Elizabeth See | A WELL LIVED HOUSE

DESIGNING A TEEN BOY’S ROOM ON A BUDGET

by studiotullia | Nov 7, 2019 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN

FINAL REVEAL

Well here we are at the FINAL REVEAL!

I have to say I was cutting it pretty close as of last week. The painting was not yet complete and just last weekend my husband and daughter helped me get the wallpaper mural up. Phew!

So, here it is:

We used STOKES FOREST GREEN by Benjamin Moore on the walls. It really is a lovely green and it brings a lot of happy energy into the room. That’s our kitty, Henry, by the way.

The HIGH SEAS in Henderson Blue decorative wallpaper mural was done in partnership with REBELWALLS. The design was based off of an antique etching but the scale and color gives it a modern edge. The blue is a little softer on the eyes than the black and white version we almost went with. The mural really lightens up the room. I was afraid the green wouldn’t work with the mural but somehow it does. It stands on its and I kept the color palette on the bed pretty toned down. Mostly blues, whites and browns.

The duvet cover and sheets are from IKEA and the decorative pillows and plaid throw are from STUDIO TULLIA (the fabric is from Pendleton). I often use ticking on the backs of bedding pillows because it is so comfortable and utilitarian. If one side is too hot or itchy you can just flip it over.

The room was lacking light but after we put in the sconces on either side of the bed and the lamp on the desk, it seemed to provide enough light and cozied up the room.

FYI, sconces should be hung approximately 5 feet from the floor and 8″ away from the bed.

These sconces were from IKEA and not bad for $17 a piece! We just need to drill holes and hide the wires which is a quick fix by my husband.

The chandelier and lamp are also from IKEA. I purchased them over a year ago and I noticed the chandelier was on sale the other day so maybe it is being discontinued. I love the way the light shines through the holes in the copper lamp shade on the desk at night.

These paintings are by local artist Elizabeth See, who is a favorite of mine. We have various paintings of hers all over the the house.

The model planes are from a neighbor and I thought I’d try hanging them up in his room. They are pretty delicate so I am hoping they hold up. As you can see the curio cabinet is chock full of legos. Hard to know what to do with them all so this was one solution. He still wants more shelves for more and more legos.

Here is a detail shot of the curtains. They have the ribbon work which STUDIO TULLIA is so known for. They used to be in my dining room but were in really good condition so I held onto them. Glad I could reuse them for this room. I ended up using four pleated panels which works really nicely for this double window. (They need to be pressed!)

My husband took the pictures below with his phone using the panoramic feature. You can also get a sense of how it looks at night.

I will get a list together soon of the items I purchased for this room.

There are a lot of talented peeps out there who’ve been working hard for the last six weeks. You should check it out. Thank you Linda with Calling It Home for sponsoring this event which occurs twice a year.

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE FINAL REVEALS:

Here are the links to the featured designers and guest participants:

I’m going to spend some time visiting these other sites now that I can take a breath and chill out for awhile. Thanks so much for following along.

ORC FALL 2019 – ARTHUR’S ROOM WK 4

by studiotullia | Oct 25, 2019 | SUZANNE'S DESIGN PROJECTS

TEXTILES

This week’s focus was textiles. I am redoing the bed.

It will have:

1) One Duvet Cover
2) Two Euro Shams
3) One-Two Accent Pillows
4) A wool throw or quilt

I use a lot of cotton ticking in our house because it is so utilitarian. It lessens the cost of things when you put it on the back of cushions and duvets, for example, and it is soft and wears well. I found this denim fabric above at the WOOLEN MILL STORE and was told it is Levis denim, left over from a job they did. It washes really well. The blankets and pillows are available at STUDIO TULLIA and some are salvaged pieces I found in the “sold by the ounce” section of the store. They sometimes have left over Umatilla plaid that they use for their shirts and blanket fringe that I love to add to the ends of pillows.

My son reminded me that he wants the bedding to be super soft and not too itchy. As much as I love the vintage blanket below it may not work for that reason. I like how this blanket pulls all the colors in although that particular green is not really what he wants either. But I think this soft furry pillow might work.

HIGH SEAS WALLPAPER MURAL

We finally decided on the HENDERSON BLUE color way of HIGH SEAS.

The REBELWALLS wallpaper arrived within less than a week all the way from SWEDEN once we finally pulled the trigger. What a relief to have that decision made.

