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geometry + kitchen

<br />What happens when you take a gently curving space and apply sharp angles and linear elements?<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.designattractor.com/2012/02/stylish-and-colorful-swedish-home.html">this.</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsMJBZVAZSXkadnTEFj9mjKNNC8zgmwUiPleOg8Ukn7dCN8iKDNEgzQFr3Uq8TIw5wzLNblAxu3gI5RKlCkdZ1iMvnMJC9w2fHTN2BHcq1QCBeEBCOuG6HF_sCx9nYDGQ6Oj3CuDkmyM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-05-23+at+8.50.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsMJBZVAZSXkadnTEFj9mjKNNC8zgmwUiPleOg8Ukn7dCN8iKDNEgzQFr3Uq8TIw5wzLNblAxu3gI5RKlCkdZ1iMvnMJC9w2fHTN2BHcq1QCBeEBCOuG6HF_sCx9nYDGQ6Oj3CuDkmyM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-05-23+at+8.50.52+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Not something you usually see in a kitchen.<br /><br />The tiles remind me of graph paper :) Although this may not be quite my own style, I love the uniqueness of this space, and the purity of the design. Tres chic!<br /><br />I going full speed on a design for a current client, and the good news is that they have agreed to allow me to post photos! This couple, and their children, relocate almost yearly for work. They have a permanent home, but spend the majority of time living in these "temporary" ones. The frequent moves mean that they are forever trying to settle themselves and their belongings into a new space, and sometimes it becomes a little jumbled. I am going to help them purchase a few new pieces and create a cohesive look throughout their home, without investing too much into a rental space. This design requires some really creative solutions, because it not only needs to work in this home, but they need to be able to adapt it to their next one, as well. By next week I should have some before photos and finalized plans to share with you :)<br /><br />Have a great day! am x<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

geometry + kitchen

What happens when you take a gently curving space and apply sharp angles and linear elements? this. Not something you usually see in a kitch...

6:05 AM

yay or nay: a different kind of kitchen

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I'll always be a sucker for white cabinetry and carrera marble... there seems to be a growing movement toward kitchens with a touch of tattered soul. I'm seeing more and more wood countertops (scratches be damned!), unfitted cabinetry and retro-styled appliances.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/15762667415527678/">This one</a></b> in particular captures the look I am talking about - almost feels like an old deli, doesn't it?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHXlMJfy-EUBVlM1Acno2323Rq46Xy6eM3iH3DXBLO6LJ7lCyOT3L1QnWdd5jZVaFQ4PeZ6yZj9BTc2X31LhrN__BLqPstXVyEA-kdNvmT_NGaBsCg2_VdhRDTgcLYkMv-8HcDiZa_ir2/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-29+at+9.09.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHXlMJfy-EUBVlM1Acno2323Rq46Xy6eM3iH3DXBLO6LJ7lCyOT3L1QnWdd5jZVaFQ4PeZ6yZj9BTc2X31LhrN__BLqPstXVyEA-kdNvmT_NGaBsCg2_VdhRDTgcLYkMv-8HcDiZa_ir2/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-29+at+9.09.52+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Loving the hits of copper, vintage fridge and scale, and all that gorgeous rich wood - although balancing my dish ware atop crates may be taking "unfitted" a bit too far :) Now, what do you suppose that saw is for?!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

yay or nay: a different kind of kitchen

While I'll always be a sucker for white cabinetry and carrera marble... there seems to be a growing movement toward kitchens with a touc...

6:13 AM

a spectacular kitchen floor + ceiling, and some fantastic art lighting

a spectacular kitchen floor + ceiling, and some fantastic art lighting

Happy monday! How was your weekend? I was bit under the weather this weekend, so not much got accomplished around here - did manage to sque...

