Modern Design Makeover in Phinney Ridge
Shawna and Andy Troutman were devout practitioners of the College Revivalist style—aka what happens when your living room is furnished with Craigslist finds and hand-me-downs from your coed days. Then interior designer Lindsey Runyon came along.
“They were ready for grownup furniture,” Runyon says of the Phinney Ridge couple. “They had been living with the space and knew what they wanted.”
Along with a desire for a fresher look, the couple had three main requests: room for storage, more seating, and a better overall flow. The designer zoned in on their postcollege style—contemporary with a midcentury-modern twist—and got to work.
Before the makeover.
Image: Courtesy Lindsey Runyon
Out went a stuffy rolled-arm love seat with fringed pillows; in came a streamlined sofa in gray doeskin. A pair of apple-green armchairs and a sleek coffee table easily expanded the seating arrangement, while custom charcoal-gray storage cabinets anchored the rear wall.
Runyon mixed in eclectic patterns and warm textures throughout to give the space layers of youthful coziness. Handmade pillows purchased from online crafts marketplace Etsy complement the chocolate-brown trellis curtains. A twisted-wool area rug acts as a cozy counterpart to a stainless steel fireplace. And a cluster of bubble lamps steals all the attention.
“They’re young and fun and cool,” Runyon says of her clients. “They were ready for this change, and it was just fun to see the transformation.”
Resources
Interior design: Lindsey Runyon Design, 206-914-5241; lindseyrunyondesign.com
Sofa: Thrive Furniture, thrivefurniture.com
Armchairs, light fixtures Design within Reach, 1918 First Ave, Downtown, 206-443-9900; dwr.com
Coffee table Room and Board, 2675 NE University Village St, University Village, 206-336-4676; roomandboard.com
Area rug Blu Dot, bludot.com
Fireplace Spark Modern Fires, sparkfires.com
Curtains Z Gallerie, 16401 NE 74th St, Ste E105, Redmond, 425-497-9302; zgallerie.com
Pillows Etsy, etsy.com
Woodcut art Whitcomb and Company, 360-631-9206; whitcombandcompany.com
Floor lamp Lamps Plus, 16839 Southcenter Pkwy, Tukwila, 206-575-9110; lampsplus.com
Paint Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com
This article appeared in the October 2014 issue of Seattle Met.
