Volume 37: December
What a year
It's our last newsletter of 2024 - our 20th year anniversary! Was it the easiest year? No. Did we have a blast continuing to work with amazing clients and remodeling their homes? Absofreakinlutely!
GREEN INSPIRED KITCHEN
Did you see our sneak peek from last month? Well, here it is!
We had so much fun designing this project with some really wonderful clients. They were ready to say goodbye to their 90s kitchen and hello to more color with natural wood accents.
The Smeg refrigerator was a must-have and plays into the vintage styling our client loves. A 36" range allows for more more pans on the cooktop as well as a larger oven. This was especially important as our client is an avid baker!
We chose a palette of green, brass, and oak to suit their tastes with touches of pink throughout. Shades of green can be found in the cabinetry and refrigerator as well as the lovely garden backdrop through the windows . Oak upper cabinets were designed to tie in with the new red oak floor. Rounded oak detailing can also be found in the paneled vent hood.
There are vintage touches throughout the kitchen and dining room to complement their 1930s cottage-style home with plaster walls and many original hardware features. This can be seen in the shelf brackets, cabinet hardware, and modern light fixtures that give a nod to the past.
To make better use of the square footage, we enclosed a narrow staircase to the driveway to make room for the pantry and to relocate the refrigerator. Cabinetry and countertops were installed to the back corner to highlight the beautiful view from the corner windows which had previously been hidden. The standard doorway going into the kitchen was enlarged to an open arch that mirrors the existing arch between the dining and living rooms along with the arched niche in the dining room. We designed the built-in buffet style cabinetry to improve storage and in a more formal style to appear as it could be original to the home.
A LOOK BACK
2024 played out a bit differently than years past with some surprises along the way. We were still able to work with our wonderful clients, attend fun and educational events, and continued to work on new challenges that helped us grow.
Our projects continued to bring new opportunities to flex our design muscles including prepping a family home to be listed for sale and more than one client making updates post-heartbreak. Both scenarios allow us to help clients create a fresh start, new beginnings if you will. We were successful in updating a five bedroom, three bathroom house in a competitive market to obtain top dollar and minimize time on the market. Top to bottom and inside and out, we selected paint colors and fixtures to allow the house to be home for the next owners.
It's always a perk when our projects are featured in the media; we were very proud of our Bathroom of the Week featured on Houzz. This all new bathroom was designed for dear repeat clients in a traditional style for their Tudor style home in Seattle. The NKBA Puget Sound Gala was a highlight, too, as we won awards for our Powder Room and Small Kitchen designs!
We continue to give back to our community as I was elected as the ASID Washington State President-Elect. I was active in ASID since attending design school and choose to be active again as we have a fantastic group of designers, vendors and manufacturers in Washington!
As we shared with you last month, we supported Providence O'Christmas Trees by designing a tree for their auction at the Westin Seattle, themed Christmas Memories. That tree was able to bring in $18,000 in donations for Providence Home and Community Care and was donated back to one of their residences. All good reasons to donate our time and efforts.
STAY TUNED FOR NEXT MONTH!
We have some new pictures in the works of a Bellevue home that we are updating with a sophisticated color palette and show stopping wallcoverings! You may have seen some behind the scenes on our Instagram page.
All the best to you and yours as we say goodbye to a helluva year and spend time with our loved ones.
Hugs to you from all of us!