7:13 AM

the entertaining posts

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How about a theme week?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you up for it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSTdZ91LPFLgwmovLMZi1_yPMMQgSAJL8Ee-Xx7RgX6dceND8okdON7bzFw2VHu1Ru6ChDKD707Kwm2_kwBAqmpZuXEifbGjMfB39HVT5LZxQh_St4kd-c4j5OcIObcbFROeA8UilQAtb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.56.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSTdZ91LPFLgwmovLMZi1_yPMMQgSAJL8Ee-Xx7RgX6dceND8okdON7bzFw2VHu1Ru6ChDKD707Kwm2_kwBAqmpZuXEifbGjMfB39HVT5LZxQh_St4kd-c4j5OcIObcbFROeA8UilQAtb/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.56.52+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh from a wonderful weekend filled with some of our favourite friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and one which we were at their houses, not ours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">my thoughts today are all about entertaining.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, the company always makes or breaks the evening,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I love to go over to a friends home and try out a new gem of a recipe,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or enjoy an old favourite,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to relax, inevitably, around the kitchen table,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and catch up over a bottle of wine...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes our family happy to have our home filled with the laughter of those we love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and so we have company almost every weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think that D and I tend to be attracted to people who, like ourselves, are very relaxed about entertaining.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you the same?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even at holidays, while the table may be a bit more spiffy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the atmosphere in our home is always one of relax, eat (I am half-italian, after all!), and be merry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's all about the food and the company.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpx_7dKF9VphmiX6sZk8Z7xDtSKU1AS1cm5k8VWMnp2SpiapWbtxk-YGTLh2bc8yPXXrkFuOS1hRXBV-2jgSeWNtfMQepwfJNotU1vNf77eE3B2DV_qZqA8bCTGVcLx9NaPTCU7rP0ff/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.13.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQpx_7dKF9VphmiX6sZk8Z7xDtSKU1AS1cm5k8VWMnp2SpiapWbtxk-YGTLh2bc8yPXXrkFuOS1hRXBV-2jgSeWNtfMQepwfJNotU1vNf77eE3B2DV_qZqA8bCTGVcLx9NaPTCU7rP0ff/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.13.44+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That said :) I'd like to know how you all entertain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This week I am going to open discussions about what type of kitchen you prefer, where you entertain in your home, what's on your table, the cocktail area,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and entertaining with children, and see where you stand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sound good?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's start with the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you an open kitchen or closed kitchen sort?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyLzpcEmGgrb25jA9DmmXh3StPLEMwPtNAQNBJxnU-KWX0iqHPfhj-f-QkKRwhXAKL5YWJ5-ZTuSZfdUuLA4Bsp2gQjvmCA9H892WfGFBUWXnXQnjOwZKL6hmqXajD98Q1Ead_KoQx7q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.07.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSyLzpcEmGgrb25jA9DmmXh3StPLEMwPtNAQNBJxnU-KWX0iqHPfhj-f-QkKRwhXAKL5YWJ5-ZTuSZfdUuLA4Bsp2gQjvmCA9H892WfGFBUWXnXQnjOwZKL6hmqXajD98Q1Ead_KoQx7q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.07.02+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNV0IkokK2W2MCuTnLFMvowEuJLTHuXPvanPhae6EZtUXFb3_ZkfLLyFv9zeIueDhooj0nPxrIO8EFZNgzbwsWAoIeGQnRppPy_JLmI1nO7enooZRUtBhPhDmoSLySJHg9V7XTw2cQz8O/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.06.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNV0IkokK2W2MCuTnLFMvowEuJLTHuXPvanPhae6EZtUXFb3_ZkfLLyFv9zeIueDhooj0nPxrIO8EFZNgzbwsWAoIeGQnRppPy_JLmI1nO7enooZRUtBhPhDmoSLySJHg9V7XTw2cQz8O/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+11.06.38+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you choose to serve food that can be prepared in advance and left to roast away in the oven,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> while you are off somewhere else?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or too you chop merrily away while chatting with your guests?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I tend to do quite a lot of prep ahead of time, and always try to have some appetizers ready to go,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but no matter who comes over, we always settle in at our kitchen table,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or if the kids have claimed that space,</div><div style="text-align: center;">our dining room table, which is also open to the kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The country style kitchen, with the table literally at the centre of it all,</div><div style="text-align: center;">is the most intimate type of dining.