Gaines notes that after these key items have been in place, it was simpler to fill within the gaps with the big fiddle-leaf fig tree, the mirror, and smaller decor gadgets. “All of those parts work collectively to create a pure move that makes the room really feel each practical and exquisite,” Gaines says.  

Create visible curiosity via texture and distinction

The unique eating room—with its white partitions, white trim, and white ceiling—was a complete clean slate when Gaines and her group began engaged on it. One of many largest transformations they made was putting in wooden slats overhead (for dimension), including a four-inch crown molding, and portray the ceiling a tender Drawing Room grey from her Magnolia line. To tug off an identical look in your personal area, Gaines recommends utilizing one-inch-by-six-inch boards with a four-inch area between each and choosing paint-grade wooden if you happen to’re on a good price range. 

A good-turnaround renovation like this one requires inventive pondering on the subject of working round current design parts that may’t be moved. On this case, the door on the again wall resulting in the HVAC closet was an eyesore which Gaines ended up accentuating fairly than downplaying. She gave it some character and cohesion with the remainder of the area via utilized molding and a brand new paint job that matches the grey of the ceiling. “With it being in direct line of sight, I figured I could as nicely make it appear to be it was there on objective,” she explains. 

In any other case, Gaines opted for easy magnificence with the furnishings, together with a lengthy oval eating desk with tender curves contrasted with the black Hawkins eating chairs round it. The ending touches on this elegant eating room are the velvet light-filtering curtains which Gaines calls the “unsung heroes of this area.” She credit them for offering much-needed softness and “luxe texture” to the area, with out fully blocking gentle from seeping in. 

Get matchy-matchy with it

The unique bed room was one other white field, which Gaines punched up by portray the window and wall trim with a cool navy hue and putting in matching Magnolia (Sunday Greatest) white-and-navy wallpaper beneath. She explains that “preserving all of the trim constant in colour helps to visually join every wall of the room.” Plus, she notes, coordinating the trim with the navy blue from the wallpaper creates colour stability and provides depth to the area.