A Peaceful Blue & White Living Room

When we whipped up a custom mood board for Chantel (all the way up in Canada) a few months ago, we could not wait to see how her living room turned out. Well she’s baaaack! And she sent us a few fabulous after pictures along with this lovely letter:

Thank you again for all your assist with our living room in January. We followed all of your advice to the letter (except for the pillows because they hoped to charge me $200 to ship to Canada). I hope our replacements are up to your standards! We enjoy the transformation, and everyone who is visited has enjoyed it, too. I do not know how you did it, but you managed to make it feel like a beachy summer day in our living room, even though there is two feet of snow outside! And we hope you are up for another transformation. We will be sending you before shots and a plea for assist for our master bedroom later this week. Thanks again! – Chantel

Aw shucks Chantel, we are so pleased that you are so pleased! First lets remember what the room looked like back in January before the big makeover:

Chantel asked for “a beachy casual space” with pops of green and blue to work with a large work of art that she already had on hand for over the sofa. So here is the mood board that we whipped up for her (see more details about it here):

And here is her room after the big mood board makeover:

Sometimes a few plain changes can truly make all the difference. Switching out Chatel’s old leather sofa for a slipcovered one from Ikea and painting the walls a serene blue hue took the whole space from white on white to beachy and light. Painting the TV component shelf white and introducing another white piece of furniture under it truly made it appear more integrated and less invasive. And bringing in some texture in the rug, the sweet printed curtains, and even the woven table lamps that flank the sofa truly brought in to the casual-chic vibe that Chantel so desired.

She even took our advice and painted the nook above her fireplace a slightly deeper tone of blue to accent the lovely little mobile we found for her which serves as a charming focal point in the space. Gotta enjoy a 3D piece of art in an empty enclave simply begging for an airy and ethereal accessory.

And of course we adore the pillows that Chantel picked up to finish everything off! They are full of the same soothing tones that can be found around the rest of the space, and we enjoy that the stitched look mimics the printed curtains that we picked out. Deeelicious.

Thanks so much for the fabulous after pictures, Chantel! You’d never know there was snow outside with an airy and inviting living room like that! What do you folks think of her transformation? Did she not do an utterly remarkable job?! What is your go-to part? I am trying to decide between the mobile and those leafy curtains…

Update: We sadly can no longer find the time to take on client commissioned mood boards (we now whip up general inspiration boards instead) but if we ever reinstate them we will make a big announcement!