Stylist Gillian Lawlee is a lover of color who dislikes popular trends. In the kitchen, she’s a fan of the sink skirt as a way to add warmth to a kitchen. She also likes to keep walls white and constantly vary the artwork, textures and furniture around them. Aside from color, Lawlee is a fan of patterns, using pillows and quilts to layer them. Other advice she gives decorators is to maintain flow and transition between rooms, to consider painting trim, and to use colored film for DIY stained glass windows.
Key Takeaways:
- Americans tend to see the kitchen as a workspace instead of a living space and, thus, often neglect to decorate it. A sink skirt is an easy way to add warmth and color.
- Say “colorful home” and most people envision interiors with walls painted in various colors. But don’t discount white walls in your journey to a color-rich home.
- Gillian’s signature design move: painting frames that aren’t architecturally there. Curvy, Moroccan-inspired arches painted around doorways and built-ins can be found throughout her home.
“With social media, Pinterest, and big brand stores that have gotten so much savvier, it’s very easy to pull together a space that looks good on the surface but lacks soul,” she says. “I am all about the feeling of a space and the point of view of its owner, but if a home is a catalog of top 20 trends from the last few years, it’s kind of a turn-off for me.””
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