Five months later, they signed a contract on the house. "I like being able to walk to downtown Annapolis," said Frese. Planning the start of a major renovation, they learned about its history. The first house on the site was a classic 1-story Eastport So I invited Monahan and his partner, Detective Fred Ybarra, both seasoned burglary investigators, to walk through the house where I live, and assess its weak points. First up: a lilac bush that dominates the front yard and blocks the living room window A young family came to me with the request to create a tailored, elegant and fashionable home. We set out to create a cosmopolitan sanctuary that was airy and bright with layers of contemporary motifs throughout to compliment the dignified architecture of Colbert, who works for Design home. But garden stools actually hail from ancient China, where they were fashioned out of tree stumps. Today, they're a goto accent piece for designers who want to add a heavy dose of colour and texture to a stale room Photography by Matthew Williams for Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home, unless otherwise noted (See Object Lesson: The Classic Butterfly Chair.) Above: In her London living room, Remodelista's Christine Chang Hanway creates an open feel So why not have her casket decorated in a traditional Swedish Kurbits design casket in her home as a piece of decorative furniture. That is, until she began to think about people's reaction to seeing a large casket in her living room. .
If your living room is overrun with plastic them away after they play," she says. Ovadia Design Group's Jack Ovadia (who is a father of three in addition to an interior designer) says that for his own home, "I got a TV unit that had a lot of storage There's no fancy home office or formal dining room, but lots of spaces for the family to stretch out and relax. "We designed this place around the way we live rather than the way we were taught to live," said Schrock, who described the home's design as Where do you find ideas for your home? For one couple, inspiration came from A-lister Reese Witherspoon’s living room in her former home in Ojai [the ottoman] with others that are a bit more classic and traditional so the space is grounded, while My favorite space in the apartment is definitely in the living room in my Eames Chair, especially sitting in the sun in the afternoon when the sun is coming in, relaxing and reading a book. I do work a lot at home and has her own design company .