Let’s Talk E-Design And How It Can Benefit You

Welcome to Nichole McKune Designs. I am so excited to have you here and to help make your home the home of your dreams!!

I have worked in the Home Decor industry for over 10 years, and I have seen the stigma around Interior Design firsthand. The idea of an Interior Designer has been seen as expensive and out of reach for many consumers. 

E-design has quickly gained popularity due to its convenience, accessibility and cost-effectiveness. It allows designers like myself to work with clients anywhere in the world with any budget. I believe creating functional, harmonious and beautiful spaces should be a luxury available to all. 

How the process works…

  1.       Communication and Project Scope:
  • Start with a design questionnaire to communicate – project goals, requirements and budget. This questionnaire is not meant to be a tedious task but instead to get you excited for your beautiful new space. This questionnaire includes logistical questions as well such as measurements to get a feel for the space.
  1.       Design Concept Development
  • a digital visualization board is created based on the project goals and requirements. The visualization board includes: color scheme, furniture, accessories, and materials to visually represent the design of the space.
  1.       Virtual Visualization
  • a 2D customized visualization board is created specifically for you and your space. This allows you the ability to visualize the space with the proposed design. Work through an unlimited number of revisions to make the space fit all your needs.

 

  1.       Product and Material Selection
  • A curated selection of furniture, fixtures, and decor accessories are provided along with the visualization board. These items will have direct links to the retailer and fit within the specified budget at the beginning of the project.

  1.       Design Presentation
  • Receive a fully customized package which includes the visualization board, material selections such as fabric samples and paint colors and item list. You will also be provided with a direct link to each item, all of the items are sourced through traditional retailers and you can purchase everything online at your convenience.
  1.       Client Implementation
  • Now comes the fun part, bringing your space to life!! With e-design you have the power to move as quickly or slowly as desired on implementing your project. There is no pressure to purchase all the pieces at once and you can buy as it makes sense for your life. You will receive a list of all products with active links for purchase. And don’t worry, if something sells out or becomes unavailable I’m here to help source a new item that you’ll love just as much as the original. 

How much does E-design cost?

 

Based on the scope of your project there are varying levels of design available for purchase from Nichole McKune Designs. 

 

2D Vision Board, Full Room –  $795

  • Design Questionnaire
  • Digital Visualization Board
  • Curated selection of furniture, fixtures, and decor accessories
  • Comprehensive list of selections with direct links to retailers
  • Unlimited rounds of feedback and revisions

2D Vision Board, Partial Room – $595

Need design help with a smaller space such as an entryway, powder room or other small space? 

  • Design Questionnaire
  • Digital Visualization Board
  • Curated selection of furniture, fixtures, and decor accessories
  • Comprehensive list of selections with direct links to retailers
  • Unlimited rounds of feedback and revisions

2D Vision Board, Room Styling –  $395

Already have a room with all the furnishings but want to add a little life with new decor?

  • Design Questionnaire
  • Digital Visualization Board
  • Curated selection of decor accessories
  • Comprehensive list of selections with direct links to retailers
  • Unlimited rounds of feedback and revisions

2D Vision Board, Shelf and Sideboard Styling –  $395

Looking to finalize a space by styling a bookshelf, sideboard, or open shelves. This package is a great addition to full room eDesign purchase or on its own for those pesky shelves or sideboards you have been meaning to get to.
  • Design Questionnaire
  • Digital 2D Visualization Board
  • Curated selection of decor accessories
  • Comprehensive list of selections with direct links to retailers
  • Unlimited rounds of feedback and revisions (within 3-week period of initial design hand over)

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My Holiday Decor From O’Toole’s Garden Center

Fa, la, la it’s finally the holiday season and my favorite time of year to decorate!! To my husbands dismay I love decorating the outside of my house just as much as the inside this time of year. This year I decided to keep it simple with white lights paired with wreaths on every window and a cutie little Christmas tree on the front porch. We found the most amazing wreaths and tree this year from O’Toole’s Garden Center here in Colorado.

