Hard to believe the images above were taken several years ago! As promised, I’m sharing one final tour of this beautiful single family home in rural MD we have had the pleasure of working on the last few years. What started as a single-room project turned into a full home as Dani added room by room to have done. Over the course of working on her home I have had design opportunities beyond my wildest dreams, but when Dani first came to us, all I had were dreams. Dani had full trust and confidence in us before we had even proven we were capable. Do you know how valuable that is to a small business?

It’s everything.

I can’t even count the number of design renderings that went into completing this home, or the hours spent sourcing the various elements of each individual space. The scope of this home was larger than any project we’ve worked on before, but it was important to me every step of the way to make intentional design choices and thoughtful decisions. When I walked through one final time last week, I just felt so blessed by this home, this job, and this sweet family. Every second spent on this home was worthwhile.

So let’s walk through, shall we?

Great Room

Breakfast Nook

Dining Room

Family Room

Master Bedroom

Studio Workspace

I can’t wrap up this tour without including my buddy, Lonny! I’ve never seen so much personality in such a little package!

Hard to believe there are no rooms left for us to work on in this home! It’s bittersweet to be finished but I am so proud of the work that was accomplished on this home. It was a total team effort, with Dani and Nate tackling every single aspect of the design laid out, and now they can truly sit back and just enjoy it all.

“Due to the success of the first room and their one-of-a-kind warm personalities we went on to work with StyleMutt Home for 5 additional rooms. I just couldn’t imagine pulling a room together without them! They transformed a boring rental home into the coolest house on the block. When we eventually say goodbye to this beautiful space it will be tough, of course, that also means we will be back to working with Chelsea and Cate all over again!

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— Dani Barbe

Thank you so much for coming by today and following the process of this beautiful home!

Well hello there! I feel like a gopher every time I pop my head up for a post - unexpected and out of the blue. Hah! Truth is, Cate and I have always put life and family before our little corner of the great web, and these last few months have been richly full to say the least!

With a few design projects wrapping up this month I am going to do my very best to share things as close to live time on here as possible, but if you want the full StyleMutt Home design experience, you may want to head over to Instagram if you aren’t on there already! That’s where projects end up first, (sometimes weeks before the blog), since it’s just so convenient to upload the photos, (with far less words, you’ll be glad to know hahaha)!

But for today, I hope you enjoy the first of several reveals coming up in rapid succession - starting with Dani Barbe’s family room! We have worked through this beautiful home for the past 2.5 years, room by room, and now we are done. Holy smokes!. I’ll save the master bedroom for early next week and then finish with one final full home tour so you can see the cohesiveness of the home as a whole.

So here we are, Dani’s comfy family room!

This space went from dark walls to light walls with dark furniture. It let’s the space pretend it’s cave-like without actually being a cave. While the rest of her home is light and bright, we went a touch moodier with this room, focusing on rich colors and bold contrast.

One of the first stops in the process was reorienting the room and moving the tv between the front two windows. This far wall was suddenly opened up and very, very blank! I absolutely did not want to add another furniture piece here just for the sake of filling space, and since Dani and her beau are seasoned globe trotters, I thought this space was the perfect opportunity to add some personal photos from their travels! This simple square grid of black and white iPhone photos framed in $15 IKEA frames might just be my favorite element in the room, (or tied with the chair…).

A framed port in Greece is a nod to the framed black and whites which were all taken in Greece. It’s a special place to this fun-loving couple and I wanted to tie it in someway that wasn’t screaming obvious. The pillows were all chosen intentionally to tie this room into the rest of the home, which I can’t wait to share in entirety next week!

Family rooms tend to get used hard in the very best way, which can sometimes result in style sacrifice. I totally get that. From personal experience, I get it. But I love that this space shows an alternative option - a comfy lounge space with durable pieces can also be beautiful. And there isn’t even that much going on! It’s my favorite kind of space; simple, comfortable, and interesting.

I had the pleasure of stealing Shire away from school to join me when I visited Dani’s home for the last time! We used to paint furniture in the garage together! Design is a different type of work but I have always treasured my kids’ being a part of things, however it suits their interest. And right now, missing school to join Momma totally suits her interest! Special thanks to Dani for taking these sweet pics during our time there.

If you stop by on Monday I’ll be sharing the full reveal of the master bedroom! Then I hear Cate has a little eye candy for you as well before I end this project with one final look-through. So bittersweet!

Thank you for stopping by, friends!