Win a room makeover blueprint from FOF interior design genius Teri Brajewski, of TWB Design. Teri will get a sense of your style, space and budget over the phone, then provide a custom plan for your room re-do including layout, color suggestions and links to suggested furniture, lighting and accessories. To enter, comment below and answer: Which room would you re-do?
Thank you for entering. This contest is now closed.
Have you ever wished your home had museum-caliber decor? Hire a former Metropolitan Museum of Art employee. No, really.
After FOF Teri Brajewski graduated from art school, she worked in top New York art galleries before spending five years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But for the past twenty years, Teri has been using her eye for design to spruce up homes and commercial spaces. She’s worked on a 12,000-square-foot residence in Connecticut, a trendy 2,400-square-foot loft in downtown Manhattan, a top NYC law office–and everything in between. She stopped to chat with us on her way home from a job in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn where she’s helping design a 1900s-schoolhouse-turned-apartment!
What was working at the Met like?
Oh, fabulous — I worked under the director, Philippe de Montebello, a large figure in the art world.
How did you make the transition from museum art to interior design?
I went to F.I.T. and got a degree in interior design.
What is your design style?
I’m really flexible, but I definitely identify myself as a colorist. I take what my clients want to do, or the direction of style they like, and clarify that. There’s such a vast amount of choices when it comes to design. I narrow down the selections.
Tell me about a project you are really proud of.
I designed a home for an FOF in East Hampton. It’s a modest house, and although it’s not so close to the beach, I brought that casual beach flavor into the home. I did it in a subtle way with corals and teals. I designed it to be very light, airy and open.
Where do you shop for furnishings?
I try to source American-made furniture when I can. I like a lot of the small shops in Brooklyn such as Rico on Atlantic Avenue and Wud Furniture–a Brooklyn-based furniture designer. I go to the Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York in May and the High Point Market in North Carolina.
Where do you get design inspiration?
I look at the Remodelista blog. It’s like a breath of fresh air. I also recently checked out Emma’s Blog — she’s a little more international. Until I get an iPad, I’m more into magazines. I love Interior Design Magazine–more of a trade publication, although it’s available on news stands. I also loved Metropolitan Home. I was so upset when it folded. Dwell and Metropolis are also favorites.
What’s a common design mistake you see?
Some people feel like everything needs to match. It needs to flow and work together, but you can mix up colors and patterns. I have a sofa with greens and browns in a very small weave, but the pillows are black and coral which go with my coral ottoman. Take that leap in color and texture.
Enter to win a a room makeover blueprint from FOF interior design genius, Teri Brajewski of TWB Design. One FOF will win a phone consultation plus a custom design plan for their room. To enter, comment below and answer: Which room would you re-do?
(See all our past winners. See official rules. One winner is chosen at random from all those who ask a question. Contest closes July 28, 2011.)
Images by Heather Weston
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Lucille says:
The dreaded living room, trying to combine two late in life, lives, we have way too much stuff,
Help
ktpotat says:
I love the asian looking pair.
evensonpaul says:
I would makeover my living room/family room. It doesn’t get a lot of light and could use some professional furniture placement ideas.
pan4949_1 says:
My bedroom is small and would be a wonderful place to chill out if it was a little more roomy and more organized.
I would welcome a change there.
desaria says:
I would definitely re-do my bedroom and or living room
Kelly Campbell says:
my family room
Millie Wilneff says:
I would redo my family room
abailey says:
My family room – it’s where everyone gathers, but I don’t think the space is utilized as best as it could be.
Paula M says:
I desperately need some help with my living room/kitchen. These two room comprise 3/4 of my first floor and the layout has always provided a challenge for us. It has the the bones to be a beautiful space and over the 10 years that we have lived her I have imaged it a hundred different ways. I long to use it to its potential but currently the living room has turned into the room that you get stuck in if somebody gets to the downstairs family room first and are involved in watching a movie or sports event that you have no interest in! 🙂 Would love the opportunity to have some help – getting one of my daughters out of college and one still attending our finances have always found a different path to take! Thanks for the opportunity!
km756 says:
My bedroom definitely needs a makeover! It is awful!