I was so impressed with the freshness of the wreaths and trees and their wide selection of products. They had other amazing products as well like dreamy garland and some of the most beautiful poinsettias I have ever seen!! O’Toole’s Garden Center is a local, family-owned and operated garden center that has been around for over 40 years. Their knowledgeable and friendly staff were so helpful, and we were able to find all the high-quality products we were after and for reasonable prices. And shopping was so easy, you can visit any of their 3 locations in the Denver area, Littleton, Westminster or Lakewood. Or if you prefer a safe and contact free way to shop you can also shop their Gardening To-Go online store and pickup your holiday goods curb-side.

GIVEAWAY & AMAZING SALES:

I’ve partnered with O’Toole’s Garden Center to give away a $150 gift card for you to shop for your Christmas trees, holiday florals and seasonal goods at O’Toole’s Garden Centers. All you have to do to enter is follow @otoolesgardencenters and myself on Instagram.

And even if you aren’t the lucky winner of the gift card I still cannot recommend O’Toole’s Garden Center enough. They have some amazing sales going on right now which you don’t want to miss!!

  • Buy a Christmas Tree, get a Wreath for 25% OFF (while supplies last!)
  • With every Christmas tree purchase, we’re gifting a FREE Christmas Tree Care Pack which includes a 2oz. bottle of Christmas Tree Preservative and a Needle Clean-Up Bag to make tree clean up a breeze!
  • Gift Card Giveback:
    • Spend $20 get $25
    • Spend $40 get $50
    • Spend $75 get $100
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My Margarita Recipe

This is by far my favorite time of year, summer is right around the corner which means its officially margarita season. This is defintiely one of my favorite summer time drinks and after years and years of practice I have finally perfected my margarita recipe. I like mine a bit on the spicy side and not too sweet, if your into that as well check out my recipe below.

Recipe:

  • 1 shot of tequila (Tanteo Jalapeno Tequila is my very favorite)
  • 2 shots orange juice (Natalie’s Fresh Squeezed makes your margarita so fresh)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • About a teaspoon of agave nectar (you can add more or less depending on how sweet you like it)
  • Shake, shake, shake above ingredients with ice
  • After you shake it I add a splash or sparkiling water (you can use any flavor, I used mango Waterloo in this one) and lightly mix it with the other ingredients
  • I don’t love a salted rim but I do love adding Chili Lime seasoning from Trader Joes to the rim for a little extra flavor
  • Then to top it off I add another squeze of a lime wedge and a jalapeno for garnish

I hope you love this recipe as much as I do. Please be sure to drink responsibly and only partake if you are 21+ in age.

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Coffee Table Book Love

Its official…I have a new obsession with coffee table books!! It started with pillows and vases and has moved to coffee table books. Not only do I love how these books look but I also love reading them and getting home inspiration. It has been so fun styling my coffee table and shelves with these beauties. Below are my current faves I have scattered around my house but I’m always looking to expand my new coffee table book library.

Shop them below!!

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Pantry Organization

Well its official…I have done one productive task over this quarantine and it is to organize my pantry. If you follow me on stories you know that I started this little task months ago with the idea that I would finish it in a weekend. Well fast forward weeks later and it was a half done more of a mess than when I started. I decided to finally buckle down over the past week, order the final pieces and put it all together. I honestly think a lot of my proscastination on this project was due to my struggle with pretty versus practical. Search for organized pantries on Pinterest and I promise, you will close your computer with total pantry envy but honesly most of them have very little food or have the food all contained on baskets that you can’t see into. Unpracticality honeslty doesn’t bother me in the slightest but unfortuantely it doesn’t fly for the rest of my family. So the last few weeks my goal has been pretty meet practical.

So without futher ado here is the final product…I’m sure I will change it here and there over time but we have been living with it for a couple days now and so far its stayed put together.

