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Styling a Bookcase

4/20/2020

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We decided to take you along and show you our process of styling one of our bookcases in the store. Follow these steps and send us a photo of your newly styled bookcase!

Step 1: Start with an Empty Bookcase

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Clear off your bookcase to start fresh. Pull together the items you want to use. Include some sentimental pieces in order to make it feel personal.

Step 2: Place Your Books

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Place your books first in order to space them apart on your bookcase. We want them to become part of the decor so try to arrange them nicely. Try using corbels as bookends, stack like colored books together, or even put your books at an angle. Putting all of your books on one shelf pulls all of the visual weight to only that shelf. Spreading them out will help balance that weight. 

Step 3: Place Your Larger Items

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Choose some larger pieces to fill out your bookcase without making it look cluttered. These pieces should balance out your bookcase even before you fill in with smaller items. Try to find some pieces with texture. On this bookcase, we used woven lanterns, a custom floral arrangement, metal cubes, and a porcelain floral vase. 

Step 4: Fill In and Layer

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This is your last step! Fill in any gaps on your shelves and don't forget to layer some items! We layered by adding a bird and a votive to the top of a stack of books and a floral orb in front of the sign. These last touches complete your look! Enjoy your styled bookcase! 
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Monthly Inspirational Mood Board: Styling a Room around our Tanzin Wood Wall Panel

4/14/2020

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This month we were definitely ready for a new design challenge, and we had a lot of fun with this one! We decided to style a room around one of our favorite pieces in the store, our Tanzin Wood Wall Panel. Again, we each picked a different room to style so you can see how versatile this piece really is. Just like last month, we each designed our rooms separately in order to utilize our own personal style and inspirations. 

The Tanzin Wood Wall Panel retails for $699.98 and is available in our store for purchase. Call us at 314-274-8717. At this time, we are offering Contactless Curbside Pick-Up.

Styling a Screened-In Porch

Angie's Design
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"Our inspiration for this month's design board is our beautiful wood and brass artwork. It is truly an outstanding piece! This piece could go in any room of your house, but this time I chose a screened-in porch, mainly because it sounded like fun. I chose Sherwin Williams SW 9059 Silken Peacock paint color, which is a deep teal, for the main wall. The other three walls will be the screen window area with white as the wall color. I have added this decorative console with the artwork placed above it on the teal wall and added the side table in brass and marble to coordinate with the artwork. I wanted the screened porch area to be practical as well as casual and fun, so I added the patterned tile on the floor. I chose tile because it will prevent weather or spills from damaging it, and it is easy to clean. The pattern I picked is randomly placed on the tile so it keeps it casual, and it again adds color and depth to the room. Since the tile has an assortment of teal, blue, tan and brown in it, I went with a solid teal indoor/outdoor rug. I loved bringing in some fun with my choice of a swinging daybed for the seating, and a couple of weathered gray chairs along with the accent color of salmon in the pillows to liven things up. I think the combination of all these items worked great together to create that fun and casual feel to the area."
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Styling a Home Office

Alyssa's Design
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"When we decided to design a room around this wall piece, I immediately knew I wanted to use it in a home office! It is such a zen piece, and I thought it would be beautiful in such a calm area of your home. Because I knew the wall art was a neutral piece, I wanted my furniture to have a little more character, and immediately paired it with this sea blue desk. I chose two flanking bookcases that had a fun and open style to them to keep the room from feeling too heavy. I then picked a rug that would bring in a lot of color, while still being tranquil enough for someone to get a lot of work done without being constantly distracted by a bright pattern. From there, I chose the wall color as Sherwin Williams SW9135 Whirlpool. Again I wanted the room to have an overall calming feel, so going with a blue/grey helped tone down my colorful rug. A neutral desk chair offset by two patterned accent chairs balances the room, and I pulled it all together by bringing out the brass from the wall panel in the lighting fixture, the accent chairs, and the side table."
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