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Design · interior & exterior

FurnishingS and Finishes / specifier & consultant

“Conscious Design is using High-Vibrational quality products & suppliers. That a must for me. Here is to raising the vibration of All Those that pass through your doors!”
— Angelica

‘My cues have always come from Nature’

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Timeless, warm, comfortable, organic, and understated, Angelica layers the colors of nature into livable, breathable spaces. “Firstly I consult with nature, and every good architect and designer knows this. So many rooms are beautiful in photos, but they’re often cold and uncomfortable, not rooms you want to live in,” says Angelica.

"Angelica has amazing taste, an incredible sense of balance, and highly refined eye, but always listens to what your vision is, and then goes above and beyond in actualizing it."-Tom Underwood

Serene, sophisticated timeless, muted, welcoming, and cohesive, are words that Angelica’s clients often use in describing her style. Angelica has an incredible eye for quality and beauty and is an expert in finding unusual pieces from around the world that give her client’s homes a sense of timelessness. “After all, in the end, it’s not just about what a room looks like, it's about how you feel & live in a space," she says.

“One must always consult with nature for a house to become a home”

At the core of everything she creates, embodies the energy of beauty, play of light, wellness & peace. Angelica prefers organic products that become more beautiful with time. Materials such as French limestone, hand-forged railings, reclaimed or old-growth wide-plank floorboards, metals such as copper, all get better with age, revealing their beauty and the history of those that have passed through.

Discovering the ‘energetically right’ piece of land, the perfect positioning of a home and its gardens according to light, usage, privacy, and energy, combined with the discovery of treasures spanning from classic, exotic, time-worn, or her artful ability to masterfully interfuse multiple styles is equally inspiring, is what inspires and excites Angelica.

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I test every piece of furniture my clients are interested in for quality, scale, and primarily, comfort (see photo below)”

New project inquiries or general contact:
angelicachristicontact@gmail.com

 
A FAVORITE HOBBY - SHOPPING IN ITALIAN ANTIQUE SHOPS

A FAVORITE HOBBY - SHOPPING IN ITALIAN ANTIQUE SHOPS

“I love to travel and discover the off-the-beaten-path shops, galleries, old estates, and warehouses where I discover cherished small or large piece of history and know I have the perfect home and client for them. If I had unlimited funds I would purchase them and have a large elegant warehouse where they could be admired in wait of their new home. The energy that a well loved antique posses is so uplifting.”


 

Services

What I Provide:​

· Listen & Analyze your needs, desires, and goal.

· Project Consultant ~home & business planning. Design /Purchasing

· Review Architectural Plans. Manage the Interior & Exterior Design Process.

· Formulate preliminary design concepts that are functional, quality, & aesthetically pleasing.

· Space Planning, Materials, Finishes, Furnishings, Fixtures & Equipment.

· Consultation Prior to Purchasing Home or Land. Assist clients in choosing the correct home or land for their needs & desires.

· Custom Furniture & Cabinetry Services.

· Design Furniture, Doors, Shutters & More

· Art acquisitions

· Gold, Silver & Copper Gilding

· Landscape Design Process, including strategic planning & layout. (See below for examples).

· Hotel & Store Merchandising. (See below for examples).

· Declutter / Organize (See below for example).

· Designing Furniture, Doors, Shutters & More

· Specialty Finishes for Walls, Furnishings & Accessories. (See below for examples of furniture, light fixtures, pots, stair railing, fireplace surrounds & mantels.)

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Antiquing - Faux Finishing - Venetian Plasters - iron design

 

the elegance & magic of Drapes…

Drapery will soften a room, separate rooms, make it intimate as well as creating privacy

 
 
 

Merchandising - hotels, shops, & restaurants

 

· Landscape Design example.

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Casa Artista - ANGELICA’S MEXICO GET-A-WAY

Angelica Christi custom designed all furniture pieces. The pallet was chosen based on Angelica's attunement with the reflective colors of the ocean and town below, and her desire for a serene and elegant get-away

 

Oregon Residence

Attention to Detail - Truly a magical journey.

