Inspiration Tuesday (Wednesday): Mixing Design Genres

I love many different design styles. I love shabby chic, old world, Asian fusion, cottage...the list goes on. For today's Inspiration Tuesday, I thought I would show you some great rooms that mix different styles together in one room.

First up: a kitchen redo that mixes modern elements with more traditional elements:




*Image from Country Living

The island is a great example of modern meets traditional with a modern stainless steel top and a traditional bead board bottom. The black and white floors and lighting fixtures over the island add to the traditional/vintage look, while the couches, window shades and bar stools add to the modern side.

This living room from an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is another good mix of styles.

The furniture is modern Victorian, the lamps mid-century modern, the clock has the look of an antique. All styles nicely compliment each other.

Of course, some decorating styles just mix naturally well. Asian inspired pieces and contemporary ones such as in this living room on HGTV.com go well together.

The trim on the walls make it look like a shoji (yes I had to look up the spelling on this one!)screen and the contemporary furniture make great pairings.

What design genres do you love? Are there certain ones you mix and match? Leave a comment. I like hearing from you...while most of you anyway. Kidding! Love you guys! :)

Happy Crafting!

Inspiration Tuesday: Before and After

So I decided that I need my inspiration earlier in the week. Hence forth Inspiration Tuesday! For this week's inspiring stuff, I thought I would show you all some before and after transformations.

First up is from Becki over at Infarrantly Creative. She redid her kitchen awhile back and I think it turned out fabulous!

Before:
After:For more pics of this great makeover and other great stuff like refinishing bargain finds, go check out Becki's blog.

Next, from Laure at At Home At Home, comes a great before and after of the WestEnd Lofts she has worked on.

Before:

After:

There are more great photos of this transformation over at her blog as well as some other great inspiration for modern, clean line decorating.

From Country Living (one of my favorite magazines) there is this living room makeover from a nasty 70's color to a relaxing blue and white.

Before:

After:

I love that they painted the back of the book shelves blue. It adds a pop of color without going overboard.

That's it for this week's inspiration. Have a great make-over you'd like to share? email me at ehinders [at] gmail.com

Happy Crafting!