though YOUR front door: official launch!

A few months ago, a wonderful reader contacted me, inquiring about a paint color in an image I had posted.  One email led to another, and before long, we were knee deep discussing the design of her beautiful mountain home.  After several emails back and forth, she sent me a particular email that grabbed my attention; she suggested I start some sort of q&a series on my blog.  Today, that q&a series is being launched.  Deborah, thank you for the inspiration.  Ladies and gentlemen....“Through YOUR Front Door.”

At this point you’re probably wondering what exactly “Through YOUR Front Door” is.  Well, it’s quite simple.  Do you have a pesky design dilemma in your home that you just can’t seem to solve?  Maybe the color you painted your wall just doesn’t seem quite right.  Perhaps you can’t figure out how to arrange some of your furniture in a tricky room.  Or maybe, you just have an empty space that you don’t know what to do with it.  That’s where “Through YOUR Front Door” comes in.      

“Through YOUR Front Door” is a two-week series, taking place every Monday.  During the first week of the series, I will go through all the dilemmas you guys submitted, pick one, and then post it for you all to see.  When the second week rolls around, I will post my advice/design/solution for the aforementioned dilemma.        

There are several ways to submit your space.  I was lucky enough to get to work with the oh-so-lovely Dana from five30three to help show you how.  

For Bloggers

The first way to submit your space is to write a blog post describing your design dilemma (and be sure to post at least one picture of the problem space).  Then, scroll to the bottom of my blog post, and link up!  For those of you who don’t know what that means, grab the button at the bottom of the page, put it at the top of your post, write your post, and then put a link to your post back on my page (click where it says "click here to enter" and follow the steps).  Each week, you will be allowed to add your link until Thursday at 11:59pm, so that gives you four days to write your post and join the club.  To see a wonderful example of how to do this, hop on over to Dana’s blog. 

For Facebookers

If you aren’t a blogger, don’t worry – you can still join the party!  All you have to do is like Kirsten Danielle Design on Facebook, post a picture of your space on the wall, and describe your predicament.  Again, please do this by Thursday at 11:59pm.

For Everyone Else

If you aren’t a blogger AND you aren’t on Facebook, just send me an email (kirsten@kirstendanielle.com) describing your design dilemma…and be sure to attach your pictures.  While any of these methods work great, I would LOVE if you would do one of the first two options.  That way, other people can see what is all being submitted, and maybe even vote on the ones they want to see the final results of.   

Now that all of that mumble jumble is out of the way…let’s get to the fun part: the series!  Here is a snapshot of our first dilemma.  To view the whole story, head on over to five30three.  

Everybody, meet Dana.

Dana is the mastermind behind five30three.  She lives in a two-bedroom condo in Chicago with her husband and ADORABLE little baby.  When her little bundle of joy was born, their office turned into a nursery, forcing all of their office-y smart people books out onto shelves in the living room. 

Since her condo has an open floor plan, these shelves are visible from all of the public areas.  When she's entertaining, she wants to have some pretty things to look at instead of just books.  

So, Dana’s design dilemma: 

How do you create stylized bookshelves that are both beautiful and functional? 

To see the results, click here

Don't forget to submit your spaces by Thursday!  Below is the button to include in your posts.

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Want to help spread the word?  Grab the code for the blog hop and share that on your post too!