I received an email yesterday from Doodle Home letting me know that they were going to be running a story on one of my projects. Those are always fun emails to get!
Thanks Doodle Home!
DESIGNER INSPIRATION: CINDY BARGANIER
Being very busy parents of three small children can become very taxing on a couple and their lives. It becomes difficult to find a peaceful place to go to escape the madness. One couple approached Cindy Barganier because she had designed a previous home for them, and they knew she could take on this particular challenge.
bedroom before
“She has always wanted a romantic canopy bed,” Cindy Barganier noted. “One that allows you to fall into down pillows with a good book and pull the sheer curtains around you and escape to your own little world for awhile.”
This project posed two minor challenges:
1. Although the room was large, it had a low ceiling.
“I knew that using a four poster bed with canopy would make it feel even lower so I custom designed a ceiling mounted canopy that drew the eye up as far as possible,” said Barganier.
The chandelier is larger than you would expect for a bedroom, but it’s visually light. Barganier incorporated this chandelier to fool the eye and create the illusion of a higher ceiling, while the blue ceiling above it is meant to suggest an open sky.
bedroom after
To read the whole story click here.
dixie weale
Exactly how high were the ceilings? They must be more than 8 feet judging from the crown molding.
Cindy
Dixie, if I remember correctly they were 8 1/2″ I know we only had about 6″ between the top of the doors and the bottom of the crown (which was very large for that room). Note that the drapery rods are on the crown itself even in the before picture.
shelle newman
Beautiful! You are so very talented! Were the canopy bars custom made? If I ever hit the lottery, I am hiring you to do my home! 🙂
Cindy
ooooo, You don’t have to hit the lottery. Hire me now!!! 🙂 Gowan Iron in Montgomery, Alabama made them for me. They did an awesome job. Where are you from?
xoxo,
cindy