Parklands Road Project Reveal
Creating a beautiful space is really creating a home, and home is much more than pretty things — it is a feeling, and it tells a story. In a family home like our Parklands Road project, that story is all about the little moments that add up to create the life that will be lived and remembered inside the home. When we’re putting together a space, of course we think about how the different elements will come together and how the space will function, but we also think about those little moments like the kids coming home from school or cozying up by the fire to read a book or bringing the beloved family dog in from a long walk. Ultimately, the spaces we create are a background to these moments and it is a privilege we don’t take lightly.
“Handprinted botanical wallpaper by legendary British printmaker Marthe Armitage serves as the warmest welcome to the home.”
Project Overview
CLIENT: Parklands Road
LOCATION: Minneapolis, Minnesota
TIMELINE: 11 Months
SCOPE OF WORK: Living room and Entry
Thoughtful shapes, plentiful textures, and saturated colors come to play at our Parklands Road project. One of our favorite tricks is to create a special moment is small utilitarian spaces like this compact entry, so we wrapped the space in a hand-printed paper by the iconic British printmaker Marthe Armitage. The graphic botanical pattern is a fun welcome when paired with a shapely vintage chair we found at Round Top and a vintage kilim rug with a checkerboard pattern. We painted the entry’s trim the same dark blue found on the paper, when blends nicely with the slate tile floor and is a fun contrast to the white space in the living room.
To ground the living space in the open room, we used a raisin-toned rug and sleek low-backed sofa placed against a set of windows. Natural light in the room is abundant, so we dressed the window with shades for light control and privacy, and panels in a subtle tonal stripe for softness. The round shapes of the coffee table are the antithesis to the spare, angular fireplace and bridge the gap with the pair of vintage Art Deco-era chairs. We found the pair in an antique warehouse in North Carolina, and the contrast welt on the blue mohair upholstery gets us every time!
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Pattern play isn’t just about pattern, texture plays a huge role in creating movement in a space. Technically a solid, the sofa color is varied and nuanced and almost reads like a small pattern in the room. A pair of ottomans have a floral motif similar in scale to the entry wallpaper, drawing the eye across the space. Small patterns on the curtain panels and throw pillows bring more shapes, and though the lamps flanking the sofa aren’t a pair, their conical shades relate to one another without being too match-matchy.
“It’s always a delight to see the items we source from far flung places living happily together.”
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