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My Morning Routine

For me starting my day off right sets the tone for my entire day. It’s taken me a long time to find a routine that works for me but now that I have one I never stray away. Oh except for maybe this little thing called quarantine…it has definitely caused me to tweak my routine a bit but I still try and accomplish the same tasks just not necessarily in the same order. I did however want to share what my routine is in normal circumstances.

Make My Bed:

Without a doubt making my bed is a morning ritual I never skip. There is something about having a made bed that starts your day feeling accomplished. And not to mention it just makes your room feel and look good which for me automatically bring my stress/anxiety levels down. It’s also the best feeling later that night when you can crawl into a made bed and feel so comfy and warm.

Workout:

I want to make it very clear that during normal circumstances there is nothing better than doing and finishing a workout in the morning. Quarantine times however have been a little different story and my workouts have moved to the afternoon because lets be real…a 5:00am wake-up call right now is just not in the cards. But when life goes back to normal (and it will) I love getting my workouts done in the morning before the hustle and bustle of the day starts.

Drink A Cup Of Lemon Water:

I am not personally a coffee drinker but know so many people who rely on their morning cup of jo to get their day started. For me a cup of lemon water does the same thing. I typically drink this after my workout and while writing in my gratitude journal and then while I’m getting ready. This might just be me but I also find drinking my warm lemon water out of a cute cup makes it that much better. There is also a ton of health benefits that come along with drinking warm lemon water that

  • Promoted hydration
  • Helps with weight loss
  • Improves skin
  • Aids digestion
  • Freshens breath
  • Prevents kidney stones

source (www.healthline.com)

Write In Gratitude Journal:

Sometimes when life gets chaotic the best thing you can do it stop and be grateful for the things you have. For me it gets really easy to get sucked into stress, anxiety and the unknown. Taking a moment to write down and reflect on the things I do have and am so grateful for immediately changes my frequency and I am able to carry on. I have been using the journal Be Great, Be Grateful for a while now and love it. I have linked it and a few others below.

Morning Protein Smoothie:

Now this part is so important, what I start my day off eating definitely sets the tone for me for the rest of the day. I mean I would probably prefer starting the day with a bowl of some sort of sugary cereal but that just creates and uphill battle for the rest of the day. A protein smoothie is perfect for on the go when I am rushing to get out of the house and I typically drink it on my drive to take the girls to school and myself to work. It’s also a very filling option that keeps me full until lunch whereas another option like cereal always has me hungry around 10am. Below is a link to my go to protein smoothie as well as a few others I’ll make every now and then.

My Protein Smoothie

Bloat Banishing 20/20 Pineapple Smoothie

20/20 Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

One Load Of Laundry Per Day:

I think we can all agree that laundry is probably none of our favorite activities. At my house I feel like it is never ending and I am never really caught up. There is also nothing worse than loosing what feels like an entire weekend to laundry. To make laundry feel a little less overwhelming I like to do one load per day and I do it in the morning. In normal times (not quarantine) I put a load in the washer before my morning workout and then stick it in the dryer after my shower. Typically it doesn’t get put away right away but this helps me keep things manageable and not doing what feels like 25 loads on the weekends. It’s another task that makes my mornings feel so productive which then carries into the rest of the day.

Hope you all enjoy reading and maybe some of you would even be interested in making this your morning routine as well. I would also love to hear about your morning routine if you have one. Send me a comment or email letting me know what works for you. Happy Friday!!

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My Morning Protein Smoothie

My mornings typically are pretty hectic trying to get out of the house, getting the girls to school, and myself to work…so breakfast needs to be quick and easy. But usually a quick and easy breakfast means a not so healthy breakfast so I was determined to find something that would check all the boxes including being a healthy and nutritional start to my day. My answer to this has been a protein smoothie. I have been drinking these for years and have tried every concoction in the book. The below has defintely become my staple smoothie. Its yummy, easy for on the go, and keeps my full until lunch. The exact recipe below make about 24 ounces so I’ll drink half on the way to work and drink the second half around 10:30am for a mid-morning pick me up before lunch.

