Creative Storage Ideas - Under the Stairs

How many of you utilize the space under your stairs? I love this photo that shows a great way to store items in drawers with style!

Related: Home storage ideas, Home office organization and storage tips, Home Renovation ~ Coat Closet, Black Banisters,

Summer Organizing Tips via Martha Stewart

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Beautiful Home Living: Kitchen Renovation

Wow, what an amazing transformation! From the wonderful windows with natural light, to the beautiful chandeliers and recessed lighting, it is all a glow!

A fabulous home renovation by Bradley Davidson here in Richmond, Virginia.

Wall color: Putnam Ivory, Benjamin Moore / Coast Green Marble Tops

See the before photo here.

Last week's Beautiful Living post: Bulletin Boards and Pegboards

Want more? See here for Interior Design ideas

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Home Renovation: A Well Organized Mudroom

How do you organize your mudroom? Add extra cubbies, lots of hooks, large baskets and even an extra shelf on the bottom for shoes... I am loving the beautiful wooden bench and the white beadboard making it a first class custom job.

Nice work by Bradley Davidson!

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Interior Design Ideas: Black and White Kitchen

Black and white kitchens are always so striking to me. Thank you to the Davidsons for sharing this remodeled kitchen. The bench seat and little nooks for special photos add charm to this lovely space! Perfect timing with the splash of

orange for Halloween!

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Beautiful Living : Casual Elegance

Remember the Davidsons? Well, here is their elegant living room adjacent to the fabulous wet bar. Turquoise and chocolate brown, sparkling mirrors and crystal lamps ... simply stunning! The Davidson's worked with Ryland Woodard, a Richmond based Interior Designer, who did an amazing job of transforming this space into an elegant room, yet casual enough to "live" in!

View the before shot here.

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Home Renovation: Small Closet to Wet Bar

Meet the Davidsons! Niki and Bradley Davidson, of Davidson Builders Inc., are established Class A contractors specializing in additions for indoor and outdoor living, and renovations ranging from whole house to individual kitchens and bathrooms. On Bright Bold and Beautiful, I will be sharing with you some of their DIY home projects, renovations and decorating ideas. Today, I want to show this fabulous wet bar they converted from a small closet in their own home.

Bradley states, "In the original build, this was simply a closet to fill the wasted space under the staircase. After some time, I realized the lack of use this closet was receiving and came up with the idea to create a small wet bar." The cabinet door front was built to resemble the inset cabinets used in the nearby kitchen and den built-ins. They found a remnant of Vetrazzo recycled glass and concrete counter top which is gorgeous and so unique. They chose a hand hammered stainless steel under mount bar sink from Elkay.

The shimmering green glass tiles are spectacular and the coordinating green glass door pulls {from Restoration Hardware} tie it all together! Bradley and Niki design everything first class. Even the glass shelves are floating on two stainless clips.

Can you believe the before and after shots?

Thank you Bradley and Niki for sharing this amazing transformation with us!

Next up with the Davidsons is the updated Mud Room with hard wood seats,

so stay tuned!

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Bright Ideas: DIY Wallpaper Project

When I saw this DIY wallpaper project by Shannon Frickle via Ada and Darcy I had to share it with you! This is such an easy and affordable way to transform your wardrobes, shelves, cabinets, etc... the sky is the limit on this fabulous DIY makeover. Take any scraps of your favorite wallpaper to line the insides of your dull and tired looking furniture.

More DIY interior design ideas to spruce up your home:

Home Renovation ~ Using Pegboards

Home Renovation ~ Paint Colors

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My Style in One Picture

I was excited to see that Ally From the Right Bank was having her

"What's your Style in one picture" challenge again. I did not have to think

twice about it! As a watercolor artist, it is only appropriate to feature a photo of

"my style" in "my art studio".

