Snohomish designer wins national award for bedroom makeover

SNOHOMISH — For the third year in a row, a Snohomish interior designer won first place in a national design competition, this time for a master bedroom in a Snohomish home.

Tanna Edler helped transform the bedroom from beige walls, tan bedding and brown carpeting into a room with charcoal gray walls, citrine yellow nightstands and turquoise accents.

Edler worked side by side with her client designing the room. One of the features is faux silk drapes that cover French doors that lead to a hot tub outside.

“It can be romantic with dimmed lights yet in the day when she pulls back the drapery those colors become chameleon-like and they really brighten the room,” Edler said.

The finished product won Edler a first-place award in the 2014 Interior Design Society’s designer of the year category for bedrooms under $30,000.

Edler competed against hundreds of other interior designers for the recognition. She received the honor in Fort Myers, Florida, at the end of May.

Edler, who went by Barnecut until she married over the past year, took first place in 2013 for a redesigned living space and 2012 for the kitchens category.

Edler does about 50 to 60 projects a year. With this project, she met with the client in June, sketched out some ideas and worked on the project until just before the holidays.

With each redesign, Edler aims to bring a unique element for a wow-factor. She came up with the idea for free-floating, arched nightstands built into the wall. A Snohomish woodworker was enlisted to build the tables.

“We were excited about it,” Edler said. “I’m excited when clients will take the plunge and takes that creative risk. Those are usually the ones that are the most fun.”

While a contractor, painter and electrician worked on the project, the homeowner sought to do some of the remodeling herself from painting some furnishings to adding flair through decoupage, the art of cutting out designs and illustrations from paper to decorate. They also incorporated some of the homeowner’s photos into artwork for the walls.

The Interior Design Society gives awards in 19 categories. Edler has been an interior designer for more than 20 years. She opened her own studio, Tanna By Design, in 2006.