(this sarah kinn painting migrated from above the fireplace in the first home to the open hallway in my clients’ new house)
last june we moved from boulder back to my hometown of berkeley. as it turns out, the new house is almost exactly the same size as the old house. of course, it is laid out differently and i have spent the last few months figuring out what goes where. some things ended up in the equivalent spaces: beds in bedrooms, dining chairs in the dining area… but some pieces found new homes. the living room rocker ended up in my bedroom, the lounge chairs that were separated in boulder were reunited in berkeley and put in our new reading area. artwork was hung in completely different spaces. i’ve been thinking so much about moving and wanted to share how we have shuffled and reorganized the furnishings and accessories when some of my clients have moved.
this family moved from a traditional colonial in north boulder to a modern farmhouse near the reservoir (posted last week.) while the architectural styles of the two houses are very different, a lot of pieces from their collection of furnishings were placed in the new house, if not in the same type of room. we had so much fun with the challenge of reimagining where things could go and how to creatively layer on new pieces.
FARMHOUSE: the tweedy gray swivel chairs in the new living room were pulled from the old office, as was the white tulip game table in the corner. * can you see the green-toned sarah kinn painting from the original living room hanging in the upstairs hallway?
COLONIAL: the original placement of the saarinen game table and the pair of swivel chairs.
FARMHOUE: the game table was placed under a vibrant abstract tree painting in the new living room.
FARMHOUSE: the new family room has photographs from the original dining room and is grounded by the blue patterned area rug and marble coffee table from the original living room.
COLONIAL: the original living room with the blue green color palette and the sarah kinn painting.
COLONIAL: the large scale photos from the original dining room that set the tone for the new family room.
COLONIAL: this beautiful, family art piece was originally hung in a nook in the primary bedroom.
FARMHOUSE: the restful gold toned painting was rehung in the primary bathroom of the new house.
COLONIAL: the graphic pillows and steel drum table from the original backyard were rehomed around the firepit of the new house.
FARMHOUSE: accessories from the original house warm up the firepit of the new house.
photos: HBK photography
to read about the colonial house click here, to read about the farmhouse click here