20 michigan design center @home 2017 What is a creative use for an unused office or library? What about an unused formal living room? How do you help your clients find their design style when they’re unsure of what they like? After you’ve finished the inside of a client’s home, what are ways you help them extend your design plan outside? Paul Feiten Paul Feiten Design I had a client with a living room that they were not using, in a conventional colonial home with a formal living room and a young family with children. That formal living room just didn’t work for them, so I created a party room with a pool table, and the kids are happy to have extra room to play. Art | Harrison Interiors What we do is have them come to the studio, then we open up our large portfolio, then let them explore our design process and become engaged in their design project. It’s like a book; you don’t buy a detective story and end up with a romance novel. Creating an outline is the designer’s job, but if a client has important items that they want to keep but may not fit the design, there is always somewhere we can fit them in; let’s say the guest room. Amy Weinstein AMW Design Studio An unused office or library could be turned into a kids’ homework room, a kids’ playroom, craft room, or a sewing room. For an unused formal living room: Turn it into a formal dining room. Dawn Jacobs Artichoke Interiors When designing a home, I like to have a cohesiveness between the inside and outside. This is accomplished through landscaping style (formal or unstructured), hardware styles, and finishes and colors on the paint and accessories. For example, exterior rugs, furniture, and cushions should be in a coordinating palette with the interior. This unifies the visual of the living space as you look through the windows to the areas beyond.
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