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Halloween Decor!

We love the Fall season so MUCH!

One of our favorites is Halloween. There is so much that you can do for decorating without going overboard. Just adding a few simple elegant touches to your home can make such a difference!

Here are a few of our favorite Halloween Decor options for any home!

Tell US what your favorite is!!

Farmhouse Glam Decor!

We just started working on a project that wanted Farmhouse Glam!!

We are seeing so many fun ideas that we can’t wait to implement them ALL!!!!!

More to come soon on our website but here is a sneak peek of everything we are seeing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article: Bella B Home!

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The mom-daughter duo of Bella B Home is all about honest-to-goodness design and giving the client the best possible collaborative experience. I chat with daughter Blair Britt on working with her mom, her design philosophy and about creating gorgeous tablescapes.

 

Q: First, tell me about your company.

BB: Bella B Home consists of me and my partner is my mom, Betty-Ann Kraft. We are a Mother-Daughter Interior Decorating Team. We started the company a little over 5 years ago as a hobby.

From when I was young, my mom and I always loved spending time together and we knew we had a pretty special relationship.

When we realized we both love to do interior decorating we decided to see if we can make this happen. So, we started with friends and family.

At first, we had 2 or 3 really small clients. We worked really hard; we have a good rapport with each other and we have a really good business ethic. We understand that our clients are letting us into their home and we want them to feel comfortable with us. We want them to consider us family; we want to be their family. Our goal was to make our client’s homes beautiful and to let them share in the experience. That’s why we came up with the name “Bella B Home” because that was beautiful (bella in Italian) and both our names start with “B”.

Q: Do you sometimes find it challenging to work with your mom?

BB: It is actually pretty easy for us! Her strong point is running the company, fabrics and window treatments, where mine is more creating the vision and bringing that to life. We can be extremely honest with each other and it works well for us.

Q: You are from a fashion background, so how did you transition from fashion into interior do you still draw inspiration from the fashion world?

BB: I have a degree Fashion Merchandising Management from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Then I also have a dual degree in Advertising and Marketing.

While I was in New York I did 2 different internships; one was for a special events firm and then I started taking some courses in event planning. After that, I did another course in design and space planning.

I was super fortunate I started out as a buyer and traveled all over. I had a great job and I was there 4 or 5 years. It was then that e-commerce started to boom and I switched over to an e-commerce buying company. I wanted to learn everything I could about running a business, how to manage my own website, how to do my advertising and marketing.

I’ve always loved the idea of having this beautiful home for entertaining, being able to do tablescapes and cooking in this beautiful setting, and creating that beautiful vision for other people. After I felt that I had learned what I needed to run my company, I decided that I was going to go for this dream that I had, and I did! It still shocks me to this day that it worked!

Q: What does your house look like and how would you describe your style?

BB: My personal style is definitely more towards neutrals. I love a good print; I like solids, and I like gray. I also like rustic and a little vintage. So I have a bit of mix up! I still have that vision in my head of string lights hung out back at night around a fire pit; lots of candle light, comfy and cozy. I like that idea of wrapping yourself in a blanket and being cozy with your friends and with your family. That’s just the vision I have.

Q: Do you have a favorite project that you’ve done up to date?

BB: I have a few! But one unique project was when we worked with a family with 4 daughters. When the dad built the home, he made sure all the girls’ rooms were the exact same size so nobody was fighting over anything. Even the closets and bathrooms were the same size. We basically got to do the same room 4 times but each with a different theme for each of the girls. It was so much fun and we just love them.
It was a blank canvas, same measurements, same everything but everybody wanted something different!

Q: You also do party decorating, tell me about that.

BB: Yeah, it’s like my hobby within my job and it’s my favorite thing to do. We do tablescapes for small events like a girls night or a party. They call us with an idea, wanting us to make the table look like it comes from Pinterest. We’ve done engagement parties, bridal showers, mother’s day and father’s day, Thanksgiving…we also do Christmas Decorating during the holidays. We specialize in decorating the full house for that special time of the year as well as decorating for Christmas Parties! We love being a part of this special time for our clients and we have the best time doing it.

Q: Do you have in your head the ideal client, what would that look like?

BB: It’s going to sound very cliché but we like nice people! When we go out we do a consultation, as much as they’re interviewing us, we’re interviewing them as well.

