(the vintage mid-century coffee table moved from one living room to the next)
one of my design values is flexibility. this belief was greatly deepened after living through the pandemic and understanding on a whole new level that sometimes your bedroom will serve as your office or the location of your online therapist, your living room might need to be transformed into your gym or where your family has a dance party and your back deck might also be a classroom. so i like to think of the furnishings in a home as a group of friends. i want them to be able to socialize in various configurations and settings so that you have the flexibility to move a rocker from your child’s room to the living room to your own bedroom (as i did over the years) and the pieces still make sense together. these ideas and intentions come to the forefront with a move.
having just made a pretty big move from colorado to california, i know that transporting all of your possessions across the country or even across town can be exhausting and overwhelming. but it’s also a time for reflection about what you really love, how your family functions and what your greatest needs are. maybe your living room sofa is the wrong shape for your new house but can land in a family room? perhaps the credenza that has always been in your dining room ends up in your new entry? when there is relationship among your furnishings throughout the house, you have much greater flexibility and opportunity for placement in the new one.
this family relocated from the south boulder hills to a warm, charming, but smaller home in eldorado springs (posted last week.) it was exciting and satisfying to reconfigure what went where in the new house, what pieces needed to be left behind and how to fill in the remaining holes.
SOUTH BOULDER: the original mid-century dining room.
ELDORADO: the marble dining table and moller chairs in the new house. the mid-century hutch was not able to come.
SOUTH BOULDER: the mid-century credenza and slatted coffee table from the original home were easily incorporated into the new house (see below.)
ELDORADO: the layout of the living room in the new house merited a new sectional sofa, which tweaked the color palette from blues to warm neutrals.
ELDORADO: the blues (felt rug, ottomans, patterned pillows) of the original living room were recomposed in the new family room. a peacock sleeper sofa was added for guests. the mid-century barrel chairs and coffee table were pulled from the family room of the original house.
SOUTH BOULDER: the original family room that was grounded in burnt red and golds.
SOUTH BOULDER: the original living had a large custom built shelving unit (and a smaller one) that thankfully fit in the new house’s family room.
ELDORADO: the records are stored in the new family room.
ELDORADO: the new primary bedroom.
ELDORADO: the patterned pillows from the original family room made their way into the primary bedroom.
SOUTH BOULDER: the wakfield bedside tables that also worked in the new house.
photos: HBK photography
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