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The Best Shops in Palm Beach

If you’ve been following me, you know that I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Palm Beach earlier this year. Getting my fix of sunshine and warmth definitely reinvigorated me and the town was bursting with interior design inspiration everywhere I looked. One of my favorite things was visiting all the different shops to see what Palm Beach had on offer, and I was not disappointed! If you’re visiting the area, be sure to check out these four amazing locations. You won’t regret it!

1. Worth Avenue

Worth Avenue is not one specific shop, but rather a shopper’s paradise. It is filled with exclusive clothing boutiques and home furnishing shops. Many of them sell both clothing and furniture, which is great if you’re like me, and love both! Palm Beach is truly one of my favorite places to come and buy clothing, beautifully embroidered caftans, straw handbags and sandals, and beautiful home furnishings. The perfect area to spend a day in Palm Beach.

2. AERIN by Aerin Lauder

AERIN, located on Via Mizner, Palm Beach, is a luxury lifestyle store that sells clothing, accessories, beauty products, decor, and furniture. Aerin Lauder is the granddaughter of Estee’ Lauder and a renowned businesswoman. She founded AERIN on the idea that “living beautifully should be effortless.” She is known for being a lover of traveling, design, and fashion, and her stores truly reflect that style.

All of AERIN’s products fit perfectly into the Grand Millennial style that I love. Each piece is timeless with a modern flare. Simply being inside the shop gave me a lot of inspiration for my own designs. I was inspired by how elegant and simple many of the pieces were and how she used delicate pops of color to bring life to the shop. If you can’t make it to Palm Beach, AERIN also has locations in East Hampton and Southampton in New York, as well as an online shop!

3. IL Papiro

IL Papiro is the perfect shop if you’re looking at remodeling your home office, you love journaling, or you want to give someone a special gift! This shop is famous for its Italian marbleized papers inspired by Tuscan tradition. They specialize in desk accessories, picture frames, dust bins, storage boxes, journals, and more. Every single item in this shop was beautifully handcrafted with the most elegant designs. Having your workspace filled with beautiful items helps create a more productive atmosphere and motivates you throughout the workday. Because of that, I really recommend buying desk accessories from this shop.

IL Papiro is historically important, because its founders revived this nearly extinct Tuscan tradition of paper-making, and marbleizing paper. Each item is created in Firenze Italy and imported to their shops around the world! They have 14 shops in Italy, 1 shop in America (Palm Beach), 2 shops in London, and 1 in Australia. If you can’t make it to Palm Beach, they also offer custom orders if you’re planning an event, such as a wedding, and want invitations made!

4. Walker Zabriskie Furniture

The next best Palm Beach shop to visit is the Walker Zabriskie Furniture store on Worth Avenue. Inspired by his travels, Walker Zabriskie has brought his signature style to Palm Beach. His shop is simply filled with beautiful and unique furniture pieces, artwork, and decor from all over the world, namely Bali, Europe, Africa, and India. When I visited, I was especially captivated by their beautiful ceramic lamps and artwork. Their accessories and furnishings are all unique and would add a wonderful “well-traveled” look to any house.

Walker regularly travels the world to bring Palm Beach only the most beautiful items. This is a perfect shop to visit if you’re inspired by different design styles around the world and would like to bring that into your home!

Palm Beach, full of inspiration!

Aside from the shops, every corner of Palm Beach is bursting with color, beautiful nature, and design inspiration. Be sure to check out our article on The Colors of Palm Beach. If you love visiting furniture stores but have difficulty visualizing which items will look good in your home, we provide a full range of renovation and design services to bring our clients’ designs to fruition. We oversee and manage the entire remodeling and decorating process, including visiting the stores with you! Head to our services page to get started today.

Bespoke Upholstery for 2021: Living Room Remodel

Your living room is one of the most important rooms in your house. It’s where you unwind, spend valuable time with your family, and welcome guests to relax. The way your living room looks can make or break an entire house design. When working with clients on living room remodels, we always recommend they use bespoke upholstery. Bespoke Upholstery comes with many benefits, from sustainability, creative control, and individuality. Today we’ll be taking you through a living room remodel that used bespoke upholstery to bring the design together.

The Remodel

We started with a pretty blank room. It had a beautiful piano and a wall hanging sitting on the floor. The room had beautiful large windows and the walls were painted in a neutral color with bare wooden floors. The client wanted to continue with a neutral palette, and have gray be the main color. The first step was to install beige-toned carpeting to separate the space from the rest of the floor plan, and to create a more welcoming, cozy, and comfortable living room.

We agreed that bespoke upholstery was the best way to go: it gave us the most control over the design and ensured that the furniture and drapery would be of the highest and longest-lasting quality. Rather than going with a sofa set, we decided to use four armchairs to create a sitting area around a small round table. Armchairs are often cozier than sofas, and using four of them to create a sitting area helped to section the room off. We upholstered the armchairs in a textured gray fabric from Kravet. We made sure to use a textured fabric and add a decorative stud trimming to the armchairs to add dimension and details for the eye.

To match the armchairs, we used heavy gray linen from Kravet for the custom drapery. This room was on the smaller side and didn’t have exceptionally high ceilings, so we made sure to hang the drapes as high as possible and to have them reach all the way down to the floor to create an illusion of taller ceilings and a larger room. The piano stayed in the same general location by one of the windows, so we added black cabinetry on the opposite side to balance out the black of the piano. Two lamps with white shades and gray bases were added on top of the cabinets to provide soft lighting in the evenings. We then added in a small round table that had a grey top with black legs to tie the gray and black together.

