Tama Bell Design Blog - Tips, Inspiration, and Design Trends
Five Interior Design Combinations We Love
Looking for inspiration on contrasting elements that add interest and style to your space? There are some tried and true design elements that we love to play with.
Designing Living Rooms
Living rooms do it all. They are spaces for us to relax, entertain, and spend quality time in with friends & family. When we look at a living room for our clients, we consider all of these elements to maximize function and form.
Spring Gardens & Outdoor Furnishings
With spring underway, it seemed fitting to share a blog post with some garden inspo and a few outdoor pieces that we love for this season.
Sanders House Transformation
Our lovely clients contacted us in the Fall of 2022, having just gone into contract on a house here in Sebastopol. The house has been extensively remodeled but not in the client’s aesthetic and the desire was to simplify and update the overall look inside and out.
Vintage River Cottage Before & After
I love the stories behind a project. Who is involved, what is the property like on that first visit, and what is the vision for what it can be. That is what motivates me. It’s what I love to do. It’s what I would do even if I wasn’t getting paid.
A Vintage Revival
We just completed an extensive remodeling and furnishing project that the firm started work on in the Fall of 2014. We were called in to renovate a ranch house set on a gently rolling twenty acres on the East side of Santa Rosa at the foot of Hood Mountain.
The original house was a simple structure, of about 1800 square feet. The clients wanted to re-work the existing footprint, create a smart floor plan that didn't waste square footage, and add 640 square feet to the overall size. Aesthetically they wanted a vintage inspired farmhouse that was both comfortable and elegant.
Sonoma Contemporary Cottage Project Story
This project in the town of Sonoma just makes me happy.
Our client purchased a vintage, 100 year old cottage with lots of character in the middle of the pandemic, as an escape from the City. The house needed a refresh and full furnishings inside and out. She wanted to be able to entertain friends and family in a space that was beautiful, functional but with materials that would hold up, and wanted to add color and make the spaces feel clean, fun and warm.