Studio M
Designer Notes: With this kitchen, it is all about modern, sleek contemporary finishes to play up reflective surfaces. The espresso cabinets are complimented by elongated hardware to create that contemporary feel. Glass paneled pantry doors add a unique feature and another element of reflective materials to the space.
Designer Notes: Contemporary, spa, and zen-like are all words I’d use to describe this icy blue bedroom. A dynamite custom tufted headboard creates a plush feel and becomes the focal point of a room.
Designer Notes: This dining room is all about custom, custom, custom. The multicolored table becomes the central focal point in the room, while the wall of niches is a unique way to bring funky accessories in, while making them architectural.
Designer Notes: When it comes to a master bathroom, it should be a place of refuge. This bathroom was designed to make the end user feel completely relaxed. A space like this proves that contemporary can feel warm.
About Michelle Jennings Wiebe
Michelle Jennings Wiebe, ASID, is the President/Principal Designer of the premier interior design firm Studio M Inc., based in Tampa, Florida. Studio M specializes in luxury residential design, but is also well known for their sleek commercial interiors. While she is considered an expert in new construction, Michelle thrives on taking any space and transforming it into both living artistry and functional desirability. Her passion for interiors is to “develop livable works of art that are timeless.”
As a graduate of Florida State University, she received her Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. Prior to and upon graduating, she was an Assistant Designer for Gail Olsen Interiors in Clearwater, Florida. She founded Michelle Jennings Design Studio Inc. in 1991 (later changing the name to Studio M Inc. in 1999.) Her portfolio of almost two decades includes the recent completion of Signature Place, a two hundred and forty four unit luxury condominium tower in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
About Studio M
Studio M is a full service interior design firm located in Tampa, Florida. Our company has over twenty years of industry experience in both residential and commercial design. We also specialize in new construction projects including concept development and construction management. Whether big or small, we have the resources to manage any size project. Studio M will customize our services to meet your specific needs. We take pride in giving each client the time and attention needed to successfully complete each project.
We work with each client to help design an interior that reflects not only their taste and style but also their specific lifestyle, values, and accomplishments. Studio M thrives on taking any space and transforming it into both living artistry and functional desirability. Our passion for interiors is to “develop livable works of art that are timeless.”
CONTACT
- Website: Interiors by Studio M
- Blog: Interiors by Studio M Blog
- Twitter: @StudioM_
- Facebook: Studio M Interiors
Ishka Designs, Inc – Designer Portfolio
Designer Notes: The 10-foot long custom glass dining table lightens up the heavy original wood details, while the combination of warm greys compliments well. |
Designer Notes: Completely remodeled bathroom with linear elements and dark wood to create a zen feel. |
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Designer Notes: Client’s masks mounted and framed in a vertical style that emphasizes height of ceiling and seemingly extends the expandable table up the wall. Giulletta chairs keep the space light. |
Designer Notes: Designed for the lady of the house, blues, browns, and gold lifted from the vintage sofa give life to this formal space – an eclectic combination of metal, velvet, and organic elements. |
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Designer Notes: Designed for the husband’s entertainment, the family room colors were derived from original fireplace details, while modern furnishings update the original 1800′s Brownstone detail. |
Designer Notes: This bachelor pad is softened up with pattern repetition, gauzy 14ft. curtains, and punches of yellow throughout. |
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Designer Notes: Updated appliances contrast with antique stove (partial view). New floors and French doors carry light further into space and connects formal dining. |
Designer Notes: Spacious kitchen remodeled to accommodate breakfast seating and modern appliances. |
About Ishka Designs Inc.
Ishka Designs Inc. a Brooklyn-based interior design firm, led by Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom, provides efficiently beautiful interior solutions to commercial and residential spaces. An Ishka Designs’ interior solution is beautiful, fresh, inspiring, aspirational, and efficient. Each space is thoroughly conceived with substantial client involvement throughout. From conceptual ideas to fully installed projects, Ishka Designs works with clients at all levels to provide a comprehensive and creative design solution.
Importantly, our design solutions are informed by over-riding concerns for their environmental impact. As a Brooklyn business, Ishka Designs has developed strong relationships with local vendors and specialists that translate into cost savings for clients and a continued focus on environmentally friendly design by minimizing the carbon footprint of any project.
In addition to comprehensive design services, Ishka Designs also offers consultations and specialized services such as creative problem solving, custom furniture design, and materials and color selection to name a few.
About Anishka Clarke of Ishka Designs, Inc.
With a minimalist philosophy at the heart of every project, Anishka Clarke cleverly combines modern design elements with subtle, rhythmic flavors from her Caribbean upbringing. Anishka’s love for her lush home away from home, Jamaica, translates to an over-riding environmental consciousness in her design approach. Additionally, her 10-year residency in New York City has fostered a knack for maximizing small to mid-size spaces and exploring her own customized furnishings.
