The winners will be announced on October 5, 2009. For those wishing to play at home, you can be judge as well. I have set up a poll to determine a Readers' Choice Award. The winner of your choice will receive a beautiful Bristol SFERRA Blanket.
Room 1
Sara Story
New York, New York
Room 2
Anna Beth Chao
Monroe, Louisiana
Room 3
Christina Yorkston
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Room 4
Scot Meacham Wood
San Francisco, California
Room 5
Christopher Prain
London England
Room 6
Brooke and Steve Giannetti
Los Angeles, California
Room 7
Robert Passal
New York,New York
Room 8
Chloe Warner
San Francisco, California
Room 9
Julie Massucco
San Francisco, California
Room 10
Christina Jackson
Long Beach, California
Room 11
Darren Ransdell
Los Angeles, California
Room 12
Molly Kircher
Walloon Lake, Michigan
Hoping for Scot Meacham Wood
ReplyDeleteor Robert Passal... gorgeous...
It's going to be a tough contest! Be sure to cast your vote!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Such a hard job - ! may have to vote more than once, xv.
ReplyDeleteAll the bedrooms are so pretty! I have my favorites narrowed down to four choices. Congratulations to all for their beautiful designs!
ReplyDeleteoooh, love #6 Brooke and Steve Giannetti's sleeping in the heavens!! with the cloud photos and all white cosy comfort!
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They are all beautiful in their own way, Ronda. I'm sure it must have been difficult to choose. Looking forward to seeing who the judges choose as the winners.
ReplyDeleteVoted for room # 2 . I love nature and this room feels like an old fashion sleeping porch. My favorite treat while travelling in warm climates or in summers at home is sleeping under the stars. this room captivates the same sensations.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bounty of beautiful rooms!
ReplyDeleteHow many entries for the contest came in?
Passal's and Sara Story's are two of my favorites. So many great submissions!
ReplyDeleteLoving Room # 6!!
ReplyDeleteWow- more eye candy in this post than in the last three shelter mags I read COMBINED. Great idea, great results. So many different styles, so much talent! Can't decide between Anna Beth Chao and Scot Meacham Wood.
ReplyDeleteThis has been so inspiring to see all these beautiful bedrooms. This has been a wonderful contest. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of the great comments...so many great rooms!! We received just shy of 150 entries.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful selections. They are all winners! I can't wait to see which one takes 1st prize.
ReplyDeleteHello Ronda - Robert Passal's room gets my vote ! I also like the Clemente - style (?) portrait in the first room ...
ReplyDeleteHow you were able to narrow the choices to 12 is beyond me. I enjoyed so many of them. Thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteWell, I look at your 12 several times and thought that #7 and # 12 were my favorite... and yet... really, they are are so pretty. Good luck to the judges.
Thanks for the great treat.
Shoot - one of my favorites didn't make it - Katie Scaasi!!! Are you going to show the ones who didn't make - the whole room? I am dying to see the rest of her room and the rest of the others too! That might be a good idea to post (not that you need my input!) And I was just wondering, have we seen all of them? Between the ones your posted and the ones that are finalists or are there more? I am just curious. How they are going to pick one is amazing. Good luck to the judges, it's going to be SOOOOOOOO hard!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, pick one? they are all beautiful. I have so enjoyed the contest!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Joni,
ReplyDeleteOnce the contest is over I will run more photos (the whole room). No, there are many more that have not been published. The feedback has been amazing, so I think a future blog post is in order. Yes, Katie's room is a visual treat! I will post it all very soon.
All of these bedrooms are beautiful, Ronda.
ReplyDeleteSteve and I are so thrilled to have our clients' bedroom included. Thank you!
xo
Brooke
Amazing. I couldn't even start to decide between them all!! Congrats to all of them and their daring designs.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh this so hard to decide. Room 1 or room 8, I love them both. Oh no!
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Samantha
I vote for Brooke's room #6!
ReplyDelete*** Hi, Ronda! ***
ReplyDeleteThis is SOOO F*U*N to SEE~ JUST SHEER DELIGHT! SO TIMELY too! Am right in the middle (actually, one more day til completion~ "Hallelujah"!) of having the entire fireplace wall in our MBR completed (in beautifully, rather "ruggedly sophisticated", dry-stacked Yavapai Ledge Stone). The 1 1/2 tiered mantel, made ny a master craftsman out of a glorious, old, walnut table I KNEW had "potential", is now installed, TV "box" is also in & softer ceiling lights to gently shine down on the stone, & all electrical outlets, are put TOGETHER (WHY did our builder/architect NOT do that in the FIRST place, pray tell?!?!) & in the CORRECT "wood" color. Hardwood floors get installed next Saturday, thennnn, after living w/ allll the extraneous DUST, it gets CLEANED and the "REAL FUN" BEGINS!!!