Bev Whitfield says:
My bedroom!!! It has the potential to be an enticing cougar den 🙂 but its overcrowded with bulky dark bedroom furniture, plastic storage containers, quasi office items. I’ve always been so busy making sure loved ones are cozy and comfy, I am sooo long overdue for “doing me”!!! Would love to relax in a room where I can completely forget the woes of my work day. Please help me.
Bev Whitfield says:
My bedroom!!! It has the potential to be an enticing cougar den 🙂 but its overcrowded with bulky dark bedroom furniture, plastic storage containers, quasi office items. I’ve always been so busy making sure loved ones are cozy and comfy, I am sooo long overdue for “doing me”!!! Please help me.
Sheila B. says:
Bedroom. I’m divorced and need a “new me” bedroom that doesn’t reflect the “previous me” taste. So, bring on the color!
lynnd64560 says:
I have combination living -dining room in L shape configuration….with sliding glass door facing pool/river at short end of the L, with worn family furniture and miscellaneous hand-me-downs to populate the space; I would really appreciate a design that would bring focus on the view as well as to light up/highlight miscellaneous art and vase collections.
Oveeda says:
Oh with a doubt it would be my den. No matter what I do it still looks like a mish-mash of style. It is the room every one goes to.Family, old friends, new friends. I t really needs to more reflect my style.
Divya Alla says:
I would definitely redo my bedroom. It’s my sanctuary and a place where I spend most of my time. It’s also a place that poured life into my body. However, my room is small so I would have to carefully organize it. But the efforts and hard work put into it would surely last a lifetime, and I would always love it no matter what. My room is also a place where I can let my emotions and feeling live, so I would like a nice, comfortable, peaceful place. That way I can my sense of peace, love, and the feeling of being home.
Fay Fay says:
One of my dreams has always been to redo my kitchen/dining area. The dining area is soooo small that only a couple people can eat at the table at one time. Please let me be the winner and as I would love to have the design plans for my future new kitchen and dining area.
Carol says:
My bedroom. I never owned a furniture suite. Right now I’m using my parents set from the late 1940s! It REALLY needs an update. Help!
bedford1tom1 says:
I choose my living and entertainment combined great room the time has arrived for some new style and professional touch Yes Teri is amazing
Karin says:
I would redo our 24×24 living room. It has such and odd layout with the main entry, fireplace and staircase, I just can’t figure out how to place anything!
AJB says:
My family room.
Marynell says:
I would redo my upstairs sitting room/extra bedroom. It would be nice to use the room both ways without it looking haphazard.
frances Pelzman Liscio says:
Hi there. I think my Dining Room is definitely the room I would make over. It has never felt right–I have furniture from my old home (and old marriage–my husband died, after a long and terrible illness, 11 years ago.) We moved to a smaller home, and the furniture is too big–but the shape of the room (a small rectangle) seems to work against a round table I would prefer.) I don’t even know what color to work with–and to make matters worse, I had to move a beautiful, large dresser into the dining room because it was too big to get up the stairs to the second floor. So it’s in the dining room holding silver and tablecloths. And it was my husband’s dresser, which makes it awkward since I am getting remarried this fall, and my fiance has moved in. I desperately need help. Please help me!!
bcconcepta82@gmail.com says:
My condo has a living room that is open into the dining room. I already put down hardwood floors and tile. I have not put up any artwork, because I would like to create a space that flows from the living room to the dining room. I am just lost. I want to turn my condo into a home, I just do not know where to start and what to do.Yes, I am a problem child at 52! Help! Also, my budget is very tight since I am on medical leave from my job of 30 years. Help!
ddlw1 says:
My bedroom as I have just gotten a new room-mate (wedding in a few months). Combining two peoples stuff is a bit of a challange. Help would be welcome.
Tammy Fasnacht says:
I have a cute little house with a horrible 1950’s avocota green bathroom with matching tub and toilet…ugly is the word the floor is an old wall to wall leaf covered carpet, and strip green wall paper line the walls, one has to see to believe…HELP!