This next week is all about finishing the walls and getting the wallpaper up.

PAINT COLORS

This has been our greatest challenge. Arthur is holding firm on a pretty bold green. It will not tie into any other color in the room, but stand on its own. Let’s hope it works. The room is all prepped and ready for painting this weekend.

ART

The OWL painting above is by one of my favorite local artists, ELIZABETH SEE, that we are keeping in the room. We have lots of her paintings all over our house. She has an ETSY site if you want to check out her lovely work.

Recently I went to SCHOOLHOUSE ELECTRIC which is such a cool place. Not only the lighting, which is reproduction antique (schoolhouse) lighting, but they have all kinds of hardware, furnishings, art, textiles and a lovely cafe where I hung out for awhile.

I’m always inspired when I go in there. They have such creative displays and I love the interplay of new and old.

What I am liking for Arthur’s room is the graphic nature of their calendars and art work. I would like some sort of combination of images for over his desk so I need to get that together.

Things are getting pretty real with only two weeks left.

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE

There are a lot of great designers and DIYers working on rooms for the next couple weeks so you should check out their progress:

Wish me luck on the wallpaper installation!

Thanks as always for following along.

ORC FINAL REVEAL – UPSTAIRS HALLWAY AND STAIRS

by studiotullia | Nov 10, 2016 | DIY, INTERIOR DESIGN

At last! The FINAL REVEAL of my UPSTAIRS HALLWAY & STAIRS. I am so exhausted from the final last two days of pushing myself; painting the final coats on the walls, doors and dresser. Three coats seems to be the magic number for best coverage.

Just a little reminder that for years, the UPSTAIRS HALLWAY & STAIRS was a tangerine orange with some random furniture pieces and very basic lighting.

Here is a BEFORE SHOT:

Are you ready?

Here is the AFTER SHOT:

And here are a few more:

I wanted this to be a functional space for my nine year old twins. Charlotte’s room is too small for a dresser and she really needed a place besides the guest room across the hall for her clothes.

I painted an heirloom dresser WHALE GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE. The wool rug is a MOROCCAN RUG from WEST ELM that I added for warmth and color. The wall to wall carpet couldn’t be installed during this time frame. The STAR LIGHT is from POTTERY BARN and the Lamp in a Mid Century vintage find. The shade and baskets are NATE BERKUS for TARGET.

The horizontal reproduction beach painting was from ROSS and it served as my color inspiration for the room. Of course I’d love a beach photograph by GRAY MALIN but for now, this is what we’re working with.

The kids could use a mirror for getting dressed and I found this one at TARGET for $40. The antique bench was a GOODWILL find, with a cane seat and back. It was too folksy for the space with a carved heart in the back so I modernized it with the custom seat cushion and lumbar pillow in white and gray linen, custom made by STUDIO TULLIA. They are filled with down blend and super comfy.

The elongated arm was what I really liked about the antique bench besides the scale being perfect for the kids,

The flower oil painting above the guest room door is by ELIZABETH SEE, an Oregon artist.

SO, moving onto the GALLERY WALL in the STAIRWAY…here is another BEFORE SHOT (with our dog, Pumpkin):

And here is the AFTER:

Salon style GALLERY WALL of family photographs; mostly black and white photographs with some art thrown into the mix. I used black frames, white frames and a few vintage gold frames. I am still working on the wall with several more to go above these. It takes time to select pictures, frames and mattes. That was quite a project in itself. The limited edition print is by Italian artist, BAU and was from CR FINE ARTS, LTD.

I painted the ugly brown stairs white with gray treads along with the railing at the top of the stairs.

Here is the view from the bottom of the stairs. I found this basket made for stairs that is perfect for books, toys and other odds and ends that need to go back upstairs.

So, that is it. I will add some more pictures to this post later, however I am working on this remotely from Astoria, where we are staying for the weekend.

So check out the rest of the ORC GUEST PARTICIPANTS’ rooms HERE

And the ORC DESIGNERS, invited by the ORC Sponsor, CALLING IT HOME, who finished their rooms yesterday are HERE:

Here are all the sources I can think of for now:

WHITE WALLS – Mountain Snow by METRO PAINTS

WHITE SEMI GLOSS on trim and stairs – MILLER PAINT

GRAY DOORS – OWL GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE

GRAY TRIM on Railing & Stair Treads – WHALE GRAY by BENJAMIN MOORE

GLASS PENDANT – SCHOOL HOUSE ELECTRIC

MOROCCAN RUNNER – WEST ELM

BEACH PAINTING – ROSS

FLORAL OIL PAINTING – ELIZABETH SEE

ROUND MIRROR – TARGET

CUSTOM CUSHIONS on Antique Bench – STUDIO TULLIA

LAMP SHADE & BASKETS – NATE BERKUS for TARGET

BENCH, DRESSER, & LAMP – vintage finds

FRAMES on Gallery Wall from POTTERY BARN, IKEA, AARON BROTHERS, and a few vintage ones.