SOOOOO, while that last bedroom "SPOKE" to me the most, I LOVED garnering ideas from EACH & EVERY OTHER, wonderful space you shared (I still have some decisions to finalize in the decorating~~~ so it's just WONDERFUL & SO FUN to look at EVEN MORE "OPTIONS" out there)!!!
THANKS A "GAZILLION"! (Am DEFINITELY going back to look for MORE ideas from others! LOTS of talented gals/guys, aren't there? HOW can one ever decide a real "winner"... either way, looking forward to following!)~
This was/is a "Delicious doughnut to go w/ my mornin cuppa here!"!!!
MANY THANKS AGAIN & best,
Linda in AZ *
* OOH! Just saw your comment, above, to Joni~~~ And THIS is going to be REEEEEALLY GREAT!!! Can't wait! Linda *
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I am not judging this contest. It's impossible to choose a favorite! They are all so beautiful and special in their own way. If I had to choose, it would be between #2,6,10, and 11.
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful bedrooms, but my favorite is Brooke Giannetti's bedroom. It's so beautiful and relaxing. I want to do my bedroom in the same color palette! Good luck judges! What a fun contest Ronda!
ReplyDelete* P.S.P.S.~~~ My vote goes for the GIANETTI beddroom... thanks! Linda *
ReplyDeleteI looked again and again. Though I said #7 and #12 floated my boat, in the end #2 got my vote.
ReplyDeleteI must say the yellow room, #7 was a refreshing color palette compared to the other options.
Such a hard decision... Although they are all AMAZING, my favorite is Darren Ransdell's room...
ReplyDeleteIt's very masculine, but still very refined and inviting!
Such a great contest! SO MANY great rooms! Ther is so much talent out there. Thanks for all the fun Ronda! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are all so great! I'm happy to see that two out of my top three picks have made it to the finals! Passal and Ransdell.
ReplyDeleteRonda,
ReplyDeleteI am SO pleased and delighted to be included with such amazing bedrooms. - And also very proud to see the large number of entries from San Francisco.
Scot Meacham Wood
Scot it's crazy the number of finalist from San Fran...think I know where I need to host my next event!!
ReplyDeleteKeep the great comments coming...
ReplyDeletexoxo
I would just like to echo Scot -- thank you so much, Ronda, and it's awesome (and slightly intimidating) to be in such good company. All the entries are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAll the rooms are so beautiful, but the bedrooms created by Christopher Prain, Scot Meacham Wood, and Sara Story are my favorite. I like them all for different stages of my life. Sara Story for my girlhood in all its innocence and freshness, Christopher Prain for mommyhood (and lots of romance with hubby), and Scot Meacham Wood for my retirement when all I want to do is be surrounded by books, art and collections from my travels.
ReplyDeleteI really like #12. It's coziness appeals to me. All are absolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAnd I want to see all the entries--all the photos each entrant sent.
Thanks for doing this. It has been so much fun.
#1. That red/pink chair is to die for
ReplyDeleteJust cast my vote for Steve and Brooke Giannetti, love their designs and that room is by far my fav!!
ReplyDeleteFun contest Ronda!
Oh my God! These bedrooms are absolutely awe inspiring. Fabulous choices! Congratulations to all the finalists!
ReplyDeleteRoom #4 is my favorite with #12 my second favorite. Both of these look like real rooms and not furniture show rooms...too empty and sterile. Not alot of "design" from "designers" here...so was expecting to be "wowed" more. Guess I'm the odd man out here.
ReplyDeletewow, they are all great and most the time I am a less is more gal, but Scot's room has my vote. #4, it spoke to me...
ReplyDeleteNo. 6! Fresh and crisp and relaxing. Will always look great - even with dust! (:
ReplyDeleteWowzer!!!! These bedrooms are amazing! What a tough decision. I am swooning over room 2 but all of them are fab!
ReplyDeleteAll of them are nice, but number 12 really speaks to me. It evokes a sense of home, togetherness, family, comfort, It is a timeless room to take you through guests, friends, family and gives you a sense of peace and happiness.
ReplyDeleteNumber 12 has my absolute vote!!
Chloe Warner’s colorway is hands-down the most sophisticated. But, all the rooms are just lovely.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the finalists! They are all really gorgeous. It is tough to cast just one vote.
