When you're in the parenting phase, it can be easy to let go of your home and focus on the kids. Yet, if you long to be surrounded by beauty and style, it can be hard to let go of this part of your life. You don’t have to, and with a little bit of planning, you can create a home that is filled with beauty, yet also kid friendly for your family. Here are a few ways you can incorporate kid-friendly themes into your home, and how John Elliott Interiors can assist!

Consider the Style of the Furniture

You want to look for furniture styles that won’t be impossible to clean later on. This means you may need to sacrifice on ornate wooden details on your couch and chairs. You may also want to look for certain pieces that aren’t covered in sharp or hard edges as little heads tend to run into those. Keep in mind that furniture with skirts are also harder to keep clean as they attract dust and pet hair, making your space look dirtier than it is.

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Creating a home isn't as easy as it sounds. It's finding the balance between a beautiful and functional space. A place that you can feel proud of, but also a place that you can live in day to day. At John Elliott Interiors we make YOUR space a priority, and from the kitchen to the bedrooms - we can help you create the space you've always dreamt of. Here are a few of the design secrets we've learned over the years that you can use to make your space incredible.

Design Secrets for Your Space

"Start your living room furniture plan with the best seat in the room and work from there." DD Allen

If you don't know how to arrange your furniture, start by finding the best spot in the room. Do you have a window that overlooks the lake? Maybe you have a rustic stone fireplace that is equally matched in beauty and warmth. Whatever you have in your space that is where you want to look - place your furniture around that.

"Every room needs a touch of black, just as it needs at least one antique piece." Jan Showers

If you want to make the design in your home pop - adding black can be just the thing. From pretty statues, a piece of furniture, or even a frame around your art - at John Elliott Interiors, we can help you find the perfect black piece for your home.

"The ideal height to hang your flat-screen TV is at eye level when you're in viewing position. The ideal viewing distance is 1 1/2 times the size of your flat screen." - Jean Larette

For many families, the television plays a huge role in your home. You enjoy evenings around it, plan viewing events around it - so why not make sure that it's in a perfect position. Use this as a quick guidline.

"People don't take into account how they'll look in a room when choosing a color. I just did an apartment where the woman has blue eyes with aa bit of purple tin to them, so everything is lavender to purple. She simply glows. And I recently did an orange foyer. I chose a particular shade of orange because my client has brown hair, and brunettes look great in orange. Then I took that exact same orange - not just any orange, that exact shade - and ran in through the house. It keeps popping up in different ways. A color has got to move - it can't look like it's landed." Stan Topol

Have you ever considered painting your home a color that looks good on you? It seems so simple, but so powerful when you think about it. What colors do you love? What colors do you hate? These can have an impact on not only how you feel in a room, but how you look as well!

Interior Design at the Lake of the Ozarks

If you're ready to take the next steps to creating a space that you love, the team at John Elliott Interiors is here to help. From redesigning a space to doing a complete remodel on your home, we can be your one stop connection to creating the space of your dreams. Visit our website to see more of our pieces and creations, or stop by and visit us at our home interiors store at the Lake of the Ozarks.

It can always seem challenging to narrow down the color you want to use in your home. From cool neutrals to bold, bright colors, there are so many options to choose from, but that doesn't make your choice easier. If anything, it can make narrowing down the color even harder. Here are a few tips from your Lake of the Ozarks interior designers to get you started as you pick the perfect color for your home.

Get Inspiration

From patterns on your upholstery to a bright rug or a piece of art, these can be used as inspiration pieces to influence the color of your wall. If you're looking for a neutral color, you can pull the whites and beiges from those items.

Choose Colors Vertically

If you are having challenges when choosing the colors for your room during a full remodel, keep this simple tip in mind. Decorate from dark to light from bottom to top. This mimics the natural look of the outdoors and creates a natural feel. Use dark colors on the floor, medium colors on the walls, and light colors on the ceiling.

Use a Color Wheel

Having trouble choosing colors? The color wheel can help! Choose colors that are analogous, meaning that they are next to each other. Think of blues and greens for a relaxing space. Or oranges and yellows for a place where you need energy!

Mimic Your Wardrobe

It's pretty easy to assume that you choose clothes in the colors that you like most - so use those colors to help decide how you paint your home! If you prefer neutrals, maybe you can incorporate browns and beiges to create a basic style. If you love blue jeans, try choosing a focal point that is navy! Do you feel most comfortable in bold colors, like yellow? Use bright accents that incorporate this fun hue.

Bring Back Black

If you don't know what to do in your space, you can't go wrong with incorporating black accents and features. It can be a great way to tie a look together and create a modern style.

Go Gray

You can't go wrong with this trendy color that is available in many different shades. Gray is also a chameleon color so it can be both warm or cool depending on what you pair it with. It's a beautiful shade for your bedroom also because of its calming effect.

60-30-10

Having trouble deciding which color to use where? Use this rule. Divide the room in three ways. Sixty percent will get a dominate color (your walls), thirty percent gets a secondary color (generally your upholstery), and 10 percent will get your accent color (accessories!). This can work every time, and be extremely helpful if you don't know where to start.

Count on the Professionals!

Choosing paint colors can be challenging, especially when you find a color you love, and then it doesn't go on the wall the same way that it looked on the paint chip. When choosing a color for your wall, you can't go wrong when you decide to trust a professional. At John Elliott Interiors, we can help you not only choose the entire palette for your space but also narrow down the colors for each individual aspect of your home. Stop by and see us sometime, we have a beautiful furniture showroom at the Lake of the Ozarks, and our team is ready to show you how beautiful you can make your space.









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There’s something fresh and beautiful about a home design at the Lake of the Ozarks that is filled with living plants. They liven up a space, add color and texture, as well as help improve the air quality. Of course, if you don’t have a green thumb, you probably aren’t as inclined to try your hand at indoor plants. Even if you haven’t been successful in the past, we have a few tips that may help you this time around as well as a few plants that do excellent indoors!

Does Your Plant have Water?

Providing enough water for your plants can be challenging even for those with a green thumb, but if you keep a few things in mind, you should be on your way to a well-hydrated plant. The one thing you want to be sure of is that your don’t over water your plant. Try sticking your finger down in the soil a few inches, and if it’s dry, your plant needs some more water. Come up with a good watering routine and stick to it, every plant is different, so it could be every week or every few days.

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When you invest in quality furniture, you can tell. It starts from the shape and builds to the material that covers it. What happens, though, if your quality furniture doesn't hold up? Could it possibly be because you chose a material that wasn't a good fit for your lifestyle? The material you choose for your furniture can be the difference between loving it or hating it, so we want to talk about several popular materials, and why they would or wouldn't be great in your space.

When Choosing Natural Fibers

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