“I’m a rule breaker,” says inside designer Hayley Francis of Neon Doves, earlier than launching into a cheerful cackle over the cellphone. She’s discussing her use of a number of varieties of wooden within the eating room of her newest challenge, a household house in Seattle, the place the house owners needed her to provide the builder-grade three-bedroom a “California plant woman vibe,” she says.

To be honest, not even her purchasers had been positive if inserting burl wooden subsequent to a walnut desk and lighter oak console would work. “I want I had an equation of how I might clarify it,” says Francis. “For instance, I wouldn’t have simply blended burl wooden with something, however I knew we had been going to try this loopy gallery wall with reds and fashionable features to it, so I knew it could work.” In different phrases, throw out the foundations; we’ve no use for them right here.

That motto may very well be utilized to all the home, which the householders purchased in 2018 and, with the assistance of Francis, remodeled right into a vibrant, white, art-filled nest. As an alternative of doing a full reno—which was exterior of their price range—they made high-low beauty modifications that might refresh all the house.

Within the kitchen, the place the structure wanted to remain the identical, the oak island impressed the counter tops and open shelving—however the matching stops there. Leather-based-wrapped stools distinction the darker wooden, and vibrant white cupboards and subway tile create a clear slate. The sunshine fixtures, Lacanche vary, unlacquered brass fixtures, and barstools weren’t precisely cheap, however close by within the breakfast nook, a CB2 fixture that Francis scored for $90 lights up the room. 

One other instance of artful no-reno design is within the powder room, which Francis gave what she calls “a facelift”—no pun meant—with a graphic black and white wallpaper. A brand new self-importance and tap later, it’s practically unrecognizable from earlier than. “It’s the place their friends are going to be, so I needed it to have a little bit of loud, fashionable swag,” she says. 

Upstairs, the first bed room is a little more subdued, however you may see the place Francis’s creativity got here into play whereas attempting to work with a wonky structure and no renovations within the price range. The mattress body, a Wayfair discover, acquired a glow-up due to a Peruvian blanket, and the leather-based sconces add a luxe contact. The carpet was already there (and wasn’t going wherever), so Francis coated it with classic rugs. And as for that odd structure? She made a soothing studying nook out of it.

Within the visitor bed room, the householders positioned their earlier mattress, and its darkish body gave Francis the possibility to get a bit moodier than she had within the major, understanding that they wouldn’t be within the room every single day.

Locations they might see every single day? Their entryway, an often-overlooked house that she selected to provide persona with an oak bench punctuated with two Block Store tiles hanging above. After which there may be the nursery, the final word established order–defying room, the place as a substitute of candy pastels, Francis went daring with a wallpaper mural that appears as if the cribs are suspended within the treetops. (An actual olive tree helps with the impact.) It will all be loads for some individuals, however for Francis, it’s a reminder that design guidelines are made to be damaged.