More Talent in Her Little Pinky…

» Posted on January 24, 2012

I have one artistic skill alone, and that is seeing life through a lens.  If it already exists, then I can photograph it.  That’s all I can do.  I have very little expertise in the area of decorating and designing and that is why I hired Kalie Graves.  I needed help revamping our living space, which was slowly but surely becoming a source of irritation in my daily life, it was not an area I was proud of, and trying to make it that way only resulted in more frustration.  Kalie came in and much to my relief, took over and transformed it into something I feel extremely proud of, a place where I now meet clients, do edits and lay around reading books.  I LOVE this new space, I feel comfortable here, confident, and I LOVE Kalie for creating it for us. So I decided to continue the momentum and have her do the girls rooms too.  Paige is a funny little lady, very specific in her tastes and ideas.  She told Kalie she wanted a room that was red and turquoise.  Red and turquoise?  I would have quit the job right then and there, how do you make those colors go together?  Actually that is the main reason her room has been so plain for so long, I had no idea how to make her room a space that she loved and didn’t leave me with an enormous headache every time i came in.  Enter Kalie.  I gave her a fairly  low budget and wasn’t expecting much, maybe a few wall decorations and some curtains or lamps or something, but last night we came home to an absolutely stunning sight.  I  was literally speechless and Paige was jumping around shouting!  After much digging, I discovered that most of the decor was either created or redone by her, including the artwork on the walls, the curtains,  and the repainted chair (yes it is painted, even the fabric, it is awesome..)   We love it, so I am going to share some pictures with you readers here today.  I will follow up next week with Mia’s gorgeous room.   And potentially an announcement about a workshop I am trying to talk her into putting on to teach all of us less visioned folks how to think bigger.  Any of you readers interested in that?

First, a preview of what it did look like, please excuse the mess…

 

If you would like to contact Kalie yourself, here is her number, 1-801-633-2132, and ladies, I think she travels…
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5 Responses to “More Talent in Her Little Pinky…”

  1. Marilee on January 24th, 2012 @ 4:41 pm

    I’m so jealous!! My gosh. Totally would love to hire her. Does she do one room at a time then? Does she have to do the whole house? I sooooo love this. Ella is sitting here telling me that is her room. Hmmmm. I have work to do.

  2. Laura on January 24th, 2012 @ 4:50 pm

    OH MY GOSH! That looks AMAZING!!!!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW I can’t wait to see it in person. Seriously wow.

  3. stacey hansen on January 24th, 2012 @ 5:20 pm

    oh my super cute!!! looks awesome!! i can’t believe your little paige is old enough to have such a sophisticated room! beautiful!!

  4. Michael Butler on January 24th, 2012 @ 5:42 pm

    The girls’ rooms look soooooo good! I could not believe what she was able to accomplish! Now the trick is keeping the rooms clean. ;-)

  5. Kristen on January 26th, 2012 @ 4:26 am

    okay I can’t wait to see the other rooms, and then give her a call. I’ve been trying to redo our master bedroom and I’m just stumped! How did you find her? And how does this work? And when you say small budget, what are we talking? Maybe I’ll just have to call you

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