Barb says:
I would love to have a makeover because I live in a lovely Victorian but am stumped on how to decorate. I really don’t want to stick with my old things but feel modern would be too harsh. It’s hard because there are so many choices!
Dawn says:
I really would like to change the look in my living room. My taste have changed since I did that room in 1987 Yikes! I’m stumped at how to change it to make it bright and make it a room I want to spend time in!
sandmmom says:
I would love to do my Great Room. We have 16 foot ceilings and originally bought a huge entertainment center. Now with flat screen TVs and all, I would like to change the room but my husband asks what we would do with the entertainment center. If I had a real plan, maybe he’d let me change things to look new and modern.
Linda Bonnes says:
I would do the living room as it is so long and unimaginative.
Sunn ymay says:
A redo of decor in my center hallway would be ideal. Now it’s mostly bookcases, but a place to put on boots or shoes and baskets to gather goods could help with storage and containment. The front hall leads to the wrought iron stair-rails overlooking a narrow hall going to a back hallway with a door which can be left open. Maybe a carpet with my favorite burgandy color could tie the living room with the dining room.
lorraine says:
I’d like a total redo of my 1950’s two-toned tiled kitchen. It was obviously designed by a male contactor in the 50’s and is not functional or comfortable.
Toni says:
I would say my bedroom because it is small and i don’t have much space for anything i would like for it to get remodeled bt i dont know where to start. I want a bigger bed but i still want the extra space.
Margarida says:
I would redo the living room as it is the focal point of family conversations and get togethers.
Elyse says:
My living room, where my husband and I spend the majority of our time, is a disaster.
ddeste says:
My family room is a disaster, it is a mishmosh of oversized furniture my husband chose that is out of proportion ,a dark carpet and no color walls. Some of the furniture is from previous homes and doesnt look right. It has nine foot ceilings and is open to an eating area, kitchen and hall ( One of those builder open floor plans that are so hard to decorate) Everyone is in there and it is full of their stuff…Help
Judy Frederick says:
I would love to have a design consultant come & give me ideas for my new home with my new husband. We both are widowers & polio survivors & would like to make a new start but want it to be something we can get around with our braces
Thank you
Have a fantastic day
jmarshall60 says:
I need lot’s of HELP with my great room! We just moved into our house this past year and I am struggling with the furniture I have to make the room flow. I am ready to take the plunge to buy new furniture but what is the question!! I could really use Teri’s help! If she wants a challenge…PICK ME!!
Thanks!
Angela says:
I’d love to redo my living room. It has taken a beating over the last 17 years of raising children & needs a makeover!
Queen of the Click says:
My office/hangout room in Brooklyn could use some help. The room is 14 feet long and a bit narrow – 11 feet wide. We have a beautiful desk and a comfy red chair in the room. I want to create an area where people can hang out and relax. I am off from work in August and I would love to win and make this room over with Teri’s plans. I love the way Teri uses color.
Sandra Anderson says:
Presently we own two places and have decided to sell the larger of the two. Therefore we will downsize to our condo and need help with the living/dining space. We travel a lot so want it easy to maintain but homey. We are retired and it is time to sort and purge a multitude of items. (Our single son does not want this job.)
Linda D. says:
For my home it would have to be more than just a room… it would be the first floor. Open the door to my home and you have entered a shared living/dining room with a opened cut out window looking in to the kitchen. Having been in my home for the last 27 years, little has changed. Just one of my children is still living at home. My life has taken a new direction and I am stuck in the mid 1980s.
Cathy Ball says:
Oh this would be so wonderful to win! I need to redo my kitchen/great room, it is over 25 years old and really needs a face lift. I have no idea where to start, please pick me 🙂
atlellie says:
Would like a make over for my dining room. Still using a patio table underneath a table cloth, 3 unmatching chairs from a hotel room give away and carpet with damages. I would absolutely love to see a beautiful dining room so I won’t be ashame to invite friends over for dinner.