A 16,000 sq ft. masterpiece that took three years to complete including a sweeping French limestone floating staircase.

 

Casa Bella -

Where To Begin? …

  1. Seeing beyond what is visible. In this case the 700sq ft cottage from 1936 that many called a tear-down. Angelica saw something entirely different: An existing cottage skewed on the lot that captured a South / West direction of sunrise and sunset. She saw a road that appeared to be a dead-end from the main street that would limit non-neighbor traffic. Angelica saw endless possibilities to create a wonderful relaxed and fun cottage just a block from the beach with the option of purchasing two additional connecting lots.

  2. Create a welcoming home where neighbors and friends would feel casually comfortable.

  3. Ability to keep adding on.

 

Clear Energy - De-clutter

AFTER ABOVE - BEDROOM BEFORE & AFTER - BEFORE ART ROOM, FLOOR REVEALED OF ART ROOM)

AFTER ABOVE - BELOW ARE TWO BEFORE BEDROOM PHOTO & ONE AFTER. BEFORE ART ROOM, FLOOR REVEALED OF ART ROOM

 
 
 
 
 
 

Interior & landscape design

 

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Angelica designed the stair railings at lunch on a paper napkin, interior furnishings, as well as transformed the ‘pepto-bismol’ pink and white plaster columns into ‘Wood’ with gold leaf accents.

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ONE COMPLETE & THREE IN PROCESS: The ‘Persian’ shade of red was painted over the original white with pink-washed plaster columns. The red gave Angelica the base she needed to create the rich & calming feeling of wood.

 
 

VENETIAN AND DECORATIVE PLASTERS · GILDING · PRECIOUS AND NON-PRECIOUS METAL LEAF · PAINTED FINISHES · FAUX MARBLE · GLAZING

Transform …

Almost Anything

 

Venetian Plaster creates magical effects. They can be a matte or high-sheen allowing light to bounce off.

Venetian Plaster creates magical effects

Venetian Plaster creates magical effects

Venetian not only creates Depth, but Beauty and Flow reminding us that is what life is all about.

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Venetian Plaster

 

Pale Venetian Plaster or Faux-finished Walls create movement, comfort & depth which is so much more desirable to the conscious or unconscious human eye, far more than a flat painted wall.

BELOW: AFTERS, & BEFORE & AFTERS. Each piece of furniture, fixture, accessory, or wall, began as a blank slate-white walls, raw unfinished furniture piece, railing someone had sprayed white, or object, were given a interesting new beginning.

AFTER - Fireplace “Temporary Fix” became permanent because our clients loved it. Angelica resurfaced the fireplace with as cream ‘French Limestone” Venetian plaster. Furnishings were to be comfortable and uplifting. The area rug is from Tufenkian.

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AFTER BELOW - Angelica used richer Venetian plaster colors to bring interest and continuity to the existing furniture and art pieces.

 
 

Entry wall was a solid color with a badly done patch job of the original door to coat closet. The new closet door was moved around the corner nearest the front door and mostly concealed leaving the main wall as a focal point.

 

AFTER BELOW. The master bedroom needed much more interest than a flat coat of paint. The multi-colored layers of Venetian plasters created softness & interest.

BEFORE BELOW.

 
 

AFTER BELOW - Fresco & break-away design. Art work on base, layered with a faux-finish, a crackle, then ‘broken-away’ & antiqued.

 

BEFORE BELOW

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The original design came to Angelica during lunch while talking with a friend about fire codes and transition points. She grabbed a napkin and drew out what she saw in her minds'-eye, including the brass cap that scrolled to the bottom of the final step to ensure nothing, including a fire hose could get stuck.

The columns were originally white plaster with a paint wash of terracotta. Angelica wanted them to look like wood. Finishing with gold leafed accents.

 

Transformation - Garage to Bedroom Suite (See before & after photos).

