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Retro Mix First Home

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />A few months back E. emailed me asking for a design consultation for her first home. Being a military family, this couple has moved and travelled extensively, but after receiving a long-term posting had just bought their first home. I LOVE working on a first home with a client - they are always so enthusiastic and appreciative of their space. E described her loves as mid-century style, and the colour red.<br /><br />Sounded intriguing!<br /><br />When E. sent me the photos of her home, they brought back a flood of memories - their home is a raised bungalow, and the layout actually almost identical to the first home my husband and I bought, almost fifteen years ago. The open living space is lovely, and E. already had some great mid-century furniture and unique accessories from living abroad that she wanted to incorperate. The challenge was to make it all work together.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1OybtCFFQWGP8endS8VxOJLEA391n_-9yX_GV9TayEpZclc3ZtiT0RivLNd2Dd15w55m-HIKNYiiSp3fd5tztMqlC6G4RworMsIFaPml2p6FH_LRATCZdWwyacL810zf93mwaCw6gEY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-12-08+at+11.37.43+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1OybtCFFQWGP8endS8VxOJLEA391n_-9yX_GV9TayEpZclc3ZtiT0RivLNd2Dd15w55m-HIKNYiiSp3fd5tztMqlC6G4RworMsIFaPml2p6FH_LRATCZdWwyacL810zf93mwaCw6gEY/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-12-08+at+11.37.43+AM.png" width="490" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />E. decided to replace the vintage orange chairs with Ikea Poang chairs, and the existing sofa and console were to remain. She wanted to work on tables, lighting and accessories for the living room. In the dining room, the table and chairs were staying, so we needed to find a way to make the dark finish work with the rest of the space. E. wanted to update here kitchen by painting the cabinetry and adding a new countertop and backsplash.<br /><br /><br />We started with the living room space. Here is an inspiration room that best summed up the feel we wanted to achieve.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_6IYBZjOrdyODQqScnuPDR5WaIMsvABnrUOxnhL7_7bP1_eUT4-O0Bru-g-868ZTy15P8uXEErFNLy_m8X9iLfz2OhhWSgeQoNo9j6fQi9IN8gbfSa51TqX41yUVW51gDanhPtBBbug/s1600/Cozy-Living-Room-with-Retro-Mid-Century-Style.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_6IYBZjOrdyODQqScnuPDR5WaIMsvABnrUOxnhL7_7bP1_eUT4-O0Bru-g-868ZTy15P8uXEErFNLy_m8X9iLfz2OhhWSgeQoNo9j6fQi9IN8gbfSa51TqX41yUVW51gDanhPtBBbug/s640/Cozy-Living-Room-with-Retro-Mid-Century-Style.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span id="goog_1451080067"></span><br />The caramel tones in E's sofa and console really set the palette. She and her husband plan to replace the beige carpeting in the living room with hardwood down the road, and so we decided to lay an area rug down over the carpeting now that will work over the hardwood once it is in place. Since E and her husband both like bold, saturated colour, we incorporated red and small amounts of green as accent colours, against a clean backdrop of walls painted in Benjamin Moore's Moonlight White.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsasxL8oIEl_98BKT3cHTC98cKk73UC4sM9q9e6XzSCfrvNf-yKAfPHNpDh6B3ZaQ1HQ8sg4nzuuuwTbAHCmIx_YzYjJRs0FzkRjTdg_q0NxDcZ4TzSrM2cwM-J8D4nFda0bsQvxZeiU/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-07+at+11.40.05+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsasxL8oIEl_98BKT3cHTC98cKk73UC4sM9q9e6XzSCfrvNf-yKAfPHNpDh6B3ZaQ1HQ8sg4nzuuuwTbAHCmIx_YzYjJRs0FzkRjTdg_q0NxDcZ4TzSrM2cwM-J8D4nFda0bsQvxZeiU/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-07+at+11.40.05+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />E has a handy husband, lucky girl, and he reconfigured the small cabinets that go with the console into side tables by mounting them horizontally onto some vintage legs he found. The console will serve as an entertainment stand, with the television placed on top. The only things we were really missing were <b><a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50148848/">lighting</a></b>, a carpet and a coffee table. I found the vintage inspired surfboard table on<b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/8982064/eliptikal-coffee-table-surfboard-eames"> Etsy</a></b> - E had it custom made in a glossy red. A moroccan inspired <b><a href="http://www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-moroccan-shag/ivory/200MTVS28A-8010.html">carpet</a></b> adds some softness to the design, and the diagonal pattern will lead the eye across the entire space, corner to corner, visually expanding the living room.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-4cXcFyhlsWuaF7UVx6c8QuBIeGs97DGWrNVbFGsu3fq7-l8-0oE1K1MRh8nV-q-M2Krp0qiMlhPQWgs0DqZ2l3FxrwGZEXTZ0t0T3751rMimxLV_dOPnYiL6GKxqL5Fg8_fg6CHmgY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+11.34.00+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-4cXcFyhlsWuaF7UVx6c8QuBIeGs97DGWrNVbFGsu3fq7-l8-0oE1K1MRh8nV-q-M2Krp0qiMlhPQWgs0DqZ2l3FxrwGZEXTZ0t0T3751rMimxLV_dOPnYiL6GKxqL5Fg8_fg6CHmgY/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+11.34.00+AM.png" width="640" /></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;">As always, there is a plant tucked in here. This is a fiddle leaf fig, the tree to end all trees :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's large size will fill in the space beside the console, and if it were real it would bask in the light from the large window. The couples frequent travels don't allow for plants, so <b><a href="http://www.amazinggreen.com/collections/frontpage/products/fiddle-leaf-fig-tree">this</a></b> very good quality imitation will work for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you know me at all, you know I'm an art junkie! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sofa needed tone grounded into that large blank wall, and defined as the focal point here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since we are on a tight budget, I suggested E purchase a canvas and try an <b><a href="https://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=art+diy">art DIY</a></b>...</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9m0u9hAgTMNVFPXDlmSWV3DIya0SxCu15FGYIrGOFg73nZYWJMPSxRrB66wG05l__aOpfNXex4fZQq_n0h_rpG2Rw_rskRI_ou_qdXSLtIeVIJnERwdZlldvUKgK7ly39YMmzAb2erk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+9.35.06+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9m0u9hAgTMNVFPXDlmSWV3DIya0SxCu15FGYIrGOFg73nZYWJMPSxRrB66wG05l__aOpfNXex4fZQq_n0h_rpG2Rw_rskRI_ou_qdXSLtIeVIJnERwdZlldvUKgK7ly39YMmzAb2erk/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+9.35.06+AM.png" width="640" /></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><br /><div style="text-align: center;">In the end, however, she decided to add some bold red wall cubes above the sofa and place some of her treasures collected through the couples travels - </div><div style="text-align: center;">perfect for remembering all the previous homes they have lived in.