Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts

Pets of Design: Share your TCI project with your pet!

For a fun break in design tips, we thought we'd share a special part of the design process that we find particularly interesting and exciting :)

As always, we strive to create a space for our clients that reveals who they are and a place they can be comfortable. For some, that means making a nook for their kids…. 
while others it means…
PET friendly!

Pets are important members of many households… 
so therefore they play a huge role in the design process!

We hope these pictures bring a smile to your face as we describe a few tips to make a house more friendly for your furry friends.

- The bedding must be washable

  see more of this TCI project HERE

- the furniture must be durable and scratch free

 see more of this TCI project HERE

- the fabric must be scotch guarded 

see more of this TCI project HERE

- the floor covering must but pet friendly (rugs not having a loop construction)

see more of this TCI project HERE

- and you must have an awesome Animal Hospital to take them to!!

 see more of this TCI project HERE

 - Lastly, you must always take time to give them a pet or two:) 
(say hi to Ozzy, my sweet shitzu)




If you are a past client and have a pet in a TCI project, we'd love to see it!! 
Share your photos on Facebook and tag Traci Connell Interiors!! While you are there, be sure to "like" our page!!

Summer Whites : Incorporating the most simple color

What is better during the summer than a cool clean look?? 

WHITE is the best color to incorporate.

It is clean, simple, bright, light, airy…. and much more.

How do you incorporate it correctly?? 
Read on to find out!
 These furniture pieces from Vanguard and Bernhardt are perfect accent pieces to add to your home. You can also add a pop of color to these for an additional interest. OR you can choose to create a simple monochrome color palette. 
These light fixtures from Robert Abbey are amazing
 statement pieces to add to a white palette.

See a few of our "white" projects that have been completed and see how TCI incorporated this stunning color.

A perfect WHITE chandelier:

An adorable white bathroom:

Two gorgeous WHITE kitchens:


How can you put WHITE to good use??

Top 5 Design and Inspiration Websites and Blogs

Do you find yourself surfing the web for ideas, inspiration, 
or trends about interior design?

What about if you are building a new home or renovating a space?
 Need some ideas to help you along?

We have 5 favorite websites that we LOVE to utilize to their fullest capabilities. 
Step into our world and check them out!

1. Houzz : 
This is a website that allows professionals to create portfolios and upload images of their work. Anyone can go on Houzz and create "idea books" and add any photos that they like to their account. You can search with any keyword such as "sectional" or "white kitchen" and Houzz will show you any and every photo that has to do with that keyword. 



Many people may already be very familiar with this website ;) This website almost acts like another "search engine" in which you can literally search for anything you'd like and then "repin" photos to your "boards" that you create. Anyone can upload images to pinterest from online or your own computer.



DecorPad is a source for decorating, renovating, and home building. Anyone can upload images to their different categories and that makes these photos searchable to the web, giving everyone new ideas and inspiration!


While this is also a great magazine, their website is a great resource for any questions, tips and trends that may be going on in the world. There are many articles and photo galleries to search and browse.


Also another magazine that gives even more information and articles online. This website trends more to the DIY person and gives many tips and ideas for homemade design ideas.

Check these websites out and you might just find yourself 
ready to start your own project!!

Forming a Design around a Show Stopper

Many times when we start a design, we like to look for that "one unique piece" 
that will define what the space becomes. 

Whether that is a light fixture, a rug, a sculpture or a statement fabric print.. ANYthing 
can jump start the design, it's just our job to find it!

In this particular current project, we began this dining room around this amazing 
Currey and Co Serena Chandelier
The aqua crystal orbs make the chandelier formal and different at the same time. 


Once we had decided on this "show stopper", we were able to pull wallpaper, 
chairs and fabric to dress the rest of the room.

As you can see, the chandelier is the center! (literally ;)

Check out these design images and guess 
what their showstoppers are!

Hint: LIGHT FIXTURE!

Hint: WALLPAPER!

Hint: AREA RUG!

Hint: ARTWORK!

Let us help you find YOUR "one unique piece"!

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