Preview video from the Designer House

This is the last week of the Designer House but the room will live on in photos and video. Check out this preview video. We have an after video in the making so stay tuned.

Designer house 2012 sneak peak of the Bridget Beari space from Bridget Beari Designs on Vimeo.

The Big Reveal!

Drum Roll Please.......

Here it is the Bridget Beari Designer House room. Well actually it's a back hallway and staircase. I purposely chose the stairwell as a unique space where I could showcase the Bridget Beari Colors and create a dramatic space from nothing. 

You enter the space from the grand foyer. All the colors are from the Bridget Beari Color line - Snowball walls, Beaureguard window trim, Truffle floor, Baron Boy handrail, and Pickle bookcase.High gloss white walls with a painted floor in the octagon pattern - distressed and aged.  A complete contrast to the high gloss painted walls, trim and ceiling. Notice the 200 yds. of flat braid around the room from Kravet. 

The hallway is filled with figurative sketches from Andi Helfant-Fyre from Virginia Beach. The door is upholstered in fabric from Zimmer Rhode with the addition of the antique mirrors and the P.E. Guerin acrylic door handle. 

Here is a detail of the fabric on the door. 

You turn the corner to the left and see our custom built octagonal bookcase in our Pickle color also in the high gloss paint. The bookcase was designed to complement the floor design and the white accessories really make the bookcase pop. I love the white and silver books and the oyster shell balls. 

People have loved the hanging agave leaves! 

As you turn to the stairwell you see the beautiful hand painted agate wall by H.J.Holtz and Son., the real botanical elephant ears from Anne Blackwell Thompson and the chandelier from Moura Starr called Aqua. 

Here is a photo with the chandelier lit. The drapery fabric is from Kravet ( linen and raffia embroidery) with the acrylic pole rods. 

Did you notice our new staircase? We removed the bead board wall that went to the basement as well as the door and wall that entered into the basement. We remade the newell post and handrail to add the glass. This really opened up and modernized this back hall. Can you see that the interior of the window is painted a different color? Only 2 people have noticed that detail. I wish I had a prize to give them. 

The carpet runner is linen over the painted floor pattern. The curved glass at the top of the stairs is incredible! The brighter color green is from the designer's room downstairs but notice how we cut the agate into pieces to meet her paint. It really has the illusion of real stone! 

Here is a detail of the flat braid around the room - remember 200 yds! 

A detail of the floor design: 

Another detail of the flat braid, drapery, runner and floor! 

A close up of the agate! 

Custom radiator cover. I love the Echeveria plant in the silver shell container. 

Looking toward the back hall. 

Close up of the leaves! 

This is the last week the Designer House is open so come out and see me. Next week everything comes down and back to neutral. So sad! 

It has been a fun experience to share the Bridget Beari Colors and Designs with so many people. The crowd has been overwhelming enthusiastic and complimentary about the space and the paints. So until next time......

Happy Painting ......

3 Proposals - Which Would You Choose?

Here are my 3 proposals for the Richmond Symphony Designer House. I loved them all! I am glad I did not have to choose. 

I really want to showcase Bridget Beari Colors that is why I picked room without furniture!

Bridget Beari Modern and Classic colors in scheme 1

faux agate walls, painted floors, glass railing, botanical leaves

Bridget Beari Exotic Colors in Scheme 2

zebra skin door, black sisal, Camilla David fabric

Bridget Beari Exotic Colors in Scheme 3

Antique sputnik chandelier, Roundabout velvet sette, embroidered fabric, faux bois floor

Renderings by Sarah Gleason

Which would you choose? 

Don't forget to order your Bridget Beari Fan deck to see all the colors available! 

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                        Come see me starting September 4th at the RSDH Pinifer Park! 

RIchmond Symphony Designer House 2012

2012 RIchmond Symphony Designer House

Well, it has been 20 years since Bridget Beari has done a Designer House and September will mark the 20th year BBD has been in business so I decided "why not do something different" that I had not done in a long time to promote the Bridget Beari Colors: I'll do a room at the 2012 Designer House. 

When I first received the request the address did not seem appealing, only because I really like older homes and this neighborhood is fairly new. I went on the first viewing and I was so surprised to see one of the house that I have always driven by with envy. I have a couple of clients in that area and have seen the house. I could not wait to get inside. 

Here is a photo of Pinifer Park, built in 1910 by Edwin Laird as a summer retreat from their Richmond Park Ave. home. 

     Here is the Colonial Revival style home as it stands today with its Queen Anne styling even a little Bavarian Hunt lodge styling in the grand foyer. Unfortunately the house is in   
                                       disrepair as it had been used as a rental home.  

Here is a video from Richmond Magazine on the history of the home:

Here is a picture of the grand foyer. Interesting interior for a Virginia farm house - 2 story interior with an almost Arts and Crafts fireplace. Can you imagine the parties? 

I did not choose one of the main spaces. I really wanted a room with no furniture. This was going to be all about the paints, wall treatments and fabrics. You were asked to pick 3 spaces. I chose 2 staircases, and the music alcove in the second floor. I was asked to design the back staircase which of course was the most involved space and really my favorite.


Here is a sneak peek of the before pictures of my hallway: 

Wait until you see this door again!

The beadboard will be gone! 

I am always inspired by other designers I admire and their spaces in the Kips Bay Showhouse in NYC. I really want this space to be unlike anything you would expect in Richmond. When I go to a Designer House I want to see things that inspire me and are creative not just a pretty room. My hallway will showcase all that Bridget Beari Colors and Fine Paints of Europe products can do in terms of finishes, techniques and striking elegance. 

I hope you will come see it in October! I'll be teasing you with products and renderings for the month of August until the big reveal!!

Happy Painting ......