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholN1dGM_bOmSlKxoGtGVBW1wiao1fKFlDdEhTy9UsZ7OwsmBfclqz6o3DA9kfXm-ckrhy-TCbP7lNKY23C_olDIJZCwwsssPn-HS_fAoUuYvgAgvNjy7ryPzpKbQT8xKyunGG0K9RYeif/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.24.57+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholN1dGM_bOmSlKxoGtGVBW1wiao1fKFlDdEhTy9UsZ7OwsmBfclqz6o3DA9kfXm-ckrhy-TCbP7lNKY23C_olDIJZCwwsssPn-HS_fAoUuYvgAgvNjy7ryPzpKbQT8xKyunGG0K9RYeif/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.24.57+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgJdB2cfx50BpsT28zIw9PLWHkDjaFD1u2POU6tdIhNgOa27CbD0IobVZwscEFVD9390TWbV-fmbyorcCO5bKeboaeNXiHE0yDz9Xh68YxeSuuBB06NrjfUUuAt_qjkD173dvi89AMUwm/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.14+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgJdB2cfx50BpsT28zIw9PLWHkDjaFD1u2POU6tdIhNgOa27CbD0IobVZwscEFVD9390TWbV-fmbyorcCO5bKeboaeNXiHE0yDz9Xh68YxeSuuBB06NrjfUUuAt_qjkD173dvi89AMUwm/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.14+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M1yfkVlWNq6tju3IKcjP2OHm_zlpHSgjquMmZhpzIn4JfsW0IH-seq9DbbjNZJir79grKr8T-9ezFTyl8e3jNVGng03IgLmgjDNGHF8AxTNd51uusTdFzYysXPO5TnaH_c9RPiKqtUZJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-M1yfkVlWNq6tju3IKcjP2OHm_zlpHSgjquMmZhpzIn4JfsW0IH-seq9DbbjNZJir79grKr8T-9ezFTyl8e3jNVGng03IgLmgjDNGHF8AxTNd51uusTdFzYysXPO5TnaH_c9RPiKqtUZJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.19.52+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EC8ljQB4a90Spx-bAMEAZM5MGITBCTKFjUThT2Rqb7c2dr-Quki5IuYbcZJhMYlsKCbmXl9sAehumQHzZbitFB3MoQmpKPq41pkz9JFb5RC2TE5uFhyphenhyphenkmIShMTKHr9TJsOOgJTBPGPjv/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.26.03+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EC8ljQB4a90Spx-bAMEAZM5MGITBCTKFjUThT2Rqb7c2dr-Quki5IuYbcZJhMYlsKCbmXl9sAehumQHzZbitFB3MoQmpKPq41pkz9JFb5RC2TE5uFhyphenhyphenkmIShMTKHr9TJsOOgJTBPGPjv/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+9.26.03+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a bit of a klutz, I love an open kitchen, but one where the cooking are is clearly delineated,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so that you don't end up with major traffic while you whirl around with pots of boiling water</div><div style="text-align: center;">and enormous, sharp knives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNT0weTiZpahYJkfjlZdINqDVOQ0FVwciPg_HMcxMYySlZVrDVkIQV7bfuxhJjqmkpRLlB9SpIrXCYJpOzMxJAoPscttj4HOaLa9LsvRkG7LOBlDFCX7mKvjflOi8nLbeRm4TE2ni7Cw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.30.12+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNT0weTiZpahYJkfjlZdINqDVOQ0FVwciPg_HMcxMYySlZVrDVkIQV7bfuxhJjqmkpRLlB9SpIrXCYJpOzMxJAoPscttj4HOaLa9LsvRkG7LOBlDFCX7mKvjflOi8nLbeRm4TE2ni7Cw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.30.12+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4KWRi_Uz50XhyphenhyphenBiB5oV1W_278s-o5ExmVlqVXnsuXshYG09100oYLk0P-BmL2wgihJoN7H1G7TNEgmRBVOxyRSvWXsllFIG1f8h0P_lFCEcx_rYnoXrr50rinca7ito5snTBi9BLdGDe/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.31.44+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4KWRi_Uz50XhyphenhyphenBiB5oV1W_278s-o5ExmVlqVXnsuXshYG09100oYLk0P-BmL2wgihJoN7H1G7TNEgmRBVOxyRSvWXsllFIG1f8h0P_lFCEcx_rYnoXrr50rinca7ito5snTBi9BLdGDe/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.31.44+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in smaller spaces, the galley kitchen is perfection.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b2U8azQILlbDdl5wV3i6usPmQdZel_CFTKYOAzVpVngbflMJfgptCDFgFFAPZ7A-NISqTIAVhpqb9-5Hk2GL4QVmZBvh1aiO-LqBmGB6hWGz_QubBNADFac-kX3hieUZ-ZkQynCqz6_M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.34.04+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-b2U8azQILlbDdl5wV3i6usPmQdZel_CFTKYOAzVpVngbflMJfgptCDFgFFAPZ7A-NISqTIAVhpqb9-5Hk2GL4QVmZBvh1aiO-LqBmGB6hWGz_QubBNADFac-kX3hieUZ-ZkQynCqz6_M/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.34.04+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course, somewhere comfortable to sit is an absolute must - entrer dans la banquette.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaSxBvkyIkJiRUTRGgMRrRBdHIL2qmFzkQlz1_iYJwG2bmDCryxHvAG0U-eF1Pd4vlreoIUQGpMrBLOYgznPxCnQxd-425CMkgvBZGzjdAajgc9ed7Pqp7z08PDfzt2Su5FIfBL8rHlHT/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.39.37+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaSxBvkyIkJiRUTRGgMRrRBdHIL2qmFzkQlz1_iYJwG2bmDCryxHvAG0U-eF1Pd4vlreoIUQGpMrBLOYgznPxCnQxd-425CMkgvBZGzjdAajgc9ed7Pqp7z08PDfzt2Su5FIfBL8rHlHT/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.39.37+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUXr6Q0ffPjk4p_RZyIxiMYnF2_H4Rmj7d8RcXwZXWjBwgbkBrE4BDhpVqa79JyaRYh3MDxBocfvIiWhApSOqfBm_eaVgQjOcW-_DWvMRSAUO8QX1jP9zJvEJs5BNU_N0V7W6swVL3Zv5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.42.05+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUXr6Q0ffPjk4p_RZyIxiMYnF2_H4Rmj7d8RcXwZXWjBwgbkBrE4BDhpVqa79JyaRYh3MDxBocfvIiWhApSOqfBm_eaVgQjOcW-_DWvMRSAUO8QX1jP9zJvEJs5BNU_N0V7W6swVL3Zv5/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-30+at+10.42.05+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/2181499788984356/">1</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/50102614573973568/">2</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/62135669828354145/">3</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/14636767508430887/">4</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/43910165086339136/">5</a> <a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/design-ideas-home-renovation-south-carolina">6</a> <a href="http://www.srgambrel.com/company/">7</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/36802921924395090/">8</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/15973773647806553/"> 9</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366488514/">10</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366399974/">11</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/37506609366282910/">12 </a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/229331805994551089/">13</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/35817759505907802/">14</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/93449760987788210/">15</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/119767671310212272/">16</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/284993482639333905/"> 17</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/155374255864123604/"> 18</a> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/35536284529197137/">19</a> <a href="http://moderngracedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/banquette.html">20 </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now let's hear about your kitchens -</div><div style="text-align: center;">do you spend a lot of time there when you have company?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you love about your space?</div><div style="text-align: center;">What would you change?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

