Textures, layers and light.
I Love where I live & work!
The 3-1/2 hour selections meeting aftermath.
I’m exhausted, but grateful.
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Just wrapped up a long hard day of planning, organizing, moving, and putting plants in containers for one of our repeat clients. It was back breaking work (those things are big and heavy), But oh it was worth it!
Couldn’t have done it without my “gardening team”. Many thanks to Audrey and Rhys for rolling up their sleeves and getting dirty with me!
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Oh, and in case you didn’t know, we don’t just do interiors....we design experiences for all types of spaces😉.
WOOD • STEEL • PLASTER
A project with this trifecta of materials is underway! Plaster going up on the 10’ high walls today. Oh, the anticipation....
When an idea hits, sketch it out quick before you lose it!
And yes, it says “sexy steel”, a highly technical term I learned from @mysticforgeironworksinc 😂
The morning sun out here jumpstarts my day. I Never tire of returning to this project we completed 4 years ago!
Big news is on its way....
“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.” - Thomas A. Edison
BEFORE & AFTER
A designated dining room became the ideal setting for a casual family lounge with a modern country vibe. This compact inner city townhouse was reworked to perfectly suit a busy family of 4 that wished for a rural home, yet needed to be close to their work and activities in the busy city.
#rochellelynnedesign
Home is where you hang your hat, keep your treasures, and find peace at the end of the day. .
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#interiordesign #homesweethome #cowboyup #rurallifestyle #logcabinlife #ranchhouse #luxuryranch #westernart #rustic #farm #ranch #calgarystampede #modernwest #legacyhome #rochellelynnedesign #mountainliving #loghomeliving
Design is a long process. It takes a lot of time (some sleepless nights) and a lot of attention to details. .
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#interiordesign #bathroom #powderroom #ranch #modern #modernrustic #designdrawing #designplans #modernwest #luxury #luxuryranchhome #plasterwalls #liveedge
You are not ordinary, neither should your home be. .
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Interior Design: @rochellelynnedesign
#bathroomsofinstagram #rusticdecor #westerndesign #glassart #reclaimed #bhghome #rusticmountain #ranchhouse #luxuryranchliving #neverordinary
Hands up if you would put a pass through window from your indoor kitchen to your outdoor kitchen at the cabin?
And of course the outdoor kitchen should include a wood burning pizza oven!
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#kitchendesign #passthroughwindow #farmhousesink #cabinstyle #logcabin #pizzaoven #rustickitchen #outdoorkitchen #naturelover #outdoorlifestyle #familytime #kitchengoals #mountainlife #vacationhome #luxuryhomes #luxuryranches #luxuryliving
It’s May Long weekend, and here in Alberta it’s the official date to start planting summer pots and outdoor gardens (because any sooner risks losing it all to overnight frost, or heaven forbid the “s” word!). It’s also the time when a lot of us look at our barren yards, recovering from a relentlessly long winter, and wish there was something more than just plants & pots that we could add to make our outdoor space more gratifying. I want to tell you, YES there is, and it’s called landscape architecture.
Throwing it back several years to this facade facelift I sketched up for a client. On a whim one day she called me up and asked if I could give her a plan for a more inviting approach to her front entry (something we had also redesigned the year prior). Oh, and she had the landscaping crew showing up in a couple days, so could I have that idea to her before they show up please?
2 very quick rough sketches later we agreed to this stunning timber addition.
The landscape crew did a fantastic job building the vision, and our green-thumb client then perfected it with tweaks to the existing shrubs and plantings.
The result was more involved than she had anticipated, but definitely worth the results! .
#homefacade #entrywaydecor #timberframe #timber #garden #pergoladesign #pergola #invitingentrance #maylongweekend #springtime #gardenideas #timberpergola #housefacelift #hireadesigner #yyc #landscaping #landscapearchitecture
An inviting entryway designed to reflect the endearing personality of the home’s owner who happens to be a talented artist and yoga guru.
Modern Rustic
Prairie meets West Coast
Calm and peaceful. .
By the way, this is just the rendering. Work was delayed due to an inconsiderate virus!
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#interiordesign by @rochellelynnedesign
#3drendering
#workinprogress
#yychomes
#horselovers
#westerndesign
#entrywaydecor
#ranchhousestyle
#modernrustic
#rusticmeetsmodern
#bearspaw
#woodwall
#luxuryhomes
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Creating spaces that CAPTIVATE is done not by skill, but by INSTINCT.
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Inspired by nature, drawing on history and the environment, resulting in authenticity of composition.