</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1OybtCFFQWGP8endS8VxOJLEA391n_-9yX_GV9TayEpZclc3ZtiT0RivLNd2Dd15w55m-HIKNYiiSp3fd5tztMqlC6G4RworMsIFaPml2p6FH_LRATCZdWwyacL810zf93mwaCw6gEY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-12-08+at+11.37.43+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1OybtCFFQWGP8endS8VxOJLEA391n_-9yX_GV9TayEpZclc3ZtiT0RivLNd2Dd15w55m-HIKNYiiSp3fd5tztMqlC6G4RworMsIFaPml2p6FH_LRATCZdWwyacL810zf93mwaCw6gEY/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-12-08+at+11.37.43+AM.png" width="490" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Let's look at the changes the kitchen are currently undergoing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The cabinets are in good condition and so will be painted out white to freshen up the space.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I suggested adding a butcher block countertop in beech from <b><a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40057853/">Ikea</a></b> to bring some of the wood tones from the living room into this space, and keep it warm -</div><div style="text-align: center;">don't you love the way they have stepped the end of the breakfast bar, below?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.woodworkershdwe.net/servlet/the-497/Amerock-Hardware-Cabinet-Kitchen/Detail">Hardware</a></b> with a retro feel in brushed stainless will work perfectly.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBqTm-ONCTDh-_OzmaKvM_YEppWZSsQayU1yC04A198wO83UZmnnUzeXeUAMnLEd0VHQwM3mlbKDXao8u_XIWAgts741zRRv0OXbrjHl8u2_7kUsuGWwX9De74bxdN00_gcYKBAufVRk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+12.48.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBqTm-ONCTDh-_OzmaKvM_YEppWZSsQayU1yC04A198wO83UZmnnUzeXeUAMnLEd0VHQwM3mlbKDXao8u_XIWAgts741zRRv0OXbrjHl8u2_7kUsuGWwX9De74bxdN00_gcYKBAufVRk/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+12.48.30+PM.png" width="640" /></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 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc5HoGZAL49seztveQBo67ZarDauUWfdYoe3T4StcEas9jt80PB0tWuzQAP9SP1IJphX9-6G-5uX_N69P_70Sd6htYtsu9sCyXdb5yxx3UP98nLoGV1B6aY8ksEIiTeXNNeyEo92cvVs/s1600/wood+counters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSc5HoGZAL49seztveQBo67ZarDauUWfdYoe3T4StcEas9jt80PB0tWuzQAP9SP1IJphX9-6G-5uX_N69P_70Sd6htYtsu9sCyXdb5yxx3UP98nLoGV1B6aY8ksEIiTeXNNeyEo92cvVs/s640/wood+counters.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">E wanted to add a backsplash. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A subway tile is a classic look, but we wanted something a little edgier. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about a square tile, with dark grey grout.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This echoes the retro vibe we've got going on, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and adds some graphic lines here without overwhelming the space.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx3cHWhtau23Ue9RIdojH-iBjLFTWfrXoJoA1xx1WGXF5vu9spx5I_NJ9hwfQw0GjjsTJem-6Kp5M-meRlaNYh_n6Zb1AAStYt_hdPt-9fLT_ZI2xzXhhgnPQ2pfH2YBXeT8sOhBxdW4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+10.56.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx3cHWhtau23Ue9RIdojH-iBjLFTWfrXoJoA1xx1WGXF5vu9spx5I_NJ9hwfQw0GjjsTJem-6Kp5M-meRlaNYh_n6Zb1AAStYt_hdPt-9fLT_ZI2xzXhhgnPQ2pfH2YBXeT8sOhBxdW4/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+10.56.23+AM.png" width="640" /></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;">Since the back wall of the kitchen is the first thing you see when entering from the living room, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we needed to add some interest to this spot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suggested E remove the wall cabinet between her sliding door and kitchen window, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and add open shelving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After considering various options for the shelving,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> she decided to use the leftover Ikea countertop and install wood shelving here, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">creating a beautiful place to display a collection of colourful ceramics, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7fImFjSi5-J4Rr3WCxwoE6hAcO0ruR_qXp08UGQElhhrMWewrO2Lvqd3QAoDJaWzjhuR4g-2kG-aNXFit3nUX1vT2AmSiCBgUIXOnyO0Anbvte-ObMC9ZHqmgFea9fbwQ04udFfcP0M/s640/11822017741932788_mcnjvBVc_c.jpg" width="526" /></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;">Although E will be keeping her dining set for now, a change is not far down the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A table in the same wood tones as the countertop and some interesting red chairs will keep this space light-hearted and consistent with the rest of the home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJxXQRK8KgNJxirzJDXGu6uMHmIpd7IqWeCuSuHfG8FsCW-VWx9lG_NDe5JsVp3RmF_usCYXoQQvW2fftNW__FEHm14BLtzO-eKPhL6INi7rZSQAWPkj4362XX2kcDWSWRa4epDBEo_o/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+12.23.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJxXQRK8KgNJxirzJDXGu6uMHmIpd7IqWeCuSuHfG8FsCW-VWx9lG_NDe5JsVp3RmF_usCYXoQQvW2fftNW__FEHm14BLtzO-eKPhL6INi7rZSQAWPkj4362XX2kcDWSWRa4epDBEo_o/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+12.23.39+PM.png" width="640" /></a><br /><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;">and, of course - art again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOVE these <b><a href="http://www.allmodern.com/Danese-Milano-Art-Edition-Due-La-Pera-The-Pear-Poster-DEDZ002-AMO1034.html">Enzo Mari</a></b> prints for the dining room wall.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfYINzZioWKwZ89WlG-48psSahVpNr1U46bMAyZVqexfuk5WspPioS_EtbAam3lVJoGnjHjLSZZnXhhOS9ZqVEoXOR2kEaiXxY0W2EInKspuAolqkYJNNkIpuKA9KhIkvPzot1Gn_bDo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+9.17.06+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfYINzZioWKwZ89WlG-48psSahVpNr1U46bMAyZVqexfuk5WspPioS_EtbAam3lVJoGnjHjLSZZnXhhOS9ZqVEoXOR2kEaiXxY0W2EInKspuAolqkYJNNkIpuKA9KhIkvPzot1Gn_bDo/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-10-01+at+9.17.06+AM.png" width="562" /></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;">E has been wonderful about keeping me up-to-date on her progress, and the work here is nearly complete. She is loving the way the changes to here home have brightened the space up, and unified her furnishings and all the treasures from the couple's travels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully I'll have some pictures of the completed space to share with you all soon!</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><br />

