2002 symphony house

under construction.

a watercolor i did of the final house.

in 2001, allen was approached and asked if he would be the general contractor for the 2002 knoxville symphony showcase house. needless to say, we were thrilled. we worked together to assist the owners with the "basic" selections of the house...everything from the brick to the flooring, including these:

they have an oak border, and the interior is walnut and maple. if you can't tell, i have a thing for checkerboards! i have put some form of checkerboard in every house we have built or remodeled.


about halfway through the construction, the homeowners found out that they were expecting their first child. so, i volunteered to design their nursery and adjacent bath for them. we didn't know if it was going to be a boy of a girl, so i went with a gender-neutral space that i felt still had a lot of personality. here is the inspiration board i presented to the symphony design committee:

here are a few in progress shots, as well as a picture of the vintage armoire "before":

and, here is the after:

here is the bathroom:

 I had so much fun designing this nursery! even though it may look very expensive, it was actually done on a pretty tight budget. in fact, a lot of that furniture ...the rocking horse, small table/chair set, shelf, and ALL of the accessories are mine. ( the room only needed to be staged during the symohony open house, and the homeoweners didn't want to spend too much money...)  the crib belonged to the homeowners and was painted black. the vintage armoire was around $150, and we bought many of the fabrics on ebay, including the window fabric--called "bangalore" from schumacher. it is discontinued, but  i love that fabric so much, that i still search for it on ebay.

the bumpers are made from a vintage popcorn chenille spread. 

the shower curtain was designed by me, and made by a talented seamstress that i worked with often. the shower curtain is actually hung from the soffit of the shower entry by a simple bamboo rod.

i used the same detail for these window treatments as i did in olivia's first bedroom. i love the sawtooth detail, and the crystals hung at the ends add a sense of whimsy.
i designed the "boxes" around the window treatments as well. the valances were simply attached to the inside of the box with velcro.
the stamped stars on the ceiling were a pain to do, but really added to the room.
you can't see the chandelier in the room, but there were 5 shades that i painted in that darker green (the color inside the armoire) with polka dots in the same yellow-y color on the ceiling. ugh. i really wish that i had taken more pictures.

the paint colors are: 

bedroom walls:

white sage

bedroom ceiling/bathroom walls:

lions mane

i think these are sherwin williams colors.

I love the unusual mix of colors. the fabric was the inspiration behind the palette. 

I also have a thing for stripes. as if you couldn't tell.


oh, and here's a look at the completed study with the checker board floors. i believe the designer's name is stephen bishop.  his room (besides the one i did) was my favorite.