In December my Los Altos Hills clients had their gorgeous new cow hide rug installed. It was a custom rework between myself and Kyle Bunting Rugs of their 'Jet Stream' design. My client wanted a rug that would be beautiful & different and have visual interest, but not be intense in color. We used a base color of 'maple', with accents in 'silver', 'oak' and 'brown speckle'. I picked up the blue/grey of the mohair chairs in some surreptitiously placed stripes in 'silver', and the warm maple main field color has just enough depth & intensity to ensure the rug didn't end up blending with the maple floors...
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A young girl's bedroom
My Los Altos Hills clients have two children - a boy and a girl. I was asked to come up with a proposal for the 5 year old girl's bedroom. My design included a color & paint scheme, custom bedding design and furniture selections. The idea was that the pieces and bedding are to be able to grow with her - so not be overtly age specific or juvenile. The room needed to feel fresh, youthful, bright and stylish.
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