful starting point for original colour schemes.  Th<span style="font-size: small;">is </span>blue and aqua scheme is fresh and exciting, and without a wonderful starting point th<span style="font-size: small;">is</span> room probably would not have come together in this way.  <span style="font-size: small;">Mixing old and new can be easy if you are a little adventurous. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pet peeve:   Pleas<span style="font-size: small;">e, can I have a larger coffee table<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">so I can reach it to put my coffee cup down when I come for a visit? It's the armless chair that I would sit in.  I hate floating coffee tables that don't connect with the furniture. Sorry, that just popped out. </span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcgHBQ9v9_ARxg3ZX81aIFtnxLyvoEvqkKIRPqt7uuyeOcA7eSY6lg2ZWgdsuy6FandfRYYE1wMJzU3x1_B1JGbEnhZdqQ50phx2CYTUilPH43Nzy-f-nBYNd7Rt4JI5h_lBFpAo3faGr/s1600/234820568040343419_VYI3potb_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcgHBQ9v9_ARxg3ZX81aIFtnxLyvoEvqkKIRPqt7uuyeOcA7eSY6lg2ZWgdsuy6FandfRYYE1wMJzU3x1_B1JGbEnhZdqQ50phx2CYTUilPH43Nzy-f-nBYNd7Rt4JI5h_lBFpAo3faGr/s640/234820568040343419_VYI3potb_c.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small> <a href="http://www.jeffersdesigngroup.com/portfolio#"> Jeffers Design Group  </a></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes something as small as a pillow or a set of lamps can be the beginning of a sophisticated design.  Certainly if you owned these lamps they would be difficult to ignore.  Perhaps there is an interesting history  <span style="font-size: small;">behind the<span style="font-size: small;">m. </span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV1uKfccXR7XKHueG9T_jTnQnSrQeq9OdXqfNGED8wxu0pPEqPDpaOYxPomGs98_Csm7Pbb54RiNzMb5Vph0-Gc_O4OBDS4KpHcYkEQ00GTNhLEe0SqW7jacK6vT6M0NtMKcRErQl413Z/s1600/70016969176319884_Ol4m28ye_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV1uKfccXR7XKHueG9T_jTnQnSrQeq9OdXqfNGED8wxu0pPEqPDpaOYxPomGs98_Csm7Pbb54RiNzMb5Vph0-Gc_O4OBDS4KpHcYkEQ00GTNhLEe0SqW7jacK6vT6M0NtMKcRErQl413Z/s640/70016969176319884_Ol4m28ye_c.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.saniapell.com/">Sania Pell</a></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not ever<span style="font-size: small;">thing you value is pretty. </span> Some objects  have  histories <span style="font-size: small;">told by the marks of the passage of time. They evo<span style="font-size: small;">ke  family <span style="font-size: small;">memor<span style="font-size: small;">i<span style="font-size: small;">es and offer opportunit<span style="font-size: small;">ies for pairing with <span style="font-size: small;">objects tha<span style="font-size: small;">t have a s<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">imilar</span> history. I love this old <span style="font-size: small;">box with its related sea themed objects. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBMhGaO2qXPllWGEDQDA9qnQbMuzGTZMTgfLyt2T5owBuERW_esUjZ21k0vqHFULpG7LoFq7S-6chN0Uu1NNi-u2SkZ2L1ZRRYFyJyg4KgGoib4_DNQEVKf4I2ig1nuShr17hFpjGpjIv/s1600/DSCN6140_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBMhGaO2qXPllWGEDQDA9qnQbMuzGTZMTgfLyt2T5owBuERW_esUjZ21k0vqHFULpG7LoFq7S-6chN0Uu1NNi-u2SkZ2L1ZRRYFyJyg4KgGoib4_DNQEVKf4I2ig1nuShr17hFpjGpjIv/s640/DSCN6140_01.JPG" width="480" /></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">M</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">argaret Ryall</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This <span style="font-size: small;">humble t<span style="font-size: small;">runk <span style="font-size: small;">my father made when I wa<span style="font-size: small;">s a child <span style="font-size: small;">is an important part of<span style="font-size: small;"> the decor in my <span style="font-size: small;">summer house.  <span style="font-size: small;">It <span style="font-size: small;">isn't in pristine shape with <span style="font-size: small;">a</span> latch missing and and a crack <span style="font-size: small;">around the hin<span style="font-size: small;">ge on the <span style="font-size: small;">back.  To <span style="font-size: small;">m</span>e i<span style="font-size: small;">t is invaluable.  Not only does it hold  memories, I have a coffee table and a storage chest.  I can change the colour anytime I want, <span style="font-size: small;">and i</span>t gives my room that lived in look you want in a summer place. It is also a perfect foot stool!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a room to truly reflect its owners it has to have object<span style="font-size: small;">s that have some emotional value.  Otherwise you have a "model home"<span style="font-size: small;">, pretty but <span style="font-size: small;">soulless</span>! </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></small></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

The value of objects

Every home is filled with furniture and objects, but they are not valued equally by homeowners. Personal preferences and history play a part...

Hi! – I’m Joann Kandrac – One half of Kandrac & Kole Interior Designs, Inc. based in Atlanta, Georgia.<o:p></o:p><br /><br />I am also a turquoise lover like Erin and appreciate her asking me to guest blog while she’s away!<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We received a call from a client who told us she had been “stalking us” through <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=kandrac+%26+kole">Pinterest</a>, our <a href="http://www.kandrac-kole.com/">website</a>, and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kandracandkole?ref=ts&fref=ts">facebook</a>.   She loved our style and called for a consultation for her outdoor space.  She had just completed a large backyard project incorporating a pool, spa, out door kitchen and eating and lounging area.  <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The space was beautiful but lacked color or style. We were thrilled to take it on!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-XQKqKtG/0/O/i-XQKqKtG.jpg" /></div><br />We had a lot of fun “stylizing” this space.  It was a beautiful spring day in Atlanta.  We had music playing, refreshing drinks and snacks, our amazing install team and a bowl of cherries to top it off!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-znWG3ks/0/O/i-znWG3ks.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-XJwMbtx/0/O/i-XJwMbtx.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Jn9Wktq/0/O/i-Jn9Wktq.jpg" /> </div><br />One of the great advantages we had was that the client was a big Pinterest fan and had been compiling outdoor spaces she loved.  Her boards gave us great insight into what she was drawn to.  She had several pictures of hanging swings.  We got right on that.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-72bsGb3/0/O/i-72bsGb3.jpg" /></div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span> We are so fortunate to have access to so many talented people that work on our team!!  This custom swing was created by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitch.mitton" target="_blank">Mitch Mitton</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Here is the upstairs deck where we incorporated the tailor made swing, a zinc top table, and window treatments in all "outdoor friendly" materials.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-VVdj2LH/0/O/i-VVdj2LH.jpg" /></div><br />We received this email from the client a couple weeks after the install:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><i>"Tom and I were looking for a place to go while the kids are at camp, but couldn't find anywhere as wonderful as our own house. THANK YOU GALS SO MUCH!!!"</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I just love my job!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Joann</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>To see more of our work, visit <a href="http://www.kandrac-kole.com/" target="_blank">Kandrac & Kole Interior Designs</a>.</div></div>

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Hi! – I’m Joann Kandrac – One half of Kandrac & Kole Interior Designs, Inc. based in Atlanta, Georgia. I am also a turquoise lover like ...

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