Gaston Street Update

The install is so close! Kitchen is near completion, bathrooms are in and the entire  house smells like fresh paint. This project has come a LONG way in just three short months.  With the clients vision and fine local craftsmanship this downtown house has completely transformed. I can not wait to see all of the fabulous light fixtures,  furniture, and one of a kind finds put into place. Here is a sneak peak (I had posted more before photos a while back).

 All doors and most trim are Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray

 Arsenic (Farrow and Ball) banister runs all the way up 3 flights of stairs

 A view from the third floor looking down

 Before and After shots of the upstairs den.

                                           The first of many paint schemes ... and the FINAL. Arsenic pocket doors that separate the front parlor from the dining room. Amazing brass hardware coming soon!

The stairwell when we were playing with ideas.... below... New ornate trim designed By Harley. The stairs are now white with a light gray sea grass runner. Philip Jefferies Union Square wallpaper is being installed next week all the way up this wall. Excited!

 The foyer with its new wider entrance into the living room. Harley's work is so detailed ... as you can see in the butlers pantry pictured below.

 Dining room detail.... wait until you see the other side! The Ro Sham Beaux Annanas sconces look amazing in here.

One of the third floor guest bedrooms. This shot shows the ceiling color that runs throughout the entire house really well. Pavilion blue. We chose it because its arsenic dumbed way way down. looks so great.

You too can have a fabulous home like this one by contacting these amazing people:

Sam Carroll of Carroll Construction

http://samcarrollconstruction.com/ 

Harley Ashbaugh of AWD Savannah 

http://www.awdsavannah.com/ 

And yours truly ... Number Four Eleven 

www.numberfoureleven.com 

-COURTLAND

To paint or not to paint?

I love flipping through the latest shelter magazine and seeing something we have in the shop in a spread. Must mean we're doing something right around here. I saw this in the May 2012 issue of Elle Decor:

Took a few seconds until I realized that I sit eight feet away from that chair everyday.

It's got great shape and it's surprisingly really comfortable. Part of me wants to spray paint it a shiny bright color. Let's be honest, I see any piece of furniture and my immediate thought is to paint it. Think that would ruin it? What would you do - leave it au natural or spray it to change things up? I immediately thought of these examples of fun painted chairs...

Thoughts? Don't worry, I'm not actually going to paint this chair. Claire would probably murder me!

-Kathryn.

Quick tip.

I saw this photo and had to share...

 

Painting the edge of a door is the easiest way to add a pop of color in your space in under 10 minutes. Be bold and do something bright. Like really, really bright. Everyone is talking about neon these days, this is one way to jump on that bandwagon.

Off to go figure out which door in my apartment I'm going to do this to...

-Kathryn.