Carol B says:
I have a smalll house with only 1250 sq. ft. It needs some character, expecially the living room. My furniture is basically old attic. It needs help by using accessories to bring some life to it.
Judy says:
I would love to have my bedroom made over. My grandson had been sleeping with me for about 6 months. Grandmother needs a change now that he is gone!
Micheline says:
Definitely my living room. It’s so dark and “woody” that it looks like a hunting lodge!
Mamavalveeta03 says:
I am moving into a new home in August, and while the living room has an ocean view, there are some odd angles and multiple focal points that I just don’t know what to do with! Teri’s style IS my style! How exciting to find a decorator that “gets” it, without going over the top.
Joann Bally says:
MY LIVING ROOM, for sure needs help !!! 🙂
torian says:
my family room. Help me!
Dee S says:
My living room!
gingermclendon says:
I would redo my family room. I love some of the furniture pieces I have in that room, but need to figure out how to add more shelf space for things like photos and books.
Stefanie Hue Hacker says:
My living room!! It has been in limbo for years since we emptied it and replaced a 16 foot span of glass doors that look out into our woods. The rest of the project stalled and our college and beyond kids have used it as a storage room ever since as they have moved in and out. If I could just get the room decorated I could keep their clutter out – I could resume a social life in my own home and have a beautiful space to relax and enjoy friends and family. It could be an amazing space – it has loads of potential! Lots of glass, and unusual, interesting angles. I am overwhelmed. Thank you.
Hotforfifty says:
My bedroom!!
Kai W. says:
I would like the kitchen to redone. I don’t like the floor plan of the kitchen and would like to see if a makeover would make the best usage of space.
Susan Safarik says:
I would redo my family room. It is a large room that has some challenges. I would love to make it more conversation friendly and bright!
Beth Lowe says:
My bedroom has had nothing done to it in years, its a wonder I can sleep!
AMOGINESQ says:
I would redo my living room- since downsizing our home, we have combined some of our living room and den furniture giving us a room that is neither fish nor fowl.
Yvette Jordan-Granberry says:
My living room/dining room takes up most of the 1st floor of our home and does not provide the comfort that I’d like. The living room furniture is comfortable but I feel that the arrangement is boring and the dining room behind it may have too much/too large furniture, but I need it to store my serving pieces. There is no seperation between the 2 rooms so it’s like a ‘great room’ in a not ‘great size’ house! Would love for the ‘flow’ to be better and for each of the rooms to take on a more distinctive purpose. Can use all the help I can get!
Rosemary O'Koren says:
I like what I have in my family room, but I know the layout is wrong. It’s one large room with many uses and it’s the first room you see when you walk into my home.
michelle Y says:
This is a tough decision. I would love to have my master bedroom/sitting area done because as a recent empty-nester, I am feeling the need to pamper myself a bit. I SHOULD do my family room area, because that is the most public space in my home. Hmmmm. Master/sitting it is. That’s what I’d do. Yes, it is.
Renee says:
I would “redo” my livingroom. It’s long and narrow and awkward walkways…I need help!
kaleigh11 says:
My living room. I should call it my dead room! We have lived in the same house for 38 yrs, and married to the same man for longer, but who does not want to spend money to refurbish a room we don’t use.
It has great potential but needs a whole of help. I walk through the room and just shrug my shoulders and pass on by. It could be my haven for quiet and serenity in the house! HELP!.
sherry stewart says:
I would like to redo my bathrom. It needs to be updated and bigger.
Carol Pease says:
I would love to makeover my living room. I have an open floor plan and as my daughter says I have “no style”, it seems so hodge-podge. I need new window coverings and I am not sure what to choose. Currently I have vertical blinds. I also have a traffic pattern that goes right through the room.
Georgia says:
I would like to redo either my living room or my bedroom…
It’s been almost three years now since my beloved husband passed away… and both of these rooms need a fresh look…something to bring a smile to my face again…
Alison Farrer says:
The bedroom – it needs some decoration action to it!
