Becky Robbins Designs on adding elegance to your great room

What was once a dark and dull living space is now a bright and beautiful home masterpiece thanks to Becky Robbins-Main of Becky Robbins Designs.

“I start all my designs by asking my clients: ‘How would you like to use this room?’ and ‘How do you want to feel in this room?’” Robbins-Main says. “When my client answered that they wanted the room to be where they kept their baby grand piano, I knew we needed to elevate the look of the space to match the traditional elegance of their piano.”

Another priority was to make the room a functional place for entertaining family and friends.

“Making sure that my clients love their space is my biggest goal,” Robbins-Main says. “I can come up with a design for a room, but if it doesn’t function for their family or lifestyle, I have not done my job.”

In addition to achieving full functionality, Robbins-Main also had the space painted, reworked the fireplace to create depth and dimension to the design, and added judges paneling to one wall. 

“I believe the wow factor in this room is all the wall detail we added,” she says. “Adding architectural character to the walls guides your eyes up to show off the high ceilings in this two-story great room, which we also highlighted with full-length, floor-to-ceiling drapery.”

The drapery ultimately became Robbins-Main’s favorite addition in the project. “The room was beautiful after the new paint and wall details, but when the drapery was installed, that’s when I stood back and said, ‘Wow!’” Robbins-Main says. “I believe the drapery is the lipstick of the room. It’s the final element that pulls the room together.”

Becky Robbins Designs, 1064 Wies Industrial Drive, Lake St. Louis, 636-544-4612, beckyrobbinsdesigns.com