Creating a Gatsby Living Room | Art Deco Style Interior Design — Transcript

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1. 0:00today you're going to be watching me
2. 0:01redesign an older home into what is
3. 0:03essentially a Great Gatsby theme the
4. 0:06transformation that occurred in this
5. 0:08room is nearly
6. 0:09unrecognizable if you're a returning
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10. 0:17that if you would like my help in
11. 0:19designing one of your rooms at home you
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13. 0:24in the description down below let's go
14. 0:26ahead and take a look at the computer
15. 0:28and you can follow along with me what
16. 0:31you're looking at here are original
17. 0:32photos of the room Holly and Bud reached
18. 0:35out to me with the goal of redesigning
19. 0:36their home in Connecticut they had been
20. 0:38struggling to agree on ideas as
21. 0:41sometimes it can be difficult to convey
22. 0:43what you envision to another person
23. 0:46Holly leans more towards a Hollywood
24. 0:48glam and Hollywood Regency style while
25. 0:50bud has more of an affection for Art
26. 0:53Deco and and practicality both of these
27. 0:56styles are luxury Ford the styles were
28. 0:58based out of the Roaring 20s in America
29. 1:00when everyone was making Handover fist
30. 1:03money essentially the Styles represented
31. 1:05a lavish celebratory time strong bold
32. 1:08colors tropical plants statues paintings
33. 1:11and and in-your-face
34. 1:12chandeliers they thought it would be
35. 1:14best if I were to come in as a third
36. 1:16party listen to what they both wanted
37. 1:18and bring it all together after
38. 1:20listening to the both of them I couldn't
39. 1:22help but think of The Great Gatsby movie
40. 1:25luckily when I mentioned that they said
41. 1:27it was one of their favorite movies and
42. 1:29that was exactly along the lines of what
43. 1:32they were looking for we'll be working
44. 1:34on other parts of the home as well but
45. 1:36we decided to start with the living room
46. 1:38as it is the center of the home and we
47. 1:39can work our way out from there some
48. 1:42things to mention that are in order to
49. 1:44preserve the historic nature of the Home
50. 1:46Holly and Bud wanted to keep the
51. 1:48original hardwood floors as well as the
52. 1:50wooden trim that encases those doors and
53. 1:54windows which you'll see on the
54. 1:56perimeter they also have a nice big
55. 1:58comfy sofa which was to be used in the
56. 2:00design there are two dogs in this family
57. 2:02one is roughly 75 lb the other is about
58. 2:0585 lb these two do a lot of lounging in
59. 2:08this room so it's important that they
60. 2:10can find spaces to be comfortable as
61. 2:12well they wanted to find a way to
62. 2:14incorporate an electric fireplace and
63. 2:16they love the idea of having a
64. 2:17chandelier but they were worried because
65. 2:20the ceilings in this room and in this
66. 2:22whole home are are not very high so Bud
67. 2:26might hit his head on the light fixture
68. 2:28when walking through through the living
69. 2:30room here so let's take a look at what
70. 2:32we did it's a massive change you can
71. 2:35hardly tell that it's the same room we
72. 2:37added a mixture of curvature as well as
73. 2:39hard angles into the design typically
74. 2:41you would find an abundance of curvature
75. 2:43in more feminine designs whereas in more
76. 2:46masculine design you'd find an abundance
77. 2:49of hard angles and and straight lines
78. 2:52deep sea blue whites and gold accents
79. 2:54are the color theme we went with these
80. 2:56three colors they go so well together
81. 2:58it's why you'll often see Sports teams
82. 3:00use a combination of them on their
83. 3:02jerseys or Flags we had the white tones
84. 3:05balance the ceiling and floor spaces and
85. 3:07as you can see there the white spaces
86. 3:09are connected through the curtains in
87. 3:12the center immediately you'll notice the
88. 3:14large statement piece Chandelier and how
89. 3:16we just mentioned potentially knocking
90. 3:18your head on it but since we had
91. 3:20included a coffee table we decided why
92. 3:23not put a nice elegant chandelier if you
93. 3:25get too close you'll bang your shin
94. 3:27before you knock your head so it works
95. 3:30gold was used as a layered accent color
96. 3:33in this design you'll notice how it
97. 3:34appears in the framing we included on
98. 3:36the walls the wall paper and some of the
99. 3:38furniture legs and a few of the decor
100. 3:40pieces as well it never appears strictly
101. 3:43alone because it's meant to accentuate
102. 3:46the room it's not a color that's
103. 3:48supposed to Canvas the room after Mount
104. 3:52mounting the TV there was plenty of
105. 3:54space for that electric fireplace that
106. 3:56they wanted as you can see one of the
107. 3:59seating chairs not only serves as a spot
108. 4:01to watch TV but it's also perfectly
109. 4:03situated next to a corner lamp that we
110. 4:06had in the room so that space can also
111. 4:09uh or that space that designated space
112. 4:12can also become a reading area you'll
113. 4:15notice that the plants are nearly the
114. 4:17same height and size and they were added
115. 4:19to opposite adjacent sides of the room
116. 4:23uh This was done on purpose and it's
117. 4:25because it creates a balance it also
118. 4:26helps to contain the room from all sides
119. 4:30the wallpaper was an art deco
120. 4:32illustration somewhat replicative of um
121. 4:35hand Fant a design pattern that's quite
122. 4:38prominent in this type of style and and
123. 4:40styles that come out of um that period
124. 4:43of time the 20s the artwork was found
125. 4:46among Independent Artists these two
126. 4:48portraits they just felt right for the
127. 4:50room I always like to pay attention to
128. 4:52the initial emotion evoked by a painting
129. 4:55or a photograph to decide whether it
130. 4:58fits the theme that that I'm going for
131. 5:01uh the Victorian woman has a more
132. 5:03serious nature her posture is excellent
133. 5:05and one can assume that her dress was
134. 5:08expensive for those times she's
135. 5:11presenting a a proper form of etiquette
136. 5:13and class at the same time you have this
137. 5:15feeling that she's leading you somewhere
138. 5:18saying follow me I'll I'll show you how
139. 5:20we live here the caricature portrait of
140. 5:23the fox outfitted in Victorian clothing
141. 5:26is just a fun piece I mean the fox is a
142. 5:29cunning animal who is extremely playful
143. 5:31but having him pose with this detached
144. 5:34demeanor that so many people did in
145. 5:37older photos you rarely see them smile
146. 5:40in older photos um this room is
147. 5:42luxurious but it's also a fun creation
148. 5:45that's meant to make you smile both of
149. 5:49the portraits carried overarching blue
150. 5:51tones in them which made them even more
151. 5:53perfect for the color theme that we were
152. 5:55using in this living room you've now
153. 5:57seen how you can turn an older living
154. 5:59living room into an art deco Great
155. 6:02Gatsby like style and theme if you like
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