Retro Mix First Home

A few months back E. emailed me asking for a design consultation for her first home. Being a military family, this couple has moved and trav...

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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

<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;">Happy monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How was your weekend?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was bit under the weather this weekend, so not much got accomplished around here - </div><div style="text-align: center;">did manage to squeeze in a wee bit of time for pinterest, somehow - </div><div style="text-align: center;">funny how that happens, lol...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I saw this kitchen <b><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/47006389830469654/">pinned</a></b> over the weekend my jaw dropped.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Barrel-vaulted brick ceiling.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Exquisite painted timber floor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open shelving + lattice cabinetry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art + a few hits of playful colour.</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/AVvXsEjAHf7pGjngtLUT85mVcOlzX2RA4qC9R1Qis9_5pczQ7DsBxJ9qn__79fikULRnefjwVbtfUOHjLas6r9vRbTnSDzKalzS-mteCtGbwnVCk4S64pJRUL4fnVE0iQvBQXvPKiAovO9eX-syJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.36.36+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHf7pGjngtLUT85mVcOlzX2RA4qC9R1Qis9_5pczQ7DsBxJ9qn__79fikULRnefjwVbtfUOHjLas6r9vRbTnSDzKalzS-mteCtGbwnVCk4S64pJRUL4fnVE0iQvBQXvPKiAovO9eX-syJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.36.36+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtz8RbDMpIvWA88NVAJyGj41bmLfSBKjkft-i6Pp4kwrPs_vVM6KAkm-4o_3cn27BA_IYPKw_kwlU8jaGYbhKzI0O4WKHaLeqUyM0IK_0KH24h-Rt-Sbk8ewnwnbhDq865tQKMudvoaq9/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.37.10+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtz8RbDMpIvWA88NVAJyGj41bmLfSBKjkft-i6Pp4kwrPs_vVM6KAkm-4o_3cn27BA_IYPKw_kwlU8jaGYbhKzI0O4WKHaLeqUyM0IK_0KH24h-Rt-Sbk8ewnwnbhDq865tQKMudvoaq9/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.37.10+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spaces like this make me want to ditch this place and move into a century home stat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A little digging, and found the rest of this home via <b><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/pitter-patter-on-a-patterned-floor-165379">apartment therapy</a></b> and <b><a href="http://kikette-interiors.blogspot.com/2011/02/decorator-montse-esteva-house-in.html">kikette interiors</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has a very consistent look.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The white walls continue throughout, as do those floors.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The decor is clean neutrals, again with the pops of colour place sparingly.</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/AVvXsEhwYsIONUyQDAixXsE5dN2AmGEm6KTMmZtlzYvRH3KclUXTYNQyo9tdteXAobYF-DNjaaRaYspE9b1_m6Kj2zUPkGeHZ_P2RVq_c7rccsH3CVVbVXchrlPjcFVIgVUYI3RfsM0L2-oU0aBa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.38.18+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYsIONUyQDAixXsE5dN2AmGEm6KTMmZtlzYvRH3KclUXTYNQyo9tdteXAobYF-DNjaaRaYspE9b1_m6Kj2zUPkGeHZ_P2RVq_c7rccsH3CVVbVXchrlPjcFVIgVUYI3RfsM0L2-oU0aBa/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+9.38.18+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;">There was one detail that I absolutely loved.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the way they've lit their artwork.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wall-mounted reading/work lights that not only light up these pieces in the evenings, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but also to frame the art and draw the eye in the daylight.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They become part of the composition.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've never been a huge fan of those unappealing mini lights tucked in over the top of the frame -</div><div style="text-align: center;">they aspire to be invisible but just end up a visual distraction -</div><div style="text-align: center;">but these are a different story, yes?</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/AVvXsEgpEnC8NbHDzWEnfCR3sS7itXkNWXdMfmFms82mlTGgCEnrih3vJ40fABg_6gnIiv5PrgqLiPPEW0gvExawW0FLYN8FuUAw2Q5_zjE9CAgVNuzKRECwo2KYLeyMpJ0qfjTU0elKFiEdCb8I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.00.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEnC8NbHDzWEnfCR3sS7itXkNWXdMfmFms82mlTGgCEnrih3vJ40fABg_6gnIiv5PrgqLiPPEW0gvExawW0FLYN8FuUAw2Q5_zjE9CAgVNuzKRECwo2KYLeyMpJ0qfjTU0elKFiEdCb8I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.00.45+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;">If you're interested, here are a few versions from... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.barnlightelectric.com/clearance-lighting/architectural-brass-lighting/articulated-reading-light-solid-brass-architectural-bronze"><b>barn light electric</b></a>, <a href="http://www.shadesoflight.com/cone-shade-wall-lamp-double-joint-3-colors.html"><b>shades of light</b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.circalighting.com/details.aspx?pid=3625">circa lighting</a></b></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/AVvXsEgWcg6r37Rbcw8ZiGDs4vCPzhesbGk3CpnpZ8CYGUQjStpAEpVZGaw_TrdDaF4Bd9r-VHTeoy2YiBQ6dwio5hAaQfXl8yJKwjCLqQfMCjkMiRypYoylIoWHZgvelLXXU27un-d7A1tM4wuI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.02.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcg6r37Rbcw8ZiGDs4vCPzhesbGk3CpnpZ8CYGUQjStpAEpVZGaw_TrdDaF4Bd9r-VHTeoy2YiBQ6dwio5hAaQfXl8yJKwjCLqQfMCjkMiRypYoylIoWHZgvelLXXU27un-d7A1tM4wuI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-02-06+at+10.02.30+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;">must be off, busy, busy day today...</div><div style="text-align: center;">hope you all have a lovely monday....x</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/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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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

