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Category: home makeover

  • Home makeover by interior designer Thom Filicia!

    Home makeover by interior designer Thom Filicia!

    Home Makeover

    This post is an oldie (but a goodie).  Being that I’m insanely busy right now I felt a throwback was in order. Real Simple and Chase Blueprint awarded one very lucky winner a $20,000 home makeover by the wonderful Thom Filicia!  That lucky winner of the contest, “Blueprint to a Beautiful Home” was Stephanie Gayol Phillipou of Mountainside, NJ.

    The Philipou’s moved into their home December 2011 and had to start preparing for new baby, leaving no time to add their personal style to the home.

    Check out her home’s amazing transformation!

    Before:

    What’s amazing to me is how their home looks barely lived in, it was in major need of some character!

    After:

    The blue paint is so refreshing.

    Before:

    After:

    I’m really loving upholstered dining chairs these days, it makes the space elegant and comfortable.

     

    The bedroom and living room are a great study in how to mix patterns. The rug and comforter are in a neutral gray, which makes it easy to add pattern and color without worrying about clashing. The smoky lavender walls are restful, and the global accents remind the Phillipou’s of their safari honeymoon in South Africa.
    As always, Filicia did an amazing job.  What do you think of this transformation?

    You can see and read more about the transformation in the December 2012 issue of Real Simple.

  • A fantastic surprise home makeover for a soldier returned from Afghanistan!

    A fantastic surprise home makeover for a soldier returned from Afghanistan!

    What caught my eye in this home makeover was the casual, “collected-over-time” look. What I loved way that newly wed Meg Stein surprised her Army sergeant husband with this home makeover when he returned from Afghanistan! How sweet is that?

    I love the cozy but clean design of this dining room.  Wood chandelier – $50 at a garage sale…vintage Duncan Phyfe table – great deal on eBay.

    It’s all about white kitchens for me.

    Meg already had the flat file coffee table, so she designed the room around it.  I really like the file as a coffee table.  It’s unexpected, and what a great way to store mags!!

    What do you think of this charmer?

    via HGTV Mag June/July 2012 issue

  • A real home makeover by Thom Filicia!

    A real home makeover by Thom Filicia!

    Real Simple and Chase Blueprint awarded one very lucky winner a $20,000 home makeover by the wonderful Thom Filicia!  That lucky winner of the contest, “Blueprint to a Beautiful Home” was Stephanie Gayol Phillipou of Mountainside, NJ.

    The Philipou’s moved into their home December 2011 and had to start preparing for new baby, leaving no time to add their personal style to the home.

    Check out her home’s amazing transformation!

    Before:

    What’s amazing to me is how their home looks barely lived in, it was in major need of some character!

    After:

    The blue paint is so refreshing.

    Before:

    After:

    I’m really loving upholstered dining chairs these days, it makes the space elegant and comfortable.

    The bedroom and living room are a great study in how to mix patterns. The rug and comforter are in a neutral gray, which makes it easy to add pattern and color without worrying about clashing. The smoky lavender walls are restful, and the global accents remind the Phillipou’s of their safari honeymoon in South Africa.
    As always, Filicia did an amazing job.  What do you think of this transformation?

    You can see and read more about the transformation in the December 2012 issue of Real Simple.

  • An amazing chic and liveable LA home makeover

    An amazing chic and liveable LA home makeover

    This amazing makeover is the home of Lisa Ullmann, Executive Producer of The Ricky Gervais show.  What started as an Echo Park “diamond in the rough,” turned into a multifaceted top-quality gem. The interior design is by LA firm Jonamor Decor

    Here are some before/after pics to show you the amazing transformation…

    entry before

    Entry after — so chic!

    The overall goal was to create a comfortable and relaxing environment that would reflect Lisa’s many interests and styles and be welcoming for guests. Having a passion for travel, Lisa wanted to incorporate elements of some of her favorite places around the world that she had visited, specifically Italy, France and India. She wanted her home to be unique, elegant but also “user friendly”.

    My favorite transformation – the living room

    gorgeous – the jewel tones are really fresh

    The dining room

    The red is a bit too loud for me personally, but the room is still really intriguing, I like the wallpaper and the Moroccan lanterns

    The master bedroom transformation

    Many of the central pieces to each room were vintage or purchased at discount prices. Older furniture was re-painted and re-upholstered (a used Crate and Barrel desk painted black, an ottoman from a flea market covered in a funky Indian orange fabric). Lisa not only appreciated vintage items for their price and unique appearance, but felt that buying used items was a “greener” approach. Of all the newly purchased furniture, only the couch, a chair and a bench were “new” items.

    What do you think of this home makeover?

  • An AMAZING home transformation

    An AMAZING home transformation



    I’m jealous. Pure Style Home’s Lauren Liess is only in her twenty something’s and has her own interior design business, a family, and one adorable home! What’s amazing is what she started out with only a year ago, and what she’s turned it into. Check it out –

    Exterior before

    Exterior after

    Entry before
    Entry after

    Kitchen before

    Kitchen after!!!




    More of the kitchen
    The foyer filled with Da Vinci prints



    LOVE this nursery
    See the whole story at Pure Style Home