Brilliant Color

No doubt cleaner and more calm interiors are all the norm now.  This current attitude for today's interiors can be manipulated by a talented designer to create either a more casual environment or a more sophisticated environment.  It all depends upon the furnishings, textures and a few well chosen accents.  One such accent is artwork.  Artwork can inspire, add emotion and most certainly can add brilliant color.

Color can transform any interior into a vibrant dynamic space.  This Master Bedroom, recently completed by Schelfe and Associates, has on overall calm and pleasant feeling to the room and with the addition of a few well chosen pieces of art, the room comes to life! 

Work In Progress...

Schelfe and Associates is well into design implementation of a luxury penthouse condominium.  This project located at the top floor of a high-end luxury condominium in Raleigh, North Carolina, is schduled to be completed in February 2012.  

Working closely with the Owner, Schelfe and Associates has crafted a new 4 bedroom home within the exisitng 3,000 square feet of space.  This new home will feature a kitchen with bamboo cabinets, quartz stone countertops and a contemporary marble backsplash.  New deep stained hardwoods floors will be installed throughout and accented with stained Sapele hardwood doors. 

demolition phase...

work under progress...

The interior for this new home will showcase a warm and contemporary sleek look.  A color palate of khaki and cream tones accented by deep chocolate and gold tones will provide the background colors.  Additional accents of crimson red will be highlighted throughout the home.

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"Work In Progress"...

The Washington Post "House Calls"

Recently The Washington Post came knocking on the door of Schelfe and Associates.  Tim Schelfe was asked to provide a design vignette for a weekly column in the Washington Post called "House Calls".  House Calls has been a popular column for the Post in which homeowners contact the Post asking for serious design help on a home project.  The designer would then work with the existing space, provide design ideas and provide the creative direction to get the project done.  The designer is also challenged to work with a moderate fixed budget and the selections need to be sourced locally and available for purchase directly by the homeowner.

Tim's challenge was to redesign a Family Room.

The Before...  

The After...

Tim created a less cluttered contemporary style for the new look of this Family Room, including adding a creamy white sectional, a circular cocktail table with a polished chrome base and matching wood stained consoles flanking the fireplace wall.  Accents of crimson red and burnt orange add color and detail to the room!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home-garden/2011/11/16/gIQAy4qNlN_story.html

A punch of color!

How do you add a splash of color to a room without changing the entire room?  Well in this case we did it with the draperies!  The owner of this traditional style Dining Room needed window coverings that would bring together the colors from the area rug, dining chairs seats and the wall color.  Also the drapery design needed to reflect the quality and traditional style previously established for the home. 
Before....

After...

A printed fabric with a coral color background was choosen as the body for the drapery.  The fabric has a soft green garland design accented with aviary details in gold, green and pale blue.  The draperies are further accented with a tassle fringe which helps define the edge of the panels and adds dimension to the overall design.

8th Annual Business of Design Conference

The past three days the gang from Schelfe and Associates were in fabulous New York City to attend the 8th Annual Business of Design Conference.  This Conference, founded by David Shepherd, brings together designers from many of the top Interior Design firms from around the country for two days of business networking, seminars and learning opportunities.

Tim, Ruth Anne and Marlene had a great time networking with all the friends they have come to know over the past seven years of attending this Conference.  Guest speakers such Stefan Sagmeister, Stanford professor Dr. Jennifer Aaker and Luxury Market consultant Steve Nobel presented topics and helped facilitate the Conference. 

Ruth Anne, Tim,  Marlene at the end of the Conference and the traditional "Champagne Toast"

The Conference also included a behind the scenes "back of house" tour of the Kravet Design Offices in NYC.  Kravet is the industry leader in to-the-trade home furnishings, including fabrics, furniture, wall coverings, trimmings, carpet and accessories.  The private tour took us through two floors of the Kravet Design Offices and we were able to look, touch and feel new fabrics and patterns under design development.  We also viewed new ideas and concepts for the Kravet furniture line and the Kravet Custom Rug collection.

A Kravet designer explaining the newest items soon coming to the design market.

Showing off the delicate details of a traditional Chinese Block print.

New York City from "Top of the Rock", 30 Rockefeller Center.