MODERN HOME OFFICE - DESIGNER ROOM RECREATE

Love this little home office by New York interior designer Jenny Wolf.  Dark charcoal gray walls, a wallpapered ceiling, modern furnishings, a feature gallery wall and a little COCOCOZY thrown into the mix!

The wall color is Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore and the ultra modern light gray sofa is from Bo Concept.  I like the contrast of gray on gray.

Thought I would bring back the DESIGNER ROOM RECREATE series for this one!

A COCOCOZY Logo Throw in Navy adds a geometric twist to the modern office design. (above)

Kelly Wearstler Imperial Trellis Wallpaper - $460 per roll 

Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron wall paint 

White office chair - $248

COCOCOZY Logo Throw in Navy - $333

Jonathan Adler Tripod Side Table with brass trim - $795

Gold bird bowl - $128

COCOCOZY Fence Linen Pillow Navy - from $299

Charcoal Gray Sofa - $1649

Black desk lamp - $199

What do you think of this office design?  Would you want to recreate this look in your home.

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

DESIGNER MARY MCDONALD CLEANSES THE COLOR PALETTE - HOUSE BEAUTIFUL EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW

Designer Mary McDonald has done it again.  This time in a home in Los Angeles.

The project is featured in the September issue of House Beautiful magazine...out on newsstands next week.   I am so thrilled to have the exclusive preview of this Mary McDonald imagined home here on COCOCOZY!  Woohooo!

In this home, interior designer Mary was working for a couple in their early 30's who are both lawyers and have children.  Mary's goal with this project was to lighten and brighten the space.  She is calling the style of this re-imagined house "a clean modern California take on French country with a teeny bit of industrial sparseness".

Apparently before the remodel, the home was dreary and dark.  Mary infused light and life into the home with a soft color palette of ivory, oatmeal, beige, gray, and taupe, with hints of lavender, aqua, and celadon.

For me , the kitchen is the jewel of this home...with Carrara marble counters, white cabinetry, except for the center island which is dark charcoal and then there is the fantastic gray and white chevron pattern floor made in an engineered stone tile.  Love!

The living room is a study of grays, pale blues and taupes on the walls, wood floors and furniture. (above)

Striped drapery and chevron pattern floor add texture to the neutral color palette of gray and white in the kitchen area. (above)

The master bedroom design is an updated French boudoir and completely inspired by Napoleon's Chateau Malmaison outside of Paris. (above)

The dressing room and closet with gray and cream floral wallpaper and mirrored accents including a lovely upholstered mirrored bench. (above)

The neutral color palette even extends outside into the outdoor patio! (above)

What do you think of this Mary McDonald designed Los Angeles home...do you like this cleansed color palette?  Which room is your fave?  Comment below!  I want to hear your take.

Thank you SA and House Beautiful for giving me the sneak peek on this magazine feature.  Can't wait to pick up the magazine and see the rest next week!

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S. COCOCOZY Pillow Giveaway - So if you'd like to win a COCOCOZY Rive Pillow in a neutral palette cleansed mist gray and white, Caesartone's Interior Collective is giving away pillows to a few lucky winners. Click here to read my guest post on the Interior Collective blog and to find out more on how to enter the pillow giveaway!

COCOCOZY Light Rive Pillow in Mist Gray being given away on Interior Collective! (above)

NEUTRAL ZONE - COLOR WATCH

Love this modern home in Finland in neutral colors...grays, tans, whites and blacks.  Works.  Doesn't feel like it needs any more color than this.  Great textures too...cement floors, black painted wood ceilings, gray cabinets and feature walls and black, white and tan furniture and accessories.  Very nice.  Soothing.  Minimalistic decor...no frills but feels very well appointed.

What do you think?  Do you like this design approach?  Would you want more color in your home or would this be enough?  Comment below please...would love to hear your take on this home.