Brianne Howard says:
Our living family room sure could use a overhaul
myanker says:
My office is small and in serious need of a make-over. I have little $ to devote to it but would love help.
Pat Franco says:
Too bad I can only choose one! I guess I would first choose my master bedroom, it is the room that never gets a face lift past new bed coverings.
Hollywood Lin says:
As empty-nesters, we moved into a two-bedroom villa ten years ago. The second bedroom (20 x 13) has a murphy bed, and the rest has remained a semi-storage room. We need help with a plan to make it into a functional room and lovely where overnight guests may enjoy staying.
Linda says:
My Living Room…..I have an old house with original paneling that I painted….high ceilings….needs an update real bad.
Pauline says:
We are starting to fix our kitchen, living room and bedrooms. Would be awesome to win this prize.
Roma says:
I would redo the livingroom area it is an L shape connected to the rest of the house and hard to make it flow when entertaining.
babelangan55 says:
I would redo my home office. It’s just a mish-mosh of different pieces that didn’t go anywhere else.
jspecht says:
We currently have the world’s ugliest bathroom. It is so dysfunctional that we can only take a bath by invoking the gods and we don’t even think about using the shower. We call it “the cave” because it is so dark and dreary.
velder dixon says:
i would re do the living room-it needs a hint of improvement
tom bedford says:
So excited at the chance to win a famous professional rooms makeover my current room style is dated and in need of a serious redo from fab over fifty and our Teri Brajewski
Debra Stewart says:
The room I would redo is the family room. It is were we congrigate. It hasn’t been touched (redecorated) in years and needs to be updated and refocused. One may put me on the “purge” list to change things around.
Interesting article. Thank you.
Debra
joan says:
I would love to redo my bedroom. I have had the same furniture for about 35 years (since my teens..hahaha). Can you help???
Susan miller says:
i want to re-do our kitchen as we have let it be the same for at least 10 years. We have 2 large dogs that stay inside and love the kitchen as much as us. We eat late and love to fix vegan meals at a moments notice. Our dishwasher has been broke for at least 9 years, the stove has 2 burners that work, and we need new more modern counter-tops. Lack of time and spare funds always puts this on the back burner(rather funny since only two work!) HELP
tril says:
I would love a consult on my living/dining area. I live in a small apartment so storage is a must. How do I use my small space fully without it seeming cluttered? It also has to be dog-friendly. I love Teri’s design aesthetic. I was just despairing the other day that I’ll never have a put-together look because I like what I like and it doesn’t always match!
goodw021 says:
MY BEDROOM!! It’s screaming for a makeover! I recently moved to a small rural town outside of Raleigh, NC for health reasons. My master bedroom is smaller than my old bedroom and I’m having trouble fitting everything in it. I need it to be the soothing, comfortable retreat I used to have instead of a room that makes me nervous even when I walk by it! Please help!
Tari says:
Oh, I really need to redo my family/dining room, which is seen from most all of the other rooms in the house. Although the furniture is very nice it is out of date, uncomfortable and ill arranged. But I cant think of any other way to arrange it because of where the built in TV is located. Yuk!
Sheila Chaffins says:
Definitely my bedroom. It is small and packed.
Debbie Chaney says:
My kitchen is way too small, and I have a lot of ideas…first knocking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room and then rearranging the whole space to make it more functional which would probably involve a lot of rewiring and plumbing. I’ve had many years to dream and scheme about this and just need someone professional who can tell me if my ideas are doable. This consult would be perfect!
smfsprout says:
I would love to re-do the family room. We currently have an in-home dialysis machine that takes up quite a bit of space and dictates how the room is arranged. I’m sure there is a better layout but I’m overwhemed and spatially challenged.
Sarah says:
My dark, wood-paneled family room!
Goth Chic 666 says:
I would definitely do my living room. It needs help. love this contest, hope I win!
Gia (Gail Taub)
inMO says:
A front room with no distinction as the point of entry to our home. It currently has no specific purpose and is therefore under-utilized.