the entertaining posts

How about a theme week? Are you up for it? Fresh from a wonderful weekend filled with some of our favourite friends, and one which we were a...

8:15 AM

the fridge: decorated

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">for all of us who dream of replacing our old appliances with unattainable </div><div style="text-align: center;">viking ranges and sub zero side-by-sides...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliuKb-bbsw_ejYNxJRI_krLDwbdckFhGE5SXGKhtVOV6kqx_YIMsG5JFHizKoQLA-ikOOu7p3Io9_WOF6QRcu-lHUEXULnns62deXzPBBdv5LGTSxsjVAodT5rGr5ZHSvMoQSq8VZ3Yzi/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+9.38.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliuKb-bbsw_ejYNxJRI_krLDwbdckFhGE5SXGKhtVOV6kqx_YIMsG5JFHizKoQLA-ikOOu7p3Io9_WOF6QRcu-lHUEXULnns62deXzPBBdv5LGTSxsjVAodT5rGr5ZHSvMoQSq8VZ3Yzi/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+9.38.30+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">who needs 'em?!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That display beats a mass of stainless steel any day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy friday :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLDPh9-gk_zJWba2E5DwKexCufQJuHB9LXp627OfC_WgoVHvq8I2t-chpbYpCBm-2qZN0M8BUNB31F5fApclKWFCNmgp2JD4_etSMfuV4F9qw9ZVJldmnM6VFB6b0feNSSoNecaeXOBEn/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

the fridge: decorated

for all of us who dream of replacing our old appliances with unattainable viking ranges and sub zero side-by-sides... who needs 'em?!! ...

