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All The Essentials for Designer-Approved Summer Entertaining

June 21, 2018Entertaining + Home LivingBeth and Carolina

The Interior Designer Entertaining Must-Haves

You didn’t think we’d share a few sneak peeks at this amazing entertaining space on our Instagram without giving you a little exclusive, did you? You may remember seeing the early stages of this lakeside Seattle home transformation a few months ago during our initial wallcovering install. We’re making their entire basement level into an entertaining Mecca, so to hold you over until the final reveal, we thought we’d share our essentials for home entertaining. A taste of what’s to come…

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Greek Inspired Textiles

June 18, 2018Featured Products CalloutBeth and Carolina

Hear from Our Clients

June 13, 2018VideosBeth and Carolina

hear what it’s like to work with pulp, straight from our clients

Ethereal Whites Are Trending — Here Are the 9 Items You Need

June 11, 2018Shopping GuideBeth and Carolina

designer round-up: ethereal white home decor

If you attended High Point Market or read our trend recap, then you know just how much ethereal vibes have been popping up in interiors (and fashion! hello, Met Gala 2018) this year. We tend to gravitate towards figurative and imaginative forms when we’re designing for our interior design clients in Dallas + Seattle, so this trend’s popularity is no surprise to us. See our 9 favorites, rounded up below…

Split Face Sculpture | 2. Fang Sculpture | 3. Parisian Kiss | 4. Savanna Side Table | 5. Martin Sculpture | 6. Traugott Sculpture | 7. Equus Wall Vase | 8. Hands Stool | 9. The Bathing Lady Sculpture

Love these as much as we do?

This New Seattle Project Proves Why You Should Hire an Interior Designer Before Construction

June 7, 2018Pulp Design Worknew builds and renovations in progress, pulp in progressBeth and Carolina

A Lake Washington Home in Progress

This project is brand new and currently in the build phase, so we’re giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the design kickoff! In fact, we just presented furnishings a couple weeks ago, so this baby is hot off the press. There is so much to love about this project (you’ll see), but one of our favorite things is that our clients brought us on before the build phase, which is a huge benefit to us as designers and our clients.

Before we reveal just why we love our new build projects so much, let us introduce you to our amazing clients…

Step One: Consultation + Intake

WHO IS THE CLIENT?

Our clients live in Seattle and are currently in the construction phase of a modern home on Lake Washington. The entire family is extremely creative and artistic, meaning they have no qualms when it comes to color, pattern and all things bold. With two young-adult children, this family’s home will be designed to give each member of the family the perfect place to spend time together, entertain and get creative.

WHY DID THEY HIRE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER?

Our clients are big proponents of the arts and have a deep appreciation for creativity and design. When they decided to build a new home, they knew they wanted to make the most of their investment by bringing in trained professionals to do everything right from interior architectural planning to the final accessories. Our clients knew the value in hiring trained creative professionals so bringing on a design firm was a given.

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF WORK?

We were brought onto this project very early in the build process. Our clients contacted us before plans had been finalized (which we love!) so we were able to get in and help guide some of the architectural decision making. We’re designing the full package for these clients — finishes, lighting, paint and furnishings for the entire home. Our clients assembled the dream team to create their new home — we are working with the amazing DeForest Architects and Toth Construction!

SO, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HIRE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER BEFORE THE BUILD PROCESS?

Behold, the top 3 reasons… (pro tip: if renovations or a new home are on your horizon, pin this!)

That being said, we hit the drawing boards…

Step Two: The Design Phase

We started really getting to know who they are, their vision of their home and how they tend to “do life” in each room. Then we started by gathering inspiration from our clients in the form of a Pinterest board and began to collaborate on the design between our offices.

WHAT IS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NEW DESIGN?

We’re going to make this home just as creative and artistic as our clients. Their current home has a collected, transitional and traveled style which creates an interesting contrast with their modern home in the works. We’re designing a space that marries their love for found, antique and heirloom items with modern and bold style. Everything we select for this project has to elevate the overall impact of the home, but also be eye-catching on its own. Story-telling style is the name of the game for this project.

WHAT IS THE CLIENT MOST EXCITED ABOUT SO FAR?

During the architectural drafting phase of this project, our clients had a hard time visualizing what the space would look like post-construction. Once walls started to go up, they got so excited because they could finally see the work coming to life. When you don’t spend your days looking at floor plans like we do, it’s difficult to create a tangible idea of what your home will look like, so when you finally see walls going up, it makes the end result seem much more real.

Step Three: Install + Execution

Believe us, we cannot wait to see this project installed, but we heard once that good things come to those who wait… and work really damn hard! With freshly presented furnishings and construction moving ahead, we are eagerly waiting for this project to reach install phase! Until then, subscribe to our newsletter for updates and exclusive looks at this project!

