Bergen County interior designer Ridgewood NJ

Happy Friday!! Today I’m sharing a fun find at Anthropolgie this week- how cute is this black and white vase set?! I feel like they can work with a variety of decor styles and can be put together or you can treat each one as its own element. I’m planning on putting mine on my built in shelves in my family room. If you look to the left on this photo you can see a little glimpse of my built ins which are painted a darker clay / grey color. I will be sure to share a photo when I finish styling my built ins - I have a few more items on my shopping list. Waiting for sales!!

Christie Adams Design is a Bergen County interior designer based in Wyckoff NJ. Available for whole-house renovations and additions as well as one room transformations, Christie would love to chat about your project and learn more about your needs. The travel area for interior design and decorating services is 45 minutes from Wyckoff - so this includes towns like Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ramsey, Allendale as well as Montclair and Westfield.

Northern NJ interior designer - Ridgewood

Today I’m sharing a simple shelfie from my kitchen. I have managed to keep 2 of these 3 plants alive for an entire year!! Full disclosure, one of the 3 is faux :) But I wouldn’t put it past me to find a way to kill a faux plant!

I’ve talked before on my blog about my love for greenery in every room so I especially love this corner in my kitchen:

Christie Adams Design is a Wyckoff NJ based interior design firm available for whole house renovations as well as one-room makeovers. Reach out for more information if you are searching for a Bergen County NJ interior designer.

When to splurge and when to save? Bergen county interior designer

I love mixing high-end pieces with steals! For this guest bath, the Pottery Barn vanity was a bit of a splurge but after months of searching for a less expensive option, I couldn't find anything that I loved as much as this. So I decided to go for it and I used my Pottery Barn rewards credit card.  The following month I received a gift certificate with my statement as a result of the vanity purchase and that gift certificate paid for the mirror- SCORE!!   

I knew that I wanted a black matte faucet but didn't want to spend a fortune on one for this guest bath so I actually found this one on Amazon which had lots of great reviews and was a fraction of the price of the Pottery Barn faucet.  And finally, the light ficture.  I knew I wanted something with a glass dome and I had narrowed it down to a few choices from Rejuvenation and Pottery Barn. But in the end I found exactly what I was looking for on Amazon!!  And it was under $50. WOO HOO!! 

I think that now when you come into the bathroom you have no idea which items were high-end and which were budget finds. And for a bathroom if you are going to splurge on only one item I do think the vanity should be that item. You don't want to have a vanity made of poor construction as that will be very noticeable.

Everyone knows that I am obsessed with my Currey light fixtures in my kitchen.  Those were a big splurge for me but they are show stoppers and works of art.  No regrets here :)   And PS:  all of the hardware for my kitchen cabinets are from Amazon!

But when it came time to shop for light fixtures for my mudroom, I knew this wasn't the place where I needed to go all out.  I found these gems on  Amazon and they did not disappoint!  They were under $60!

As an interior designer, I love mixing high end with budget items in a way that everything flows together seamlessly.  If you are in the Bergen County area such as Wyckoff, Ridgewood or Glen Rock, I would love to help create your dream home.  Or if you are outside of Bergen County NJ, I offer e-design services and can help you remotely.  I'm also available to work with builders and developers in the Ridgewood and Wyckoff area to help maximize your profit with my design services. 

Bergen County NJ Dream Kitchen?

When I have shared photos of this kitchen on Instagram, there have been lots of comments calling it their "dream kitchen" and I have to agree that it really is!  BUT it certainly didn't look like this when we first walked into the house for the first time.

Here is the "after".  Scroll down for the "before" and how we did it!

Here is what the kitchen looked like when we came to the open house.

Not quite a dream kitchen right?

It's hard for most people to see this "before" photo and imagine what the "After" will look like. I'll admit that I didn't see it right away either. We came back to the house a second time to be sure and decided to go for it. We knew that we could bump out the back of the house because there was plenty of space in the backyard.  We decided to go out about 10 feet which clearly made a huge difference in the openness of the space.  When designing the kitchen, I knew I wanted a wall of windows overlooking the backyard. I love white kitchens but didn't want it ALL white either. So I chose a pale grey for the island base and chose black and natural wood as an accent colors. This really brought warmth to the space which appeals to buyers.

Do you currently have a kitchen stuck in the 1970's like the "before" photo? Are you a bergen county house flipper who is working on a new kitchen?  I'd love to be your interior designer to help select all of the finishes and paint colors. I also have great connections with a Bergen County kitchen cabinet maker who can make our ideas come to life in a very cost effective way. 

I'd love to chat about your interior design needs!

Christie Adams Design:  Bergen County NJ interior designer