5:00 AM

black + white + art + kitchen perfection

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Prepare yourself for some serious kitchen envy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you do when space is limited and the views are so-so?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paint it white, pare it down and add your own eye candy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn8tItBf9eKxZVK6xOLG1cnOMy0XphUkOOSwGmnVcnNCZTJLwgzmwjog0xNXDzmOMI2PS28UEbE9Dqrrt3gDU5py7jbk-gOzf42nsJH-_c1WLvKE-qTrtdGikVlTpuAiU7SCYpme5UZ14/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+10.36.53+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn8tItBf9eKxZVK6xOLG1cnOMy0XphUkOOSwGmnVcnNCZTJLwgzmwjog0xNXDzmOMI2PS28UEbE9Dqrrt3gDU5py7jbk-gOzf42nsJH-_c1WLvKE-qTrtdGikVlTpuAiU7SCYpme5UZ14/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+10.36.53+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://fromgreenwich.tumblr.com/post/1618822092/yes-brydiebrown-small-done-beautifully-via"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">source</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is it hhhhhot where you are? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've just cancelled our plans for the beach today because we can't even BREATHE out there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The boys have been trying to work on the blisteringly-hot-south-facing-deck through this heat wave, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it's progressing a little slower than anticipated as a result -</div><div style="text-align: center;">but we gave them the day off, as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I lost the battle for having the decking laid in a herringbone or chevron pattern like this -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWnniYAIIR3aYGR5YXMERlpl8BFiCLxsBZ0Ls_5kv_Oa9qO0IEtLudj5GWLwf26lc5FZ5w4IoYqVwrA4tJqDctp7lTgnqrFb8sVSsvzDiVY5abpIME66IqvLlosfDyG5P7d3qa7-ZUjX5/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+10.53.47+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWnniYAIIR3aYGR5YXMERlpl8BFiCLxsBZ0Ls_5kv_Oa9qO0IEtLudj5GWLwf26lc5FZ5w4IoYqVwrA4tJqDctp7lTgnqrFb8sVSsvzDiVY5abpIME66IqvLlosfDyG5P7d3qa7-ZUjX5/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+10.53.47+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">apparently the budget would have doubled, as it would have involved changing the structure.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm really starting to dislike that dirty "B" word!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But at least it's on a diagonal :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKXXXFald44DkyNDeL4-Acki1fqORcrxuw_tPo5FSfKypkIPqmX1gk8gaey1xlJq8qGzkuJO9D08Y2OaJsrIgmva-V9otsPn30sy1EmonXaa9Q5Q69DJtrFqfOrZnOtPJFJ22e5o_0xnn/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+11.05.33+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKXXXFald44DkyNDeL4-Acki1fqORcrxuw_tPo5FSfKypkIPqmX1gk8gaey1xlJq8qGzkuJO9D08Y2OaJsrIgmva-V9otsPn30sy1EmonXaa9Q5Q69DJtrFqfOrZnOtPJFJ22e5o_0xnn/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+11.05.33+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_RTKZtnS-ZXzYpF2S-YVe32pkO0KG8tGcGtnhsqRN61dJS9IEvzuCjeu5EjS93uBpJQkJ_aTW-yPFzcVu6GqsZ0qR-M8anghyye3AI73t_qYXUd5Zcsx61Yh1HY3oyHf1JZG6hAQpQ_R/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+11.06.01+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_RTKZtnS-ZXzYpF2S-YVe32pkO0KG8tGcGtnhsqRN61dJS9IEvzuCjeu5EjS93uBpJQkJ_aTW-yPFzcVu6GqsZ0qR-M8anghyye3AI73t_qYXUd5Zcsx61Yh1HY3oyHf1JZG6hAQpQ_R/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-21+at+11.06.01+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And there is the beginnings of shade - yay!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you're having a lovely, air-conditioned day :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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black + white + art + kitchen perfection

Prepare yourself for some serious kitchen envy. What do you do when space is limited and the views are so-so? Paint it white, pare it down a...