In 2007, Anishka fearlessly quit her award-winning finance career that spanned a decade on Wall Street and in Jamaica, to pursue her real passion of interior design. Anishka is a Summa Cum Laude interior design graduate of the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She has a simple mantra that is the driving force behind everything she designs: “to create beauty from nothing, find beauty in something and to see beauty in everything”.
Contact Information
- Website: Ishka Designs, Inc
- Blog: Ishka Designs Blog
- Twitter: @ishkadesigns
- Facebook: Ishka Design, Inc. Group on Facebook
Jill Seidner Interior Design
INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO GALLERY {Jill Seidner Interior Design}
Photo: Los Feliz Residence living/dining/bar |
Photo: Los Feliz Residence Home Office. Benjamin Moore paint colors selected by designer. Area rug from West Elm. Desk and chair – client’s existing furniture. |
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Photo: West Hollywood Residence Master Bedroom. Benjamin Moore paint colors selected |
Photo: Long Beach Residence Master Bedroom. Headboard and bedding from West Elm. Night stands from Room & Board. |
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Photo: Hollywood Hills Dining Room. Benjamin Moore paint color selected by designer. Dining |
Photo: Encino Condo Dining Room. Full scale makeover of a condo including all new flooring, paint, and furniture. |
About Jill Seidner Interior Design
Los Angeles & Orange County,California based interior design firm Jill Seidner Interior Design specializes in commercial and residential interior design projects. In addition, Jill Seidner Interior Design, provides on site design consultations (for specialty needs such as color consultations and space planning), and virtual interior design services including an affordable complete room design package.
About Jill Seidner
Jill Seidner is a graduate of the Interior & Environmental Design Program at UCLA.She has over ten years of experience working freelance for top interior designers in Los Angeles (including past celebrity clients). In 2007, Jill started her own design firm, Jill Seidner Interior Design, and has since taken on a range of interior design projects. Jill is the Los Angeles contributor to the popular design blog, Material Girls.
Web: Jill Seidner Interior Design
Photos courtesy of Jill Seidner of Interior Design and Cecilia Gavia. All copyright of their respective owners.
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INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO GALLERY { Olga Adler Interiors }
 Photo: Dining Room “All in the Details” A hand-painted Chinoiserie finish demi lune sideboard paired with a light-reflecting hand-carved round mirror beautifully provides visual balance to the china cabinet on the other side of the window; and the finishing touches: silk covered chairs; dramatic red silk drapery; and a collection of glass candlesticks, and vases filled with freshly cut flowers from the clients garden creates a fresh, sophisticated and inviting dining room. |
 Photo: Eclectic Living Room Warm and relaxed, this living room is a medley of British colonial case goods, modern seating and a collection of antique Chinese accessories (like the large window carving). The warm colors and plush finishes – silk rug by Thomas O’Brien, custom velvet and corduroy pillows and silk drapery with gross grain ribbon detail – envelope you and make you (and your dog) want to stay longer. |
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 Photo: Sea-Inspired Spa Bathroom Cheery and casual this bathroom inspired by coastal vacations has it all: hand-made Spanish tile in soothing blue and green envelop the room, lining the floor, walls, shower stall and the jetted tub. A skylight above the tub makes for an indoor-outdoor feel; taking the bathing experience to a whole new level. |
 Photo: Blue and Green Kitchen Light background and dramatic accents – engineered walnut heated floors, custom white cabinets, and a dramatic 8′x5′ island in a custom blue finish. Calacatta Gold subway tile backsplash features dramatic accent pieces over the sink and the cook top – sliver thin green and blue pieces of marble cut to resemble bamboo stalks. {Featured in the “Kitchen Idea” book.} |
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 Photo: “PlantAsian” Living Room This room exemplifies Adler’s proprietary design style ‘PlantAsian’ – a combination of plantation style furniture with strong Asian elements. The Chinese red sofa was the starting point of the design and it inspired the red-black color scheme reflected further in Thibaut pagoda toile drapery, antique red birdcage and red and black coral pieces in the bamboo bookcase. |
 Photo: “PlantAsian” Living Room A neutral background (bisque color walls and a tone-on-tone beige custom area rug) in this family-friendly room created for a young couple with two kids, allows for dramatic accent colors in furniture and accessories. Custom drapery rods and a magazine stand are bamboo-inspired as well. A touch of animal print was a must, and two Balinese stools, seen here by the fireplace, serve as seating for the kids when they join their parents for a party. |
About Olga Adler Interiors
Connecticut based design firm, Olga Adler Interiors, provides full-service design, kitchen and bath design, decorating, renovations and home color consultations as well as custom-designed furniture, cabinetry and rugs to clients internationally: from Olga Adler Interiors’ home base of Fairfield, Connecticut to points across the United States and internationally.
