family room fireplace freshie

January 18, 2017

We're a few weeks away from moving into Casa Saccullo and the paint job was just completed yesterday! Woo! Our painters did an amazing, meticulous job. I would recommend them in a heart beat if you are looking for someone in the Bay Area.

The fireplace was one of the many paint makeovers we gave to the interior. It's amazing how a fresh coat can really transform a space! Here's the "before" shot:

As you can see, the walls were a sad antique white and combined with the floors, it was doing nothing for the space. (Not to mention the staging!).

Although I appreciate a natural stone fireplace I just felt like the look was dated overall. There were skeptics regarding the fireplace repaint, but I stuck to my guns. I'm a "light and airy" person through and through and I knew I wouldn't regret it! We did the walls, fireplace and ceilings in Benjamin Moore "Chantilly Lace".

Im in love with the result and can't wait to show more progress pics as we move in and make the house our home!

What do you think?

~L.S.

Farmhouse Glam

January 12, 2017

A few weeks back I was enlisted by a Laurel & Wolf client to finish designing her dining room and breakfast nook. The client is a popular blogger with about 100K Instagram followers and had been gifted the following pieces by Raymour & Flanagan in return for a home decor feature on her blog.

Fair Harbour Seven Piece Dining Set for the Dining Area

Kenton 5 Piece Dining Set for Breakfast Nook

Although she does not mention it in her feature, she hired Laurel and Wolf behind the scenes to help design both rooms and "glam" them up a bit, with a budget of less than $5K.

Here is where I stepped in. Although I admit to you that I would have never specified these furniture pieces, I love a good challenge! Here are some before pictures of the spaces:

With super tight time, budget and vendor constraints, I got to work cozying up and styling the space. Here is what I came up with:

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Although Laurel and Wolf and I didn't receive credit in the blog post for pulling this all together, it's still fun to see the results, photographed professionally! I will give us a little pat on the back for a job well done :-) Because if I don't, who will?

So, what do you think? Since we were on such a tight deadline, it looks like some of the pieces may not have arrived in time for the photoshoot, so I see that she improvised with similar, and it works well!

I really think the rug from NuLoom is my favorite - it brings it all together with the casual warmth, texture and pattern for a boho-chic-country feel.

Farmhouse Glam Slam.

~L.S.

PS- Have you ever had someone pass off your work as their own? How did it make you feel? Tell me in the comments below!

Photocred: Kara's Party Ideas (how cute is this flamingo themed party?)

go shorty, it's ya birthday

December 30, 2016

I can't believe LS Interiors is turning the big TWO! We'll always be a year behind Miss Avery Etta, who was in large part my reason and inspiration for starting my own design business. I always like to take this time of year to look forward, but also look back and reflect on all the goodness the year has brought to my business.

I feel so lucky that we were able to have the opportunity to move to the Bay Area, but of course this provided some obstacles for my fledgling business which was just starting to get rolling in NYC. I basically had to start from scratch and network hard to get up and running here in the Bay Area! But I'm always up for a challenge.

A huge thank you to my NYC clients who wanted to continue to work with me digitally 3,000 + miles across the country and in completely different time zones. And for my new Bay Area clients who were willing to take a chance on me :-)

Anyways, with no further ado, here are the year's highlights in review, in (sort of) chronological order. So lucky to have worked with each of these lovely clients, among others which have yet to be completed/photographed. Those will have to go on the 2017 list. Now, let's look forward.

~L.S.

The Nature Conservancy's Manhattan Office

A Newlywed Couple's Transitional San Francisco Home

A Young Professional's San Francisco Studio

A Chihuahua Lover's Apartment in Oakland, CA

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