I provide decorating services for homeowners in the surrounding area too, including Toronto. For those who live further away, I offer digital design as well. I provide other interior decorating services too.
For example, I also provide full-service renovation packages, redecoration services, colour consultations, and more. Click the button below to find out more about the digital design service. Click the button to find out about other services I provide too.
I offer the complimentary phone consultation to ensure that I can help you with your design project. I will learn about your ideas and you. You will be learning about me. For example, be rest assure,d that I collaborate with you every step of the way. I will also be sensitive to your budget too.
I will only take on a project if I can deliver it with complete confidence. So let’s chat. There is no obligation for you to go further.
Interior designers have the skills necessary to avoid costly design and decorating mistakes. For example, one costly mistake that can be avoided is buying furniture that will not fit in the space. I can procure the right size furniture for your space. So you do not need to purchase another piece, because the first one was too big. You may know someone who bought furniture that was too big. Since it was too big, it had to be sold or placed in the basement. Lynteriors can draw up a floor plan or a perspective drawing, so this does not happen to you. A floor plan helps me pick the right size furniture for your space.
Alternatively, a computer-aided design like the one below can help you visualize if your new sectional, sofa, or other piece of furniture will fit. For example, my Oak Ridges client wanted to purchase a sectional for their family room. They were empty nesters. So they wanted the largest sectional they could get to entertain friends. They also wanted to have it for family gatherings. They picked a smaller sectional and larger one.
The wife wanted it to fit within the column. She knew she would not like it if it did not fit. She also wanted the biggest one she could get to entertain more people. She did not want to buy the smaller sectional, if the bigger one would fit.
I did the perspective below. The drawing revealed that the smaller sectional barely fit between the column. As a result, the larger sectional would not fit at all.
Since she knew this, it gave her the confidence to buy the smaller sectional. She also knew it would look better. Furthermore, she realized she would have had to put the larger sectional in the basement, and buy another one for the family room. She was thankful that I did the drawing because it gave her peace of mind. I saved her money and frustration.
Interior decorators have access to discounts on furniture and accessories. These are called to- the- trade discounts. They are partially there so decorators are compensated for their time and expertise. I pass some of the discounts to my clients too. For example, some of the discounts you can receive from me can be up to 40% off the retail cost of furniture.
Lynn Asbury is the founder of Lynteriors providing interior decorating services in Aurora, Ontario, and surrounding areas such as Toronto. -I Help You Create Your Dream Rooms.
The ongoing pandemic has influenced interior design trends. For example, the trend seems to be towards warmer neutral colors. Maybe these colors combat the negativity of the pandemic, so we gravitate to these cheerier colours? I am Lynn Asbury, an interior designer in Aurora, Ontario. During the last couple of years, I have noticed that my clients have gravitated to warm neutrals, such as warm whites.
What is a warm white? What is a warm white? Warm white has a dash of yellow, red, or orange mixed into the white. One of these colours is mixed with white to create warm white. Yellow, for example, creates a cheery mood. So a warm white with a yellow undertone is more cheery than a white with a blue undertone. Warm whites are forecast as trending in 2022, apparently too.
Warm whites can be used anywhere. For example, this Newmarket dining room pictured below has a warm white chair and table stain. They match very well with the kitchen cabinets.
The warm white floral fabric on the chair back coordinates with the warm white seat fabric. In the showroom, the homeowner gravitated to the warm white fabrics. The chair fabrics coordinated well with the chair paint colour too. We coordinated the chair upholstery colour to match the family room loveseat upholstery as well.
The warm white loveseat fabric is called oatmeal. It is pictured in the family room photo. Now, the kitchen, dining room, and family room coordinate. This is important since they are open concept to each other. It is fun tieing rooms together using the same or similar colours!
In the Forbes design trend forecast post for 2022, Jamie Davis, cofounder of Portola Paints, makes a similar statement about colours. He says, “We are seeing trends in earthy, warmer, and organic colors as opposed to a few years ago when cleaner, brighter colors were more sought-after. Our shade, White Cliffs, used to be our most popular color. Now customers are gravitating towards Figueroa, a more organic shade. A brighter shade of white would never feel as warm and inviting as an organic shade of white.” Figueroa is a warm white neutral with a yellow undertone. Warmer white or organic whites have indeed been trending the last couple of years. Warm white is trending as a paint colour. It is also trending as a furniture fabric colour.
