DESIGN ROUND TABLE: A Peek Into Our New Collection, a Paint Color Combination I’m Loving and More...
Links, pics, and details of the things we are into right now
Every month we get together as a team and have a collaborative meeting that we’ve nicknamed “round table”. I think it’s so important as a creative to take a break from the busyness to get inspired and collaborate with each other (which is really why the name “collective” stuck out to me when naming our studio). In these meetings we discuss our overall aesthetic, talk about our projects, and share all of the things that have been inspiring us lately (my favorite part)!
I thought it would be fun to bring our “round table” to you and share some of the things we’ve been loving + a little update on everything else we’ve been up to at W Design lately. So, if you’ve been stuck in the busyness of life or work—I hope this article can be your “break” from all of that to get inspired.
from our collection
— We are working on adding printed grasscloths + some new patterns to our wallpaper collection. Above is a snapshot from a design board of our most popular pattern, the Eva Carnation, being printed on a grasscloth ground. We are just at the beginning stage but getting excited!
— Did you know we are working on curating a flooring collection? We are finding the best tile, carpet, and wood flooring options (with quite a few sources that are typically only available to the trade) and putting it all together for you in one online shop with an amazing flooring showroom that we’re really excited to be collaborating with. Can’t wait to share more with you very soon! We have already included this painted tile and your favorite limestone alternative in the collection. Let me know if there is anything you have a hard time finding and want us to include.
— Remember this light from our Oak Hill Drive Project? We’ve decided to offer it in this color and a few more as part of our lighting collection with Authentic Designs. I think you are going to love all the color options (and a small design tweak to the original light).
from our design projects
We have quite a few mountain homes in the works right now and are having a lot of fun designing our take on the typical mountain modern home that you see here in Utah.
— I love this whole project by Studio Dorion (and am taking notes for our own mountain/cabin homes). They did such a beautiful job combining modern, clean and warm elements and the best part—you can’t tell what era it was designed in.
— Speaking of our design projects in the Utah mountains, we have a fun one we are just finishing up the design boards on. It’s a model home in Red Ledges. They gave us creative license to do our version of the “Utah mountain home” —something we’ve been dying to do —we chose a Ralph Lauren inspired classic, rustic, and preppy design. I love how the designer on the project included actual pictures from RL collections as her inspiration.
— We had a big client presentation this month. It’s a Belgian-inspired home 20 minutes from Park City. We did a lot of research about how to achieve the chalky Belgian paint texture you see in their homes and if it’s possible to paint it over box paneling. We think this lime wash paint should work beautifully. So excited about this one!
— A few classes and events are also in the works (we won’t say too much about them yet), and I’m excited for more chances to get the design community together here in Utah—I always leave design events wondering why we don’t do them more often.
now onto our round table (a collection of things we’ve been loving lately and want to incorporate into our designs)
Rooms that use all one color but are dimensional
— The idea of a room using all one color (like this blue kitchen from Studio Dorion) is something that initially might be a hard sell to clients on paper but it delivers a big impact and feels anything BUT boring. Same with this kitchen by Plain English Design. Classic but interesting.
Specialty painting and floral wallpaper
— I have been loving the look of tone on tone or stenciling directly on the wall and I think this hand painted design by Tess Newall Studio is so pretty. I also think that the wallpaper in the bathroom photo (beautifully designed by Heidi Caillier) is such a charming element because it almost looks hand-painted. While we typically lean a little bit more edited in our design approach and don’t use many florals, I really love the look of a floral wallpaper that is broken up into blocks like the two below (projects by Alex Yeske and Shannon Bowers Design).
Thinking through the small details
— A clever toilet paper holder by Anne Marie Barton. I saw it on her Insta story and thought it was so clever—she put a shelf in the bathroom above where the toilet paper goes for extra toilet paper rather than having a basket or something in the bathroom. Although this is such a small detail, it was such a good reminder to really think through the details of things.
— Shelf detail. I also love the way that these shelves (middle) curve rather than being just a straight and angular shelf. They allow for a little more space and they look like a design element that was more intentional.
— And this cabinet by Berdoulat Interior Design is just stunning. I love how they thought through the curves of the cabinetry and incorporated the sink into the cabinet.
Unique light fixtures
— I’m always thinking about light fixtures and I thought that both of these were such unique and pretty sconces.
Applying paint colors in more of a “block form”
— I love the intentional use of color in this space. A mustard + happy blue is a genius color combo.
Incorporating unique mantle and millwork details
— I screenshot Insta stories constantly as sources of inspiration. This close-up from a mantle at The Frick a fellow creative posted is a genius combination of marble and stone I want to incorporate on a project one day.
Rethinking interior window treatments
— We’ve been discussing incorporating interior window shutters as a design element/instead of cafe curtains or as a way to offer privacy without shutting out all of the light (image via Pinterest).