Ethereal Whites

June 7, 2018Featured Products CalloutBeth and Carolina

The Founders’ Picks: 14 Essentials for a Designer Curated Lifestyle

May 29, 2018Shopping Guidefounders picksBeth and Carolina

Interior Designer May Favorites

You know what they say…. April showers bring May must-haves! This month’s favorites really are all about what gets us through the day-to-day; The items that inspire our personal style and save our lives come install day. A day in the life at Pulp Design Studios calls for anything from a new lip mask to the glass cleaner we swear by. See the 14 items we’re loving most this month…

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+ Black Enamel Arte Ring

SHOP CAROLINA’S PICKS

+ Hippie Snacks Coconut Clusters | Futagami Brass Bottle Opener

Tour a Bright Kids Bath Done Right with Our Starburst Hardware

May 23, 2018Entertaining + Home LivingBeth and Carolina

We love seeing how other designers use our Starburst Pulls in their projects. It’s seriously such an honor when amazing designers want to put our hardware in their own clients’ homes!

Speaking of amazing designers creating stunning spaces with the Starburst Pulls… we had to share this bright and playful kids bath freshly completed by Ivy House Interiors for a precious family of five! We spotted the matte brass pull when the designers were scheming and could hardly wait to see the completed space.

Ivy House wanted to create a crisp and clean space with gorgeous vanity mirrors and touches of contrast. They went with a bold, yet soothing marble wall and mint green vanity that was the perfect color for both the girls and boy. They needed to add a bit of flair to the vanity and found the Matte Brass Starburst Pull was the perfect piece for the space.

“We loved how your hardware turned out on the vanity, it just gives it just the stylish detail this vanity needed. I went ahead and bought 8, so we plan on using the pulls in other parts of the house!” — Hanieh, Ivy House Interiors Designer

This bath was designed for Leah Reel, a lifestyle blogger and super stylish mother of three who is in the midst of a whole-home renovation. She recently moved back to Oklahoma City and brought on Ivy House to help with a full remodel after having worked with them in the past. If one thing’s for certain, it’s that her home has a killer kids bath and some seriously cool hardware!

We’ll be on the edge of our seats waiting to see how they use the rest of the pulls throughout this already beautiful home! If this space, photographed by Beau and Belle Photography, is any indication of what’s to come, we know it’s going to be a stunner.

Shop the Starburst Pulls used in this amazing bath!

STARBURST HARDWARE

May 23, 2018Featured Products CalloutBeth and Carolina

How We Helped a Dallas Client Curate Their Art Collection to Design Perfection

May 17, 2018Pulp Design Workpulp in progressBeth and Carolina

We know, we know… is there a day that we aren’t raving about our love for art? Well when it comes to interior design, there shouldn’t be a day that art doesn’t enter the conversation; We never leave an interior design client’s home without amazing art. It would be unfinished! One of the only things better than sourcing a new collection ourselves, is getting to work with our clients’ existing personal collections and help them build it to perfection.

Enter a super cool family of 5 in Dallas. He’s a doctor, she supports the office-side of their practice and they have three wonderful school-aged children and they love art. These clients have a seriously impressive collection of energetic, powerful, original, and massive pieces that we couldn’t wait to add to and build their design around.

Interior Design + Art Collections

The project in a nutshell:

Last year our clients decided to buy a new home that needed a full renovation, but after kicking off they decided it was too much work. They chose to buy a new home that could be transformed into something beautiful without gutting the entire structure.

Our clients are very laid-back and just didn’t know what to do with their interiors! After deciding to buy the new home, they wanted it to be finished and beautiful, but knew they lacked the design chops to pull it off themselves, so to the web they went. They found Pulp and brought us on to make all their home dreams a reality.

When we hit the drawing boards at the beginning of this project, we focused on creating balance between their many impactful pieces by introducing a neutral palette with pops of color throughout. We selected a few new pieces to further elevate the fine art found through the home.

Their existing collection includes a variety of pieces, ranging from 7 foot tall pieces to unique ceramic vessels. Our clients have a particular affinity for interesting pottery and sculptural ceramic pieces, so we wanted to build out spaces that brought this passion home. We always give our clients one-of-a-kind interiors so we commissioned a local Dallas artist, Jen Rose, to create custom pieces using colors that complemented our clients’ space.

We were so happy we got to source an amazing organic wall sculpture by the incredible Gregory Miller, a local Dallas artist who recently passed away. We have been huge fans of Miller’s work and were honored to have clients proudly display his work in their home. It brought an artisan coastal vibe to the space and blended the room’s style with their personalities and passions. Get on our newsletter list for more behind-the-scenes on how we created this space in the weeks to come!

Our clients had been exploring options to add to their personal collection and consulted us to help guide their decision making. We were able to lend our design eye to the pool of options to help our clients select stunning pieces that they would be proud to display in their home and that suited their personal styles.

We are in the process of filling this space with some of our favorite art inspired accessories to tie it all together. From coffee table books to sculptures, we found tons of dynamic and interesting accessories to take the artistic feel of their home to the next level. Achieving major shelf-styling goals in every room!