Be BOLD 🧞♀️ Be DARING Taking a risk is, taking a risk and as a guest participant of @oneroomchallenge with designers nationwide, I felt empowered, motivated and definitely inspired to take risks that I might not have taken otherwise. During these past 8 weeks I have pushed myself to be a little more bold and a little more daring, while working hard to complete my Home Office Re-Magined design. I have mixed carpet and drapery patterns with floral tapestry. I added a bold accent wall, I recovered my heirloom chair for longevity, maintaining the integrity of the chair style with fabric that transcends time. I figured out a creative way to store my magazine collection. I re-wired a vintage chandelier and have utilized furniture and accessories from my own home. There’s a lot of quirky and special items in this room but that’s the fun part for me, it keeps me on my toes and reminds me that it’s ok to be different! Fun facts about this project: Items repurposed:
New items purchased:
 Here’s my takeaway from being involved with the #oneroomchallenge: ▪️It takes determination to repurpose. Seriously! It’s a lot of work. I could have easily walked into a store and purchased all new pieces but I keep my focus on utilizing design items from my home - even down to the drapery rod brackets. I had the correct size of bracket but not the right color. I dug through my paint shed and found a spray can of silver paint and sprayed the brackets to match the others. ▪️The pressure to complete this project in 8 weeks is motivating and challenging. Watching all the other designers manage their projects throughout the weeks kept me inspired and focused. ▪️The support and feedback from new friends of the One Room Challenge and my clients propelled me to keep the momentum and to do my best. There’s a lot of quirky things in this room but that’s the fun part for me, it keeps me on my toes and reminds me that it’s ok to be different! Thank you for following along during these past 8 weeks. It’s been so fun and inspiring to hear all of your comments. I hope I have inspired you, too. Make sure and check out the other designers pages and the One Room Challenge insta stories. There are many amazing rooms to see.
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SNEAK PEEK Here’s a sneak preview, because I can hardly contain myself with how beautiful my Home Office space is turning out. It takes a lot of people to make a project successful and this week has been about results. My trusted trades never let me down, these guys showed up and made things happen. Builder Dan, Upholsterer Dale and Workroom Jan all hustled to help move this project along. They too are feeling the excitement and are proud to share in my vision and see the room come together.
Builder Dan spent half a day helping me install rods and drapery, secure my magnetic inspiration design board (a 4’ x 8’ piece of sheet metal), hang the vintage chandelier in the corner and switch out the beige outlets for gray ones. We both marveled at how the drapery dampened the sound in the room and how magnificent the “re-wired” chandelier cast a beautiful glow on the walls. It was productive to meet with Upholsterer Dale in his cutting room. In awe, we unrolled the velvety fabric revealing the gorgeous botanical images. He skillfully measured, as we walked through the best layout for covering the seat, the backrest and back of chair fabric for placement. With a straight edge a marker and sharp scissors, he fearlessly cut out each section. Seeing the fabric on the chair brought the flowers to life. I consult Workroom Jan, working with her to create custom bedding, pillows and drapery. Jan is the one who originally made these custom drapes 10 years ago for my downtown office. I selected the fabric because of the pattern; it reminded me of a Greek Key. Although the sound dampening treatment, sewn between the fabric and the lining, was applied to muffle the street noise it’s remarkably relevant in today’s home office setting, buffering the outside noises during virtual client meetings. These drapes have gone from my downtown office, to my home bedroom, to the backdrop of different themes for my Homeshow booths, stored in my closet and now modified by Jan, to fit floor to ceiling in my Home Office. Putting all the pieces together requires many hands and honestly that’s the best part of being a designer. I look forward to next week when I can reveal the full room. Remember to follow along with the other amazing designers participating. #oneroomchallenge #BHGorc @oneroomchallenge @betterhomesandgardens https://www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog FLASH & SPARKS Here we go with week 6….we’re on the home stretch!
While I am patiently waiting for my baseboard and closet door to arrive I decided to finally re-wire my chandelier. Oh geeze, I almost blew the house up. Sparks were literally flying! But after a little finessing, voilà, I did it!!! Update on my drapes: They are completed and ready to install! Can’t wait to have them hanging in my room! Update on my chair: Sadly I don’t think it will be completed in time for final photos… :-( I won’t cry… it’s just the way things are right now. My next task is to order a quart of paint to finish the niche in the ceiling. I thought we had enough paint to touch this part up and was all excited to get this ceiling done…but my hubby informed me that we used every last drop in the can and there is literally no paint left! I really don’t feel like driving 30 min to the closest paint store for a quart of paint…so, this touch up will have to wait until next week, too! That’s ok, I have PLENTY to do to get this room looking like a functioning office space. Next week will be so exciting to see so many things come together! So stay tuned and follow along in my stories and check out my blog, link in my bio! I’m so in love with my new space and it’s not even finished yet! Remember to follow along with the other amazing designers participating! #oneroomchallenge #bhgorc @oneroomchallenge @betterhomesandgardens https://www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog Fringe💗Ribbon🖤Trimmings  It’s week 5 of the #oneroomcgallenge...WOWZA!