Go to //www.forbes.com/sites/amandalauren/2021/12/29/20-interior-design-trends-here-to-stay-in-2022/?sh=2e01b35410a4 to see this trend under the heading Earth toned paints. Find out more about other interior design 2022 trends, according to Forbes.
I received an interior design book from my son Tim for Christmas. It is called “Made for Living” by Amber Lewis. He knows his mom loves anything to do with decorating! LOL. The book was released in 2020.
Anyway, I loved the colours Amber used. She tended towards neutral colour schemes and blue and green. The book was full of warm white interior design projects. Many walls in the photos were painted warm white. The sofas and chairs had warm white upholstery too. Warm white has indeed been around for the last two years.
Amber also blended vintage furniture with modern pieces. As she put it in her introduction to the book, her style involves “furniture that effortlessly mixes flea market finds and sleeker shapes in a blend that feels like it will last forever.”Yahoo sees a trend that incorporates traditional furniture into interior design too. As Erin Gates for Yahoo puts it, “Expect English roll arm sofas, wingbacks, simple dining tables based on antique styles and pieces with detail and some history.”
Vogue identifies a similar trend. According to them, “Instead of purchasing all new furnishings, people are increasingly sprinkling in antiques, and vintage pieces among more modern designs says Milwaukee-based interior designer Anna Franklin. Forbes says the same thing. They state there will be ” A blend of old and new: contemporary artwork and lighting paired with classic furniture silhouettes.” The trends are seen in my customer’s home too. For example, the dining room table in my Newmarket client’s home has a classic turned pedestal leg. It is paired with a contemporary abstract wall art and contemporary ceiling fixture, which the photo below reveals.
I have seen these colour and furniture styles trends too. This recent project showcased in this blog is an example. In summary, warm white in upholstery and paint colour is a trend. Also, a mix of vintage or traditional furniture with modern furniture and accessories will probably be trending in 2022.
Mood boards can help you see how different styles of furniture look together. They can help you see how different colours look together too. I offer mood boards as part of my services. They are great to use during a pandemic, or if you do not live close to Aurora, because they can be sent via email as an e-design. Go to; https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/services/, to see an example of a mood board and some of the other services I offer to help you create your dream room(s).
In this post, you will receive some modern farmhouse-style tips. You will see different modern farmhouse Christmas ideas as well. I styled this Newmarket, Ontario home in different ways. Since it was so close to Christmas, I kept the homeowner’s Christmas decorations on her fireplace. This first photo shows how this family room looks when it has a neutral colour scheme.
The furniture for the family room and dining room in this project by Lynteriors arrived in late November. So it made sense to play up the Christmas theme when the photos were taken. Here is the modern farmhouse family room decked out for Christmas. This photo shows the neutral colour scheme, which forms the basis of the modern farmhouse style. White and beige are considered neutral colours. The various browns on the wood furniture are considered neutral colours too.
Another element of the modern farmhouse style is to mix eras or styles. There is a mix of vintage wooden tables and contemporary items in the family room. The contemporary pieces include the table lamp and the streamlined oatmeal loveseat.
We chose the beige-coloured love seat to coordinate with the fabric on the dining room chairs. See the dining room photo below. The silver and white items in both rooms tie these adjacent rooms together further. I chose the silver bowl and the silver table lamp for the family room for this reason. These family room accessories coordinate with the silver ceiling fixture pictured in the dining room below.
Organic and natural materials such as stone and wood are the foundation of the modern farmhouse style. For example, a stone fireplace such as the one pictured below is an example of a natural material you can use in a farmhouse-style family room. The love seat fabric colour picks up the colour of the fireplace surround. Furthermore, the white and silver Christmas decor dressed up the mantle and coordinated with the white and silver table accessories.
During the photoshoot, I photographed a red colour scheme idea as well. Adding a vibrant monochromatic colour scheme to a modern farmhouse is sometimes used too in this style. The contemporary red-in-the-wall art is echoed in the throw on the loveseat and the red-painted console by the loveseat.
Red and white is a popular Christmas colour combination too. So with that in mind, we proceeded to decorate the tabletops around the loveseat with a Christmas theme.
The family room is often the room your family will gather to celebrate Christmas, and in this room, you will welcome your guests. As a result, decorating this room is important. The homeowner chose the angel accent piece to decorate the end table and a white house accessory piece to decorate the coffee table. I took pictures of this look too.
I planned to style the family room and take photos only. In the end, we did that and more. We had fun decking the room with Christmas decorations as well. If you want to learn more about the Modern Farmhouse style go to, https://wordpress.com/post/lynteriors.wordpress.com/1493
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