8:13 AM

Pinstriping in the Kitchen

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">it's all in the details...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz5r44hIMznzvpziblmYkOzaD_MInskiQLZyxmAHP-_fOVkwQj8Y7Igl7vzPVsFPYIjOsG17xlpz4g9nRQwJ2jH3xpQTMoXgMtKQx5Vi62lTBfxlMcyfw4XJ7LulpHyu0keZWdIugZBpB/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-13+at+9.37.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUz5r44hIMznzvpziblmYkOzaD_MInskiQLZyxmAHP-_fOVkwQj8Y7Igl7vzPVsFPYIjOsG17xlpz4g9nRQwJ2jH3xpQTMoXgMtKQx5Vi62lTBfxlMcyfw4XJ7LulpHyu0keZWdIugZBpB/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-13+at+9.37.45+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpluhtDLb_wphXNYfQjXuFPsLeACmCXYirgmz3E5E0Z2odx8S9pZKGXwK82IPuomqbaPBABu_UJhzP3h77_Oto8wXsGt239BzNHczqwh7XqLxtnEEbYTN5aX9F_geQneU7WSj5oASmi0f/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-13+at+9.44.57+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpluhtDLb_wphXNYfQjXuFPsLeACmCXYirgmz3E5E0Z2odx8S9pZKGXwK82IPuomqbaPBABu_UJhzP3h77_Oto8wXsGt239BzNHczqwh7XqLxtnEEbYTN5aX9F_geQneU7WSj5oASmi0f/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-13+at+9.44.57+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love how pinstriped walls and black uppers pick up on the stove detail in these kitchens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from <b><a href="http://www.jeffandrews-design.com/index.html">Jeff Andrews Design</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I expect we'll be hearing more about him shortly -</div><div style="text-align: center;"> he's the chosen designer of the Kardashians :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh8qAjg29X2r3ojQUiVkWx2uP_WAS9p-euwLT4zj33XUiAFmGpuApwYov9B04wvF12zUZ33aiF4gvK7yiQJFAZTcDZM4FSb-39V6e12fHgS95xovoN45Fpos909OhHbQ-TEONGCXohcAG/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh8qAjg29X2r3ojQUiVkWx2uP_WAS9p-euwLT4zj33XUiAFmGpuApwYov9B04wvF12zUZ33aiF4gvK7yiQJFAZTcDZM4FSb-39V6e12fHgS95xovoN45Fpos909OhHbQ-TEONGCXohcAG/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Pinstriping in the Kitchen

it's all in the details... I love how pinstriped walls and black uppers pick up on the stove detail in these kitchens. from Jeff Andrews...

