Home design: A room decorated for daughters (but not Dad’s Zoom calls)

Soon after decorating bedrooms for a family’s three teenage daughters, Cara Fineman, founder of DAG Design, moved on to the room that her shopper dubbed the “innovation room,” an upbeat retreat meant to incite creativeness and collaboration. “It’s not a formal workspace but it’s also not a house for lying about,” she suggests. Whilst the cheerful environment are a hit with the teenagers, their dad’s co-staff chuckled more than its prettiness. “He did Zoom calls from below throughout the pandemic,” Fineman suggests. “There was absolutely commentary on the vibrant background.”

1 Recognizing the consumer envisioned relaxed chairs more than a couch, Fineman opted for oversize swivels in a playful (but not childish) silhouette upholstered in raspberry-colored crushed velvet.

2 Eddie Defreitas of Built-ins by Eddie crafted the workstation that accommodates a few. Glass with tiny bubbles adds fascination and aids mask the contents of the tall cupboards. The upholstered desk chairs by Blu Dot are from Lekker in the South End.

3 The handblown glass Neverending Glory pendants from Style and design Within Achieve are pleasurable but really don’t compete with the wallpaper. “I required to include things like attractive lights and like that the set up above the desk is a bit surprising,” Fineman states.

4 The customer arrived to the desk with the Elitis Kandy selection wallpaper, which she saw in yet another of Fineman’s assignments. “I get so quite a few requests for this pattern,” the designer notes.

5 The colors and designs of the painting by Hannah Lane from Libby Silvia Artstyle enhance the wallpaper. “Even however they are the two chaotic, they really feel definitely great together,” Fineman states of the pairing.

6 “If the space felt way too ridiculous and playful it wouldn’t jive with the decor in the rest of the home,” Fineman notes, outlining that the marine blue fake leather ottoman with nailhead trim nods to the all round style scheme.


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