Are you a nice person, what is your family like, what are your goals, what do you want out of this, do we want you to feel a part of it? We want this to be fun, we don’t want this to be a stressful situation. We just promised ourselves and we’ve stuck to it till this day: we don’t want an experience that is going be negative or bad so we look for that client that we have a chemistry with, that we know we can work with.

Q: What makes you and your mom unique as a team and what makes you unique as a company?

BB: We are the complete opposite in every way, shape or form but our values and who we are could not be more similar. She’s instilled a lot of positive and amazing things in me and I feel very blessed every day that I could do what I do and I know she would agree with me on that statement.

The dynamic between the two of us sometimes really is very unspoken. I know what she’s thinking, she knows what I’m thinking.

Having an interior designer is a luxury, it is something that people are super blessed to be able to do. Our goal is to make that experience a happy one.
-Blair Britt

What we really want at Bella B is to be like a family. Everybody that we use, every single company that we work with is a family business or they’ve been in business for over 40 years. It’s a trust thing with us – we need to know that we can trust them in our client’s home when we’re not there and that we trust that they’re going to come thru for our client.

So, the biggest thing about us would be our value, our heart, the way we care and the fact that we want to have a really fun experience with you in designing your home.

https://www.decohuso.com/blogs/dh/blair-britt-creating-beautiful-homes-with-family-values-and-honesty

Mother’s Day Gift’s!!

It’s that time of year that we all love so much, our Mama’s!!

Looking for the perfect gift and want to get her something that is different and fun?

Here are a few of our favorite gift’s to give the amazing Mom in our life on her special day!

Each one can be bought separately or pair them together for a fun gift basket!

Check them out and let us know your thoughts:

Rose the Day Away! Choose 1 or even 2 or 3 as a great gift or a wine tasting afternoon!

ANYTHING for Jo Malone. Every body spray, perfume, lotion makes any woman feel extra special!

SPA day for you Ma-MAY!

ANYTHING and EVERYTHING KATE SPADE! What doesn’t say adorable and girlie like something delicate and precious from Kate! Each item here is a winner in our book!

This TED BAKER crossbody clutch is HEAVEN!!! Any mommy would feel so special to have this on her shoulder!

OUR NEW OBSESSION!!!!!! BOLL & BRANCH Sheets!! Sleep like you are in a hotel room at your own home! These sheets are insanely cozy comfy and make everyday feel like a vacation!

A CHANEL lip gloss! Who doesn’t feel special when putting on this lip gloss! It’s the best out there!

COMFY Pajamas’s!!! What woman doesn’t love to come home after a hard day and put on comfortable PJ’s and unwind from the day! It’s the perfect way to end any day.

Have so much FUN Shopping!!

And Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing and wonderful Mommy’s of the world!

Bella B Home

Transitional Living Space

We were able to recreate a downstairs living area into a new age transitional living space that the entire family would love! When we were finished the house that is very well manicured,  it looked like a brand new construction home!

Check out our before’s of this entry way, sitting room, dining room, hallway, and family room!!

And here are the After’s…. ENJOY!

 

 

 

With Love,

Bella B!

A Traditional World

Traditional + French-Parisian Style……..YES PLEASE!

One of our latest projects we were able to design in a traditional space. We were able to bring traditional back into the home, yet bring it up to modern times!

It was one of our favorite projects to date!

Sitting Room

Before: We turned a simple unused room into a room that guests won’t want to leave! 

After: It became a french Parisian hotel-like lobby!

Moving on to their Living Room…

Before: It was a nice space for the family to gather

After:  A Haven to relax in and enjoy!

Next, what we like to call the WINE ROOM!

Before: Again another room that was not used too often that NEEDED to come to life!

After: A wonderful sitting area to enjoy that delicious glass of wine!

And a little entry way love to finish the project…

Before: A very simple and basic foyer, that marble needed to be brought to life!

After: A lovely updated foyer to greet all your guests!

With Love,

Bella B Home

5 Ways to Decorate Your Home Elegantly & Casually Using Accessories

5 Ways to Decorate Your Home Elegantly & Casually Using Accessories

Bella B Home has partner with Julie Austin from www.mybedcomforter.com to bring you a fun full blog with great decorating tips!

