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Dining & Family Room design plan

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This is a two part blog. Today I will share with you the Design Plan for a Living & Dining Room interior design project. Part two will be the "Living & Dining Room Reveal!"

This project is a great sample of what a Du interiors UltimateDesign Package” looks like. 

The main focus was to create a complete design plan for the living room and make recommendations for purchases for the Dining Room and Entry to tie all of these spaces together. 


We used many of the pieces that the client already owned and simply added the finishing touches to pull each of these spaces together. We selected big ticket items that are timeless and built to last and we personalized each of these spaces with punches of color and fun accessories that can be easily and relatively inexpensively changed in the future.

The before…















What to keep? 
Wall color, the dining room table & chairs + square wall mirror + Beige sofa


beige sofa

The Inspiration…Client’s love for blues & orange tones. 
The first item selected, the area rug



The floor plan with the final furniture layout selected by client...




The furniture selection



To visualize what the space will look like when it is all done....
LR & DR 3D View

Top View

Front View


*Project completed in Dec.2015 as Co-owner of REDU with Ann Reed

Thank you for following along with the design plan!  Until next time with the "Living & Dining Room Reveal!


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