LIVING SINGLE CONCEPT SERIES: THE BARKER-SHAW ESTATE
We leave off with Kyle deciding not to take the job opportunity in London to finally give it a go with Max and raise their baby together. So, lets just say they continued building their successful careers and raised their family right there in Brooklyn.
Welcome to
the Barker-Shaw Estate!
Inspiration for this concept came heavily from their apartments on the show. They both decorated with a certain level of sophistication with an afrocentric vibe. They also incorporated darker tones which I think also lends to the decor of the 90s. So I carried that same aesthetic over as I think they would still appreciate it with the midcentury modern furniture, animal prints and various nostalgic textures and colors but updated. This had to be a place they not only love living in but entertaining in.
For this concept, I mainly focused on the interior but I'd imagine, they ended up in a brownstone that they HOOKED UP but still honored the character of the home by keeping things like the original crown molding and hardwood floors.
Each room tells the story with art and decor elements from places they traveled together. I can see either one of them falling in love with an statue or painting they discovered along the way and then using it as the center piece for to design a room around.
Then of course they have to have an entertainment space for when the crew comes over for dinner or game nights because, yes, those absolutely still happen lol.
As you know, we left off with a pregnant Max and, in my mind, they also had a son! While they are well into their adulthood by now, they still have their rooms for when they come visit.
Lastly, Maxine Shaw is still the Attorney at Law so having an office space for her was important. I love it so much because it kind of reminds me of her apartment from the shoe - colors, decor, etc.
Overall, I wanted their home to feel very curated, very intentional, very Max and Kyle!
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ - ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ "๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต-๐ช๐ง" ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ!
๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
