Have you ever flicked through a magazine and encountered "the room"? The one that ticks the boxes and makes your heart beat a bit faster? That stays in your mind for years?
Mine was featured in the November 2003 Elle Decor, and technically is two adjacent rooms. And every time I have a design decision to make for my own home, these rooms come to mind: lacquered walls, coffered ceiling, fabric wallpaper, extended wainscoting, round table, covered chairs, painted cornicing, mouldings, and trim. And those floors.
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| Detail of the dining room |
It almost makes me swoon. But I'm studying everything too intently to do that. The rooms were designed by the immanently talented Ellen Hamilton, president of Hamilton Design Associates in New York.
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| Even the shop front is clever and creative. |
While the two rooms above hooked me, it was the designer's personality - and her shop windows originally full of Cath Kidston fabrics - that solidified my adoration. She seems thoughtful and gracious. And she carries a Bean tote:
Thank you for these gorgeous rooms, Ellen. My design fantasies are richer now - and include this beauty from you as well:
Because who doesn't want a treehouse?
Thanks for perusing this blog; blog you again soon!
PS: When you click-through to the Hamilton Design Associates site, be sure to read Ellen's description of the room she designed for the Hampton Designer Showhouse 2009, too. tIOx
All images in this post from Hamilton Designs Associates, 2009.