BEHIND THE DESIGN

"When it comes to interior styling there isn't a right way or wrong way. I believe that its intimate, personal, and how you choose to live."

"When it comes to interior styling there isn't a right way or wrong way. I believe that its intimate, personal, and how you choose to live."

It is with a grateful heart that I welcome you to The Perfect Vignette.

Daughter of a carpenter and wife to an architect/builder, it was seemingly inevitable for me to establish my own design firm. After spending 3 years in the fashion industry as a wardrobe stylist and 7 years working in wholesale luxury textiles, without a hitch the two worlds collided together. After the birth of my first born, I was then led to embark on the pursuit to launch The Perfect Vignette, with the little guy right by my side.   

My mission is to inspire you to want to create with The Perfect Vignette, because I believe that your space should embody a lifestyle and feel like a safe haven. 

- Denese Butler

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▪︎SCHEMING▪︎ so on my insta story today I shared with you guys the purest form of what it looks like to be a full time mom and run a design business- you should check it out. I'll also archive it in my insta bubble ( 😄don't think that's a thing) labeled "currently" in case you missed it. In all honestly, I really didn't get much done until Mike got home because our little guy might be teething. Felix wouldn't remember the pain that he's experiencing with his teeth coming in, but Lord knows I sure will.... ☝🏽Here it is y'all! A tiny snippet of what's to come on the Montclair Gambrel project. #theperfectvignette
▪︎WE MOVED▪︎ You guys!!! it's been way too long since I've posted on here. I've been crazy busy, you know, raising two humans and preparing our home to be SOLD. Yup, you've heard correctly! We put "ourlife" in boxes and loaded it up in a uhaul truck. It all happend so quickly. I really think it should be recorded as the fastest selling house in Jersey City!! The ten years plus living in New York and New Jersey has been nothing short of amazing. While I'll miss the craziness of the city, I am looking forward to the next chapter of our life. Ultimately, what God has in store for us! It's been over fifteen years since I lived here and certain that this city will welcome us with arms wide open 😜. Boston, here we come!
MONEY SAVER what you're looking at isn't just a cute little accessorized vignette. This has been birthed with love and a whole lot of patients. If you're willing to put in the work, and save a couple of hundreds, take a step back and see what you could reuse and restore. As for this kitchen, the previous owners kept the cabinets and countertop in fantastic condition, so we rearranged the layout creating an open floor plan, kept the cabinets, and "spiced" it up with all new knobs. VIOLA! ####### ▪DESIGN TIP▪ if you're a renter and live in a dated apartment, updating the knobs on the cabinetry makes quite the difference. ▪design by TPV▪ #theperfectvignette
▪WORK SPACE▪ when life hands you a tiny workspace, use every square inch. #theperfectvignette
▪ART▪ whoever said that fine art cost an arm and a leg told a big fat lie! Ellis is sure on to something here, that's for sure! HAPPY FRIDAY from my family to yours! #theperfectvignette
▪I CALL IT A GIFT▪ when I walk into a space, I immediately see the need. In this case, we purchased a single family loft and turned it into a two bedroom dwelling, not knowing that we were going to be raising TWO children here. In fact, we actually found that we were expecting our first born around the same time that we closed on the house! With Michael's mad drawing skills, we added walls to create the separation between the two rooms, and also built out transom windows to keep the light and air flowing through the house which is key to making a small space appear larger than it is. [...] ▪design by TPV▪ #theperfectvignette