A transition from an out-of-date dining room into western-chic game room for nearby horse lovers won two awards in an international design competition. The room was designed by Sabrina Fischer, decorator, and Marie Feltz, owner of Decorating Den Interiors of Meadville.
Their client was Cyndi Carter, who with her husband owns a country farm house in Wattsburg.
The room makeover won a first place People’s Choice award in the miscellaneous category in an online judging in which many votes came from the northwestern Pennsylvania area. It also won second place in that category in a separate judging that was done by interior design journalists from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The awards were announced at Decorating Den Interiors’ international conference and supplier market held recently in San Antonio, Texas.
Important sources of inspiration were a game table that is a long-time favorite of the clients and wood from their 100-year-old dairy barn, which was used for an accent wall. An added benefit is that the wall made the perfect home for shelves, also made from that barn wood, to display Carter’s horse reining trophies.
A suede, kind of western-wear, kind of horse’s-hide look was created on another wall by local mural painter and faux artist Tracey Bergen.
Solid hard wood Schafer chairs show the upholstered tacks, which complement the barn wood, while Parsons chairs add comfort for playing at the family game table. An industrial style side table adds a contemporary touch.
To coordinate the woodwork, the doors and frames were painted the lightest color on the universal khaki palette and the baseboards were replaced to match the window frames and front door.
he new flooring is a durable laminate wood to accommodate heavy traffic going to and from the barn to take care of their horses and from their large dog General. It’s accented with an area rug.
The window treatments are modest to enable the other features to stand out.
The room was featured in the Erie Times News House to Home section, which you can read at https://issuu.com/rfeltz/docs/scan_house_to_home_western_chic_2
