Hi Hadley Court readers, this is Leslie Carothers, guest posting for friend and client, Leslie Hendrix Wood, who is on Spring Break this week with her family. [ Isn’t the above picture beautiful? It’s of the breakfast area in a kitchen designed by Susan Serra CKD for American Standard’s new brand, DXV, and features a removable wallpaper mural by Customized Walls on top of which has been placed original art – see more on DXV below ]
If you’ve been following along in my series this week, you will now know How Hiring An Interior Decorator Can Save You Money.. and Make You Money, How Much It Costs To Hire a Luxury Interior Designer and The Legal Differences Between the Titles “Interior Designer, Interior Decorator and NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer.
If you’ve read these posts, you’ll now have lots of accurate, specific knowledge about the process and benefits of working with an interior design professional, what to be aware of, legally, and a very detailed breakdown of much to be prepared to invest -if you are a luxury purchaser of interior design services.
Today, I am going to take you on a stunning visual before and after tour and show you, from inspiration to elevation to completion to closeup, what 6 luxury interior designers are capable of creating…from their imaginations.
What I’m sharing today will demonstrate visually for you how designers can take your own vision for your home, amplify it through their experienced, artistic eye, to create something so special, so unique, that it would be hard to do it on your own.
The 6 rooms, 1 kitchen and 5 bathrooms, that you’re about to see were created for one of the Design Bloggers Conference’s “Luxury Kitchen and Bath * sponsors, American Standard, who created a new, ultra luxury plumbing and fixture brand, http://dxv.com , to celebrate their upcoming 150th year in business. It debuted at the Design Bloggers Conference.
This initiative, led by Nora de Palma for her PR client, American Standard, whom both Leslie and I had the pleasure of meeting for the 1s time at Phipps Plaza after Suzanne Kasler gave her excellent keynote, was curated by our friend Veronika Miller, of http://modenus.com and is an example of the finest in brand/blogger partnerships.
American Standard is to be commended for helping luxury consumers understand the design process end to end through the compelling visual content on their site. I hope you will take the time to go through it, by clicking on their logo below. It’s an example of excellence.
Now, are you ready to meet the participating designers, the US’s Susan Serra CKD { the kitchen }, Mary Douglas Drysdale, Cheryl Nagle Kees Clendenon, Marilyn Russell, and Canada’s Corey Klassen and Meredith Heron, and see how they went from inspiration to elevation to completion to close up?
Let’s go!
Starting with Susan’s kitchen, I will show you 4 pictures from each designer { as long as they’re available }: 1. an inspiration board – {one of the things you might expect to see at your second meeting with an interior designer – if you’re a purchaser of luxury design services } 2. an elevation, 3. The completed room and 4. A close up of one of American Standard’s new DXV fixtures featured in their designs.
SUSAN SERRA CKD
INSPIRATION BOARD { not available }
This is a working drawing Susan did, done on AutoCad, which shows her vision for her DXV outfitted kitchen
ELEVATION:
COMPLETION:
CLOSE UP:
MARY DOUGLAS DRYSDALE
ELEVATION
COMPLETION:
CLOSE UP
MARILYN RUSSELL
ELEVATION
COMPLETION
CLOSE UP
CHERYL KEES CLENDENON
INSPIRATION BOARD
ELEVATION
COMPLETION
CLOSE UP
COREY KLASSEN, CKD
INSPIRATION BOARD – HAND RENDERED
ELEVATION
COMPLETION
CLOSE UP
MEREDITH HERON
An Inspiration Board Was Not Available
This type of working drawing is called an isometric and is very useful to help you visualize your project
ELEVATION
COMPLETION
CLOSE UP
It is my hope, readers, after seeing these before and afters of the design process, as so elegantly produced by the DXV team, that you will now have a much better visual idea of why hiring a luxury interior designer is a worthwhile investment in helping you create the home of your dreams.
To view all 4 beautiful new DXV collection “movements” just introduced by #DBC2014 sponsor, American Standard, please click this picture
.And lastly Hadley Court readers that may be potential purchasers of luxury interior design services:
Share every idea and picture you have with your interior decorator, be honest about what you can invest and your timetable and then, whether its Leslie Hendrix Wood or one of the designers above or one you already know in your local area, trust them to amplify your own vision through their creative and artistic sensibilities, that are sharpened with resource knowledge that is impossible to have without years of experience, and then empower them to fly free.
If you do this, you will enjoy a beautiful, fruitful, harmonious business relationship and they will do everything possible to create a masterpiece of gracious living for you and your family to enjoy for years to come.
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Leslie Carothers
for
Leslie Hendrix Wood
Decorator
Chancellor Interiors
Midland, Texas
Founder and Editor In Chief
http://hadleycourt.com
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Thank you!
Nice designs.. I just love it.
Dear Leslie,
you have a new fan in me. Your blogs are helpful, inspiring, and well thought out. Thank you for sharing. I love how you’re showcasing each designer’s work process here. I am at the beginning of my career, and it is tremendously helpful to see other people’s process. It’s very important to me to find out what helps my clients most in visualizing the project.
Good luck to you! Thanks again for sharing and taking the time to write about design. I am looking forward to reading your future blog entries. Best, Christin