There are also a ton of health benefits with this smoothie. It includes everything from omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and a ton of different vitamins. Keep in mind I am no nutritional expert, this is just the smoothie that I enjoy and has helped me achieve the health goals I am after.

Ingredients:

  • 1 banana
  • 1 handful spinach
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 2 cups almond milk (sometimes I’ll use cashew milk instead)
  • 1 tbsp pb2 powder
  • 1 scoop protein powder (I have been using F-Factor lately but you can use anyone that you chose)
  • 1 scoop collagen powder
  • 1 tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 handful ice cubes

For those of you who have busy mornings like me I have found making these in advance saves a ton of time and makes mornings that much easier. I like to use the Ball mason jars and will add all the ingredients minus the Almond Milk and Ice. I make 5 of these at a time for the week and each morning all you have to do is dump the contents of the Ball container, add a handful of ice, the Almond Milk and blend.

Calories:

  • Banana -105 calories
  • Spinach – 7 calories
  • Avocado – 117 calories
  • Almond Milk – 70 calories
  • PB2 Powder – 30 calories
  • Protein Powder – 75 calories
  • Collagen Powder – 36 calories
  • Chia Seeds – 69 calories

Total: 509 calories

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My Living Room Decor

My family room is one of the most shopped rooms on my site. As I’m sure you can tell I love neutral base. I also wanted to be able to change this room seasonally. The neutral elements make it a very versatile room all year round.

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Living With My Master Closet

Hey friends!! A few months back I shared the journey of my new master closet by Closet Factory with you all. We have been living in our new home for almost 3 months and I can say with certainty our master closet is one of my favorite rooms in the house.

From day one I knew there was nothing about our new closet I didn’t love but it took living with it to realize just how perfect it really is. The storage and functionality are on point and I love how beautifully it showcases my clothes, shoes and jewelry.

I am not an organized person by nature so I knew I needed some professional help to get me in a good spot from the beginning with this new house. Closet Factory was exactly who I needed to help me accomplish this with my closet. We started out with my must haves and wants and went from there. After only a couple design consultations the closet design was perfect. Even more impressive was that the entire process from design to installation was less than 3 weeks.

The level of professionalism from everyone I worked with at Closet Factory was exceptional. The closet was one of the last steps in our home build process and after experiencing many highs and lows in the entire process I was so impressed with the ease and reliability we experienced with Closet Factory.

I have gotten asked dozens of times if I would work with Closet Factory again and if we are satisfied with the end product. The answer is 100% yes to both of those questions. As you can see from the pictures we have definitely moved in and are loving the convenience our closet brings to our everyday lives. Like I mentioned above organization is not a strong suit of mine and I love the level or organization I’m able to achieve on a day to day basis with our closet.

And the other question I get all the time is if I share this closet with my husband. The answer is yes and he loves it just as much as I do. His section may be a bit smaller than mine but again this closet is so functional he is able to organize all of his things perfectly.

Our next project is to add a hall tree to our mud room for some added organization and I cannot wait to start working with Closet Factory on this project as well.

I worked directly with Closet Factory Colorado and if you are in Colorado I cannot recommend them more. If you are not in Colorado you are also in luck because they have 54 locations all over the United States. You can you this link to find the Closet Factory nearest you.

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30 Fun Facts…Because I’m 30!!

Well today is kind of a big day for me…I have officially moved on from my 20’s and am now part of the 30’s club!! I wasn’t really sure what kind of post to do for this milestone birthday so I thought it would be fun to share 30 facts about me you may, or may not already know.

