More Makeover Ideas

Blue walls, patterned slipcovers and a bold black-and-white drapery design

More design ideas from Sarah Gleason for the dining room makeover.  This time Sarah shows a great affinity for blue!  Blue walls in the first sketch and blue ceilings in the next two.   

Side panels with a sheer relaxed shade, blue ceiling and a black fireplace mantle.

Slipcovers for the dining chairs, new modern art for the buffet and blue ceiling.

We love the blue ceiling, it reminds us of a quiet, breezy porch.  The perfect spot to relax on a long summer afternoon.

Sarah loves the idea of a pool of blue above...

On my trip last summer, we had cocktails by the pool of The Viceroy Hotel.  I want my dining room to feel as elegant but my pool will be on the ceiling!  

 

Sarah has chosen a color for the ceiling.

Benjamin Moore, Madison Avenue 759 

 

Now on to wall and trim color, fabrics and furniture.  Here are a few more inspiration pictures of this refreshing color.

Check back for more updates as the dining room makeover continues....

A Dining Room Makeover: The Process Begins

 

Rowley Company is partnering with up-and-coming interior designer Sarah Gleason, SFG Designs, Richmond, VA to completely make-over a dining room.  

We will record the transformation here, on our blog, from the initial brainstorming and sketches to the final installation of window treatments.  

You can be part of the process by sharing your ideas and comments along the way,  and then participate in our live webinar broadcast on August 23, 2011 at 11:00 am EST where Sarah will join Rowley Company's Laurie Medford and Susan Woodcock to share the details of the room transformation including upholstery and window treatment techniques.

A room. A budget. A thousand ideas.

Sarah shares her thoughts with us... 

"I have run over 1,000 possibilities in my head for how this room should look. I am really having a fit deciding on paint colors...I keep leaning towards a teal, but have also considered yellow, apple green, and light gray.  The family room is dark gray, and I will be repainting the hallway a neutral.  Here is a picture of the dining room for you to see"

  

Inspiration

"I have always had a yen for black, white, and apple green....I am thinking Palm Springs...Rat Pack modern.....maybe apple green walls, pavilion-tent look curtains...I like that black and white trellis fabric from Greenhouse as chair back, with black patent or vinyl on the chair seats"

Greenhouse Fabrics from the Iman II collection, A1636 Black Jack

"I stayed at this hotel last summer, Riveara Palm Springs.  FABULOUS place.  I love the strong graphics, bright colors, modern artwork and very hip light fixtures"  

Check back for more ideas, inspiration, sketches, paint colors, fabrics and window treatment designs.