Small spaces should never be underestimated. With a bit of thoughtful planning and attention to detail, a petite place can pack a punch that will make square footage an afterthought. Whether you live in an apartment or smaller home, my tips will help you make your spaces feel airy, open, & appear larger than before.
Head over to Glitter Guide to get my top tips as illustrated in our Atlanta apartment!
If you’re here for the first time, welcome! I’m Jana Bek, an interior designer with an emerging lifestyle line of home décor, textiles, & lighting. I have a love for bright colors, bold prints, and designing spaces & home décor that help transport you to your dream destination.
I’m so excited to be participate in my fourth season of One Room Challenge, this go-around I’ve made over our living room.
You can view my initial planning here:
I could not be more thrilled with how my ORC came together & I’m delighted to share our updated living room with you!
If you recall, my main goal for the space was to make it more inviting. It was an amalgamation of random pieces and it felt as such, an afterthought of a room.
Let’s remember the before:
And now:
The game changers that made the space more relaxation-ready were the properly sized rug, and beautiful, comfortable, leather ottoman & bobbin chairs.
When the design was near completion, I was delighted, but everything felt so new (not surprisingly, as the majority of the items are!)
So it was kismet to learn that my friend & stylist guru, Olga Naiman, would be in town and happy to help give the space a more lived-in vibe.
Enter wonderfully curated vintage finds & unexpected art:
To round out my dream team, special thanks to Detroit’s rising star photographer, Marta Perez; and my dear friend, Michelle Adams for letting us borrow last minute pieces from her beautiful abode, & her soon-to-launch shop, The Maryn!
Of course, I’m SO VERY thankful for the many generous sponsors that partnered with me
& to Linda for organizing this fantastic event!
Sources:
Small ottomans crafted by LivenUPdesign , Palm Beach Blue fabric via Jana Bek Design // Cornforth White Paint via Farrow & Ball // Spindle Chairs & Ottoman via Frontgate // Rug via Annie Selke Co// Chandelier via Crystorama // Brushstroke drapes , lamp , & ginger jar via Jana Bek Design // Vintage Brass Floor Lamp via Chairish// Brass side table & Grasscloth on DIY cabinet via ATG Stores // Leopard Pillows via Little Design Co. // Blush pillows via Arianna Belle // Boy on Horse art via Artfully Walls // Crystal candlesticks & obelisk via Lampsplus // Vintage accents via Fig & Stone // Men in Red by Kate Baird, Joshua Tree by Kaitlin Robesco & Waves Crashing by Marissa Hodges via Minted //Sofa via Ballard Designs // Star plates & fresh accents via The Maryn
Be sure to check out this uber talented troupe’s reveals! :
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If you’re here for the first time, welcome! I’m Jana Bek, an interior designer with an emerging lifestyle line of home décor, textiles, & lighting. I have a love for bright colors, bold prints, and designing spaces & home décor that help transport you to your dream destination.
I’m so excited to be participating in my fourth season of One Room Challenge, this go-around I’m making over our living room.
You can view my initial planning here:
Week I I Week II I Week III I Week 4
Wowsa, we are in the final stretch! If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’ve been hustling in a major way this week! I shared a few IG stories of my grasscloth cabinet DIY and I finally finished it yesterday, yeesss! Here’s a look at it accompanied with my new Minted artwork the killer lamp I mentioned last week:
We also painted the space with Farrow & Ball’s Cornforth White. I’m so thrilled with the color, it’s a light creamy gray that is a touch warmer & darker than our existing paint & it makes the space feel so much more cozy #thepowerofpaint!
With the grasscloth DIY out of the way, it’s finally time to talk pretty details.
My stylist friend/guru Olga, (re: last weeks post) helped me find accents with awesome character, they’ve all arrived and are even better in person!
Some seriously cool crystal:
& through Chairish I discovered an amazing shop, Fig + Stone. Their offering is spot on & one of the founders, Ariel Fulmer, is also a One Kings Lane alum - as a vintage buyer, of course!
Here is some goodness from the shop that will just make it on time for the shoot:
There is still a lot to do so wish me luck! You can check out my interim scheming on Instagram & Pinterest !
And be sure to update yourselves with this uber talented troupe’s designing:
Chris Loves Julia | Shannon Claire | Coco.Kelley | The Curated House
Driven by Décor | The English Room | From the Right Bank | Sherry Hart
Hi Sugarplum | House of Jade | Hunted Interior | The Makerista | Making it Lovely
Marcus Design | Pencil & Paper Co. | Megan Pflug | Place of My Taste | Suburban B’s
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If you’re here for the first time, welcome! I’m Jana Bek, an interior designer with an emerging lifestyle line of home décor, textiles, & lighting. I have a love for bright colors, bold prints, and designing spaces & home décor that help transport you to your dream destination.
I’m so excited to be participating in my fourth season of One Room Challenge, this go-around I’m making over our living room.
You can view my initial plans here:
Woof – it’s only been a week since my last update?! It feels like a month! Between traveling to High Point this weekend (I saw so much goodness!) & moving out of our Atlanta apartment yesterday, very little progress has been made on our living room design!
That said, the little progress makes me very happy – I came home to the gorgeous mix of pillows from the talented ladies of Little Design Co. and Arianna Belle that I mentioned last week.
Also, these petite ottomans greeted me; the photos do them little justice, Liven Up Design made my upholstery dreams come true!
With the stress of moving, a very happy surprise was that my friend, Olga Naiman, will be in town for my ORC reveal. Olga is a wickedly talented stylist & her volunteering to round out my vision is so exciting – I know she’ll take it to the next level! I met Olga when she was styling my friend Michelle Adam's home for house beautiful:
Proper praise for Olga requires a dedicated post, but I thought it would be fun to share items she choose for the space that I would have never dreamed up.
For the small wall leading into the living room, I knew I wanted a bar cart moment. I had chosen this classic cart from ATG Stores & Olga suggested a wallpaper to make the slim space pop. We landed on this graphic Belevedre option - cross your fingers the paper arrives on time as I'm ordering it today!
With all of the newness in the space, we agreed the design needed pieces with rich textures & history – hello bone side table & gorgeous finds with a story. I would have never chosen the beautiful funky lamp & now I cannot wait to get it in the space!
As I said - little progress!
I'm in major crunch mode but I'm choosing to focus on my excitement for everything to come together & not the fact that there is way too much to do (paint, finish the cabinet DIY, hang wallpaper & window treatments, & hope everything arrives on time!)
Wish me luck, it's going to be a race to the finish!
You can follow my interim scheming on Instagram & be sure to check out this uber talented troupe’s designing:
Chris Loves Julia | Shannon Claire | Coco.Kelley | The Curated House
Driven by Décor | The English Room | From the Right Bank | Sherry Hart
Hi Sugarplum | House of Jade | Hunted Interior | The Makerista | Making it Lovely
Marcus Design | Pencil & Paper Co. | Megan Pflug | Place of My Taste | Suburban B’s
Waiting on Martha Media Partner House Beautiful | TM by CIH