Happy Tuesday!

xo
Coco

Photos: Scandinavian Deko

PANEL PERFECT DIY LIVING ROOM - BEFORE & AFTER

Discovered an interiors blog this weekend called Chris Loves Julia.  When looking at my blog traffic statistics, I noticed that a few people were clicking to my blog from theirs.  So I had to check out it out.

Turns out the blog is about a couple who does DIY projects on their home.  Hats off to anyone who can take on do-it-yourself home improvement projects and see them all the way through!

One of the projects this couple took on was transforming their living room.  The after is this dark paneled living room above.  It seems, the couple (Chris & Julia) got some inspiration from this photo I had posted below awhile back on dark rooms!

The couple wanted to make a dramatic statement in their then lavender living room...they bought the supplies and then did it themselves...see the transformation below.

INSPIRATION - Inspiration photo from this COCOCOZY post on dark rooms (above)

BEFORE - Chris & Juia's living room - neutral with a graphic rug and a lavender or purple feature wall (above)

DURING - The couple took it upon themselves to create their own high design paneled wall...it started with painting the wall  a matte finish charcoal gray then framing out paneling with wood boards. (above)

AFTER - The white sofa now pops against the dramatic dark wood paneled wall! (above)

What do you think about this wall before and after?  Do you like the end result?  I do.  I think it is fantastic!

The project took them two days and cost $117!  Nice work Chris & Julia.

To see more on their project, click here.

Happy Monday!

xo
Coco

APPEALING APARTMENT DESIGN!

LOVE this apartment...the collection of furniture, the modern sensibility and the overall hue!  Fantastic.  Nubby gray Bo Concept rug and sofa from there too. Custom modern white coffee table on casters (wheels).  These standard pieces are all complimented by an array of midcentury modern looking arm chairs and a classic black Thonet bentwood chair.  Of course, you know me, I love the white wood floors.

Look is achieved with a very neutral base (if you take away all of the accessories) all in black white and grays and then textures and patterns are layered in the form of art, pillows, lighting, lamps and other items.

The built in book shelf that divides the kitchen from the living space is fantastic...a functional dividing wall.

What do you think of this apartment?  Like or dislike?  Does it need more color or are you fine with the black, white, silver and a bit of brown?

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Been having nice meetings lately with fab Hollywood agent HM.  He's been introducing me around to his colleagues.   He's nice.

P.P.S.  Have been doing a Vegan before 6pm diet (there is some new book out that says be a vegan by day and then a carnivore by night...am always game for trying something new).  Am a total airhead though.  I pranced out of my office at lunch time the other day singing, "I am Vegan before 6. Vegan before 6.  Vegan before 6".  Everyone just looked at me as if I was kooky.  I walked across the way with a person in my office, I ordered lunch and came back and started eating it.  After I had taken several bites, a person in my office who was also eating the same lunch selection said, "Just thought of something...that turkey chili is not vegan".  Duh.  I do have quite a few airhead moments.  Uhh...what about ordering "turkey chili" would ever make me think "vegan"?  Tomorrow is another day!


Photos: Elle Interior

KITCHEN WEEK: GRAY TRADITIONAL WITH A LEMON TWIST!

KITCHEN WEEK day 5 is really courtesy of Pinterest.  Pinterest is like Facebook to me.  You go on to do one thing and then you end up endlessly wandering through all kinds of photos on other peoples pages. The other day I was on Facebook leaving a comment on best of friend AM's wall wishing her a happy birthday and somehow through clicking here and there, I ended up in some random persons wedding photos!  Oy vey.

Anyhooooo...I found this kitchen while randomly browsing through Pinterest.  Somehow it led me to Willow Decor blog and to these fabulous photos taken by photographer James Salomon of a kitchen designed by Bronwyn Huffard of Huffard House Interiors.

Love this traditional kitchen in Maine....with it's backsplash featuring a Swiss flag like white and gray cross painted backsplash under the stainless hood and above the range.   Love the industrial pendant lights over the kitchen island, the white marble counters, the large windows flanking the stove and most of all, the lemon yellow pocket door leading to the pantry!  Very nice.