Decorating a home is a complete art in itself and it often gets a bit tricky if proper planning is not executed. When it comes to home decor; little things matter a lot and you need to take care of minor details so that you should not go overboard with your finances and able to decorate your home as per your desires and as per the seasonal requirements as well.

However, you need to make sure that the stuff you are adding to your home decor should not give it a very overstuffed and gaudy appearance. Spacious and comfy homes always look very appealing and your agenda for decorating your home this year should also be the focused towards these aspects.

Check out these 5 amazing ways to decorate your home that would give it a more elegant and classy outlook.

  1. Small Ornaments:

If you are a collector of decorative items; then you are in for a treat as the choices are unlimited. Over the recent years; small decorative items that can be used as wall hangings have become immensely popular and lot of options are available in the market for the same.

Moreover, you can also opt for animal prints and even traditional or vintage ornaments including antiques decoration.

  1. Wooden Decorations:

When it comes to decorating the patio area or the living room of your home; wooden furniture or accessories are always a good idea to go about. Not only wooden or cane-made chairs and tables look beautiful in the outer balcony of your home; but they also give your home a very casual and roomy ambiance.

Go ahead and buy a pair of nice wooden chairs with a coffee table set and arrange them nicely in your home for a more elegant yet chic look.

  1. Vintage Style Decoration:

Often we find ourselves a bit confused when it comes to decorating our homes with more vintage styled themes. However, they look absolutely beautiful.

From living room to bedroom and even guest room; you can always go for unique vintage themes and patterns and can even choose the color patterns that would give a very classy look.

  1. Plantations:

Adding a touch of green to the overall decoration of your home never goes out of style. The color green is otherwise considered to be a much recommended color by the home décor experts if you are planning to give your home a makeover.

Similarly, you can add a couple of succulent and potted plants nicely arranged in plant holders and can place them on your study table or coffee table. It will definitely enhance the entire outlook of your room without making much effort.

  1. Bookshelves:

If you are thinking of decorating your room by using budget friendly methods; one of the easiest way is to introduce a beautiful and modern book-rack in which you can arrange your favorite books.

You can get these book-racks designed as per your desires and can even paint them with the colors you want. These days, even multi-shaded bookshelves are very much in trend and you can even put different ornamental items on the shelves as well.

 

Author Bio:

This post is written by Julie Austin. She loves traveling, home decorating and hanging out with her friends. She regularly blogs at http://mybedcomforter.com/

 

New Year, New Home Decor!

Happy 2017 to all!

Every new year means a new beginning…which obviously means, NEW HOME DECOR!!

Who doesn’t want to start the year off with some new added touches to their home. Here are a few of our favorite things that we are seeing while shopping around. Any of these pieces can be easily incorporated to any style and theme of your home!

Photo By: Uttermost

Slightly obsessed with this lucite, gold and mirror tray from Uttermost. Its so versatile and adds a touch of glam to any room.

Photo By: Uttermost

Everyone is talking about GREEN! Its the color of the 2017 year! We LOVE the color in the accessory boxes! It doesn’t tie you into so much green, it can be used with almost any color on the wall and its SUPER cool mixed with brushed gold!

Photo By: Uttermost

Personally I love some time of abstract artwork that can tell a story, or one that you can make one up too! I could NOT love these ladder climbing abstracts more!!

Photo By: Pier 1

As more and more time goes on, I fall a little bit more in love with floral arrangements. Especially one like this, its simple, elegant and adds that pop of color and fun to a room without being overwhelming.

Photo By: Pottery Barn

If you know me, you know I am OBSESSED with Candles! I could be surrounded by them as “light” everyday! Its my favorite setting for LIFE! When I saw these….I couldn’t stop by fall in love….the mix of the candle stick/pillar is my MUST BUY Item!!!

Photo By: Restoration Hardware

Hello Gorgeous! This stunning fall length mirror from Restoration is a no brainer! The simple decision to add a floor length mirror to any room, makes complete sense. It brings in light, adds drama, is a conversation piece and can enhance and give depth to any room!

Photo By: Ballard Designs

I’m clearly having a moment with Lucite and Gold…because this bar cart is everything to me!