Simplicity loves Energetic Color

<div style="text-align: center;">Right now I am completely obsessed</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with neutral spaces that use saturated color in clever and uncommon ways,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and if this home by Kay Douglas doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Revelling in the contrast of fabrics, finishes and accessories chosen with such restraint-</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then bursts of joyful color, splashed about with abandon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Thank you, <b><a href="http://verdigrisvie.blogspot.com/2011/10/bright-future.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+VerdigrisVie+%2528Verdigris+Vie%2529">Verdigris Vie</a></b>, for sharing this one - I don't usually pick up a copy of <b><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a></b>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but perhaps it's time to start!) </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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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L3WZZZtcsyeKHmI7f7WeEhCvADvu3rfIJ5_mF3_zMaNhU5Xnf_lnm3GvYSzkdyClhTnDa2_V_Ull7hdc8QhECOZEQL5W8-zVpiSc63nvz6s_fWQ05XdK6zTEqRDN1jK-PGJ24nGEDJaR/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-11+at+7.31.05+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L3WZZZtcsyeKHmI7f7WeEhCvADvu3rfIJ5_mF3_zMaNhU5Xnf_lnm3GvYSzkdyClhTnDa2_V_Ull7hdc8QhECOZEQL5W8-zVpiSc63nvz6s_fWQ05XdK6zTEqRDN1jK-PGJ24nGEDJaR/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-11+at+7.31.05+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;">Amazing how the lack of pattern and accessories can balance out the intense energy of these hues, isn't it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Makes me want to put away half the bits and bobs around my own place!</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;">Hope you all had a happy thanksgiving here in the north -</div><div style="text-align: center;">we survived two days of hosting huge dinners, </div><div style="text-align: center;">(23 lbs of raast beef, two turkeys, two spiral hams, potatoes, yams, brussel sprouts,...  you get the idea!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and had such a fantastic weekend visiting with our families.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Topped it all off with a fall boat ride yesterday, </div><div style="text-align: center;">touring our muskoka coastlines and admiring the gorgeous fall colors.</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/AVvXsEiA1wa0pln9o2X6EYYorgh3aJZ18gxOszoHymaya_D8Mk1EPEWkWg1eWlHo5YQVyXpN0V5VOPAQ4hUitJNCCrGpJ2fAReKYmwrKSlZTBflxqahC4Y_3FCPYijykkT-CbN3Q4Tq_BReBKPEp/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-11+at+7.46.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1wa0pln9o2X6EYYorgh3aJZ18gxOszoHymaya_D8Mk1EPEWkWg1eWlHo5YQVyXpN0V5VOPAQ4hUitJNCCrGpJ2fAReKYmwrKSlZTBflxqahC4Y_3FCPYijykkT-CbN3Q4Tq_BReBKPEp/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-11+at+7.46.49+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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It left me glowing, truly, and very grateful for all that we are blessed with.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Weekends like that are what it's all about....xo</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;"><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><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;"><br /></div>

Simplicity loves Energetic Color

Right now I am completely obsessed with neutral spaces that use saturated color in clever and uncommon ways, and if this home by Kay Dougla...

