Gunkelmans Interior Design

Holiday Entertaining

 
Along with the holidays comes the time for holiday entertaining.  It can be stressful thinking of how to decorate your table, what to serve for food and drinks, etc. Gunkelmans Interior Design offers these holiday party tips to make your entertaining stress-free.

 

• Have a holiday playlist set on your iPod to play.    Be sure to mix it up to keep the liveliness of the party going.
• Set a beautiful table with white candles, white linens, white dinner plates and add a punch of color with the serving plates, dinner napkins and centerpiece.  A "wow" look on the table can make up for any blunders with the food.
• Serve festive drinks like eggnog, apple cider, a holiday punch, pomegranate martinis or champagne with a few cranberries tossed in the glass. 
• Place holiday themed flowers around the home, such as poinsettias, berries, holly, or fresh greens tossed in a bouquet of white flowers. 
• Let your guests choose their own seating.  No need to worry about pairing people up, they'll be happy to mix it up a bit.
• Relax and have fun!  Your guests would rather enjoy socializing with you than have you worrying or stressed out.   

 

 Happy Holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving

It's time to give thanks

 

Wishing you a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving season.

From all of us at

Gunkelmans

Gray Days Ahead

The color gray seems to be everywhere these days.   Some may think of it as an unpleasant color, but lets not go back to the '80's when it was used with mauve.   We can stay away from that trend forever.  

Now it's either classically subdued or infused with a punch of vibrant color like chartreuse, blue or yellow.   Or if you're really daring a hint of red.    The nice thing about gray is that it can go either cool or warm so there are many variations to it. 

Enjoy the images of gray done well.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Images:  House Beautiful, Schumacher, Gunkelmans, Traditional Home

ASID Awards and IMS Anniversary

Last week our industry celebrated with the annual ASID Awards banquet, and the 25th Anniversary of our local design center, IMS (International Market Square).   Congratulations to the winners of the night and to IMS and the great showrooms.   We couldn't have such a wonderful design community without you!

 The Atrium, where the awards dinner was held

Social gathering and project boards for viewing 

 Talla Skogmo, Jeff Belz, Tom Gunkelman, Brad Shark, Wes Kuske, Mary Dworsky

 Jennifer Zirkelbach, Daniel Rymanowski, Karen McKay, Paul Dunkel

 

DesignLink by Gunkelmans Interior Design

We're making design easier for you with DesignLink.

DesignLink is a new program we offer to make design more affordable and easy for you. 

 
 

 

How it works:

You Choose a Room or Rooms

• Dining Room
• Living Room
• Family Room
• Bathroom
• Bedroom
• Library/Study
• Currently kitchens are referred to Gunkelmans Interior Design full interior design service

Photos Are Key

You send us at least 8 images of the room you would like designed.  Be sure to specify any pieces that you would like to retain from your existing pieces and incorporate into the new look.   

 

Measurements Are A Must

Detailed measurements of the room which include:

• Outer circumference of room
• Height of ceiling
• Doorways - height and width and placement within the room
• Windows - height, width and height off the floor and placement within the room
• Measurement of any existing pieces you would like to use.
• This website offers tips on how to measure.

Design Is In The Details

Besides all the details above, we'd love to see any images of rooms you love - whether from magazines, websites or whatever means, if there's something that speaks to you, we want to hear about it.

• Let us know how you currently use the room or how you would like to use the room.   
• How many live in the home and use the room
• Items you currently own and want to keep
• Items you desire to own
• What colors do you like or don't like
• What furniture styles are pleasing to you
• Do you have pets - if so, what kind

 

 

What You Receive

For your purchase of $1500 per room you will receive from us a box mailed to your home with a detailed floor plan along with furniture, lighting, fabrics, flooring, window treatments and paint color suggestions.  

Items will be detailed on the floor plan.  Each item on the plan is numbered and a coordinating card will be numbered to match which item is suggested.  (Shown above) 

Your room will be designed by a professional interior designer at a fraction of the cost of our full design service.  How can that be?  Of course, you do a lot of the leg work by taking your photos, measurements and doing all the shopping to complete the look on your own.      

 

But you end up with a beautifully designed room!