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Rosemary's Kitchen - Can a White Kitchen Be Warm?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheokfrU6rB_T1gm0fz2peoc1rDeNV7a546IXmKJ4X_S3CjHQlOQXA99GN17paCUKSfW_mYHEcXStgRcK6s6H0gHLYcHsxnsnMVMH0dK0lX80SoVcXTT0kI19FplCNb-kUqm-DkxsMbLQA/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-05+at+9.03.26+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheokfrU6rB_T1gm0fz2peoc1rDeNV7a546IXmKJ4X_S3CjHQlOQXA99GN17paCUKSfW_mYHEcXStgRcK6s6H0gHLYcHsxnsnMVMH0dK0lX80SoVcXTT0kI19FplCNb-kUqm-DkxsMbLQA/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-05+at+9.03.26+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81286782@N00/3175830212/">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My sister loves to cook.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are half-Italian, half-British.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rosemary got the Italian - she makes wonderful, savory meals out of nothing much at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got the British- I love to bake goodies for tea :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rosemary moved into her home about ten years ago, and it had the original, 40-yr old kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aside from changing out the knobs and a quick counter change she lived with it, waiting to remodel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The time has come!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Really, this woman could be a chef, and spends her evenings and weekends exploring culinary delights.</div><div style="text-align: center;">  I am thrilled that she is going to have a better space to work in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After talking to her earlier this week, we thought maybe I should head down to help her make </div><div style="text-align: center;">a few picks on the finishes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are working with brand new white appliances, Rose doesn't like black or stainless.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She likes traditional. This would cause her to swoon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="360" id="il_fi" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/ag/0910-kitchen-chandelier-plants-002-de.jpg" width="460" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/dream/blue-and-white-kitchens-0910"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose said she wanted a "cream" kitchen, then told me she is considering</div><div style="text-align: center;">having the cabinetry painted with BM Ivory White - </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is going to look quite yellow against her appliances.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="360" id="il_fi" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Kitchen-after-picture-MKOVR0106-de.jpg" width="460" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/homes/makeovers/small-budget-makeover-0106"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't particularly like that combination.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would prefer either a grey-based white or something more saturated.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But Rosemary feels that white kitchens have a cold, sterile feeling </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Amazing White Kitchen Inspiration or Ideas." class="alignnone size-full wp-image-884" height="373" src="http://www.outinhome.com/wp-content/uploads/interior-design/2009/02/white-kitchen-2.jpg" title="White Kitchen 2" width="500" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and she wants a warm welcoming space.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So tomorrow I plan to show her the warm side of white.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Armed with oodles of examples, we are going to explore how a white kitchen</div><div style="text-align: center;">(with ceramic tile on the floor)</div><div style="text-align: center;">can actually feel cosy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm also going to suggest that she brings in a little color - I know, you are surprised!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="460" id="il_fi" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/white-kitchen-xlg-13579710.jpg" width="360" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="http://img4.sunset.com/i/2008/12/menlo-idea-house-1208/menlo-idea-house-kitchen-l.jpg?400:400" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sunset.com/home/architecture-design/2008-menlo-park-idea-house-00400000014765/page6.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZenJZ6o8pI0D7KxibT_Q9z_rL0yFVfI98t6ZdSvaL8GziUBlcLTKPQk1LvnJNxip98fcqG1LLdDXIZ3XGtDpC206CeDcvGbybBtvOBmKkzkv8QVAHD9LKeoVT6uVw2H4K3G6lFAAKN3CI/s400/Kitchen+Interior+La+La+Lovely.png" width="317" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://never-without.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="550" id="il_fi" src="http://www.housetohome.co.uk/imageBank/w/white-kitchen2.jpg" width="550" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housetohome.co.uk/galleries/kitchen/Blue_splashback_kitchen_12057.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I would like to end up somewhere like this.. pushing the traditional aesthetic a bit..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="420" id="il_fi" src="http://img4.myhomeideas.com/i/2008/06/1808286-white-kitchen-xl.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="263" id="il_fi" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-m_qGzz3H9M/SgfpbSWg9AI/AAAAAAAAC10/YrjhSihp_t8/s400/South+africa+mag+white+kitchen.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">but I think Rosemary will be happiest here, and this is the pic I'm showing her last!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="http://www.decorpad.com/photos/2008/10/31/61237084267f.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decorpad.com/photo.htm?photoId=5423"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">source</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't usually request before and after pics from clients, but  this one I will be able to share..</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking forward to spending a day with my sis, we don't get enough of those -</div><div style="text-align: center;">although two-hour phone marathons are quite common :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Working on a color post to address one of my most commonly asked questions,</div><div style="text-align: center;">will try to get it up this weekend, along with pics of the living room!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy friday :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rosemary's Kitchen - Can a White Kitchen Be Warm?

source My sister loves to cook. We are half-Italian, half-British. Rosemary got the Italian - she makes wonderful, savory meals out of nothi...