4:53 PM

Miss N's room: the reveal

<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;">If you read <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/10/miss-ns-rooma-dummy-project.html">monday's post</a></b>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you know we've just finished Miss N's room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This what we started with....</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/AVvXsEjlAXPYkgQzqf7vl3lPv01MAqdxmkOSHQh_VuJsek9RpCczpANCMBr8uUhTQ2VpDyGpMV922SQGH-b8ZJZGui0K7wrT5VJpSMaGU3EzJNU9LwAgR_HpRV1OQC7S6iIZ_ewPLbXDSGGLvteD/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.43.19+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAXPYkgQzqf7vl3lPv01MAqdxmkOSHQh_VuJsek9RpCczpANCMBr8uUhTQ2VpDyGpMV922SQGH-b8ZJZGui0K7wrT5VJpSMaGU3EzJNU9LwAgR_HpRV1OQC7S6iIZ_ewPLbXDSGGLvteD/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.43.19+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">you can read more about that <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2010/06/every-tweens-wish-black-bedroom.html">here.</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It all began with a brilliant azure box Natasha found while we were out shopping one day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She decided on a blue and white scheme.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since she has a very dark grey leather chair, and LARGE tv in there, I suggested hits of black as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We (that means I, lol) painted the black walls white -</div><div style="text-align: center;">used Behr paint plus primer in Falling Snow, for the first coat.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It covered incredibly well, but the color was far too warm for a west facing room,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the range of whites is really limited with this brand (are you listening, Behr?!!).</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, we layered 2 coats of Martha's pure white </div><div style="text-align: center;">(no tint, straight out of the can - how's that for easy?!!) on top.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's it, three coats, not too painful after all...</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/AVvXsEjF7dcg8j0YRErsFSNRa5rHzFei_RULb9tyFtizdDmiururreeM4utzQNA0gcSSUZyCN3-w8QMWF097lm_0QQNgqhQPXlPSL-zbYIQbm34eMJBpZFJfdstF3EQjuFo14485Ml6_D_NX4GiE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.45.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7dcg8j0YRErsFSNRa5rHzFei_RULb9tyFtizdDmiururreeM4utzQNA0gcSSUZyCN3-w8QMWF097lm_0QQNgqhQPXlPSL-zbYIQbm34eMJBpZFJfdstF3EQjuFo14485Ml6_D_NX4GiE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.45.30+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;">If you are looking for brilliant white walls, this is your paint -</div><div style="text-align: center;">the result was a very bright, slightly clinical space.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We color matched the box into a behr ultra base, as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(it's close to Brilliant Sea 520B-6)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This would do for the old cork board we planned to rescue from storage,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the existing mirror she used over her dresser, and a new long wall mirror.</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/AVvXsEhif07jhwBUhLVRv5J1w2cEnAS0EA9QX59WKRhI-xQXNebEpVvknOuaMyW06W58p5r38WR_Ap9tirBdFl8mbChlX1WSOPzVKUg10QJDE4xhgnr3bciqBTYAjrIkK7DStUT-KGgL5pNScVbX/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.54.20+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif07jhwBUhLVRv5J1w2cEnAS0EA9QX59WKRhI-xQXNebEpVvknOuaMyW06W58p5r38WR_Ap9tirBdFl8mbChlX1WSOPzVKUg10QJDE4xhgnr3bciqBTYAjrIkK7DStUT-KGgL5pNScVbX/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.54.20+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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We painted out a wire branch sculpture for an <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/08/diy-jewelry-as-art.html">art/jewellry display</a></b>....</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/AVvXsEig0pFyqxRxEg_kqr1LyHivUawwe_o-dgfj1RGQAB6petnvsdbAyxDLVhRSRFIo6w1DmTh2SAEMrvjA-qLN_kRuTrgCzViYa8fbrFmkAxfF-uRBIbA_wvWYSTnnkXbQt0BTo7mwI3MaCbCC/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.57.13+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0pFyqxRxEg_kqr1LyHivUawwe_o-dgfj1RGQAB6petnvsdbAyxDLVhRSRFIo6w1DmTh2SAEMrvjA-qLN_kRuTrgCzViYa8fbrFmkAxfF-uRBIbA_wvWYSTnnkXbQt0BTo7mwI3MaCbCC/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-04+at+11.57.13+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;">Now, the palette was dynamic, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it needed warmth, and no ordinary canary or watermelon would do -</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so enter the fluorescents!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, fluorescents.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tash's idea :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She's only this age once, why not let her have a little fun?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/10/miss-ns-rooma-dummy-project.html">upgraded a vintage dress form</a></b>, and painted out some frames and canvasses</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I'll post more about the DIY art process tomorrow - SUPER easy)</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/AVvXsEimEEc2jAdz4BU52U-CfUbL_ZeD2dv9ezOVPcYnJ732batZbum1Ta9d572klQAeCDKbJuVsqwO2xMvPyWyJ3rFDhtIoc_PoHVuB6HV6i9Ks10N1Pl6vDN9E_8A1KvPREtgXQ6KcZ4vrgy5s/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.05.42+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEEc2jAdz4BU52U-CfUbL_ZeD2dv9ezOVPcYnJ732batZbum1Ta9d572klQAeCDKbJuVsqwO2xMvPyWyJ3rFDhtIoc_PoHVuB6HV6i9Ks10N1Pl6vDN9E_8A1KvPREtgXQ6KcZ4vrgy5s/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.05.42+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;">Would you like to see how it all came together?