Lafayette Family Room: The Decor

NOW FOR OUR FAVORITE PART!

We focused on a merge between Farmhouse Modern touches but with a California casual sophistication. Here is how that breaks down.

FIND A COLOR SCHEME TO FOCUS ON!
We honed in on a navy and peach color scheme for the accessories, largely due to this insanely beautiful vintage kilim rug by OLD NEW HOUSE, that Sarah found. It’s just the right punch for layering along with the stripes, and not too distracting, which was something we had to consider with the striped layer. It’s not a hard and fast rule to put ONLY navy and peach in the room, its just a good guide when selected the art and the accessories and styling them throughout the room.
BRING IN THE TEXTURE!
Mixing in natural elements helps to achieve a warm depth to the design.
- Wood & Seagrass
  The coffee table, the baskets, the teak wood bowl and any art gallery frames will keep the overall vibe earthy and down home. We are leaning towards the warm pines and lighter Scandinavian farmhouse tones when it comes to the wood elements.
- Fur & Textiles
  The deep textures of the vintage textiles, from the silk of a handwoven ikat to the nubby quality of the handwoven and hand-dyed mudcloth, play together nicely. The textural fringe of the denim mudcloth juxtaposed with a sheepskin to toss about is never a bad idea. Over the back of a chair, the side of the sofa, over top a round pouf for extra seating… pieces like this can be very versatile and promise to good anywhere they land in the room.
- Metals
  Copper also adds another layer of depth to this design with the added benefit of sticking to the overall color vibe.
SELECT A BASE UPHOLSTERY
We are leaning towards a performance linen-like polyester for this home with young kids. The family needs “light and airy,” but when it’s peanut butter and jelly time, they also need to be able to keep it clean. This 95% polyester / 5% linen upholstery should do the trick for that 8 feet of radical luxe English Roll Arm sofa we suggested.

As always, we pulled out some individual items for our homeowner to consider for purchase, along with a corresponding Pinterest Board, seen here. Items can be shopped directly from the list, or used as mere suggestions.

This pretty much wraps up the deliverables to our client. We always send these off with a dire hopes that they client is receptive to our ideas. Tina let us know that we opened her eyes to a few easy changes that she could make around the home, and she felt great about having a long term plan for the large items and the built-ins that she could pursue as resources make way!

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