Beasley & Henley Wows at Baldwin Harbor | History of Achievement

We're looking back on Beasley & Henley's History of Achievement!Beasley & Henley created another fabulous interior in trendy Baldwin Park at the hot condos of Baldwin Harbor. Baldwin Harbor is the creation of The Rock Companies out of Michigan. It is the winner of a 2007 Aurora Award for Best Interior Design.  In addition, the Baldwin Harbor Sales Center won an Aurora for Grand Award for Sales Center.This beautiful condo is contemporary and funky, yet comfortable and luxurious. It is designed with a ‘soft contemporary’ approach that is so in vogue with clients in this market. Its uncluttered and chic atmosphere allows these northern clients to shake off the dark and heavy mood of their primary residence and enjoy the light, fashionable ambiance of this urban-chic home.Furnishings in the home are clean-lined and simple with a classic quality to them. Fabrics feature the cool blues, ebony, chocolates and iced crèmes that are so well-received today. There are few bold patterns in the design as more importance is placed on the simplicity of color and textures to make a statement.Artwork is an exception however. Bold, colorful pieces abound in contrast to the simplicity of the fabrics and clean lines of the furnishings. A few sultry line drawings add an air of artistic curiosity to the space.Lighting is also very contemporary and bold with the use of oversized and angular shades, and urban track lighting straight from the 1970’s.Window treatments are mainly straight panels to keep a sleek feel in the space and to highlight the beautiful views out the window. Accessories compliment the design and are well thought out throughout.Floor plan revisions were made by the designer during designer build-out. The design team created all elements of the model including flooring, wall finishes, ceiling treatments, interior detailing and furnishings. 

Interior Design Boot Camp: 10 Easy Steps to Start Your Interior Design Project Right

Too many people are disappointed in their do-it-yourself design projects, mainly because they don’t make the right decisions at the very beginning. Here are 10 Easy Steps to take at the start, to get your project going the right way.Step 1:   De- Clutter:  This is the big first start to getting into shape for your great interior design project.   You don’t have to throw everything away, but get rid of the stuff you really don’t need or never use! Then live with the results for a week and do it again. Start with as clean a palette a possible.Step 2:  Think Flow:  All spaces in your project are connected and flow together so you can’t just design one room. You may only have the money to do one room right now, but you have to plan for the entire space. One room touches another room, which touches another one, etc.  Your design will only be complete when you achieve an overall flow and theme throughout your house.Step 3: Set your Scope:  Now you have to decide which room or rooms come first?  Get that straight and you are almost ready to plunge in!Step 4: Don’t forget the ‘backgrounds’. You can redo everything, but if you don’t look at your backgrounds you won’t feel like you accomplished much.  Countertops, cabinetry, paint colors, flooring, shelving and more, all have a huge impact on your design. If they look shabby or outdated, everything else is a waste of time.Step 5:  Set your budget.  Budgets aren’t just for small projects.  Even the most elaborate homes we work on have budgets or at least ‘targets’ in mind.  If you are redoing everything from scratch, then here are some rules-of-thumb for budgets.  Furniture should comprise about 40% of your budget, Artwork 8%, Window Coverings 12%, Freight 7%, Specialty Lighting+Lamps 7%, Plants 5%, Accessories 8%, Wallpaper and Paint 2%, backgrounds 10% , though that can vary wildly.  You will have to take from each of your budget areas to make it all add up to 100%.Step 6:  Plants and Artwork. For many who are new to interior design, these two areas tend to be pushed to the background.  Big Mistake! Plants and Artwork make a room complete and are critical to the finished look.Step 7: Use Simple Window Treatments. Trash the old heavy treatments immediately. Your room will get a much needed boost of light and energy. Simple, inexpensive panels or cornice can be purchased in many different fabrics from lots of online retailers. They will even send you a fabric swatch (see Step 4).Step 8: Don’t waste money. If you are on a tight budget, then spend it where you need it.  Take  baby’s rooms for example. Tey are oh-so cute, but an expensive baby’s room can be a waste.  Baby’s need love and food and lots of hugs. All that other fancy stuff is for mama, not baby. So if you don’t have it, don’t spend it here!Step 9: Make it usable. Don’t put a fussy sofa and two chairs in your living room because you ‘have’ to. If you won’t use it like that, then don’t do it. How about 4 club chairs and library shelving?  Be creative. Think of what you need, make it presentable and make it work.Step 10: Do it like a Designer.  Designers plan everything before they actually do anything. They draw every built-in, spec all moldings, measure all furniture, select all fabrics and lay it all on a floor plan before they ever buy anything.  Know what everything is, where it goes and how it fits into your budget before you buy.If you get all this, then you have passed Interior Design Boot Camp. Congratulations!   Keep these basics in mind throughout and you are off to a successful design project.