</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;">the view from the door...</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/AVvXsEg3vR5GaHMf1Srvj2bduhuQiFwBU3R8y27_jTg-4B9F05CiD-9QpMH-kmkea3cbQlfDZ1cFAh9yaYn3g6xsAH39vVHDj27B5JffQTD1D-IEImTa9jU4pP6SbjTIm6YpwkVRvJOfA0JhgSSW/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.06.50+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vR5GaHMf1Srvj2bduhuQiFwBU3R8y27_jTg-4B9F05CiD-9QpMH-kmkea3cbQlfDZ1cFAh9yaYn3g6xsAH39vVHDj27B5JffQTD1D-IEImTa9jU4pP6SbjTIm6YpwkVRvJOfA0JhgSSW/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.06.50+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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miss N headquarters - which is NEVER this tidy :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We added a little zebra to the newly painted bulletin board -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">looks like it's painted on, but it's actually a really heavy wrapping paper, shh, don't tell...</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpmKUWxgZHrRGD_B86J2yKaEOJU9x8xML2pMsgs-CJO1LyMyLx5EjMu8Aq8-_J7UJicO_wTWrNq3XgYCchpNDb4ur5vO2dpsUsQY40_g1unxhdd_vY33YbN1_G7xXT5MuFZRZWDRffpld/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.10.36+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpmKUWxgZHrRGD_B86J2yKaEOJU9x8xML2pMsgs-CJO1LyMyLx5EjMu8Aq8-_J7UJicO_wTWrNq3XgYCchpNDb4ur5vO2dpsUsQY40_g1unxhdd_vY33YbN1_G7xXT5MuFZRZWDRffpld/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.10.36+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;">Ikea frames - 3 for $5.</div><div style="text-align: center;">With this price point and arrangement,</div><div style="text-align: center;">she can add to this wall whenever she likes.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5IC7rQCKNYvi_3zw5CJI2YtfWdVmqdGTMiUui4bo7Xsd2mwMSV8EiD3Wwl12EpydT5yMjBHwy6FEG6WHuSUmRggOPExoDMkxBQuszK9-BkNXXTStCJ3Oipd3-ObrkZ_1glIQKeNMbc6n/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.11.51+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5IC7rQCKNYvi_3zw5CJI2YtfWdVmqdGTMiUui4bo7Xsd2mwMSV8EiD3Wwl12EpydT5yMjBHwy6FEG6WHuSUmRggOPExoDMkxBQuszK9-BkNXXTStCJ3Oipd3-ObrkZ_1glIQKeNMbc6n/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.11.51+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;">Rocks and crystals.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a fascination, and she finds them EVERYWHERE :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">We corralled the largest and prettiest into lucite trays for display.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipW8Dtj-kD2b2DyJwbIS-4sBWsBqew2uI6wCWBFBwbusD_-k9WZ1pNCgJK1YHzjZ-xjFZvj7PRYp61NIoQJY7NC9xw3lGeRPONZv7Mhkexo9cHUEPmfSMmN9mwOWmVDZt9CJlkYzmju5vr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.14.08+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipW8Dtj-kD2b2DyJwbIS-4sBWsBqew2uI6wCWBFBwbusD_-k9WZ1pNCgJK1YHzjZ-xjFZvj7PRYp61NIoQJY7NC9xw3lGeRPONZv7Mhkexo9cHUEPmfSMmN9mwOWmVDZt9CJlkYzmju5vr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.14.08+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;">The bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dressed with a new duvet and pillows (perfect for a constant "texter").</div><div style="text-align: center;">Framed out with our DIY art and a funny little printout that has sentimental value.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQREROT8il1jeYEr33m0ZUMal40xes2PGbClqJNu0xsZ0ud6SKYF6DW14dOPVJp51Pxda5jB1lfXUja6k6_NKC_iMiVR21mVC1fonnICatkpd_p5l9XOrHvxsO-gLgfk9SppubXGggHBEh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.16.52+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQREROT8il1jeYEr33m0ZUMal40xes2PGbClqJNu0xsZ0ud6SKYF6DW14dOPVJp51Pxda5jB1lfXUja6k6_NKC_iMiVR21mVC1fonnICatkpd_p5l9XOrHvxsO-gLgfk9SppubXGggHBEh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.16.52+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;">Are you wondering where all the teen "stuff" is?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, the dresser holds heaps of bits and bobs...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but what about the umpteen posters?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One is waiting to be hung behind the door...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHpp4zF2ebuODmZ5ZnWoRsXAdz0xqA52UVGpW004LzGoHx3o6wp9UTN98lavhGigJq76sATtzwoSM4whyphenhyphenbJmKT0TFNwnTdmjMyeBTjZBNUGldP5e65_4zgjTLIbgbfBkJLPKJDC3_TggZ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.17.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHpp4zF2ebuODmZ5ZnWoRsXAdz0xqA52UVGpW004LzGoHx3o6wp9UTN98lavhGigJq76sATtzwoSM4whyphenhyphenbJmKT0TFNwnTdmjMyeBTjZBNUGldP5e65_4zgjTLIbgbfBkJLPKJDC3_TggZ/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.17.30+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;">and the rest live here....</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLifsp-jfdVtt5u08lrOSyfa3pIjjeitc_JWJLBKBWi1Z0WtZIUm_w3Orhpxr37jvXfWZjycORLpfNk3jYqcI-RYIgDvxWU7LDT97j-uaUdqT5Qdt8-SqXY0Y4YxmfRCb6ypjPDUsLAosr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.19.17+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLifsp-jfdVtt5u08lrOSyfa3pIjjeitc_JWJLBKBWi1Z0WtZIUm_w3Orhpxr37jvXfWZjycORLpfNk3jYqcI-RYIgDvxWU7LDT97j-uaUdqT5Qdt8-SqXY0Y4YxmfRCb6ypjPDUsLAosr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-10-05+at+12.19.17+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;">Let's just keep those closed, shall we?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's it, the big reveal...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">hope you like it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Miss N is over the moon, and that will do for me - x</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/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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Miss N's room: the reveal