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cristin @ simplified bee
So many great rooms; so hard to decide!
ReplyDeletemy vote is number 6!
ReplyDeletelove love love that room!
They are all so beautiful and so diverse in style. It's always amazing to me how the same type of room can be interpreted so individually. My congratulations to all of the finalists but I must say I am partial to Brooke Gianetti's room.
ReplyDeleteThe pale, blue Giannetti bedroom- so soothing!
ReplyDeleteI adore the Giannetti bedroom.
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My vote goes with the Giannetti bedroom, I find the others have a bit too much edge.
ReplyDeleteWow, Chloe Warner's bedroom is gorgeous! Soothing and elegant. Simple and rich. Hands down my top choice.
ReplyDeleteso many beautiful bedrooms & styles & what a tough choice!!! if I had to pick one, I'd say the Giannetti bedroom- so light & airy & relaxing...
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! All of them are so different and speak to me in so many different ways. It was a hard one. Enjoyed this post! Love your blog!!
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Scot Meacham Wood! Glorious room!
ReplyDeleteThe Giannetti bedroom could have been designed just for me - I love it.
ReplyDeleteLoving room #2, I love that she did it all herself!
ReplyDeleteI pick Brooke & Steve's...what a gorgeous room, I could see me taking a snooze there !!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to everyone, they are all beautiful !!!
All the best,
Kathy :)
jokaj@comcast.net
I adore room #6, the Giannetti room!
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to choose, but I like #2, #6 and #12....
ReplyDeletevoted for BR #6! I like the coziness of BR #12 too.
ReplyDeleteThe best post. Loved all in different ways. While I am a great fan of Brooke's, the room does not seem complete to me. I must admit i love Paintings and accessories so much My heart sold out to the masculine room, Scot Meacham Wood because of the warmth and patina. I see it in Highlands, NC, in the hunt country, and a great French country house. Congratulations to the winner!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the Giannetti's room too! #6
ReplyDeleteTough call, a lot of them are good. It's between #2 and #6 for me. I chose #2, if they take the antlers down! which I don't think fit in well. Everything else is great and having all that light is another plus.
ReplyDeleteWhat a facinating blog!! I afraid I am too busy looking around your blog to vote. Looks like I have just lost another couple of hours from my day as I loose myself here in your blog.
ReplyDeleteLooks like we will be having toast for dinner tonight.
Coty Farquhar,
Thank you Coty!
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful creative wonderful rooms for the beauty they possess is awesome to behold. Thank you for sharing and posting such a fun contest. Good luck to the contestants. These are spaces where restful nights and happy dreams could certainly happen (especially in #6 :) ). xo
ReplyDeleteCalm, clean and serene. I vote for Brooke's room #6. Love it!
ReplyDeleteMichelle May
#7
ReplyDeleteI love #1! That hot-pink chair had me at Hello!
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely rooms to choose from, but #2 (Chao) really resonates with me. It doesn't look 'decorated', you know? That kind of effortless design is priceless. Anyone can throw a lot of money at a room and have it turn out well, but that kind of editorial eye is rare, indeed.
ReplyDeleteOh my! This is a difficult task; I don't envy the judges. These rooms are gorgeous. I will vote, but I'm not even sure at this moment for which I will. Lovely. lovely. Thanks for sharing -- and good luck to all the homeowners! cheers-s
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of room #6....it would be a dream to have a room like that.
ReplyDeletelove the guest room of molly kircher (# 12) would love to spend the weekend as a guest in such a lovely room. so minimal and the view of the bathroom is wow! love the natural stone! i bet the view of walloon lake out of the window is amazing.
ReplyDeletei like #6
ReplyDeleteNumber two, all the way.
ReplyDeleteOh my, the Giannetti room is fantastic and my fav what I would love to sleep in every night.....great post do these more often!
ReplyDeleteAll so beautiful - but if I had to pick one to go to bed in tonight - The Giannettis! - ok.. two.. Christopher Prain's - i would feel like a queen in that bed...;-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck to all !
Room 7 is the only one I could imagine myself in...
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Giannetti's room, closely followed by Christopher Prain~
ReplyDeleteDivine!
Room 11 by Darren Ransdell is my favorite, but wish there were more pictures of the bed dressings!
ReplyDeleteThey are all so beautiful in their own way!
ReplyDeleteWhere do we vote?
Oops! Just saw polls were closed today and the winner will be revealed!
ReplyDeleteThe print of the blue sky/clouds is something I keep thinking that I must have...where can I get one?
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