A real home makeover by Thom Filicia!

Real Simple and Chase Blueprint awarded one very lucky winner a $20,000 home makeover by the wonderful Thom Filicia!  That lucky winner of the contest, "Blueprint to a Beautiful Home" was Stephanie Gayol Phillipou of Mountainside, NJ.

The Philipou's moved into their home December 2011 and had to start preparing for new baby, leaving no time to add their personal style to the home.

Check out her home's amazing transformation!

Before:

What's amazing to me is how their home looks barely lived in, it was in major need of some character!

After:

The blue paint is so refreshing.

Before:

After:

I'm really loving upholstered dining chairs these days, it makes the space elegant and comfortable.

The bedroom and living room are a great study in how to mix patterns. The rug and comforter are in a neutral gray, which makes it easy to add pattern and color without worrying about clashing. The smoky lavender walls are restful, and the global accents remind the Phillipou's of their safari honeymoon in South Africa.

As always, Filicia did an amazing job.  What do you think of this transformation?

You can see and read more about the transformation in the December 2012 issue of Real Simple.

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Blissful bedrooms for a particularly bad case of the Mondays...

Oh man, I have a bad case of the Mondays. What I wouldn't give to just curl up under my fluffy down duvet...

so glam and pretty...

via Lonny

via Scandinavian Chic

via Ivy and Piper

bedroom perfection...what do you think of all the rugs?
via Lonny

this bedroom is a great study for anyone trying to figure out how to mix patterns

via Cote de Texas

via 2 above via Adore Home

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Dining rooms in all flavors

Some dining room love for you guys today! Anybody else on the east coast feel that shake yesterday? I'm right outside DC so it was pretty scary here!

via Adore Home mag

via Concrete Wall

LOVE the large tree branch!
2 above via Elle Decor

via High Gloss

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I have to paint our table - it's so sad right now.  I love how the feet of this one look dipped in gold!
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Bedrooms: crisp, simple, and beautiful

Happy Friday to everyone!

*adore this
via Little Green Notebook

via Home Sweet Home

great use of patterns
via Rue Magazine

via Phorm Interiors

via Home Sweet Home

love the matching nightstands here
via Ivy and Piper

via Covet Garden

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Interiors in red, white, and blue

Monday is independence day here in the states, which usually means lots of yummy cookouts, days at the beach, and fireworks! Have an awesome holiday!

A great, fail-safe way to mix patterns is to do it monochromatically. This red bed is a beauty!
via ?

an all around classic in whites and neutrals
via ?

Red florals and a tan wall make for a historic-looking living room
via iVillage

I adore this real bedroom from a Baltimore apartment.  The exposed brick and the blue go together really well. Love that dresser too!
via Apartment Therapy

A white country bedroom
via Ballard

White and blue makes this bedroom crisp and classic
via Elle Decor

via ?

You can't get more white than this dream-from-heaven of a bathroom
via Christopher Peacock

 

A red bison and a blue vase on the mantel add a patriotic touch.  I also love the fireplace surround and the toadstool sculpture!

via Real Simple

An all-out homage to mid-century modern with a backdrop of blue.

via Covet Garden

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Dreamy bedrooms for all tastes

I'm not gonna lie. I'm no early bird. At my most shameful I wake up at 11 AM and don't shut my laptop until 1 AM. While I still easily put in an 8 hour day, I still feel guilty sleeping so late. Enough of my venting - long story short, I love a well designed bedroom. Here are a handful that caught my eye.

I don't remember where this photo is from but isn't it beautiful! I love mix and match bedding

This modern isn't usually my taste - but this room is so clean and spotless I think I'd have no problem resting in it!

I really like the eclectic look. You can mix patterns providing they share a palette.
via Domino Book of Decorating

For the girly girl in all of us.
via Creamy Life

wonderfully cozy
via Rower Fort

So luxurious but not over the top
via Styleometry

What do you think of this wallpaper? The headboard and bedskirt match. Could you live with it? I like the bedroom arrangement but I'd have to REAAAAALLLLYYY love the pattern.
via Elle Decor


via Notebook

An industrial and modern bedroom. If I remember correctly - this is actually from a boat house!
via Indenfor & Udenfor

modern retro with a twist of indie
via Lizard Management

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