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Some people lose sleep at night thinking about the cost and inconvenience of renovating. Homeowners Kevin, a graphic designer, and his wife Danielle, a pediatric urologist, were struggling to get shut-eye without it. For years, the couple, who share their Central Austin, Texas, home with their two daughters, lived with their primary bedroom on the ground level next to their very noisy neighbor’s party porch. When they couldn’t take it any longer, they decided to embark on a two-year-long remodel that hinged on moving their primary suite up to the second level. BRF Homes, architect Brian Gille, and interior designer Annie Downing were tasked with helping them find some zen in their new bedroom and beyond. “Of course, by the time we were finished, the neighbor sold their house and moved out,” says Downing.
The designer didn’t have to search far for inspiration: the couple’s extensive (and very colorful) art fueled the project. Nailing the palette was such a big part of the process that, later on, it came as a total shock when Kevin revealed he’s color blind. While he can make out the differences between tones, Danielle took the lead on selecting hues. “There’s a lot of purple. She loved purple,” says Downing. Ahead, as the designer gives us a tour around, she reveals how she made the tricky hue work, plus why she’ll never not splurge on good lighting.
Purple is a notoriously hard color to decorate with. What’s your advice for pulling it off?…