The Barn

We were happy to share our talents to decorate The Barn at the Church Triumphant, Pasadena, Texas. This building originally housed the young adults, Cross Culture,  for classes and events.  It is now not only for that purpose but will also facilitate a bi monthly Ladies Prayer Group, Men's Bible Studies, events for all adult groups along with the Amp'd Ministries Youth Group.  Here is a video done to invite TCT members to an open house last Sunday.  The renovation of the kitchen and dining room was done by a former contractor in our church.  We did all space planning, ordering furniture, purchasing accessories and styling.  We also suggested the storage area that is now behind the teal wall divider that also solved a real eye sore of a heater, some wiring and other elements.  Not seen in this video are the chairs ordered that have not come in yet that will go around the 2 game tables. There is one purchased to show members the choice of the chair and color and finish.

Austin Client, Rod & Jan

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The stained glass art was not part of the previous decor.  It just got caught in this photo.

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 The above picture is now where the large painting is.

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Getting a slight view of the split level library from entry.

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This is the other recessed niche on the left side of fireplace, before:

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Before:  we will have a better after photo once room is complete with drapes.

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More to come.

"Lighten Up" Re-Do

My mother wanted to change her bedding that was given to her for her first makeover to a lighter bedding.  This meant new drapes also.  View here the first makeover one year ago, then continue on this post to see a slight transformation. 

Enjoy!

Nothing like fresh pillows to make your bedroom have a new life.  These gold buff pillow cases by Ralph Lauren are a perfect blend of coziness to this new bedding ensemble.

We were able to use the same decorative pillow from the last makeover, a nature print with the perfect colors of our accent color theme.

For some repetition of our accent color, we opted for a large scaled clear vase with some

fabulous sized lemons.

Love this old antique find that has been in the family for some time now.

While on this trip, we also freshened the formal living room, using everything she already owned.

The changes made everything look new and fresh.  New drapes were added.

With  just a few fresh items, this room came to life.  The very tired sofa actually just needed some fresh Euro

pillow inserts and made the sofa look like a new one!  Adding a few other fresh accessories, we found

a good balance of  scale, proportion and rhythm.

This is the dining room.  We had to work around a freezer but found a

good solution to bring your eye to some beauty.  

It was such a joy to be able to spend an entire week with my beautiful 84 (!) year old mother.  She worked right beside me all the way.  View the guest room we also did on this trip here.