I hope you liked it! It feels much moire inviting and functional now. LIke we have gained an extra room.

Thanks so much for following along! Have a great weekend.

Best,

Suzanne

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE 2016 -WEEK 6 of CHARLOTTE’S ROOM FINAL REVEAL!

by studiotullia | May 13, 2016 | DESIGN TRENDS, HOME IMPROVEMENT, HOUSE TOUR: Traditional Spanish Style House near Pto. Vallarta, INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT INSPIRE

Well, we managed to finish up just in time! Here are the results. We were lucky to have a bright sunny day for these last minute pictures, thanks to my amazing assistant, Amanda. Everything is smelling like roses and I am drinking a gin and tonic as I write this (it is after 5 pm West coast time, FYI).

FINAL REVEAL:

Below is a painting of our backyard fig tree that Charlotte and her friend Alex painted together last year. I floated it in one of IKEA’s shadow box frames.

As you can see we have a little woodland theme going on with the deers and bunny rabbit. I know the rose floral shade on the sconce and bed linens from IKEA are a departure from the neon splatter, but it was such a lovely pattern we bent the matchy matchy rules. Perhaps bold colors or solid colored linens would have worked better, but we wanted to make these work. They’re cozy and a little English or something. The framed deer art is hand cross stitched by a very patient Oregonian: a vintage find that was in perfect condition. The antique bed is an heirloom from my grandparents that my Mother stripped and refinished years ago.

The large splatter pillow was a trial run before the curtains and the hand drawn critter pillow Charlotte drew awhile back as a prototype for a school auction project. The cross pillow was from STUDIO TULLIA inventory and we liked it in the room.

You can see a little bit of the furry stool we created by covering an IKEA stool. It is the perfect little occasional stool for this tiny room and adds some much needed glamour.

I want to show you a close up of the white bunny painting by Oregonian artist ELIZABETH SEE because she is so talented.We have come quite a ways in just a couple weeks. Here are a few before shots:

Getting that pink the right color took some work. Between BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT and METRO PAINT we got it done.

The IKEA curtains were perhaps the funnest part of this project and they really set the tone for the room.

This IKEA PS 2014 ceiling pendant is very cool in its design. The pull factor really is fun at night and gives you a diverse range of visual effects. Her twin brother Arthur is a little jealous when it comes to the light. Thank God they have lego building experience as they put this thing together all by themselves. Whereas that project might have put me right over the edge.

This is her bookshelf which I have staged for this shoot. The camellias ,roses and hydrangeas are from our garden. The amethyst cut crystal vase was her great grandmother’s and the other vase is a hand painted vintage vase as well. The flower etched globe light is from IKEA. And we all know that’s an AMERICAN DOLL in a wheelchair. The one thing in the catalog Arthur liked because it had wheels.

HARRY POTTER books without their covers aren’t so bad looking next to the collection of NANCY DREW books.

All of the pillows in this feature have been provided by my primary sponsor ~ STUDIO TULLIA! Vintage ones (like the cool beaded rose pillow above) as well as other vintage oddities are available through TULLIA MARKETPLACE, which is not fully off the ground, but should be by this Summer.

Here are a few more pictures of the flowers up close because they are just so pretty. The vase is by who else…IKEA. The little painting is by Charlotte.

A FEW MORE NOTES…

We decided last minute to switch out her side table form TARGET and it needed to be white. The finish was antique gold and it just fell flat in the corner. We almost painted the gold framed mirror, too, but decided it added some bling and was ok as is.

This room was a quite a challenge because in all honesty this room is a dog. The room is tiny, the ceiling is slanted, the windows and trim work are funky, and many more issues I don’t need to bore you with.

The good news is that this is the room she wants to be in and is a very happy girl. She could not fall asleep last night she was so excited. I hated to wake her up this morning. This room is her safe haven, compared to the larger guest room where she was temporarily staying during this project.

