before and after

A huge thank you to everyone who voted for Spiral Studios in Bellingham Alive's Best of the Northwest 2017! Spiral Studios won silver in both Best Interior Design and Best Kitchen and Bath Design!

We are so grateful to do what we love in this amazing community, and cherish being a part of all of your wonderful projects!

If you live in Bellingham, you've probably already been there. On the corner of Bay and Holly, Camber has moved into what used to be a quiet and beige little comic shop and has transformed the space into the hottest new coffee and wine bar in town. And we all know how Bellinghamsters love their coffee!

This project was created with an amazing team of Camber folks, Spiral Studios, Bundle Design Studio, Chuckanut Builders, and Smith and Vallee Woodworks, with photos by Chris Dinottia.

Taking cues from both classic and modern design principles, we wanted a fresh, clean lined space that also had richness and luxurious finishes. The finished product includes a blend of walnut, quartzite countertops, decorative cement tile, a plush black banquet, and maple shelving, with brass details.

The original high ceilings and windows gave this space lots of light and airy-ness. Working on this project was such a great combination of favorites: design, collaboration, and coffee. 

It's not just in the logo. I love blue-greens, green-blues, green-blue-grey. Whatever that color is, it always stops me in my tracks. It's calm and soothing, but can also be fresh and energizing depending on how much gray is in it, or if there is more blue or more green. It works in modern spaces and in historic spaces, it's really incredibly versatile.

Without even meaning to, i swear!, it seems to end up in the majority of my projects. In bathrooms, on cabinets, front doors, bedrooms, even on fireplace walls! Really, it's so versatile. 

Here are some of the greatest blue-green, green-blues, green-blue-grey colors that Spiral has worked with!

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​Boca Raton Blue, from Benjamin Moore, was used as a fun, fresh cabinet  color in the Bungalow North project. So beautiful paired with Walnut cabinetry and white quartz countertops.

On the more soothing gray side of green-blue, Sea salt by Sherwin Williams, is so beautiful in this old farmhouse bathroom. Complete with a clawfoot tub, and a converted antique dresser vanity, this room feels like you're in a far away time and place. 

 
Pacific Ocean Blue by Benjamin Moore was a last minute decision. After nixing a wall of tile in this powder room, the room was needing something. And there is no better, affordable way to add visual interest than a bold color statement. Enter Pacfic Ocean Blue...voilà!

Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore, another favorite soft blue-green-gray to fall in love with. Perfect for this bathroom paired with walnut cabinetry and classic subway tile. 

Okay, this one maybe doesn't have much green or gray, but it's such a beautiful deep blue, it made it on the list. This one was just so perfect for 3 Oms Yoga Studio. As seen in the bathrooms as well as the dramatic double height entry staircase, this blue makes a statement. Don't you wish you could dive into it? 

Our awesome material spotlight is for Colorhouse Paints. Based in Portland, Oregon, Colorhouse Paints is an amazing no VOC paint option with a stunning color palette, created by artists.

They offer 3 different finishes (flat, eggshell, and semi-gloss) as well as primer and chalkboard paint. As a leader in non-toxic paint, Colorhouse paints is LEED compliant, Green Wise certified and won't leave you feeling light headed after you're done painting. 

The best part is that Spiral Studios is now selling Colorhouse Paints! We have the full color palette available to choose from.  The paint is ordered from Portland, and can be shipped directly to your home in 1-2 days. 
Spiral Studios passion is creating spaces that are non-toxic, healthy, and beautiful for our families and the environment. We love that we can now offer a paint that is in alignment with that passion. 

Color house paint samples can be seen at our downtown Bellingham office by appointment!

Wallpaper. Have you ever tried to get rid of it? Hours, days of tedious peeling, steaming, and scraping. Often the best way of making it disappear is just texturing and painting over it. But now wall paper is making a new appearance with updated graphics that are both fun and refreshing with bold graphic patterns, subtle textures, and cheering colors. So if you're still plagued by red velvet damask paper, the best way of hiding it, could be to wallpaper over it! 

Places I love wallpaper are the unexpected, like closets or laundry rooms. Also so good in powder rooms, kids' rooms, and as an accent wall in den's or offices.

A few wallpaper companies i've worked with recently, and have loved their papers are:

1. Loboloup Their Meadow paper is pictured above, and there are so many other great ones.

2. Aimee Wilder  So many of Aimee's patterns are so perfect for kid's rooms.

3. Wall & Deco  Their Pavot paper (below) is stunning.

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