WALLPAPER
When most stay away from wallpaper, we run to it! Wallpaper is a great way to add some MAJOR personality to a room. It can be funky, unexpected, and most importantly, a statement. Here are ten ways we used wallpaper to add some magic to our recent projects!
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This modern condo located in Tampa, Florida is the home of an avid antique and art collector. This soulful interior design project by Lisa Gilmore Design was featured in Rue Magazine. The modern condo was transformed into a moody artful living space. Featuring navy walls, an impressive art collection, Arts & Craft furniture, Art Deco collectibles, a home library and home office with major style. With wallpaper, fabric and lighting from William Morris, Frank Lloyd Wright & Kelly Wearstler.
Photos Seamus Payne
Picture this! A narrow dirt road shaded by a canopy of overgrown trees, as you turn every corner another home appears more beautiful than the next resting on acres of land. When you think it just can't any better we approach a beautiful white carriage style home with a winding driveway which charmingly states "Welcome Home."
With a growing family and renovation underway, our clients were eager to see the transformation come to life. For the family room, we paired a rich mocha leather sofa with hints of rust, and a classic herringbone pattern for pillows. With so many windows surrounding the room we wanted to allow for all the natural light to flow thru, but to soften the room we incorporated a cotton/linen drapery fabric. The drapery was one of our client's favorite with small scale sketches of birds in flight! If you ask me the pair of chairs upholstered in a grayscale peacock fabric stole the show. These two beauties sit perfectly together showing off their sleek and curvy profile!
Mixture of Pattern and Sunlight - Family Room by Lisa Gilmore Design
Profile Details by Lisa Gilmore Design
Birds a Plenty with Gorgeous Drapery Details
Oversized Round Wooden Coffee Table to Ground the Space by Lisa Gilmore Design
Designing for the master bedroom came with one request from our client- "must have the softest carpet!" With this simple request we were given free reign to create this moody yet refreshing space! Using this amazing wallpaper mural which resembled a storm rolling in on the ocean, we were able to incorporate other elements with drapery and lighting to help lighten the space. We placed abstract art throughout the room as well to help pull the moody hues throughout the space. In the corner of the room was the coziest plaid flannel chair I ever did have the pleasure to lay in. Literally laid in... this thing was heaven!
Master Bedroom Details by Lisa Gilmore Designs
A Moody Wallpaper Mural to Set the Tone in this Master Bedroom by Lisa Gilmore Design
The Coziest Chair and a Half Upholstered in the Softest Plaid Fabric
Room Views with a special guest- Master Bedroom by Lisa Gilmore Design
For the master bathroom we kept the transitional style of the rest of the home and introduced a industrial with a bit of glam flair . Since there was great variation from piece to piece we were able to use the same porcelain tile throughout the shower, vanity walls and floor, but changed the shape and or direction of the tile. The brass hardware and fixtures looked like beautiful jewelry on the espresso cabinetry, and paired lovely with the large sconces flanking the custom mirrors made at our local frame shop!
Elements of Brick, Hex, and Brass for this Master Bathroom designed by Lisa Gilmore Design
Original concept sketch for master bathroom.
Details of Hex Porcelain Floor. The worn embossed pattern makes this bathroom timeless and classic
This project will always be a near and dear one to my heart, and I hope you love the final outcome as much as I do!
Till next time!
Every once in a while, we get really lucky! We meet really fabulous people who invite us into their homes to design the perfect environment for them, then they ask us to do their workspace. This project was nothing less of that. A while back we completed the private residence for the CEO of The Penny Hoarder (photo tour of that beauty in the near future!). So, without question, I was more than thrilled to accept.
This space is a really cool space, earlier in the year, it was rehabbed and brought back to life by Boyd Construction. The building was on it's last leg (and rumored to once have been a brothel.) They took it to it's bones and made it shine, without loosing it's character of being a 100 year old building. It was a widen open blank canvas. That's where the LG Design team got to work.
Kyle, CEO of The Penny Hoarder, explained he wanted an open work environment. Places for people to collaborate, brainstorm and feel creative. He also wanted to incorporate cozy little spots for people to relax and have conversations. He believes in a healthy balance of work and play, to produce top knotch work. All while having a modern tone.
So we got to work...
A bright and sunny conference room overlooking Central Avenue.
An open writers area with individual desks. We decided to design the space with half walls to house all of our electrical needs while creating separation. We finished them off with old brick to bring in that 100 year old building vibe.
If you know me, you know we are going to try to sneak some wallpaper in somewhere! This time we decided to dress the long hallway with a plum/purple geometric pattern. I absolutely love how it looks with the copper accents throughout the space.
We also lined the hallway with tourqouise chesterfield sofas, the art was inspired by what started The Penny Hoarder -- couponing! So we had custom acrylic boxes made and filled them with millions of coupons. Okay, maybe not millions, but a lot! You get it...
While working in an open space is fun, we understand that sometimes you need some quiet spots to get your ideas out and pen to paper. That's where these glass "pods" came into play. Sleek, simple and efficient.
We mentioned Kyle likes to have a healthy balance of work and play, right? Well if this isn't proof enough... A shuffle board for those much needed breaks!
Just what would The Penny Hoarder HQ be without some fun with pennies? We love this coffee table featuring Lincoln made out of nothing other the copper pennies!
More creative writing and collaboration areas throughout the space...
A modern kitchen and break room featuring a stainless steel backsplash in the classic subway style.
Aren't these copper chairs the coolest?!
Last, but definitely not least, we had some fun in the bathrooms with a bold wallpaper and paired them with funky mirrors.
So what do you think? Isn't The Penny Hoarder HQ such an invigorating space? I feel like my creativity would constantly be flowing.
Tell us your thoughts below!
All photography by Native House Photography.
