Decorative Home Remodeling: Another way to add bold splashes of color is to hand-paint or icil lively motifs on walls and furniture - an ideal treatment for informal entrance way or kitchen, bedroom or bathroom. The iject of the motif can vary from room to room - to reflect mging uses and activities - or stay consistent throughout, and so as a unifying decorative home remodeling element. In this way, you can begin to Id bridges between the decorative home remodeling approaches in different areas /our home.
"The kitchen is usually the first room a homeowner wants to remodel," explained Christine Santana, president of the Pasadena chapter of ASID. A well-designed kitchen improvement can add thousands of dollars to a home's value; most of the cost can be recouped at sale, according to ASID members.
One of the tour homes, a 1941 ranch-style home in the Linda Vista
area, was completely updated by Michele Hughes for a young professional couple. After the remodeling, all that was left of the original kitchen were exterior walls and foundation. A marble-topped chef's table now forms the centerpiece of the newly designed kitchen. Textured beams added to the ceiling create a feeling of coziness along with a color scheme that unifies the house and garden. Two rooms of the house have been adapted as work areas and feature sophisticated storage spaces with custom cabinetry. |