Elegant Family Background

Since my kid's backgrounds and the waiting area just for the little ones' at Freeland Photography were such a big hit, I was asked back to create two elegant family backgrounds. Here is my first background… a neutral tone-on-tone scene that is timeless.

 

      

 

 A oversize custom canvas painting by KG Interiors hangs over the window for light control and can easily be removed if needed.

 

 

 

I love thinking outside the box, using materials in a different ways then originally made for. I applied a twine basket weave carpet to the wall which gave the background lots of texture.

 

I created wainscoting on the bottom portion of the wall out of two old solid wood doors

which was the perfect balance to the basket weave.

I sawed the doors in half and finished them off with some custom trim.

From Out-Dated to Up-Dated

These Client’s/ Good Friends were in need of some design inspiration.

Since they are pretty crafty they wanted me to design the space and they would do all the work.

They still need to put some finishing touches on the space,

however the space looks absolutely amazing so far.

Very proud of them!

 

 

The Before

 

 

The Design Plan

 

Material board given to the client's along with a

shopping list with the price, quanity, and

store for each item.

 

The After

 

 

 

The client asked about opening up the stairwell, which I knew would be a great Idea. It would give the space a airy and open feeling. I gave provided them with information on how to remove the wall and design details.

The Before

 

 

The After


 

 

 

 

 The fireplace was the main contributor to out-dating the space and

was in definite need of a modern update.

I provide a elevation drawing and construction details

on how to turn this fireplace from blah to beautiful!

 

The Before

 

 

The After