Photo By: West Elm

This piece of artwork can look amazing over a bed, in an entry way even at the top of a landing….its 47.5 Sq and adds just interest to any wall!

Photo By: Williams Sonoma Home

Garden Stools to me; can go anywhere, can be used for anything and look good in every home! Use this twist garden stool next to a chair or a sofa or even in an entry way or a bathroom.

Photo By: Z Gallerie

I love a delish lamp! Yes DELISH! Everything about this lamp makes me want to buy them and put them in every single room!

Photo By: Horchow

Simpliest way to spice up a fireplace….fireplace screen. Its elegant and a true conversation starter in any room!

Wish you a Happy New Year and ENJOY Shopping!!!!!

Christmas Decorating

It’s the most wonderful time of the year indeed!!!

This is our favorite time of the year. There is nothing like being with family, feeling the love and kindness by saying “happy holidays” to strangers; what could be better!

With the season being here, comes the best part….DECORATING!

Here are a few of our holiday tips for this season:

HOMEGOODS

YES that is 3 carts…..and that was only 1 shopping trip 🙂

NEXT….SILVER and GOLD

Everyone has their own spin on “silver and gold” but these 2 ideas we absolutely loved for adding a dash of glam to a room.

Fireplace that has not been used – we thru in mercury glass tall candle holders, added in battery operated lights, a string branch of silver Christmas balls and gold texture balls, add in a few white flowers to create a lovely area in what would have been just a plain fireplace!

We had some large cabinets to work with in this room, we needed to add dimension and height! At HomeGoods we found boxes that were filled with candy to do the trick! Again, add some lights, candles, large decorative x-mas ornaments, flowers and there you have it!

TABLE SETTING

KEEP IT SIMPLE!! Just do something fun and creative so your guess can use it as a conversation piece!

USE little Statues and Boxes to create a FUN space!

LAST but not least the TREE!

my ONLY advice – make it your OWN!

HAVE FUN and make it a cozy piece of heaven that you want to enjoy all holiday season!

Happy Holidays!!!!

 

Tips for Fashioning a Chic Home: Luxe Decor

We’re chatting Tips for Fashioning a Chic Home in a Small Dewelling with Luxe Decor on Bella B Home today!

Whether you reside in a downtown condo or nest in the suburbs, there are plenty of ways to create a polished pad when space comes at a premium. For many, a smaller home or apartment is a way to downsize and ditch the clutter and chaos of a sprawling abode.

Whether you want to live more minimally, or you’ve opted for a smaller space to keep your budget in check, here are some tips to turn a modest dwelling into a stylish, uncluttered space.

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Many small apartments are similar to studios with a large great room. Encompassing the dining room and family room into one space means that there’s less room for division and more need for flow. Using similar colored beige furnishings in the living room and dining space creates a feeling of synergy and makes a space feel larger. Built-in bench seating adds more character and rustic accents create a cozy and unified space.

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An eclectic home feels chic with a few funky design accents. A bar cart takes the place of a large coffee table while a vertical wall bookshelf offers plenty of room for various tomes. Clean and simple white furniture creates a more airy and open vibe while delicate décor like a simple glass bottle and cactus plants add understated flair.

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Image Credit: Image Via de Stijl Designblog

Book lovers need not fear a space-savvy life, as there are plenty of options for creating storage in a smaller home. Built-in bookshelves and ottomans with hidden storage provide plenty of room for collectibles and literary favorites. Adding smaller furniture to a space dominated with storage is always smart. Small round wooden coffee tables and a little chaise sofa provide enough practicality while keeping tiny living quarters free from stuff overload.

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Image Credit: Image Via Home-Designing

An ultra-modern living space is sleek and sophisticated with cool space age furniture and wooden floor storage. An office and living room combo is the perfect way to keep a small apartment from becoming a clutter zone. Adding a corner desk or small workspace table is the ideal option for a less spacious dwelling.

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Image Credit: Image Via Style Blueprint

For those questing a clutter free and glamorous living space, nothing is better than a multipurpose room. A large display bookcase doubles as a desk and a movable ottoman creates room for pillows and blankets. Furnishings with unique textures such as velvet and leather add luxury, while decorative accents like a large round mirror and plush shag rug make a modest apartment feel roomy and regal.

Guest Post by Amy Spagnola for LuxeDecor