A classic kitchen with a twist!

Happy Friday!

xo

Coco

P.S. Have today off from regular job...am heading to my tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills to meet the closet installers and the painters. Have chosen a great gray/blue color for my little den. Some Benjamin Moore color...but I've forgotten what it is called already! Yikes.

BEVERLY HILLS TUDOR HOME REVIVED!

A Beverly Hills Tudor style home made bright and cheerful by Los Angeles based interior designer Betsy Burnham.

Tudor homes sometimes have a darker more heavy feel to the decor - full of tradition and wood paneling I think.   Not this home.  With walls painted a bright white and an eclectic introduction of textiles, upholstery and wallpaper in muted tones of grays, blues, corals and lavenders, this home feels nothing like your run of the mill tudor!

The gray upholstered furniture in the living room gets a bit of color with wonderful purple cushions.  Also love the statuette lamps on the console. (above)

Nothing like a neatly arrnage coffee table with books, amethyst Calla Lilies and just the right reading. (above)

The t.v. room features a large built in cabinet with beadboard door fronts, coral sofas upholstered in a Chinoiserie Palm Beach like fabric and a square tufted leather ottoman. (above)

Nothing like a bright white kitchen with marble counters, glass upper cabinets and fantastic round glass pendant lights over the kitchen island. (above)

An open kitchen it turns out! (above)

The dining room table is surrounded by cane back chairs with ticking stripe seats and matching Parsons chairs on either end. (above)

Love the master bedroom wallpaper - Katie Ridder's Leaf wallpaper pattern available at Harbinger in Los Angeles. Stunning! (above)

What I like about this house is that it seems comfortable, livable and well designed.  Not too over the top in the decor but just enough to show a bit of personality and style.  Like.  Like a lot.

Happy Wednesday!

xo
Coco

P.S. Picked up my dog Mr. Boo yesterday (see previous post) from the surgery hospital and took him over to the vet who will nurse him back to health over the next two weeks.  He looked so sad and tired after his surgery! Poor guy.

P.P.S.  Headed to the theater tonight to see a play.  So excited.

P.P.P.S.  Must also make it up to my little cottage in the Hollywood Hills today to see how construction is progressing and to talk about the floors.  My mom and my sis DS are worried that I am not moving things along quick enough...so today...we're going to get the project moving!!!

P.P.P.P.S.  Have a great day!

P.P.P.P.P.S.  Thank you to fab designer Joe Lucas owner of Harbinger showroom for the tip on the master bedroom wallpaper source.

TILE FILE: A HOUSE FULL OF TILES!

Love these tiles on the floor of this home is in Greece.  Cement tiles I think.  In black, red and gray.  They look Moroccan to me.  So lovely.  Who said tile makes a room cold?  I didn't.  I like this!

I love the way the same tiles are used in both indoor and outdoor spaces.  Nice.  Very nice.

Happy Thursday (again)!

xo
Coco

P.S.  Tomorrow, am doing an art giveaway on the blog from an up and coming designer/artist.  Please tune in tomorrow for your chance to enter.

P.P.S.  I was at Wholefoods last night and an older man walked up to me.  He was holding a jug of apple juice.  He said to me..."What is in this apple juice...is it just apples...I cannot tell".  I read the front and it said "Organic apple juice".  On the back, listing the ingredients it only said: "Ingredients: Apple Juice".  I said, "I guess this apple juice is made out of apple juice?"  The older man said, "This drives me crazy every time.  How can a jug of apple juice say the ingredients are "apple juice""...I shrugged my shoulders.  Baffling.  He was right.  It is like saying the ingredient in a frozen pizza is frozen pizza OR the ingredient in butter is butter.  While the man seemed a little loopy, he was spot on in his observation.  As I left the store, I could hear him asking someone else "What is in this apple juice...is it just apples...I cannot tell.".  LOL!