Olga Adler Interiors has participated in the following design showcase projects: Kinderwood Designer Showhouse (2005), Ridgefield Kitchen Tour (2008), Village Park Designer Showcase (2008), and Festive Home Ridgefield Guild of Artists Showcase (2009).
Olga Adler Interiors’ design projects have been featured in an array of media: The Modern Estate, Inspired House, East Coast Home + Design, Doggie Aficionado, Connecticut Home & Garden, HOME Magazine, Fairfield County Home, Ridgefield Magazine, Fairfield County Business Journal as well as on ABC CT News Channel 8.
About Olga Adler
Olga Adler, the principal of Olga Adler Interiors, is an interior designer, stylist and writer. Olga’s refreshing approach to classic design has garnered her wide-spread recognition for her use of simple forms, unique accessories, and her love of color.
Her designs are inspired by her extensive travels throughout Europe, Africa and Asia; married with American influences here at home. This design marriage, influenced by diversity of cultures and styles, has yielded a sophisticated, yet sensible design philosophy that according to Olga is critical to,“creating stylish rooms that, just like the best clothing, are crafted with a particular person in mind – high quality, custom and unique, and only a little bit trendy.”
Olga’s earliest design experiences were derived from art books, Audrey Hepburn movies and her grandmother’s impeccable taste in clothing and decorating. She began her career in Europe designing and producing celebrity events including movie premieres, concerts and award ceremonies working with a number of world-renowned artists: Claudia Schiffer, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Seymour and Nicholas Sparks.
Photos courtesy of Olga Adler Interiors and Olson Photographic,LLC. Headshot photograph credit: Kristen Jensen Photography. All copyright of their respective owners.
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INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO GALLERY {Posh Living LLC}
 Photo: Modern Regency Style Living Room Interior designed by Layla Altman. |
 Photo: Turquoise Bedroom Interior designed by Kerry Ann Dame. |
 Photo: Pawley’s Island Dining Room Interior designed by Kerry Ann Dame. |
 Photo: Powder Room Interior designed by Kerry Ann Dame. Faux painting by Amy Real. |
About Posh Living, LLC
Interior designers Kerry Ann Dame and Layla Altman, owners of the South Carolina based interior design firm Posh Living, LLC, focus on creating “homes that are warm, personal, stylish and practical”. Posh Living LLC’s expansive 3,500 square foot showroom offers everything from custom furniture to flooring material to designer fabrics and trims.
Interior Designer Layla S. Altman of Posh Living, LLC
Layla comes to Posh Living, LLC with an extensive background in designing interiors for commercial (projects include: BMW, Coca-Cola, Cingular Wireless and Emory University) and luxury residential properties. Layla’s interior design work has been published in a variety of media, including The Atlanta Journal Constitution and Southern Living Presents television show.
Interior Designer Kerry Ann Dame of Posh Living, LLC
The founder of Posh Living, LLC, Kerry Ann Dame’s design career spans over twenty years and from coast to coast. Starting her interior design career in Los Angeles, California for the famed design firm Indigo Seas working under the tutelage of design doyenne Lynn von Kersting . While at Indigo Seas, Kerry Ann, worked on design projects for clients that ranged from studio executives to celebrities and that received accolades from premier home design magazines such as House and Garden and House Beautiful.
In 2000, Kerry Ann moved to South Carolina and opened a furniture and fabric shop called “The Bungalow Heaven” which evolved into Posh Living, LLC (design firm and showroom) about seven years later. Her interior design work has received media coverage in such publications as Coastal Living, Southern Living, SC Woman, and Coastal Carolina Homestyles.
Web: Posh Living LLC
Photos courtesy of Kerry Ann Dame of Posh Living, LLC and Scott Smallin. All copyright of their respective owners.
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Katie, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Greek living in London, investment banker turned interior designer, owner of furniture & home accessories boutique Coco Målé ((pronouned koko maaleh) originates from the word "Mahaalay" in Sanskrit, aptly meaning a palace), mommy to a gorgeous little Yorkie and on the right side of 30 (although barely!).
Raised amidst stacks of interior magazines, with an interior designer uncle, a mom who spent half her life at auctions and a dad who imported stone from Libya and Pakistan, it’s no wonder that I acquired a passion for interiors.
Yet, I decided to follow the money and studied finance at university, then worked in an investment bank in London for seven years. But my true passion was calling; so in July 2007, armed with just enough courage, determination and capital – and after six long months working in banking by day, and setting up the company at night- Coco Målé was launched!
Tell us about your business, Coco Målé.
My business is my haven! It’s an online boutique selling unique furniture and home accessories, each and every one handpicked by myself for its beauty, quality and individuality. I’ve spent the last couple of years searching high and low for the best suppliers and I am truly very proud of our collection and what we have achieved in this little time. My aim is to create a one-stop shop that bridges the gap in interior design between countries, to create a fusion of styles that reflects today’s globalized society, whether ethnic, country or minimalistic. Our products look equally beautiful in a city flat or a rural cottage!
