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Luxury Resort Style Master Bathroom for Your Home
Interior Design McKinney TX – by Foran Interior Design – Interior Designer McKinney TX
Remodel your master bathroom into a luxury resort-style spa
Instead of going to a resort/spa, why not give your home the amenities of a luxury resort? In a previous blog, I talk about “
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Master Bathroom Remodeling
In the CAD (computer-aided design) photo above you can see a design that was created to give the feel of a luxury resort. This design has Rhythm and Harmony which are two of the basic principles of interior design. The repeating arches give you rhythm in the room by creating visual interest. Using the tone-on-tone color of the wall and floor creates harmony. Harmony will make you feel relaxed.
7 Creative Decorating Ideas for Your Home
Interior Design Allen Texas – By Foran Interior Design
A professional interior designer has many creative ideas and ways to transform your home.
Since the COVID-19 virus has come to the United States, we have had much more time to spend in our homes. Here are 7 creative ideas to make your home more interesting and fun
The 3D rendering of a Home Movie Theater also has a dance floor to add more fun and function to the room.
How to Change My Old World Interior Design to Neo-Traditional
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Change your heavy and elaborate interior design to a Clean Traditional / Neo-Traditional look
Clean Traditional or Neo-Traditional is very popular today, but what does it look like? It is the use of simpler-styled traditional furniture. Gone are the days of heavily carved moldings and overly massive items. Sofas and chairs can have softer lines but are much simpler (cleaner).
The Clean Traditional look is also lighter in color. This is for the person wanting to lighten up and update their home but does not like contemporary. This is also a look that is not going to go out of style if you stay away from fad colors.
Clean traditional look. This room was changed from a dark heavy Old World look into a transition, comfortable, fun wine lounge. Photo credit: Beth Singer Photography
This master bedroom was updated from a dark heavy look to a lighter cleaner look. We reused most of her furniture by recovering in lighter date fabrics. New carpet, rug, bedspread, bed, and bench were added. Photo credit: Beth Singer Photography
The finishing touches to this look are also simpler. This look works best with fewer, but larger accessories and artwork. It gets away from a lot of small accessories, which give you a cluttered look. Neo-Traditional has a more peaceful feel.
Change Your Home from Traditional to Modern
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I design this 3D rendering to show how we could change this space. The client was able to see the new design elements of the room (new fireplace, ceiling paint detail, lighting, furniture, rug, and accessories.
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How to change your home from traditional to modern/transitional.
I am an interior designer from McKinney TX and a lot of people ask me how to update their interior design from heavy traditional to more modern/transitional. I also have people ask me about changing their ornate heavy traditional furnishings to a clean traditional design (still has traditional elements, just not heavy and ornate). In this blog, I will talk about changing from a heavy traditional (Old World) to a modern/transitional look. In the next blog, I will talk about changing from Old World to Clean Traditional.
Traditional Interior Design to Modern
What do I have to change? Do I need to change all my furniture? What about the architecture of my house? These are all questions that need to be answered. In most cases, you can get by with minor changes to your home. You will almost always need to paint your walls and ceiling. You may not need to paint the trim if it is already off-white. If you truly want a more Modern look then you do need to change the furniture (see photos below). I get people that want to make the change, but they want to keep their furniture. I do not have a magic wand. Furniture is the one thing that people think they should keep forever. They will change cars every couple of years, but they want to keep their furniture even if they don’t like it anymore.
What to avoid.
Another thing that you want to avoid is going to a furniture store and buying a bunch of furniture without a plan. I feel bad for people when I go to their homes and I see that they just bought furniture that does not fit in their homes. A costly mistake.
The living room below shows the same room as the before photo below it. What did I change? The walls are painted, new window covering is new furniture, new rug, new lighting, and accessories.
Traditional to Modern – After Photo
After Living Room Photo Above
Before 3D CAD photos below
After Dining Room 3D CAD Photo Below
The dining room above is the same as the photo above it. You can see that I lightened up the room with paint. I also took out the wainscoting to give the room a cleaner look. Most dining rooms today are narrow and don’t have room for a china cabinet, although I see a lot of them forced into dining rooms. You need 30″ past the table to pull out a chair and another 20-24″ for the depth of a china cabinet. On the other hand, if you don’t use a china cabinet, you end up with two bare walls. By using a floor-to-ceiling mirror on one wall, we take care of two problems. We don’t need to put anything on that wall and now the room seems twice as wide.
Other creative solutions cancreative solutions that can improve your life and the look of your home.
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How to add a Resort Style Spa to Your Home
Resort Style Spa Dallas TX – By Foran Interior Design
Unwind in a Resort Style Spa in the privacy of your home
Make a comfortable stress-free space to relax and unwind in your home. Turn an area in your home into a sanctuary with all the comforts of a resort-style spa. Maybe remodel your bathroom and take some space from an adjoining guest room that you don’t use or maybe a walk-out basement like in the CAD design below. You could just add some creature comforts to your master suite, like a sauna, or convert your shower into a steam shower.
The CAD design above and below shows a complete home spa, with a large steam shower, air tub, sauna, fireplace, yoga area, and seating. This creates an Immersive Experience by pulling you into an augmented reality that is engaging and satisfying.
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Michael Foran has helped us design a home that is equal parts comfort, beauty and elegance. He took our personal style and expanded it to exceed our expectations.
Michael has the innate ability to add the finishing touches and pull it all together which adds aesthetic value to make a house a home.
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Michael Foran, ASID is an award-winning interior designer working in the Dallas area.
