Sophisticated Family Room, West Orange, New Jersey
![Sharieve Family Room view](https://www.kathryncookinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sharieve-Family-Room-view-1-1.jpg)
Challenge
Turn an uninviting room in a new home into a sophisticated space for family and entertaining.
Design Goals
Incorporate the client’s favorite colors in designing a room comfortable enough for use by the couple’s family but refined enough for entertaining clients. Reference the client’s classic and collected style for this room.
Design Services
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- Built up the room’s architectural elements: added moldings, enhanced and added detail to the fireplace to make it a focal point, and reworked a substandard built in.
- Installed natural grass cloth on the walls as a warm backdrop.
- Designed custom window treatments with richly printed linen panels framing woven wood blinds.
- Specified comfortable seating for adults with deep sofas in a rich chocolate velvet, and accented with pillows that reflect the colors in collected pottery and favored artwork.
![Sharieve Family Room Fireplace wall](https://www.kathryncookinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sharieve-Family-Room-Fireplace-wall-2.jpg)
![Sharieve-revised-Family-Room-table-detail](https://www.kathryncookinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sharieve-revised-Family-Room-table-detail.jpg)