6:40 AM

Eye Spy a Trend: Mixed Material Cabinetry

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of us who feel that reclaimed wood isn't quite sleek enough,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and laquered cabinetry is too sleek-</div><div style="text-align: center;"> these beauties have the best of both worlds..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I spotted this on the lovely Ashlina's blog, <b><a href="http://www.thedecorista.com/2010/08/french-fabulous.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SecretsOfDomesticBliss+%28secrets+of+domestic+bliss%29">The Decorista</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://agedandgilded.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5504d31c888330134861e73a9970c-800wi" width="436" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's much to see here, but focus in on those lower cabinets..</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's not a door treatment you see every day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">From French Elle Decor - c'est parfait, non?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another example, for those of who are us white kitchen lovers..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="photo" height="500" src="http://style-files.com/images/kitchenwood500-2.jpg" width="500" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://style-files.com/2008/08/19/kitchen-inspiration-2/">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the flipside, wood frames and laquered doors - I LOVE this one:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WxeV2pE_sZKARNuX6Nxlk-31bDnhphJaFHQQdpjnOz1aXnLhyhHwad91bY2mH721TXykuV6vAv5SH_QeJjSkEJm8vC_nMjQhdcc90ZC9omo4EtTHbZH4-I48yRKhI8AIr71PjkOuskY/s400/kitchen+2.jpg" width="387" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.modernests.com/2009/03/kitchen-cabinetry-trend-and-gothic-modern.html">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A whole kitchen is quite a commitment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps a piece of furniture to update a room?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's loads of mixed bag options floating about:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous wood and leather cabinet.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Walnut Leather Cabinet" class="hero-image resized bookmark-image" height="400" id="341201" src="http://www.furnitureseen.com/ProductPhotos/Large/walnut%20leather%20cabinet.jpg" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://static1.rumjack.com/images/pictureframe-300.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat; height: 288px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 22px; padding-right: 29px; padding-top: 3px; width: 249px;" width="345" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.stylehive.com/bookmark/walnut-leather-cabinet-341201">source</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sexy Seguro media console from <b><a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/furniture/living-room-storage/seguro-54%22-media-console/s586229">Crate and Barrel</a></b>..<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPC-61U3EfYGQGSPneLvOyrIDwrmxv7vIpLHgfslz2dBqJ26rEUKPSqXLupKDBq6nVb32tmvufxkrDCvof-k0DVHVncw3Yq5T-RxyFSt6otv9RvLUVi_jMdkySiAzp_P-x0Mpd_6f6-Q/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-08-19+at+10.29.32+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPC-61U3EfYGQGSPneLvOyrIDwrmxv7vIpLHgfslz2dBqJ26rEUKPSqXLupKDBq6nVb32tmvufxkrDCvof-k0DVHVncw3Yq5T-RxyFSt6otv9RvLUVi_jMdkySiAzp_P-x0Mpd_6f6-Q/s640/Screen+shot+2010-08-19+at+10.29.32+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Pratt Desk from <b><a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/pratt-desk-g152/?pkey=coffice-desks">West Elm</a>..</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><img alt="Pratt Desk" class="photo" height="400" id="hero-image" src="http://www.westelm.com/weimgs/rk/images/wcm/products/201028/0010/img65m.jpg" title="Pratt Desk" width="400" /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <b><a href="http://www.vivavi.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1293">Dandelion Graphic Dresser</a></b> is a decorative take on mixed-materials:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Dandelion Graphic Dresser" border="0" height="311" hspace="0" src="http://www.vivavi.com/catalog/images/res/dandelion_dresser_side_six.jpg" title=" Dandelion Graphic Dresser " vspace="0" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few of Ikea's newest products:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mandal Series</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="MANDAL 4-drawer chest white Width: 31 1/8 " Depth: 18 7/8 " Height: 40 1/2 "  Width: 79 cm Depth: 48 cm Height: 103 cm  " border="0" height="250" id="productImg" src="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0107524_PE257206_S3.JPG" width="250" /><img alt="MANDAL 6-drawer dresser white Width: 54 3/4 " Depth: 18 7/8 " Height: 31 1/8 "  Width: 139 cm Depth: 48 cm Height: 79 cm  " border="0" height="250" id="productImg" src="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0107525_PE257207_S3.JPG" width="250" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stuva storage combo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="STUVA Storage combination with bench white Width: 118 1/8 " Depth: 19 5/8 " Height: 50 3/8 "  Width: 300 cm Depth: 50 cm Height: 128 cm  " border="0" height="250" id="productImg" src="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0112691_PE264586_S3.JPG" width="250" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you fancy a DIY, a so-easy-it-will-take-your-breath-away <b><a href="http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2010/07/semihandmade.html">Ikea hack</a></b>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="491" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzWk8puQurphnWPzZ9QapQEq2MB089_PKKJ7AZImFZV-vl4CewoT-dIYJo3-1v8t9xMj-eaUEY0pea_4r55GjEXDghif-9V34yDI2okbM4csYMx9ngc40lx3Gxf6ryTXJago_KJRfFWle/s1600/mod3_1-704414.jpg" width="624" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I like the contrast of rustic and refined,</div><div style="text-align: center;">smooth and rough,</div><div style="text-align: center;">light and dark.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes a space more interesting, yes?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Eye Spy a Trend: Mixed Material Cabinetry

For those of us who feel that reclaimed wood isn't quite sleek enough, and laquered cabinetry is too sleek- these beauties have the be...

9:30 PM

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