A Client Reveal. Before And After.

By tiffbrooks on March 18, 2015 • ( 25 Comments )

I love a before and after blog post.

I was hired to redo all of the main areas in this 7000+ square foot home, section by section.

And we just finished the first section! Not too many words to say on this one. Just photos…

I lie.

I am going to touch a little on the process… With a room shaped this way, I had to start with a floor plan.

Damn. Lied again.

We started with what they were keeping. The fireplace. They told me a story about this faux finisher that spent hours meticulously painting the fireplace, and they did not have the heart to change it. You guys know about me and my fireplaces. I wanted to do a modern wood treatment with a series of 2 x 8 inch slats going in differing directions (horizontal, diagonal, etc.) But the story touched my heart and made me giggle a little too, so we kept it as is.

Here are the space plans I came up with:

I know what you hard-core design types out there are thinking…”Why didn’t I make the fireplace the focal point?” My answer: “Because, I did not want to!”

Kidding

My real answer is, I always let the end user determine the focal point. They hardly ever used the fireplace, but used the hell out of the TV. Also, with this much space I did not want to plop the TV over the fireplace. That would have been tragic. So, I came up with seating zones.

After I sent all three plans, the homeowners let me know they liked #3 the best.

Number three it was!

Here are the befores and afters.

Before

And then this happened…

After

the before

what happened

The Before

After By Tiffany Brooks

The After

The After

The After

The After

The After

The After

So… what do you think? Before I ask everybody what their opinions are, I have to tell you that my photographer Marcel Page shot the hell out of this thing.  He likes it when I mention him, so Marcel there you go.  🙂

Have an Amazing Day All!

Tiffany Brooks

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