Shamelessly singing our own praises!

Beasley & Henley Interior Design wins again - 6 Aurora AwardsMulti-award winning design firm Beasley & Henley Interior Design added 6 new awards to its collection on Saturday night.  The international design firm won big in this year’s Aurora Awards, a 12-state regional competition of design, architecture and building excellence. (www.theauroras.com). The Auroras are in their 29^th year. Design Principal Troy Beasley says, “The competition in Aurora is always tough.  We won this year because our designs were created by thinking ‘outside the box’.”  The Beasley & Henley team won:2 AURORA AWARDS - Best Interior Design and Best Interior Detailing - for their Model at Ovation in St Petersburg (by JMC Communities, www.jmcdev.com).  The Interior Design is modern and lively in bright whites fabrics and modern furnishings; the Interior Detailing is unique with creative ceiling designs, zebra and wenge wood, eucalyptus floors and many other features (more details below). 1 GRAND AURORA AWARD for Interior Design. The Interior Design of Ovation was so spectacular, that it went on to win the GRAND AURORA AWARD for Interior Design. 1 AURORA AWARD for Best Interior Detailing for a Private Residence in Naples, FL. This home won for its details, which include curved and domed ceilings, onyx flooring, a wave panel resin material in the Grand Salon and other unexpected materials created by Beasley & Henley (more details below). 1 AURORA AWARD for Best Recreational Facility for Luxautica Exotic Car Club in Orlando, FL (www.luxautica.com)Designer Troy Beasley and his team created this two-story Club to display millions of dollars of exotic cars on the bottom floor and an exclusive club on the top floor. Cars are set under ‘Match Box’ car type settings and the exclusive club provides world-class modern furnishings, artwork and detailing (more details below). 1 Special AURORA AWARD for Unique Design. Beasley & Henley was presented with a very rare “Special Aurora’ for Luxautica.  The design was superb and project unique, not fitting into standard Aurora categories.  This was a very unusual and very rare honor.  !!!!!!!!!   WAY TO GO BHID TEAM    !!!!!!!!---PROJECT DETAILS---Ovation in St Petersburg (by JMC Communities (www.jmcdev.com).   The Interior Design is modern and lively, and the Interior Detailing unique. The color palette is bright white with splashes of vivid, fresh yellow and chocolate brown.  Soft white curtains mark transition points and a floating white lacquer Eco-Smart fireplace is positioned between the living and dining rooms. Beasley and his team (led by Daniel Killgore) designed the Ovation interior detailing with creative ceiling designs and curved soffits plus unusual specifications like zebra and wenge wood, eucalyptus, white stone, metallics, pebbles, Venetians Plaster and a bathtub-face and wall covered in striking yellow glass that gets people whispering – “I want that!”  It is marriage of an edgy, modern interior with a soft comfortable feel. This Private Residence for which Beasley & Henley won an Aurora has fantastic classic modern pieces like womb and egg chairs, which are highlighted by the award winning interior detailing. Details include soft curved ceilings, specially created areas to display the client’s modern art collection, domed ceilings, onyx flooring, and Labrador antique granite. An unexpected pattern of horizontal staggered line tile and a wave panel resin material is used on the walls of the Grand Salon and through the Study glass doors, is seen the custom cream grid patterned ceiling, with industrial cable lighting and a chocolate grip carpet.  Using soft, flowing lines, a warm pallet and the subtle use of unexpected materials Beasley & Henley has created an award interior.Luxautica Exotic Car Club must be seen to be fully appreciated!  Each car is sectioned off by flooring stripes and above it, a soffit is lowered to give the impression of a MatchBox car box enclosing the car. The clubrooms on the second floor provide an indulgence of world-class environment for its glove-trotting members including a round lounge that can be draped off for private dinners and parties; a cigar-card room; a main clubroom with classic modern furnishings, plus a 12-screen plasma television; a zebra wood private bar with world-class wine and cigar collections; a balcony area with EcoSmart Fireplace, outdoor lounge furniture and huge balcony covered; a plexi-glass bridge under two orange sofas that juts out over the cars below. All the artwork is imaginative re-works of car photography. Many of the furniture pieces were designed by Beasley. The result is a very popular club with remarkable interiors.