Sweet Dreams, my Sweet Charlotte.

I am excited to grab a cup of coffee tomorrow morning and indulge myself in the many final reveals as part of the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE, thanks to CALLING IT HOME.

This was a great challenge for me and 6 weeks was just about right. I am excited to do another room in the Fall.

Here is the link to twenty very talented designer bloggers’ final reveals HERE

And if that’s not enough, there are over 1,000 Guest Participant Final Reveals to view HERE:

Thanks so much for following along!

Best,

Suzanne

Art of the Hunt: Columbia Gorge Open Studios

by studiotullia | Apr 15, 2014 | HOUSE TOUR: Traditional Spanish Style House near Pto. Vallarta

From Portland, you can be in Hood River in one hour. Just follow the Columbia River Gorge all the way there, past so many iconic stops: Multnomah Falls, Columbia Gorge Hotel, Bonneville Dam…

Hood River, a hot spot for wind surfers, is a charming little town full of historic, quaint neighborhoods with stunning views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. And then there’s the dramatic gorge winding through the town; its vast and large scale with richly textured cliffs. As you arrive, you can feel the upbeat, laid back vibe where the pace is slower and the view, like a cool glass of water. The air is fresh with Spring scents.

I went to see one of my favorite artists, Elizabeth See, an oil painter who paints all things found in nature – particularly animals and flowers. She uses oil paint on wood. She resides in White Salmon but brought her paintings to her great grandfather’s wood cabin, that was once his art studio. She even shared with us some of his landscape paintings that were still kickin’ around from the 40’s.

This was the view on the way there, just outside of town, past vineyards, and nurseries:

This is the view of Mt. Adams in one direction and Mt. Hood in the opposite, as you approach:

Here is the cabin where she had her work:

This last shot is most of what went home with us. We couldn’t resist the local bird paintings and studies of a rabbit, a bear, a guinea pig, a game hen, a Magpie, A Great Horned Owl, and flowers. Her flower paintings are a favorite, but she was mostly out since she paints them in the Summer. She mostly had animals this time.

Keep thinking about these two:

We had lunch at a landmark road side cafe, Twin Peaks, where gliders and small planes fly right over our heads before landing at the air strip on the other side of the road. Great fish and chips.

I stopped to take a few shots of this lovely old home along the road with enormous fruit trees, big old barns and of course a great view of Mt. Hood.

After that we headed over the Toll Bridge to White Salmon, Washington, which was 7 miles away.

We made the long trek to Wildcraft Studios, which I have been completely curious about, but sadly they had closed up early. They offer all kinds of art classes and workshops.

Chelsea Heffner, Wildcraft Studio School

Spotted an artful tree on the way there, filled with sneakers, cowboy boots, work boots….curious for sure.

Lastly, we stopped by The Hatchery Art Studios in downtown White Salmon. Here are a few shots of some artists’ work from there:

– Angela Williamson

– Cyndi Strid

Printmaking by Sally Gilchrist

Wish I had time to get to the Dalles Art Center and many other studios – there’s some real talent out there.
I’ll have to make a weekend of it next year.

We may head back for Trout Lake Festival of the Arts July 12-13 on the green at Trout Lake School.

So, that’s a wrap for this hunt.

-Suzanne

INDIGO is here to stay – and why it’s so hot.

by studiotullia | Mar 10, 2014 | DESIGN TRENDS

I’ve been doing some research on INDIGO as I am always fascinated with current design trends, and why certain colors and textiles start to saturate the marketplace. The use of INDIGO textiles has been on the rise for several years in fashion, interior design and art. A recent article on Livemint.com summed it up pretty well: “Indigo is now the poster pigment of ecological responsibility and the crafts revolution; the flagship shade of the natural dyes movement that runs parallel to eco-friendly fashion and organic style. Interest in natural indigo has been scattered in the past decade but the revival is now visible everywhere”.
– check out the article by clicking on image below.

Indigo dyes are natural, organic dyes. Using indigo is making a statement: to step away from chemically processed dyes and goods that are harmful to the environment. The look of indigo is more crafted and not mass manufactured. It fits right into the folksy, crafts revolution taking place around the world. Dark blue and navy blue have forever been classic and constant, like blue jeans. Indigo today is global and modern.

Here are some pictures of some lovely products or applications of Indigo found in art, textiles, interiors, and fashion… for you to enjoy.