Heirloom caliber homes are exceptional because there has been intentional emphasis placed on creating the FEELING more so than the DESIGN. ~
#interiordesign by @rochellelynnedesign
#modernrustic #bathroom #logcabin #timberframe #ranch #mountain #lodge #camp #cabin #wood #stone #metal #reclaimed #renewable #western #canadian #bathroominspiration
Once in a while I drive by a vision of this land I live in that begs to be captured.
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This barn is literally 5 minutes from my doorstep, and I see it in its average barn sameness almost every day.
Yet 2 days ago, with the sun shining to the East and some ominous rain clouds headed from the West, it took on a completely different personality.
So rather than continuing my routine path home, it was a drive by, stop, turnaround, and go back to catch the perfect moment of time & light.
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Since I was I kid with a Kodak Instamatic film camera I have loved taking photos. Those of us who grew up in the 80’s know the one, the little black box with the one click exposure and a rotating cube flash on top. I loved that camera. Took it everywhere I went, looking through the viewer to analyze potential compositions and evaluate the perfect image worthy of spending a single frame of precious film on. And then crossing fingers for days, or even weeks that the eventual processed print would magically represent the vision in all my imagined glory.
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It rarely did. .
But I kept at it. Never stopped.
Later, in university, I took film photography classes as part of my art degree. I learned a lot, started taking better photos, but we still relied on the old and lengthy process of capture, hold your breath and wait, develop, splash papers in a dark room, and cross fingers that some light and chemical manipulation will get you closer to that final result you imagined the moment you clicked the shutter release. .
Yup, a lot has changed since then.
How I love digital photography!!!!!
Now I take a LOT of photos!!
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So on occasion I manage a capture that warrants more honor than merely residing in an album.
This really does emulate the Alberta landscape during a spring storm. I got lucky and hit the perfect moment to record that feeling.
I think this one is destined to be 4 or 5 feet tall and hanging on my living room wall. .
And then the interior designer in me steps in thinking: BARN CONVERSION, hmmmm😏
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#stormclouds #landscape #landscapephotography #alberta #cochrane #barn #rustic #storm #prairie #barnconversion #interiordesigner
The perfect home accent: a sweet and cuddly pup who loves to pose for the camera. .
🖊 : @rochellelynnedesign 📸: @eymeric.widling
#kitchen #design #interior #blackandwhite #countryliving #luxury #home #yyc #calgary #alberta #farmhouse #bernadoodle #smallspaceliving #victoriacrossreno
Sunday relaxing and soaking in nature.
It’s the weekend and the sun is shining.
Getting a little inspiration from the land around me.
#cochrane #alberta #landscape #prairie #bluesky #canadawest
“Balance isn’t fitting everything in. It’s starting with what’s important and letting the rest fall as it will.” - Erica Layne -
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#interiordesign by @rochellelynnedesign
#bathroom #liveedgewood #marbletiles #bathroomreno
Considering this chair for a bit of a 19th century style injection in a project. Thinking Industrial Revolution meets West Coast Modern.... definitely going to be a bold twist to an otherwise simple & clean lines space.
Will definitely be a conversation starter!
Now I just need to decide on fabric color....debating between camel and deep avacado skin green in a soft velvet. Hmmmmm.
After several weeks to catch up on all those wish-I had-more-time tasks, who else out there is running out of:
•books to read, •shelves to reorganize, •closets to ‘cleanse’ •baseboards to detail with q-tips?
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Time to get creative and find constructive ways to occupy our at-home time.
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I’m wondering what you are doing to change it up and feel productive?
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We are renovating our own home, and with too much time to contemplate more and more ideas, scope creep has definitely been keeping the mind (AND BODY) occupied!
So this leads to my follow up question: how do you reign in the wandering ideas so that you don’t end up with a new, potentially unattainable list of to-dos that will haunt you long after the stay home order has been lifted?
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#interiordesign by @rochellelynnedesign
#victoriacrossreno #shelfstyling #bookstyling #birddecor #livingroomideas #keepingbusyathome #springcleaning
Sun’s up, we’re up!
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#rochellelynnedesign #interiordesign #bathroom #spa #cabinfever #rusticmeetselegance #countryliving #luxury #log #timber #reclaimed #getbacktonature #morningmotivation #ranchhouse #rusticmountain #limedoak #whiteoak #barndoor #mirror
When you can, make your home the best place to escape reality and connect with those you love. Make it for YOU to LOVE, and NOT to impress your friends or peers.
That’s where you will find the magic of HOME. -Rochelle Lynne-
Switch it up.
Interior Design: #rochellelynnedesign .
#kitchen #island #marblecountertops #whitecabinets #millwork #farmhouse #traditionalhome #kitcheninspo #homedecor #baskets #ranchhouse
There have definitely been moments while working from home when I felt like laying on the floor much like Boulder the photo-bomber bernadoodle in this shot of our #victoriacrossreno .
