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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

How to pick the right sofa for your family. This is one of the questions that is always brought up when we start decorating a living room.

Size, comfort, durability, functionality….the list could go on!

For Bella B Home, we like to play with any of the spaces we decorate and give them a feel that they might not have chosen on their own!

We like to use different fabrics for different needs and unique designs tailored to our clients esthetic!

Here are some of our favorite layouts and why we chose the design we did! Tell us your thoughts or share your sofas with us!

5337 (2)This is a two story living room that we absolutely transformed! This family wanted to enjoy both their fireplace as well as the media unit! Why not try two L-shape sofas by Precedent to make both worlds collide! Both sofa’s you can lounge and relax on looking in either direction or everyone can sit together and enjoy tons of family time!

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This was a formal living room that was requested by our client.  Two of the same sofas, tufted backing, sleek arms, rolled arm pillows and a neutral grey fabric make this formal room into a conversation area that is chic yet practical! These Precedent sofas really make the difference!  IMG_4234

For this room, our client request slip covered sofa’s for easy to clean! We chose to do a larger sofa and a smaller sofa for the size of the room, we chose a wonderful fabric accompanied by a thin trim to make the sofa come to life! Lee industry custom slip sofas are so incredibly comfortable!6388

This room is lush and plush and these two sofas from Century were well worth every penny spent! The loveseat on the left and the sofa on the right are paired with a crushed light grey velvet material and down cushions to make you never want to get up! We chose the smaller sofa on one side so there would be walk way and the larger sofa near the window to make the space look wider! Port 2

Have you ever sat on a l-shape sectional and your significant other is enjoying the chaise while you have to sit on a regular cushion?? This couple wanted comfort and we felt that they both should have a chaise of their choice! Mixed with Precedent custom fabric and Bernhardt custom pillows, we are a sucker for this comfortable cozy sectional! 6396

We all need some print in our life! Do you have a fun media room or game room that you want to jazz up? Why not throw the most comfortable sofa in there and add a super fun print to make this sectional the main focus in any room! We added in the curve for maximum seating when there is a pool tournament or a super bowl being watched!4922

Now if prints are too much for you but you love this design we also did a very similar sectional for a media room, in a crushed microfiber to enjoy cozy nights home while watching a movie!DSC04039

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So many homes today are two story living rooms! Here are two completely different ways to address the room, space, size and family needs for seating! One we did a circular sectional to seat up to 7 to 8 with little kiddies. The other we did more of a loveseat and sofa mixed with chairs to create again a seating of 7 to 8 but in a completely different style!!

Bella B Home

Baby Girl Nursery

There is nothing like decorating and finding the perfect furniture and accessories, those matching colors and fabrics!!! Buttttttt when asked to do a Nursery, that all changed! Not only did we fall in love with decorating all over again but designing a room knowing that a little princess is going to grow up in there, is pure happiness!

We have gotten so many questions on how and why we chose to decorate this room the way we did; today we are here to answer those questions!

Like any project, we started with 4 white walls! Just being in the space, is so meaningful, to hear what the mom to be wants and to help bring that vision to life is the best part! For this particular project, we waited to find out what our client was having and then every possible idea out there, came to life!

We knew we wanted simple and sweet, something for this adorable little girl to grow into and not “too childish”. So we went with simple whites, greys, neutrals, metallics and dashs of pink! We presented with not 1 idea  but 3! Afterall its a little girl!!! She should have options!!!!

After loving all 3 we had to make a decision…..would it be the white crib theme? grey and white modern theme? or golden princess! Golden Princess it is!

We worked with Karl’s Baby Furniture to customize the perfect crib, we chose the venice crib that converts for the baby as she ages!

Next we found a dresser and bookcase that wasn’t apart of the Venice collection but we had it transformed into the colors to match the crib perfectly!

Next we moved to find a glider and ottoman! Klaussner’s Nursery Time collection was the most comfortable for our client! We picked custom fabrics to go with our theme!

Our client also wanted a really cozy comfy chaise to lay in while nursing or sleeping in the room with the baby! We went to our go-to for comfortable! Lee Industries!

NEXT was the fun part! Accessories!! We picked shelving, side tables, lamps, mirror, rug, and two really fun murals that we did ourselves!! THANK YOU POTTERY BARN KIDS and HOMEGOODS!! The ideas they have for kiddies are just the cutest!!

Finally! We had to do window treatments, are clients windows are extremely long and we obviously needed to have them made for room darkening as well!  The fabric we found was literally hidden in line of sheers that had mini stars of them, we decided to line it with a grey sheer to pull the grey walls together, add goblet pleats and off we go to a perfect little cozy room customized and designed by Bella B Home!

Let us know your thoughts!!

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