The client wanted an ottoman, so we upholstered one in a textured orange fabric from Romo. The final step was to tie the entire design together with details and decor. Every armchair needs a cushion, so we had four throw cushions custom made using a gray and orange patterned fabric from Romo. These cushions were crucial in tying the design together. They had a few tones of gray, dark, and light, which tied the black piano/cabinets together with the gray armchairs and drapes. They also have just a few strips of white and orange running through them that matched perfectly with the ottoman and lamps. We hung some matching wall art of nature and used orange flowers and leaves to decorate the piano and cabinets, completing the nature theme. Lastly, we added a few smaller details such as coasters, a house plant for the coffee table, and a few books.

Overall this was a super successful design, and I’m delighted knowing that my client gets to enjoy this living room with their family for many years to come. Design is making a composition of items that are different but still match and complement each other. Going with bespoke upholstery and custom-made cushions and drapes allowed us to have full creative control. If you are looking to remodel, we highly suggest choosing bespoke upholstery for 2021.

Looking to remodel?

Among interior designers in Northern Virginia, we are nearly unique because virtually all of our cabinets, upholstery, and window treatments are completely custom-designed by Kelley and produced to her precise specifications by craftsmen here in the area. You can be assured that our designs will be expertly tailored for your living environment, and you will not find these elements of your design appearing anywhere but in your home. Head to our services page to get started today!

Modern Master Bathroom Renovation

The bathroom is where you start and end your day. It’s where you get clean, get ready for the day, and wash up before bed. If a bathroom looks worn down, it may not feel clean even if it is. Because of this, it’s important that it reflects the way you’d like to feel. At Kelley Astore Interiors, we renovate and design luxurious bathrooms to create havens for our clients to prepare to take on the world. Today we’ll be taking you through a modern master bathroom renovation we recently did for a client to give you ideas and inspiration, and to show you what a difference a renovation can make!

The client we were working with is a full-time business owner and parent and wanted to renovate several rooms in their house. We always manage projects from start to finish to take the stress out of the renovations for our clients.

“Being a busy business owner & parent of 3 kids, I knew I wanted a beautiful house & home office but didn’t know where I’d find the time & energy to manage all the updates. Kelley & her team were fantastic. From color patterns & lighting to new flooring & bathrooms, our house now has a beautiful, functional look & feel we will all love for years to come. I’m so appreciative Kelley was able to manage it all from start to finish so I could focus on clients & family.”

– S.H. Vienna, Virginia.

Strictly speaking there wasn’t anything wrong with the master bathroom as it was. It had nice gold detailing, a luxurious bathtub, and a large shower. It felt bright and airy. However, it was almost entirely white which left it feeling a bit like a hospital and a bit plain. The white tiling started showing some wear. The cabinetry was a bit clunky and painted white which felt a little boring. Additionally, the frosted glass around the shower and the large borders around the built-in tub made the bathroom seem much smaller than it was. Lastly, there was one massive mirror above the sinks and another one mounted to the wall beside it. Having so much mirror meant that everything in the bathroom was reflecting off itself resulting in a cluttered feeling.

Master Bathroom – Before

As soon as I first saw it, I started to envision all the ways we could transform it into a luxurious modern bathroom. The plan was to keep the general location of where the sinks, cabinets, tub, and shower would go, but update everything. Most importantly, we would play with more textures and colors to add dimension and elegance to the bathroom.

The first step was to totally gut the entire bathroom to its bones to allow us to start from scratch. The contractors got to work demolishing the cabinetry and shower, removing the tub, sinks, and mirrors, and taking out the tiles and light fixtures. Meanwhile, the client and I got to work choosing and planning the changes for the bathroom. We made some decisions, including featuring a free-standing tub, and headed to the stores to take in all our options.

Once everything was gutted and all the materials and fixtures were chosen, all that was left was fitting everything. My contractors and I got to work to create the modern bathroom of my client’s dreams. We installed new larger stone tiles all around, including in the shower walls and around the bathtub. Unlike the plain square tiles previously installed that were uniform, each stone tile had a very subtle veining. Even that small detail gave so much texture. The new tiles had a smaller seam which meant the whole floor and shower looked smoother and cleaner.

Next, we installed a beautiful floating vanity. The floating vanity really opened up the room with the empty space beneath it and on either side of it. We painted it a pale gray to compliment the color of the tiles. Nothing feels more luxurious than marble, so we topped the vanity with white marble. We installed two mirrors with a textured dark gray border that paired well with the tone of the vanity and tiles. We added new modern faucets and lights above each mirror. We kept the trim of the bathroom white to provide contrast and had the walls painted a neutral pale color.

We then replaced the tub with a free-standing whirlpool tub. Similar to the vanity, having the tub unattached to the walls gave the whole room so much more space and made it feel so much more luxurious. Lastly, we tackled the shower. Because we were opting for transparent glass doors, it was important the shower still had a clear separation from the rest of the bathroom. Because of this, we chose a fun mosaic for the shower floor and I absolutely love it! With the white, black, and gray tones, it does such a good job of tying the rest of the room and colors together. We installed a new rainfall showerhead coming out of the ceiling to get rid of clunky shower pipes and further open up the bathroom

Overall this was a super fun and successful modern bathroom renovation! I am so pleased with the results and even more happy that the client is pleased as well. If you’re interested in renovating, be sure to head to our services page to book a free consultation. Whatever the nature and scope of your redesign, we take full responsibility for seeing that the entire project is finished on time and on budget and that all work is of the highest quality. We take the worry out of the process for our clients!

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