As we speak I’ve for you my favourite little one/room in the home – not as a result of it’s the BEST room (it certain may be) however as a result of this room has introduced me virtually zero stress (comparatively). It was fairly darn straightforward to design/beautify, I had a transparent imaginative and prescient, and has supplied me years of happiness, working in right here. She is simply brilliant, joyful, energetic, and cozy. So with a lot pleasure, I might like to introduce you to my favourite little one – our sunroom/formal eating room/my writing studio.
P.S. If you’re simply touchdown right here for the primary time (welcome!) don’t neglect to learn concerning the course of posts about how we designed the mosaic tile and border, the set up, and constructed this room from the bottom up. Whereas I say it was “straightforward,” it was nonetheless a lot onerous work by so many gifted individuals and that’s extra of a comparability than a reality. An enormous due to the ARCIFORM workforce – Anne, Stephyn (that tile design/order was NOT straightforward to calculate), Adam Jamie (our constructing leads), and Degree Aircraft Tile & Stone (our tile installers).
We, in fact, made a very enjoyable YouTube video so please go watch and subscribe!! I simply love making them. Right here’s a little bit teaser in the event you wanna get a style (simply look forward to the quick advert to run:)):
Eating Desk | Eating Chair | Tile | Pendant | Home windows | Skylight | Wall Paint
My design for this room was clear from day ONE – this room was for my very own private inspiration and every day JOY whereas working from house. I needed to create an indoor room that had the identical feeling, stage of shade, and sample as our terrace in LA that I cherished so very, very a lot. And y’all, it does. It simply SINGS. All my favourite mates got here to play right here – the blue and white Victorian tile (please be aware the border within the different pictures), farmhouse desk, up to date chairs, vintage-inspired lighting, and simply tons of blue, inexperienced, wooden, gold, and all day lengthy gorgeous pure mild.
We determined to type it out for a cocktail party (with dinnerware I already had) since you’ve seen snippets of this room sufficient that I needed to indicate it off with a costume on it 🙂
The colour palette works so properly – the inexperienced of these unimaginable Athena Calderone for Crate and Barrel chairs labored so properly with the blue of the Pratt + Larson tile (and in some way I discovered that good lampshade at a thrift retailer!). And whereas the wooden of the chairs is technically totally different than the desk they’ve comparable undertones and are each matte (not shiny) and work completely. The second the chairs got here on this room they had been every thing that I needed them to be (and they’re so snug).
Y’all these home windows are INCREDIBLE. As I wrote about on Friday, we custom-designed and made them with Sierra Pacific to particularly marry the diamond sample of the second-floor home windows with the extra conventional/trendy grid of the primary ground. They’re simply so stunning (and sure, some open if we would like). The Velux skylights in right here create such smooth mild all day (they’re north-facing which tends to be the most effective softest mild). We didn’t have them in for some time and the lounge and sunroom didn’t have the sunshine we needed. So as soon as we put them in it solved this drawback in each rooms instantly. These have mild filtering shades and might open for venting, too. Even within the rain it’s such a dream to be on this joyful room and listen to it on the skylights 🙂
The tile has its personal submit (go right here) however I need to ensure it feels correctly worshipped on its large reveal submit. We designed the colour with Pratt + Larson, closely impressed by so many Victorian mosaic patterns that I’ve been pinning for years. Once more, an enormous due to Stephyn from ARCIFORM for serving to determine how a lot of every tile we wanted (I mainly did the sample with paper, however as you recognize I’m not good with “particulars” or “counting” and there was a LOT of particulars and counting – see beneath). Degree Aircraft had been our installers and so they did a superb job and actually cared about it being good which issues with a sample like this.
The lighting is the Rose Metropolis assortment from Rejuvenation in an unlacquered brass that can patina with age. I like this fixture as a result of (like all of Rejuvenations lights) you may actually customise every thing – the size of the twine, the end, and naturally the shade (I LOVE this deco shade and have without end). Additionally when you have a faulted ceiling the chain (versus a stem) makes it nonetheless fall appropriately.
The desk was custom-sized from a design by Elsie Inexperienced – a small furnishings maker (with reclaimed materials) within the Bay Space. It’s extremely good for this area. We wanted slender (however not too slender) and actually lengthy (120″), and I needed curved ends and a few spherical legs to offset all of the squares from the tile and the home windows. The chairs couldn’t be extra good with the desk – the smooth curve on the again was additionally what I needed (to offset the squares) and the velvet feels so heat, snug, and earthy in a room with no different textiles. This room wanted cloth (as most rooms do) and never simply wooden chairs with wooden desk and wooden credenza.
Credenza | Chair (classic) | Lamp | Artwork (classic) | Black Tray | Wrapped Stone | Bookend Sculpture | Radio | Outlet Cowl
This piece by Crump & Kwash out of DC is so stunning and timeless, top quality with some additional particulars that take it subsequent stage. It was onerous for me to seek out the precise piece in right here – there are 1,000,000 nice credenzas on the market, however I didn’t need it to go too “TV stand” and couldn’t be as excessive as a buffet can be. Plus it wanted to be shallow – not more than 19″ deep. This holds our printer and all my samples for this home for simple entry. Please be aware the legs!!! I like (and regarded for) a darker wooden tone so it pulled you over there, grounded that wall, and didn’t simply match the desk and chairs.
Picket Hen (classic)
My vintage wood fowl got here inside and I find it irresistible much more in right here. It did alarm individuals on the entrance porch so perhaps it wanted a context that was extra whimsical? It appears to be like enjoyable in right here (sorry I don’t suppose we received one other shot of it). The opposite crops all got here from both Arium Botanicals or Drake’s 7 Dees on Scholls Ferry. Each have EXCELLENT indoor plant choice.
Bowl | App Plate | Dinner Plate | Serviette | Placemat | Flatware | Water Glasses | Coup Glasses (comparable) | Small Candlestick Holder | Giant Ring Candlestick Holder | Inexperienced Candlesticks | Vase Pitcher (comparable)
I needed to indicate you what it might appear like if I used to be having an informal (however barely elevated) feast. These are all issues I already had (like these white, light-weight Goal plates and placemats I like SO MUCH). It’s wonderful with a couple of pops of shade (navy, sage-y inexperienced, and mauve) and a few contemporary flowers (these are from my backyard). Extremely suggest utilizing a candlestick shade in your shade palette so as to add just a bit additional one thing particular:)
Fluted Planter (not out there) | Tall White Planter (regionally sourced) | Terracotta Planter
It’s such a fantastic room to spend time in and I’m endlessly grateful that we might and determined so as to add it onto the home. This room positively makes a case for going for daring sample in the best locations:) xx
Oh and don’t neglect to observe that YouTube video!
Sunroom Sources:
Tile: Pratt + Larson
Home windows and Doorways: Sierra Pacific
Skylights: Velux
Lighting: Rejuvenation
Wall Paint Shade: SW 7006 Additional White by Sherwin-Williams
Eating Desk: Elsie Inexperienced
Eating Chairs: Crate & Barrel
Credenza: Crump & Kwash
*Design by Emily Henderson and ARCIFORM
**Tile Set up by Degree Aircraft Tile & Stone
***Pictures by Kaitlin Inexperienced