I took part in a really great event last week at Atlas New York for the Safe Horizon Charity in New York City. It was a design competition between myself and Oskar Torres. The winner was given $10K for donation to Safe Horizon. Pier One Imports and New York Moves magazine sponsored it and it will be featured in NY Moves “Power Women” Issue. We were given a room full of furniture, we each chose a style (mine was Colonial) and we had 30 minutes to design the space.

Michelle Monaghan (Mission Impossible III, Gone Baby Gone, Mr & Mrs Smith) announced the winner at the Red Carpet Event last night. She’s on the cover of the Design 2009 issue.

Check out the coverage on Metro Residential on CW11 next Sunday at 9am!

A Room Recipe: British Colonial Living

When it was announced that I had to design a Colonial space, I was both excited and terrified! Pier One uses a lot of dark wood tones, animal and botanical prints and travel themed items like trunks, traveling chests, and maps. I knew if I took the British Colonial design approach – a style that caters to a more eclectic palette – I could possibly pull it together fast and with a bit of panache. We worked feverishly for thirty minutes straight, and even with a dining table that had no legs (we had to set it atop another table to make it work!) we finished on time. I was so happy with the finished look. A nod to nature and travel with a contemporary edge was my overall approach. I layered like crazy and the room still looked balanced and felt homey.

Also I got to wear this amazing dress by Rene Arnez during the shoot from her Little Black Dress Collection. And my best friend and stylist Kimberly Synnott did my styling… shout out girlfriend!

Awesome Rene Arnez Dress!

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Author: Krista Watterworth

Krista Watterworth considers herself a true multi-tasker: mom, author, television personality, and interior designer. Krista starred in four seasons of HGTV's Save My Bath as host-designer and her new HGTV show called Splurge & Save airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30pm EST. She has quickly gained celebrity for branding her unique aesthetic. "I like to find out your intimate secrets, and then create an entirely personal world around that."

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