Houzz Tour: An Illinois House Ranch Style Gets a Makeover Chic - For most people, painting the exterior of a house is a huge long-term effort. Not so Joi Svezia. She and her husband painted their 1960 Illinois home walk-in one afternoon. 'Is a good thing, it is a ranch style! "Pleasant it.
The quip illustrates perfectly Joi of can-do attitude and willingness to expose brilliantly in any home improvement company. On Nuestra Vida Dulce (or, "Our Sweet Life") it to him and many DIY decorating projects with her husband Dave and their ability to find charity shop, reduction, or just incredibly affordable items and to update them chronic work in their home. we asked her to share how she does it, and give us a look inside.
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Who lives here Joi Svenzia and her husband Dave
Location Illinois, United States
Size 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
one of the first things that caught our attention was the amazing art installation on a wall in the living room. they are really ceiling roses, which bought Joi architectural Depot. in bright white, they really jump against Perfect Greige Sherwin Williams covered the walls.
Joi's pretty fearless with matching bright colors in his house, but it does has not always been the case. After crossing tons magazines and homing on the images that really 'talked to her, a pattern began to emerge. "I quickly discovered that I'm attracted to rooms with an eclectic sense of style that mixes patterns and colors perfectly, she said. "In our area, I started with striped cushions on the chairs and from there, I started to color these cushions around the room."
When it comes to a favorite spot in the house, Joi is on this welcoming space. "I love our room, she said. "I feel like it is the first piece that I put together that really represented me and my husband as a couple. We are fun, people will easily who do not take life too seriously and I think our living room provides a similar atmosphere. "
Joi turned one of the three rooms of the house in a colorful and inviting office the House. The chevron curtains were home using cheap white curtains and black acrylic paint.
The warm gray on the walls is Iron Mountain by Benjamin Moore.
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The warm gray on the walls is Iron Mountain by Benjamin Moore.
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Charity Shop find favor at the top of the desk, which cost more Joi picked up.
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Do you believe that the lamps and buffet here together cost less than £? Ok, ok, so the shades were great, but we still rely on Joi always to find much. The lamps were originally a black copper, but with a little spray paint, they are fresh and fun.
farm table in the dining room was handmade by Joi father-in-law and inspired by a now discontinued piece of West Elm.
Joi collected the plates over time in the stores of high street stores antique and charity shops. When it came time to hang them, she took a picture on the floor plate in a sketch, hangers used "invisible" that stick to the back plate and referred to the picture as she hung up.
The cupboards were originally an orange-y color terrible "when Joi and Dave bought the house. One of the first projects they tackled was to update their current Alabaster shade of Sherwin-Williams. It is a favorite Joi projects to date, thanks to the dramatic difference it made.
The deep gray-brown paint is Mercer by Ralph Lauren, matched at Home Depot in their Behr brand.
A dressing vintage offers additional storage space in the kitchen. 'I love charity shop find because I feel like our house now has a collected feeling and personality, "said Joi.
The strips are painted in the same colors and alabaster Mercer used elsewhere in the kitchen.
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The strips are painted in the same colors and alabaster Mercer used elsewhere in the kitchen.
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crackling of the head white plays the main room really stands out against the dark gray curtains. We had to know where she picked up.
I found the headboard to an antique store, said Joi. "It is actually two twin headboards attached together to make a queen-size headboard. So smart, and will never know?
The bedside tables were a recent Craigslist find. Joi recommends checking the online source and local charity shops often to get the best finds
also, be sure to look past color and other aspects of the appearance of a room that can be easily modified. As she says, "a little elbow grease and some paint or fabric wonders!
Joi is closely related to "happy chic style of Jonathan Adler. "Our house is eclectic, vintage-modern! She exclaims.
A brass lamp from a charity shop shines against the room walls, which are painted in Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray.
A brass lamp from a charity shop shines against the room walls, which are painted in Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray.
Unlike the rest of the house, the guest house has a range neutral calm. Joi focused on textures and patterns instead of color to add interest here. Ikat curtains were made from tissue found on sale at Jo-Ann.
Regarding as design words to live by, Joi recommends " do what makes you happy and think before you buy. You do not have to just settle on this high street stores have to offer to make a room come together! Based on the successful and thoughtful put together at home, we should agree Joi.
What do you like about this house? Tell us in the comments below.
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