If you read monday's post , you know we've just finished Miss N's room. This what we started with.... you can read more about th...

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inspired by retail design...

<div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I think I have a problem.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you ever go shopping and spend more time looking at the store display's and fixtures than the products?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my favourite spots to shop is <b><a href="http://aritzia.com/">Aritzia.</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you south of the border, you may not shop there - yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I bet you will!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aritzia is a Canadian-based clothing store</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that mainly stocks in-house labels like A Moveable Feast, TNA and Wilfred.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> But they also cater to the high end-denim market, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and extras include hipster essentials like Sorels, Toms shoes, </div><div style="text-align: center;">TNA iPhone covers, Dylan's Candy Bar buckets, etc..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whatever is of the moment.</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/AVvXsEgUDgXQbi9tNe9CoGtVWOlhEXuuDht33NsoxQXv6YXV9a7nQtwsJbkSwmfJbbnEOUZ2WDQ_5T6n0MJDAamDjnVdweY_I2d-EzyoKoEc1ndm84xzNR3vPx1TDXyxcMcd9T_6sgzGlF8v7KL0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+10.24.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDgXQbi9tNe9CoGtVWOlhEXuuDht33NsoxQXv6YXV9a7nQtwsJbkSwmfJbbnEOUZ2WDQ_5T6n0MJDAamDjnVdweY_I2d-EzyoKoEc1ndm84xzNR3vPx1TDXyxcMcd9T_6sgzGlF8v7KL0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+10.24.56+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;">Their aesthetic is clean and organic, yet urban.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Packaging and labels are based around specific artists each month,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and DJ's create their playlists (sometimes playing in-store),</div><div style="text-align: center;">which are available for listening on the <b><a href="http://aritzia.com/blog">blog</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quite often one of these is going in the 10 Rooms "headquarters", lol.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's polished, luxury, street style.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Their new <b><a href="http://aritzia.com/blog/2011/08/wilfreds-first-boutique-now-open">Wilfred </a></b>store in TO is no exception.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was there recently, but my pics aren't quite a snazzy as the ones provided on the blog..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll take some of those windows, and the pendant, thank you.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thinking it's a painted Restoration Hardware<b><a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?categoryId=cat1701013"> Polyhedron</a></b>, right?</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/AVvXsEiTyKCiFFgNltuM24W-jereLA6dkOwuB-7urnDT_sdH4mdLjtVFq9tbmB8n3vInio1_4ogl3frrY6NzBXhhhJIb_R1TByDEhW45ktdyqoxfkpq0HamMG6e3tUDwnDox7sNxYilKjk_huZ0C/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.36.08+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyKCiFFgNltuM24W-jereLA6dkOwuB-7urnDT_sdH4mdLjtVFq9tbmB8n3vInio1_4ogl3frrY6NzBXhhhJIb_R1TByDEhW45ktdyqoxfkpq0HamMG6e3tUDwnDox7sNxYilKjk_huZ0C/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.36.08+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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warm white walls, filled with gorgeous mouldings,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the raw wood floors, and graphic black metal make for a perfect backdrop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it allows the product to be the star, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but in a home this would frame out a furniture and art collection to perfection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEgtVt0forTx7eRsC4LSra55mpPdDd5TfrpYNPlkLKxLem5Nd7Hvjj3hqlOCFXcFx6MfUf_TY-vxV2QctTQVgdE_SRToqlyh5ho7Lb5XkCHauO3D9wVXQIFta0nQgXBwz5CKPeQSekCiM/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.38.20+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEgtVt0forTx7eRsC4LSra55mpPdDd5TfrpYNPlkLKxLem5Nd7Hvjj3hqlOCFXcFx6MfUf_TY-vxV2QctTQVgdE_SRToqlyh5ho7Lb5XkCHauO3D9wVXQIFta0nQgXBwz5CKPeQSekCiM/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.38.20+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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loving the peacock tufted leather, overdyed orientals, art display, and panelled dressing rooms.</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><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzIWKm0mGFHSyQ2roVkApzyDSEPV9IgklxHdsaUpibZH_CbKZltwLEZ__ZcHpR9hb1vZQdqFdVTe41-4r01f7iZrCRkkzf6z3WWs5H-Br8eAPJgDrYwGntPKlyutJjAuDeLMduBs3Sk_c/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.39.27+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzIWKm0mGFHSyQ2roVkApzyDSEPV9IgklxHdsaUpibZH_CbKZltwLEZ__ZcHpR9hb1vZQdqFdVTe41-4r01f7iZrCRkkzf6z3WWs5H-Br8eAPJgDrYwGntPKlyutJjAuDeLMduBs3Sk_c/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.39.27+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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cash counter, with it's inlaid marble top, before the madness.. and after!</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><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3MMxZYAmIw0JNyHivBn0fcqnlNjGKFQlW_0ogS074l7MePn7lzgccqOM3vctU4eo-BIqCVrxPFFEkKtAoniPX-3AHIolrL0j2mcsAs1TLSZQWDqJ4Wio6B57JCLlKOmYKYdVm0aSp7EK/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.40.50+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3MMxZYAmIw0JNyHivBn0fcqnlNjGKFQlW_0ogS074l7MePn7lzgccqOM3vctU4eo-BIqCVrxPFFEkKtAoniPX-3AHIolrL0j2mcsAs1TLSZQWDqJ4Wio6B57JCLlKOmYKYdVm0aSp7EK/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-27+at+9.40.50+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you know who the talent behind this is, please share.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And please, puh-lease, tell me you are out shopping and takings pics of store fixtures as well!!</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><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">.</div>

inspired by retail design...

Sometimes I think I have a problem. Do you ever go shopping and spend more time looking at the store display's and fixtures than the pro...

7:34 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...