As previously mentioned here, my desk is made up of twoVika Artur trestles and a nice glass beveled edge top. I love my Jules swivel chair as well. Featured on the wall is my original watercolor dress painting and the wall color is Spring Mint by Benjamin Moore. If you would like to order this dress painting in a 9" by 12" print, click here.

IKEA Family Live

I want to give a shout out to Sarah at IKEA Family Live.

Thank you for featuring my home office (full of IKEA furniture I absolutely love, and enjoy every single day) in the IKEA Family Live gallery. Click here for more details about my IKEA items.

Check out their fun website with so many inspirational ideas!

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IKEA meets Pottery Barn

Here is a peek into the girls' rooms in the third floor renovation. They went with a vibrant and bright lime green color called Spring Meadow Green from Benjamin Moore paints. The twin beds are IKEA as well as the adorable bedside table. The colorful quilts and shams are Naomi from Pottery Barn Teen.

The IKEA Jules swivel chair is awesome.

Yes, they went with the same color which creates a nice flow throughout. This is the second bedroom with the IKEA double bed and the beautiful quilt and shams are Graphic Pop from Pottery Barn Teen.

I love this quiet spot for reading or studying.

Click here to see the before shots.

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Colorwheel : Spring Mint ~ and many thank yous!

All these photos would look great in my new studio...

Can you tell that this is my new favorite color?

A huge thank you to the following experts in their fields.

I could not be happier with their work!

Jeff Graeber of Graeber Homes: He is truly a professional builder and

a wonderful person to work with.

Rex Ficken : He custom built the island in the studio

among many other things! One of the nicest people and

an excellent trim carpenter.

Wayne Crump of Crump and Hughes, Inc: Professional painters

with an amazing attention to detail.

Mike Laroche of Laroche Construction, Inc: Truly a talented framer.

You can contact me via e-mail for their information.

laura.trevey@gmail.com

{photos via bbb flickr}

Art Studio / Home Office

I cannot tell you how happy I am that my new Art Studio is finished. Every morning the light pours in this bright and cheerful room and provides me with so much inspiration for the day! In the center of the room I created a custom island with wide shelves. I designed it specifically to store my watercolor paper which is 26" by 40". It is movable with casters on the bottom,

so I can place it anywhere in the room.

Remember this pegboard post? I created a large inspiration board to show my framed and unframed watercolors. I painted the pegboard the same Spring Mint color as the walls. Then I framed the pegboard with white trim for a finished look. This is the focal point of the room and the ultimate organizer.

The entire board measures 5 1/2 feet by 8 feet.

I use bull dog clips hanging on S hooks to display various works in progress.

Click here to see the wall before the renovation.

Over on the side of the room, I put in cabinets to store my supplies, with a dark teal/turquoise laminate top {which really looks like granite}.

Click here for before shot.

In this post, I mentioned we were taking a trip to IKEA. My desk is made up of two Vika Artur trestles and a nice glass beveled edge top. I love my Jules swivel chair as well. Featured on the wall is my original watercolor dress painting.

Another IKEA purchase that holds and protects my prints is the Alex drawer unit on casters. On top I have my new Hp wireless scanner and copier which I love. I picked a beautiful light wood flooring. This cleans well {in case I spill some paint} and is functional with all the movable furniture in the room.

I am big on organization. The fabric bins on my desk come from

Momfetti and Target.

My best-selling "Summer Breeze" giclee on canvas brings color to the room. These are great to place in a stand on your favorite table, or hang on the wall.

Thank you for coming by!

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Home Renovation: Bright Bathroom

We decided to go bright orange with fun mosaic tile accents in the full bath upstairs. We used brushed nickel Delta two handle faucets, and continued with the brushed nickel color for the cabinet knobs as well.

Framing around the mirror are the Anemone ~ Lux Sunshine Mix mosaic tiles from Morris Tile Distributors of Richmond. Aren't these cool?

On the floor, we used the same tiles in small diamond shapes scattered within the larger beige tiles. This adds an entirely new look to a simple plain tile floor!

{and more economical than you would think!}

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