Dana says:
My bedroom… always trying for the tranquil look but never feeling like I achieve it. I’m trying to mix furniture, so it’s not too staged and stale… but I need HELP!! And my closet is like a garden where the weeds have taken over (by weeds, I mean too many clothes!)
Connie says:
I would love to do my living room. I have so many decorating books and try a little bit of all of them. It would be so helpful to have someone help me focus and really make the room my own. I also need someone to help me edit.
Pamela Myhree says:
Dear Teri ~ I NEED help re-doing my Living room. The floor plan is really challenging. One wall is all french doors. One is all fireplace. Third wall is completely covered by a large oak “entertainment center.” That leaves only one “blank” wall to work with. I’d love to rearrange the furniture, but I have no idea how to better utilize the space. HELP?!?!?!
Jeannine ray says:
I would refresh my living room space. It has no color and outdated decor. To many windows and door ways to make a functioning room. I have no idea on how to spruce up paint colors to reflect my calm demeanor.
Please help me revive my living room!
Bettie says:
I would do over the living room. It is the first room visitors see and it needs some help. I was particularly impressed that you would be narrowing down the color choices. That is my stopping point in planning. There are just too many options out there and I’m rather eclectic so I cna’t settle on one scheme. I need your help.
Tina Ashton says:
We moved to a new home in SC last year. My son’s room is a mess. The old furniture doesn’t work in the new space and we can’t afford to buy all new stuff. I know it could work with some additions but I’m lost as to how to proceed as the room is large but has a unique shape. My son is not happy that we moved and he had to leave his old friends. I would so love to make his room over to help him feel comfortable in the new house.
Diana Duda says:
It would be lovely to have someone help guide me through redecorating my home, or at least a room. I have never had something like that done and Ms. Brajewski has such a flair and style I know I could learn a lot from her.
Jo Ann says:
I have a loft in my house that needs the right touch!
CatLewisStudios says:
I really need this. My living room is small and an awkward shape and the furniture never looks comfortable in it’s space!
Kathy McNally says:
My great room is sooo difficult to arrange. There are many challenges the greatest of which being that it is the hub of my home and can be seen frm almost every other room. Large French doors, high ceilings, fireplace, and open to foyer with double glass doors…..too many challenges to mention. I have “lived” with it for over seven years – I surrender – I need help!
maurened says:
I am trying to sell my house (Log Cabin) so I can move into a Condo. It would be wonderful to have my bathroom looking bigger than it is but I know what a challange that is. Love to have any room done by such a talented decorator.
Troye says:
My KITCHEN…It is in such a need for an update and redo. It is beautiful and a wonderful large space but needs to be brought into the 2000’s. HELP!!!
ShemCreek says:
I would redo my kitchen. It’s 25 years old and could use updating.
Dorothy says:
I need a house makeover. i never moved into my house properly 10 years ago and it has now been cluttered up by three kids and famiy and friends who send things. I have been overwhelmed and need help. I moved into my house in Oct. 2001 right after 911. At the time I was as a NY police officer working 12 hours a day with no days off. The day of the move the movers did not show and had to pick another in the phone book. Well that did not go well at all and it’s been downhill ever since.
Mary says:
I would redo my kitchen. It needs it. I would like it to look bigger without having to add square feet. It is small but very convenient to cook in tho. It is about 35 years old and need a redo.
vclark500 says:
I would definitely redo my family room. It is a central room with dining area. It connects to all parts of the house. I would love to see a layout that would flow better than what is there now.
Diana Verner says:
I would like to redo my bedroom. It’s a loft unit and the bedroom is small and there is no room to rearrange the furniture. I would like ideas on how to open up this room.
gsdd74@gmail.com says:
I would redo my bedroom. It’s where I end up spending most of my time, and it’s rather drab.
Goth Chic 666 says:
Very classy furniture, I love all the pieces & my apt. could surely use an upgrade. Would be lovely to win!!
Catalina says:
My family room definately needs the most help and it has to be cat and dog friendly!
puertoricolady41 says:
Nice!!