I’ll start with some basics…

  1. I have two little girls…Charli is 6 and Leighton is 4 and they are seriously my best little besties!!
  2. My girls are exactly 2 years and 3 days apart. We wanted them to be about 2 years apart and we got our wish, they actually both had the same due date, September 18th. And they weighed the exact same amount when they were born 7 lbs 5 ounces. They are truly besties and I wouldn’t want it any other way!!
  3. I have a husband named Chad who is seriously the best guy I know…I would definitely be living in some sort of weird chaos if it weren’t for him!!
  4. We live in Golden, CO…my husband and I are both from here and our family is all close by so this is definitely home for us.
  5. We just built a new home in Golden and are so so in love with everything about it!!
  6. Chad and I got married when I was only 23 and he was 25…I hadn’t even graduated college yet but I guess when you know, you know!!
  7. We technically had 3 wedding celebrations…1 in a small church here in Golden, the 2nd on the beach in Mexico and the 3rd was a bigger reception again here in CO when we got back from Mexico!! We called it the month of Chad and Nichole!! It was a hair exhausting but also the most amazing month ever!!
  8. I graduated from the University of Colorado Denver in December of 2012 with a degree in Marketing and minor in Communications
  9. We found out we were pregnant with Charli exactly 1 year after getting married!!
  10. I am a Scorpio and a pretty true one. If your not familiar with zodiac signs check out the meaning of a Scorpio here.
  11. Favorite Food: Wine??? I don’t really have a favorite but love trying new restaurants and new things!!
  12. Another fun fact…I’m lactose intolerant which makes my love for dairy (especially cheese and ice cream) a bit more of a task to manage.
  13. Drink of choice: Water or wine hands down. Lemon water to be more specific and any form or red wine!! Every once in a while I’ll throw in a dirty vodka martini or shot or tequila if I’m feeling crazy!!
  14. Secret food weakness: Chocolate chip cookies (crispy of course) and BBQ chips. I could probably live on these two items…along with lemon water and wine of course!!
  15. Blogging isn’t my full time job. I’ve actually worked as Product Manager in the interior design industry for the last 7 years. I travel a LOT for work so if you always see me on an airplane that’s why.
  16. Vacation of choice: Either a beach or wine country.
  17. Happy place: Right now I just want to be at home all the time with my family. We have been working on our new house for the last 2 years so now that we are living there its hard to get me to leave.
  18. I’ve never in my life had a cavity. I don’t know why I’m so proud of this but I will tell anyone who asks (or just anyone, people don’t usually ask this question)!! I actually have a dentist appointment this Friday so fingers crossed I can keep up this streak.
  19. Favorite music: I could listen to Christmas music all year round, I just love everything about it!! I also love Christian music…I’m not particularly religious but something about it is very calming to me.
  20. I’m 5’4″. I get this question a lot on Instagram so thought I would make it public knowledge. I would love to be 5’6″ but the cards just didn’t fall that way so instead I wear a lot of shoes with a heel to give me that 2″ boost.
  21. I have a love, hate relationship with working out!! It always makes me feel so good but sometimes I just want to lay on the couch and chill!!
  22. Favorite workout: Currently my Peloton…I just got it on Saturday and have used it everyday. I am also a huge fan of Barre classes.
  23. Top 3 places to shop: Nordstrom, Shopbop (they are affiliated with Amazon so I can get things in like a day) and Revolve.
  24. Bad habit: wiggling my feet at night to fall asleep…calming to me but makes my husband CRAZY especially when I curl up to him and do it.
  25. Love language: Cuddles all the way. I love cuddling with my hubby and both my girls on a daily basis. If I could have all 3 of them in my bed every night I would be one happy lady. Not sure my husband would love that as much as I would though!!
  26. More Kids?? Yes on so many levels and no on so many levels. We are a pretty solid crew of 4 right now but who knows what the future holds.
  27. Mood brightener: Fresh flowers, cuddles and a bath with a glass of wine.
  28. Favorite show: A Million Little Things. Thursdays is my favorite night of the week because of that show!!
  29. Favorite season: You guessed it…Fall!! My basic definitely comes out in this season and I am all about Uggs, PSL’s and sweaters!!
  30. Ok last one…and its a weird one!! Every time I drive over a railroad track I touch glass. I have no idea where or when I started this but I have been doing it for years and now my kids have picked up this weird habit and even call me out if I don’t do it.

OMG are you still here?!? Maybe I should have done this when I turned like 21 because man this is a long list. Well I hope you enjoyed a bit of a deeper view into the life of me!!

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