Durham Transitional

After moving in the fall of 2019, our clients were anxious to enjoy their new home and entertain; however, they had very few furniture pieces to inhabit all 5,300 sf of the house.

They knew they wanted to keep the sofa they had just purchased for the living room, as well as their family room set and their king bed for the main bedroom. However, they weren’t sure what other pieces, fabrics and finishes would help them achieve a pulled-together, polished-looking space.

The clients wanted to ensure the design was harmonious and sophisticated throughout, yet relaxed and comfortable to match their lifestyle.

Amidst the pandemic in 2020, the clients came to us looking for help to make their empty home feel complete, beautiful and lived-in. Starting with a blank canvas, we helped them build a dreamy and elevated environment matching the grandeur of the home’s architecture.

A twist on the classic farmhouse style, this kitchen features integrated appliances, crisp white cabinets, countertops and tile, as well as a sleek, black-painted island and polished chrome fixtures.

Using the clients’ white linen sofa as a jumping-off point, we took into account their love for Charleston, South Carolina, and neutral tones to set the foundation for the room, then accented everything with pops of blue.

We wanted to make the space functional for entertaining many guests and to connect the room to their outdoor patio, so we provided plenty of seating as well as an oversized coffee table, great for enjoying aperitivos with friends, which can easily be taken outside to enjoy alfresco.

With contrasting wool, cotton, linen and velvet textures, as well as varying finishes of stone, metal and wood, the living room has a balanced and elevated feel. We pulled together a collection of furnishings, art and accessories to create a bespoke look that’s truly tailored to the clients’ desires for aesthetic and function.

Our clients knew they would be starting a family and wanted an informal yet stylish setting for casual dining. To meet their desire for relaxed sophistication, we had the dining chairs upholstered in performance chenille from Sunbrella, which is not only soft but cleans easily, eliminating the fear of stains.

We enriched our clients’ existing family room setting with polished nickel reading lamps as well as new throw pillows, tying in the blue accents seen in the rest of the home.

We then completed the look of the breakfast room with a pair of asymmetrical vases.

Because the main bedroom is located on the ground floor, our clients loved our idea of keeping their bedroom’s design homogeneous with the other ground-floor rooms we designed for them.

While the bedroom features more warmth, pulled in from their existing bed frame and complementary new dressers, the feeling our clients have when walking from their family and breakfast rooms through their living room and into their bedroom is the same: one of chic tranquility.

The rich, deep blue velvet and mohair fabrics we selected as accents in the room vibrantly pop and lure you in when paired with the crisp white bedding and warm wood and brass furnishings.