Luxurious Event at Luxautica!

ASID had a special event at Luxautica Exotic Car Club last night. Lots of FUN! Beasley & Henley did the Interior Design and Interior Detailing on that Club and it is gorgeous! Here are a few pictures

Lots-a-Projects!! Beasley & Henley Interior Design

Known for diverse design projectsDiverse and exciting - those are apt words to describe Beasley & Henley Interior Designs latest projects. Clubhouses, models, modern themes, classical concepts, simple details and complex designs, these projects reflect the diversity of design for which this firm has become so well known. Beasley & Henleys commercial clients are seasoned builders and developers who appreciate and rely upon the skills and talents this firm brings to their projects. Some of Beasley & Henleys recent installs include:Lesina at Hammock Bay for WCI Communities: To attract a select clientele, Beasley & Henley created a look of classic glamour. The design focuses on the simplicity of lines and color with warm grays accented with creams, blues and chocolate brown. Over-scaled lighting adds a sculptured effect to the space.Estuary at Grey Oaks for the Lutgert Companies: Beasley & Henleys most recent penthouse model for this community is a soft contemporary design with a mix of traditional furnishings and colorful accents. The combination of antiques and classic upholstery contrast with modern artwork and provides a high level of sophistication for the Estuarys refined clientele.Estuary at Grey Oaks for the Lutgert Companies: The single family home buyer is attracted this 1930s retro stylings with strong artwork. The color scheme is brown with accents of reds and tans set against off-white walls. It is comfortable and casual with a hint of hip sophistication.Providence in Polk County for ABD Development: In a bold step the developer decided to go with a completely modern and whimsical model. So Beasley & Henley introduced an upbeat Italian minimalist look into this community a move that has attracted excellent feedback and has made a positive memory point for the communitys clientele. Two more traditional models are also in the community.Sanctuary at Bay Hill for EB Developers: For this condo conversion, Beasley & Henley worked with the developer to establish an updated look for this 1980s former apartment complex. Three models, all different but with modern touches, led to continuing high sales for this complex.Up and coming projects of Beasley & Henley Interior Design also include:

• WCI Communities Tidewater Preserve complex, Bradenton (amenity and common areas)
• The Lutgert Companies Estuary at Bay Oaks, Naples (single family home model)
• The Rock Companies at Baldwin Harbor, Orlando (amenity areas, sales centers, model and common areas)
• The Lutgert Companies Azure Tower, Bonita Bay (model)
• WCI Communities West Shore Yacht Club, Tampa (models)
• Monarch of Orlando new Monarch Tower (amenity areas, models, common areas)
• JMC Communities Bellamy Tower (amenity areas, models, common areas) in Tampa
• Lane Companies Atlantic Station, Atlanta (amenity areas, models)
• Owl Meadows, Telluride CO (model)

Beasleys & Henleys creative team of full service designers and interior detailers create all the specifications, interior architectural detailings, interior design drawings and complete backgrounds for all its projects.

Oct 2005: Beasley & Henley Voted # 1

Beasley & Henley Interior Design was voted the #1 Design Firm in Central Florida by the readers of Orlando Magazine. The announcement was made in the August 2005 edition.Beasley & Henley is a 12-year-old interior design firm, specializing in Exclusive Custom Residences, Interior Architecture and Luxury Models. Their awards are numerous and include Auroras, Sand Dollars and BALAs. Beasley & Henley’s award winning design and architectural detailing can be seen throughout Florida and across the country.