SERIES: MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?             

Hi, My name is Jeaneen Kelly and I am an Interior Designer/Stylist & occasional freelance writer, from Sydney, Australia.  I've chosen to share with you photos of my lounge room as It is definitely my favorite room in my house. The reason I chose this room is because I feel that it encapsulates my personal style as a designer to a tee. I really love bright, bold interiors that have a definite sense of fun, creativity and youthfulness. I am incredibly inspired by fashion and feel that in many respects, this room is evidence of that.

I love quirky elements such as surfboards and chandeliers, and GRAFFITI pop art. Fashion items such as my favorite heels and prized Chanel "twinsies" bags, along with fashion title books are all on display in vignettes around the room. I like to come home and be inspired by a mixture of fun pieces, quite honestly-it just makes me happy!

I am VERY much influenced by the surf/skate culture in Sydney, and love bold interiors with a touch of rock & roll that are fearless with color and accessories. My favorite piece in the room would have to be my French antique lounge found in a thrift store for FIFTY dollars, which I painted and reupholstered myself in a hot pink fabric.

In essence this space is an accumulation of my interests and passions as a young designer inspired by music, street-culture, art and fashion. I hope you enjoy the photos!

-images by jeaneen

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SERIES: My Home, My Space

What is your favorite area in your home and why?             

 Hi everyone! This is Paloma from La Dolce Vita and Paloma Contreras Design. I am thrilled to share my favorite space in our home with you. It's pretty appropriate that this Made by Girl series about favorite spaces as opposed to a favorite room because my favorite area in our house is composed of three rooms that open onto one another. When you walk into my home, you arrive in the entryway shown above. Directly across from that on the right, is my formal dining room and on the left, my formal living room. 

Admittedly, we don't spend too much time in these rooms except for when we have friends or family over, but I feel like this overall space is a pretty accurate reflection of our style. I love that black and white serves as the foundation, accented by some pops of color, abstract art, and a few bold patterns. 

-Photos by Kate LeSueur

      DO YOU have a favorite space in your home?!? If so, would you like to feature it on MADE BY GIRL? Email me with 4-7 pics of the space & we may just consider posting it! 

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?

Hey everyone! Suna here from SunasHouse & I’m a self-taught interior decorator and an interior designer wannabe. I’m a full time student studying interior decorating and also running a blog  about the small projects I do for my house. I love affordably well designed spaces and share the ideas with people. What having a cozy and welcoming work space means to me is “Being myself”. Especially when you are a mom of two sons and a wife to a husband, you usually don’t have a small space in the house that can reflect your own personality and colors. A well-designed office space makes work more efficient, productive, and organized and helps you refine yourself.

My home office used to be a small, formal dining room that was barely used. I wanted to transfer the space to a space that I can enjoy every day. My two dark wood tables were perfect for me to transform into a big desk, on which I could have enough space to decorate some objects that I like, read books & magazine, organize mails/bills, play with my camera and use my laptop. Now I have my work space and I feel more productive, efficient and professional.

It is my most used space in my house and I love sitting on the chair working and looking outside to enjoy the weather and greens. And I still can use the table as a dining table when I have guests over. I feel comfortable, cozy and more productive in my work space. Every girl has to have their own space/office to enjoy their work. If you have a room that was barely in use like mine, please transfer the space to a room that you’ll love and use.
Don’t limit your space. Don’t let space give you the purpose, but you give them the purpose that you want. 

The thing that I love most about my office is that the space is no more abandoned and I have my own space to blog and spend my time in my house. I rebuilt and painted the two old dining tables to the big desk for me and I love it.

Do you have a fave space in your home? Email us a few photos & if we choose you, it could be featured in this series!



 

- visit me at SunasHouse

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?

I'm Shalini, all the way from India. Here is my space. It was originally a guest room which I decided to convert into a tv/entertainment room. The reason why I love it is because it's my first makeover ever and everything has been built from scratch. The effort is special to me. You can see the entire process on my blog.

-images by shalini

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?

My name is Debbie Bouchard and I am a paralegal from Vancouver, British Columbia.   After fifteen years of renting, my boyfriend and I bought a condo and decorating it has become a bit of a hobby.  My favourite space is our living room with its office nook. I wanted our first place to be colourful, lively, original, and full of love.  After a long day, it’s nice to come home to a warm, cozy space...made complete with our beloved dog, Olive!   

-images by debbie

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?

Hey everyone! I'm Joanne Herda from Floor24Designs and I can't wait to show you my space. What is it, you may ask? Well, my favorite area in my home is.... my office.

My office space was intended to be utilized as a coat closet. But, the moment I looked in that "closet" I was already envisioning it as my private home office. I immediately took down all the measurements and started contemplating how to decorate and furnish this lovely space.

I took the previous white walls and added a splash of glam with a big print wallpaper. I surround myself with beautiful, fun & most importantly meaningful items. This helps me stay in a productive zone while working. I have artwork which my son painted, a limited edition poster of Madonna from her MDNA Tour, a vintage lamp, a small collection of glass paperweights and much more meaning items displayed on my desk. 

My office is quite organized. Not only because I am such a Type A personality, but I perform many duties in that space. I am a Business Owner, Homeschool Mom, and American Heart Association Passion Committee Member.

I look at my office as a place to get-away, a place to relax with a cup of coffee while reading blogs, and as a place that I can accomplish A LOT of work!

I LOVE surrounding myself with beautiful and meaning items, my office gives me a huge embrace of goodness every time I'm there.

- images by Joanne Herda

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?

It's Hannah here, from inspirationalbliss. I wanted to send you some pictures of my favorite space in our small NYC apartment...my daughter's nursery. It's such a great space with amazing windows which, as you know, can be very hard to come by in the city! When I designed her room, I wanted it to be a room we would want to spend time in. My husband and I both are not fans of pastel pink everything like a lot of traditional girl nurseries! 

We wanted a simple, stylish room filled with character that our baby girl could grow up in. I like to mix modern and vintage pieces which is why I chose such a modern crib, white dresser, and rocker to balance out my great grandmother's dresser, little antique nick-knacks, boho style pom-pom garland we have above her crib, as well as the vintage inspired marquee light of her name that I made when I was 9 months pregnant! I'd have to say my favorite spot in her room is the reading nook we created in the corner. 

It gets amazing morning sunlight and I find Vivienne sitting there reading her books all the time. The colorful blanket we have on the floor was made by her great grandmother, which just makes the space all the more special. I also love the painting I made for above her changing table. She loves to look at all the colors in it when she's getting changed everyday.  

- photo via inspirationalbliss

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MY HOME, MY SPACE

What is your favorite area in your home and why?            

I hope you are well! I'm Jana Bek an Interior Designer & past DIY contributor here on MadeByGirl many times!  I wanted my petite 500 square foot studio to be featured in a "My Home, My Space" post. You so often talk about how trying it is, living in smaller NYC spaces & I thought my apartment could serve as inspiration to your readers who share our plight.

I love my space because I set it up like a hotel room. As it's all in one room essentially, I choose to show off my bed, friends often sit at the end of it, we pull out the stools, I set up a bar on my console & it allows me to entertain with ease. I think my space prove that chic spaces can come in small packages :)

-images via jana bek

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