6:51 AM

Crushing On Color: Jules from The Diversion Project

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Crushing on Color series is where we get a little glimpse </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>of what colors </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>make our favourite bloggers </i></span><i>hearts aflutter...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>today I am super-excitied to bring you Jules,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>from the seriously cool blog <b><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/">The Diversion Project.</a></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>If by some rare chance you have missed the spectacular collection of homes she profiles on her blog..</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>you need to set aside a chunk of your afternoon, break out some bevvies, and prepare to swoon.</i></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDjMStHWqZUSKqiJVQYBGOZYVp3fBOG-quY_QesUBgC4tPLKEpYalqpNuZspKW5LvMzglVrF1Sg9bstdxIs8hfu8qD5xexkiOhMkU_9XH2qGT8gJF2YBjoAancvAVv58KhkH3r62-wrjp/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-05-29+at+9.35.14+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDjMStHWqZUSKqiJVQYBGOZYVp3fBOG-quY_QesUBgC4tPLKEpYalqpNuZspKW5LvMzglVrF1Sg9bstdxIs8hfu8qD5xexkiOhMkU_9XH2qGT8gJF2YBjoAancvAVv58KhkH3r62-wrjp/s640/Screen+shot+2011-05-29+at+9.35.14+PM.png" width="640" /></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;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hi, I'm Jules from </span><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Diversion Project</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When Anne-Marie asked me if I'd like to take part in her </span><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/search/label/Crushing%20On%20Color"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Crushing On Colour</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> series, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I kind of thought for a split second </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"is this a trick question?" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I mean first of all who wouldn't jump up and down with a welcome back Kotter hand in the air</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> to be part of this fabulous fun</span> and then second of all I had to stop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and ask myself, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"do I actually do colour?!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But reading further down the sweet email I snorted when I read</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Anne-Marie's words "And, yep, black and white and wood and concrete count as colors :)".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">She knows me too well!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQOftYjhLYmJ_cZ-WvJ9BDy3N_uNaoJeSEtct3I5JVW_5ozFGkO9JHf_MvJ9L6wbRQ9SUF3I1zpBS7w2WtsjqCjW1c9leWlyRGG5O7MU_F54WLXUNqRmo8Is-p6dWn8s113_1bA36LjN2/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQOftYjhLYmJ_cZ-WvJ9BDy3N_uNaoJeSEtct3I5JVW_5ozFGkO9JHf_MvJ9L6wbRQ9SUF3I1zpBS7w2WtsjqCjW1c9leWlyRGG5O7MU_F54WLXUNqRmo8Is-p6dWn8s113_1bA36LjN2/s1600/01.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/rhetorical-question.html">via</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo7tND43QlgQviWY-_sU5hOM5THDAh5hVMv6AIksKV8LzAVmSZ5y4yBBpGlacay-cs-EkFujlWQHX6dChGF8sfRi0-vW-T0XD5Gj7ne0QDR2um0iFMre-XORsi_rA90rT-H4shgFUrhQP/s1600/340314-The_dining_chairs_are_recycled_plastic_Photography_Raimund_Koch_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuo7tND43QlgQviWY-_sU5hOM5THDAh5hVMv6AIksKV8LzAVmSZ5y4yBBpGlacay-cs-EkFujlWQHX6dChGF8sfRi0-vW-T0XD5Gj7ne0QDR2um0iFMre-XORsi_rA90rT-H4shgFUrhQP/s1600/340314-The_dining_chairs_are_recycled_plastic_Photography_Raimund_Koch_.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/2011/02/jewel-in-desert.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I thought, cool, black white wood and concrete, I can do that kind of colour! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But then I thought there must be more to my colour radar than that. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So looking back through the inventory of things that grab my eye I noticed quite a bit of turquoise,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> a very healthy sampling of grey (yep, I concede, on the cusp of black and concrete again),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> but then suddenly - gold. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My love of shiny things and refined glamour shone through.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And in so many ways, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">from blind-your-eyes-mirage-in-the-desert to </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">burnished umbered mellow patinas in a Milanese kitchen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr96nYf9qQxyjl1fHzC4Zx4riWdHTzazQIOQNbO_FF4ycxxjkxT4cc8XyHLwojCWr9-ButYerIuTV4wMv0KHicpbduiCFIeRPQ98v2yCzwd3K1WMRuo1WPhWul_jHSDM_27vkPTrHiz7Hn/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr96nYf9qQxyjl1fHzC4Zx4riWdHTzazQIOQNbO_FF4ycxxjkxT4cc8XyHLwojCWr9-ButYerIuTV4wMv0KHicpbduiCFIeRPQ98v2yCzwd3K1WMRuo1WPhWul_jHSDM_27vkPTrHiz7Hn/s400/1.jpg" t8="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/2010/06/tall-dark-silent-type.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_69_D20ElrtyAJFTUkYXpLUcVmgEPFFjrk5ToG5W9TkIignrsIKTp2L5mxZaDaieMKrCXYOAA3ZRMBXnQVvqRM8G_gNBCXu00otbPIIrJh1c8qBE2GdAZx8IanQNdI1wo91_RlOGfCbTa/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_69_D20ElrtyAJFTUkYXpLUcVmgEPFFjrk5ToG5W9TkIignrsIKTp2L5mxZaDaieMKrCXYOAA3ZRMBXnQVvqRM8G_gNBCXu00otbPIIrJh1c8qBE2GdAZx8IanQNdI1wo91_RlOGfCbTa/s400/9.jpg" t8="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/2010/07/shimmer.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Whether it be metallic gold or golden tones, I love the way it can transform a room. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The soft shimmer often transfixes me when I spot it in a room, no matter what form it comes in.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But of course golden velvet just might have to be my most favourite form of all.</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>because I always have to mentally fight to separate gold from flourishes and roccoco,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and you've shown it in such a modern way, that it leaves me a bit speechless.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>When I need a bit of killer imagery, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>something textural and tactile and sexy,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I always head over to </i><b><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/"><i>The Diversion Project</i></a></b><i>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>You should go :)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Crushing On Color: Jules from The Diversion Project

The Crushing on Color series is where we get a little glimpse of what colors make our favourite bloggers hearts aflutter... today I am su...