Effortless Style Interiors

Ah the day has finally come it looks like my professional site is finished ( ok not fully finished, but enough is done to show it off!)

For those of you that have been with me from the very beginning you will know it's been a long journey. I started getting my business in order right when I first started my design program and I was able to complete the course and take on clients before the site was finalized.

I had originally started with this color combo:

Business Card Mock-Ups:

Website mock up:

{I still actually really love this color combo, but at the moment it seemed too trendy and I didn't want my site to look "over" after a year}

So I went back to the drawing board and went for a more "fun" look:

Loved this color combo, loved the zebra, but had a really hard time translating it to a site. My fun colors were a bit overwhelming in large doses and they fighting with my project photo's so eventually after trying to make it work a million and one times it just had to go.

After that try I was at a loss. I didn't know what I wanted anymore. I wanted the site to reflect me and be up to date yet classic and fun yet professional. Seems easy to achieve, but it was hard. I think I was a bit lost in the beginning, because I wasn't exactly sure how to classify my design style and it was only after people making comments while visiting my home that I realized I was traditional in a lot of my decorating (shocking to me at the moment) with injections of modern & vintage.

I had originally seen my color & pattern loving less as more of Jonathan Adler type decorator, but in looking around my home I did realize that I loved classic elements (traditional) with a twist ( modern & vintage) and without a new color combo came to life.

Navy was my nod to traditional design and my neutral color.
Orange was a reflection of me. It's my favorite color.
Green made the feel a touch preppy/new traditionalist, which I love and fun.

In this proof the green wasn't bright enough:

Eventually we got it got it right:



The addition of my logo with the nod to my love of elephants just completed the look!

Now I know you are all dying for photo's of my house and my portfolio page still looks like this:



Don't fret they are coming. My photographer is off traveling and will back into town in Mid-Nov. So they are coming!

In the meantime head on over to Effortless Style and familiarize yourself with my new home. The blog will shortly be moving over there as well.

There is a little hidden surprise on my home page let me know if you can find it!

Thank you for your wonderful support during this entire process. On the days where I was in tears and close to pulling out my hair it was my saving grace.

**P.S. There are a couple of typos on the site. They have been fixed on the back end, just waiting for it to update on the site.

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