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Friday, June 8, 2012

A French paneled bedroom

 

As I always love to inform you about Lefèvre Interiors projects, today I decided to post about a French paneled bedroom, Jan and me were working on the passed weeks.

Our clients asked us to think bout the redo of their bedroom and told us they loved to see the bedroom walls paneled in the French style. So I browsed into my ‘paneled bedroom’ file and came up with some images of which I hoped our client would love them.

And they did! The images represented the design style that our client had in mind!

 

These are some of the inspirational images I picked out to show my clients.

(I am sorry for not knowing the source.)

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We decided to create a romantic and cozy French atmosphere.

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We also needed to integrate 2 doors, one leading to the corridor and another one leading to a small bathroom. On the pictures of the bedroom here above you can see the way I loved to see them integrated.

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Our client opted for a painted paneling as seen on the image of the bedroom here above. And they also loved to see a bed canopy.

 

So we started to design the lay out of the room.

 

Grondplan Floor-plan of the bedroom.

 

41And front views of the bedroom walls.

 

42At this moment the making of the bedroom paneling is almost finished and here above you can see the room built up at the Lefèvre Interiors workshop.

On both sides of the chimney are created wardrobes.

 

43Detail of a pilaster and of the door jamb.

 

Within a few days the paneling will be moved to our clients’ home and I am pleased to tell you that our Belgian artist-painter Angèle Boddaert was asked to paint the paneling at the client’s home!

Paint

If you missed my post about the hotel The Corenbloem in Bruges where Angèle created the most beautiful wall decorations, please click here.

 

Designing a room implicates a lot of other important things to discuss as the choice of the perfect matching hardware!

So we took our clients to Peter van Cronenburg, a Belgian artist in creating the most beautiful hardware!

I posted earlier about Peter van Cronenburg HERE.

30All images above are of the website of Peter van Cronenburg.

 

44While our clients and me tried to make our choice of all furniture hardware ‘jewelry’, Peter, his wife Régine and Jan discussed about the best doorlocks and hinges to use.

Two weeks ago Peter and Régine visited the US to connect with architects and designers and they even met our friends Brooke and Steve Giannetti, from the blog Velvet & Linen, who had visited Peter last year when they made their trip to Belgium. A couple of days ago Brooke posted about their meeting (here).

 

At this moment I am discussing with our lady-client all the required lighting fixtures.

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We decided to wait to choose all fabrics for the window treatment, bed canopy, bed linen and wall lamp shades, in order to choose the perfect fabrics according the color of the wall paneling paint.

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I do hope that at the end, our client will be pleased with the result!

When this project is finished, I promise to post you before and after pictures!

 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

xx

Greet

33 comments:

  1. Simply lovely! Can't wait to see the final transformation.

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  2. Gorgeous, gorgeous, and gorgeous! I LOVE paneled walls. Lucky client you have! xo

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  3. Greet you and your husband really handle the most stunning projects - this is wonderful, we look forward to seeing the finished pictures.
    Sharon
    x

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  4. There is a wonderful consistency to all you do, excellent craftsmanship combined with beauty. What a fortunate person to get this room. I look forward to seeing more photos that will show the room in situ and with the painting and hardware complete. What kind of wood(s) do you use when everything is going to be painted? Best wishes.

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  5. It looks as though a beautiful new "baby" will be born! I can't wait to see the finished project. Have a lovely weekend, hopefully this terrible wind will stop!

    Angela

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  6. Greet,
    So beautiful and informative. I enjoy reading about the process to achieve beauty!
    Karen

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  7. Greet how gorgeous!! I love the workmanship and detail in all of your projects!!

    Anita's Parisian Party

    xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  8. I'm sure your client will be over the moon! I know I would be!! You do such beautiful work.
    Amitiés,
    dawne

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  9. I can see already that the room will be spectacular! It is wonderful to follow the progression of your thinking as you have designed the room. The attention to detail is fantastic. The hardware is definitely going to be like jewelry. I'm looking forward to seeing your final lighting and fabric selections!

    Cheers,
    John

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  10. This is one of the reasons that I love your blog...you share your expertise with us! I am planning on paneling in our home so I appreciated the inspiration photos. Looking forward to your finished project. Have a great weekend:) Brenda.

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  11. oh greet, what amazing work you are accomplishing! your client will be thrilled because the beauty is already showing through!

    thanks for sharing this wealth of lovely.

    michele

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  12. Stunning - and an absolutely fascinating insight into your marvelous work. I can't wait to see the finished room - thank you SO much for your generosity in sharing your design process!
    Paula x

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  13. Greet-
    Can't wait to see the finished room, but I am certain it will be stunning!
    Happy Friday.
    Teresa
    xoxo

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  15. You and Peter van Cronenburg? What a dream design team!

    Steve and I enjoyed our visit with Peter and Regine. It was such an amazing coincidence that I emailed
    them right before their planned visit to Los Angeles. We are excited to collaborate with them to design the
    hardware for Patina Farm.

    Congratulations on what is sure to be another gorgeous LeFevre project!

    xo xo
    Brooke

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  16. Greet !
    Superbe ces boiseries ! Et un bon travail pour Angèle...
    Bon week-end !
    Céline.

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  17. Hi Greet ~
    I can't wait to see the finished paneling installed. So many decisions and details to consider. Thanks for sharing the process. Another beautiful bespoke project from Lefevre!!

    BTW, love Celine's painting of you and Mango. Really nice!!
    Bon weekend,
    Loi

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  18. Hello dear Greet,
    What a fabulous project! I cannot wait to see the end result, what a treat that will be. I know the paneled bedroom is going to be lovely thanks to your design and help.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs, Cindy

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  19. Hello Greet,

    This is a wonderful project! I love realy everything!
    Can you say what kind of wood you use for painted panels?

    Have a nice weekend my dear :)
    XX
    Jérôme

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  20. WOWOWOOW your posts are always so inspiring for me Greet!! LOVE! Anita

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  21. Such detail and Perfection in all your work! The artist chosen to finish the paneling was suburb!! Best xo Leslie

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  22. The room is going to look wonderful. Love the attention to detail. So many things are mass produced it is a treasure to have companies with craftsman who care about what they produce.

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  23. I can't wait to see the "after" photos. I'm sure this bedroom is going to be stunning!

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  24. Beautiful project Thanks for sharing all the wonderful parts of an amazing design project!

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  25. Que de projets merveilleux!
    Ces touches de toile de Jouy m'enchantent!!!
    Nul doute que ta cliente trouvera son bonheur parmi tes propositions...
    Un beau dimanche, ma chère Greet...

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  26. Oh Greet what a fabulous design! Totally stunning yet livable. Just the way we like it. Down to the hardware every single detail seriously considered. Your clients are very lucky to be working with you. And I'm sure that you also appreciate them for their level of taste and trust. A winning combination every time. XO Mona

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  27. The room will be stunning Greet... I do love panelling... always a favourite... xv

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  28. It will be beautiful, Greet. Can't wait to see the "finished product."
    XX,
    b

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  29. Another great project to look forward to, wishing you were living closer...

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  30. Oh my, I was interrupted while I was leaving my comment and it looks like I forgot to hit send. :) Good thing that I came back to see this again because it is just such a beautiful project. We are all so lucky that you share with us the hard work behind making it happen...

    Gros bisous! And I too love the watercolor!
    H.

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  31. Absolutely gorgeous!That's a great work!
    Greet!Can't wait to see the finished!

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