What inspired you to pursue this business?
I was always passionate about interiors, but it was only a few years ago when I bought my first house that I realized that despite the abundance of furniture shops, everything seemed similar and mass-produced. I wanted to create a space that would be testament to my travels so I thought to myself, well why not try find these products myself? So it all started from there!
Where do you find inspiration for your designs?
I don’t do the product designing myself, but for the styling of my home, or even our brochure, I am inspired by my travels, nature, a picture with interesting colors…
Tell us about a favorite decorating or remodeling project.
We’re currently doing some work in our flat so I’m super excited! One of the main changes is the addition of another bathroom, which will not only be an en-suite to the master bedroom, but will also be the WC to my office and will link my office to the rest of the house. It’s difficult to explain but as it stands now, I am having to go out into the patio to enter my office which with the London rain is clearly not ideal!
What’s your personal design style? Has it evolved over time?
I’ve always adored the ethnic Oriental style, East meets West, but I’ve found that as I get older I’m also starting to appreciate white, country style interiors whereas when I was younger I thought they were too bland and old-fashioned.
Describe your dream room.
Very oriental, mainly in dark red and black with small accents of other bright colors like turquoise and orange.
Many of us have a product we bought for our home-that now makes us think-"what was I thinking" – do you have one?
Yes, I always think that about my cream sofa in the living room. Although a lovely design, it just isn’t practical; the covers aren’t removable and with a lively dog who is constantly coming in and out of the garden, it has unfortunately turned every color but cream now!
What’s your favorite color or paint swatch?
My favorite color is a rose-fuchsia pink color (Pantone 198
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What are your five favorite pieces of home décor from your home or elsewhere?
- A set of two African lady statuettes. They are nearly a meter tall and they look amazing next to my fireplace. Our supplier has discontinued them now but I am trying to get them made elsewhere…
- My Chinese Antique reproduction desk from Oka – was very expensive but oh so worth it.
- My comfy Papasan chair from the Pier, which has sadly closed down in the UK now.
- The gorgeous Jonque sofa from La Maison Coloniale – hopefully it will take pride of place in my home soon!
- A huge picture of Santorini (one of my favorite places in the world) that I’ve put up in our patio. It reminds me of home and it’s visible from my office, so the stunning view of the sea calms me down immediately.
What’s your favorite room at home? Why is it your favorite?
My office, I’ve done very little to it decorating-wise but it has bags of character and I just feel so creative and comfortable when I’m there, although maybe that’s a result of spending so much time in it!
Do you have a favorite designer?
I absolutely love Kelly Hoppen’s work – admittedly her interiors are usually all in the same style and a bit too ‘safe’ but her attention to detail is amazing and I love the symmetry that she always tries to create. I’m a perfectionist myself and can’t stand mismatched items or picture frames facing different angles!
Do you have a decorating design or remodeling tip you’d like to share with thedecoratingdiva.com readers?
I think the most important factor when designing a room is to plan ahead and to think about where you would place each item before purchasing. It’s so common to buy something because we fall in love with it, only to return home and realize we have nowhere to put it! It’s always better to stick to the “More is Less” mantra – the biggest mistake I see in homes is people trying to fit too many pieces of furniture in one room. Except the fact that it’s more expensive, it ends up making the room look much smaller and crowded. The same stands for home accessories – select a few items that will stand out and create a wow factor, rather than lots of small bits and bobs.
What are your favorite blogs or home design/improvement websites?
- Made by Girl: I love Jen’s taste and the fact that she shares her personal life with her readers.
- Decor8: Lovely, colorful images – especially the bi-weekly “color me pretty” column.
- Domestic Sluttery: A must read for modern domestic women! Packed with good recipes, fashion must-buys and decorating tips.
- Mydeco: Great for design inspiration and ideas – you can create 3D rooms and mood boards from real products.
- Wee birdy: Cool things to do/eat/buy in London from the Deputy Shopping & Style Editor of Time Out.
What are your favorite books and magazines?
- Architectural Digest
- Living Etc
- Grand Designs
- Kelly Hoppen Style (mainly for the images!)
- Hus & Hem (Swedish interiors magazine)
CONTACT
- Website: Coco Målé
- Blog: Cerise Pink: The Coco Målé Blog
- Facebook: Coco Målé on Facebook
- Twitter: Coco Målé on Twitter
- Coco Målé Sales Hotline: +44 (0) 845 257 1104
- Email: enquiries@cocomale.com
All images copyright of respective owners.
The Decorating Diva LLC would like to thank Katie of Coco Målé for sharing her inspiring, entrepreneurial journey into the world of design and for providing our readers with such delightful eye-candy for the home!
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