Interior design by #rochellelynnedesign 📸: @eymeric.widling
10 Days of inspirations - Day 4 in our stories is coming to an end, and the last post is by far my most personally exciting one so far!
If you missed the first 3 days find the entire collection in our feature highlight: 10 Days
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#iwishihaddesignedthis #inspiration #10daysofinspiration #design #log #timber #ranch #modern #rustic #nature #western #equine #designstyle #instastories #instafeature
“Do the best you can do until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou
Interior Design: @rochellelynnedesign 📸: @eymeric.widling
#rustic #cabin #bathroom #antler #life #views #luxury #spa #canada #rockymountains #interiordesign #mountains #awardwinner #modernrustic #home
A little green makes any room sing.
Today I am thankful for sunny skies & the miracle that I have kept a potted plant alive indoors. Yup, my beautiful lush fern is still thriving!
Yesterday we had a massive dump of snow, and it felt like winter just wouldn’t let go of us. It was incredibly discouraging, making me feel even more trapped as I spend yet another week burrowed in my basement.
So as the temperature here in Alberta begins it’s steep uphill climb back to ‘seasonably normal’ I will pull on my jacket, step outside in my snow boots, and dream of seeing green grass and leaves again one day soon.
#rochellelynnedesign #interiordesign
#kitchen #fern #spring #green #white #designer #alberta #calgary #cochrane #nomiresnow #houseplants
Posting on stories for the next 10 days!
#rochellelynnedesign #interiordesign #inspiration #inspo #design #architecture #art #photography #interiors #iwishihaddesignedthis #10daysofinspiration
Marble and slate, and a little bit (ok, a lot) of herringbone.
Our basement bathroom is seeing a whole lot more use now that we are living downstairs during our main floor reno. We originally built this bathroom for our 3 daughters, but they are all grown and moved out now.
Only now are we fully realizing just how good they had it.....those heated slate floors feel WONDERFUL on the feet first thing in the morning!
#rochellelynnedesign #interiordesign
Tulips•Spring•Hope “You are not here merely to make a living, you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” – Woodrow Wilson
#rochellelynnedesign #interiordesign
#victoriacrossreno
Grateful for lazy mornings, being safe at home, and having more comforts than are truly necessary.
#weareblessed #goodfriday2020 #gratefulforhome #rusticluxury #cozyhome #backtonature #logcabin #reclaimedwood #mountainviews #ranchstyle #mountainliving
Rocking the brand even when the job site is our own home 👏👏
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#constructionlife #myhomereno #interiordesignerslife #teamgear #wearthebrand #hehatesphotos #workingfromhome #somebodyhastodothedirtywork #hewearsmynameonhisback
I’ve been self indulging today.
Working from home has held sooo many distractions for me...like climbing the stairs from our basement “camping” to stand in the middle of our nearly completely deconstructed main floor.
Yup, we started our own kitchen reno just before our world went into lock-down. So now we have everything torn apart, temporary living quarters set up in our basement, and a whole lot of time to keep rethinking and working out the tiniest of details for what our new kitchen could become.
Needless to say, my husband (and crazy talented do-er of all things construction) is also getting caught up in the creative process, but in the same breath is rolling his eyes as he knows that the depth of this project just keeps growing!
I blame Coronavirus and all the time on my hands it has so generously provided. Last week we decided to add a wood burning see thru fireplace to the middle of our open concept space. HUGE change, big $ add, but oh my the change is going to be magnificent! And we both just love the smell of a wood fire! Likely because I grew up in homes heated by wood stoves. I miss that, but NOT all the chopping and stacking of firewood we had to do as kids!
So today as I play with ideas for bar stools (so easy to choose for my clients, yet incredibly difficult to make a decision for myself, so check today’s story to help me out by voting) I am appreciating the opportunity to divulge in pure selfish me time.
Now I just need to find the strength to stop, be satisfied, and step away from the idea bucket, pick up some tools and help that poor dear man of mine tackle this once-small-now-ginormous reno project so we can move outta our basement!
#myhomereno
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A little beverage station revamp before and after to start the week.
#beforeandafter #kitchenrenovation #coffeestation #customcabinets #interiordesign #winelover #modernrustic #countrystyle #mondaymorningmotivation #coffeelover #stayhome
Mornings like this.... “
“You are being tested. And you know what they say my darling, being tested only makes you stronger.” –Downton Abbey
“It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.”
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Working remotely and holding online meetings has been a big part of our process for over a decade. All of us working away from the studio at the same time...now that’s new territory, but we are rockin it!
#virtualdesign #virtualmeetings #wegotthis #interiordesignonline #workingfromhome
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