Time is flying by and standing still at the same time. Kind of like how the last year has felt where there is so much happening but nothing at all. My chair is being reupholstered, my drapes are being altered, my chandelier is still sitting in the same spot as last week and my molding is back ordered! The momentum seems to have halted even though things are still in motion. So today I decided it was time to take a break and head over to the nearest seaside town of Port Townsend and visit one of my favorite little shops. This shop sells buttons and yarn and fringe and ribbons and beautiful trimmings. It’s basically in the hallway of an ancient Victorian building on the corner of Taylor and Water Street. Once inside, this hallway of sorts, you forget about the rushing coastal wind that was just blowing across your face and the spectacular water view of sail boats and the Washington State ferry sailing through the harbor. Once inside, you dream of the many uses of each of these trimmings, the hem of a dress or a funky button for a pillow not yet made. My mind starts to process and create and imagine so many design scenarios I repeat them to myself so I don’t forget to make them when I return home. You see, there’s still one more item I need for my queen chair before it can be completed, the trim, otherwise known as gimp. According to Webster’s dictionary, gimp is: an ornamental flat braid or round cord used as a trimming. This is what I need to finish the fabric edge for my chair. There are so many beautiful trimmings at this little shop that I narrowed it down to 2! Pink or black! I love both of the colors. The black is sleek and classic and would blend into the wood on the chair. Whereas the pink is soft and would add a pretty contrast to the wood on the chair. I have taken so many fun risks with this space that the pink seems more in line with my other choices. Clutching the spools, I decided to buy both colors, 8 yards of each. The merchant asked what I’m doing with these pretty trimmings, I showed her a picture of my chair and the floral fabric and explained it’s for the edging. With my trimmings measured, cut and purchased, I walk back through the musty hallway out into the wind feeling excited and inspired! Next stop, elevated ice cream and the candy shop! Which color do you prefer, let’s take a vote, black or pink? 🖤💗 Remember to follow along with the other amazing designers and follow along in my stories on Instagram. #oneroomchallenge #bhgorc @oneroomchallenge @betterhomesandgardens https://www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog Vintage Chandelier Re-Wire 💡 It’s week 4 of the #oneroomchallenge and I’m “plugging” away (pun intended) with my Home Office Re-Magined project as I take on re-wiring this vintage chandelier!
“Sure, I’ll take it” I hesitantly said as I was trying to figure out where I would put this sparkly ornate chandelier. Maybe my stairwell, maybe a bathroom, I’ll figure out someplace for this beauty...and that’s where my story of this chandelier begins, in a box, in a garage, offered to me. This traditional crystal chandelier measuring 17” high by 26” wide is dripping with crystals in the shapes of teardrops, pendaloques, beads and a ball finial. I have seen and read about many versions of this type of chandelier and these types of cut crystals. History tells us about the original use of these elegant fixtures using candles with the flame to reflect off of the cut crystals illuminating a room. The only history of this piece that I know of, is that it once was in a dining room of a home built sometime in the 80’s. It’s now my turn to re-purpose it and give it new life, and I know just the room for it, my home office! My goal is to make the scale of this chandelier work in my room and to figure out how to re-wire its existing “hard wire” to a “plug-in” version. I have an existing single light on a long cord that plugs in and I’m thinking of re-wiring that cord to this chandelier....I will spend this week figuring out where I want to hang it and how I will accomplish this task! I can’t wait to see it light up my office! This weeks #oneroomchallenge task:
Wish me luck and I’ll take any suggestions for the electrical re-wiring task! Remember to follow along with the other amazing designers and follow along in my stories on Instagram. #oneroomchallenge #bhgorc @oneroomchallenge @betterhomesandgardens https://www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog HEIRLOOM pieces are my ❤️  Would you consider a piece of furniture a living memoir? These two memoirs, this queen chair and this understated desk, played a big role in the design and inspiration process for my Home Office Re-Magined of the #oneroomchallenge.
See this little gal sitting proudly on this chair? That’s me pretending to model at about 2 years old, while being introduced to antiques, fabric and texture. I can say I don’t remember this greenish fabric but I do remember and still have the chair in the red ornate pattern. I have carted this relic around with me for years. I’m not sure how it ended up in my home and not in another one of my large family members homes but probably because of my love for antique pieces that mean something to me. This chair, as the story goes, was not quite so ornate and apparently needed new fabric, shortly after this photo of my young modeling career. My dad, builder, creator, designer, and fixer of all things, embellished it and recovered it, making it fit for a king, only now it’s for a queen! I will carry on the tradition and recover this favorite chair of mine, with ornate and velvety fabric, too. I chose this yummy soft and velvety fabric made in Italy and beyond beautiful. The first time I experienced this floral print was in Paris. I was attending the International trade fair Maison and Object and while wandering through one of the many booths I saw a sofa covered in this floral fabric. I was actually able to sit on the sofa and I remember just sitting there and petting it. I took so many photos of that sofa and have referred to them often, dreaming of that fabric for the next 3 years. Then along came this carpet, the drapes and now this chair I knew this floral fabric would be the perfect choice. This fabric was not cheap it’s pricey! Believe me, I looked at many other alternative choices in blacks and grays and almost a hot pink but when I rediscovered this floral velvet I couldn’t look back. The fabric has arrived and it and the chair have been sent off to be reupholstered! My new home office is not very big so finding a piece that fits in the space and looks the part was a little tricky. Thinking of the charcoal and black undertones in my carpet, this desk seemed to be the right feel and scale. It too is a piece my dad made, this time from scratch! He curved and laminated the top and attached the understated ornate legs creating this small and functional desk, perfect for my office. You see, my dad has since passed away and he meant the world to me, he is the one that introduced me to the world of design. By having these 2 heirloom items, this chair and this desk, in my office, it is a way for me to honor my dad and the past, and carry each piece into the future. This room has become a bricolage of new and old and I LOVE it. Remember to follow along with the other amazing designers and follow along in my stories on Instagram. #oneroomchallenge #bhg @oneroomchallenge @betterhomesandgardens https://www.oneroomchallenge.com/orc-blog Home Office Re-Magined |
AuthorTrisa Katsikapes, Principal, at Trisa & Co. Interior Design, Port Angeles WA 98362 Archives
June 2021
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