Maximizing Space. This project is to show what is possible in the space of an average size garage. The new suite, with paneled hallway, laundry room, storage, two vanity bathroom, w/ shower & tub was beautifully & spaciously created. Insulating the original ceiling, adding beadboard, and three windows on the East side for morning sun /two which are remotely operable, creates a bright and expansive feeling.

 
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BEFORE ABOVE: Garage entry from old kitchen.

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AFTER: Former garage entry was replaced with a arched opening to new bedroom suite & laundry room which flows well with the existing home & erased the visual of a former garage.

 

The morning sun came through the front of the original garage, so it was important to Angelica that we retained that wonderful morning light. Three windows above the paneling were added above the original garage door including two side windows that are operable via remote control for air flow. The wall paneling banished the feeling of a remodeled garage. French doors and side-lights were added to access a newly created private garden.

 
 

New Life for a garage

1. Suite with French Doors to new private enclosed patio & garden. 2. New Laundry room 3. Storage behind headboard wall with access from new laundry room with access to side of home to Secret Garden or driveway 4. New bathroom with two sinks, shower & separate tub, pocket door to toilet 5. Removed old standard garage door from kitchen and created arched entry/hallway for continuity with existing home. 6. Curved outside wall for garden patio off new French doors with arched wood door for access from garden

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AFTER BELOW: The side walkway was always a muddy mess. Angelica designed a simple paved pathway with ground covers, plants, and a arbor with climbing roses to achieve function and beauty.

After. Although the gardener took the liberty of adding red bark-dust. He was informed it needed to be replaced with deep rich brown and kindly replaced it.

After. Although the gardener took the liberty of adding red bark-dust. He was informed it needed to be replaced with deep rich brown and kindly replaced it.

BEFORE - IN PROCESS BELOW. Angelica in the trenches with our favorite gardener, Florencio.

 

AFTER BELOW: The cottage became a 2100 sq ft mix of cottage & Italian whimsy, delightfully interesting, comfortable, and put-your-feet-up fun place to be.

BEFORE BELOW: 700sq ft. ‘tear-down’ to some, was all the inspiration Angelica needed to create her private get-away. The 2100sq ft. addition is shown on the Interior Design page.

The 1936 700sq ft cottage on a great lot a block from the shore on a street that appeared to be a dead-end, facing the sunrise & sunset was worth saving. Angelica wanted to keep the integrity of the cottage feel.

 

AFTER BELOW: KITCHEN

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BEFORE BELOW: Kitchen before remodel.

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Paint

AFTER: Amazing what you can do on a budget with the right colors and quality pant to transform a home. The fake brick was painted over with a small sponge roller in order to avoid painting the grout. The color is ‘Ginseng’ which Angelica had Benjamin Moore custom mix for her.

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BEFORE BELOW. The original shinny red door was softened with a dusty French blue/green, the navy blue window surrounds were painted in a custom mixed off-white as were the railings. The original blue ceiling was painted a custom ‘ginseng’.

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AFTER BELOW - A few more.

A few urns, plants, ground covering and paint is all it takes

A few urns, plants, ground covering and paint is all it takes

 

AFTER BELOW - Facelift for an older kitchen. This Kitchen was transformed just using quality cabinet paint, Venetian Plaster walls, & a reasonably priced stone backsplash. The colors reflect and flow well with the new colors on the outside of the home.

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BEFORE BELOW

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Our clients purchased their home for the friendly ranch layout and the double lot with a year-round stream, thinking it would be some time before they could afford to remodel. But with Angelica’s insight they loved what was accomplished even on a tight budget .

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The first few wall photos show contrasting Venetian plaster wall that replaced the original plaid wallpaper.

Just by using a high quality paint for cabinets, new knobs, removing plaid wallpaper, adding two colors & styles of Venetian plaster, and simple backsplash using limestone from local source changed the entire mood.

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FREE YOURSELF FROM LIMITING BELIEFS

 
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