May 30th, 2007
Courtesy of Ikea Hacker, I now know that if for some reason we don’t like our new Ikea Kitchen Cabinets, we can use them to create a sideboard!
There really are amazingly creative ideas on that site.. like the ingenious hack contributed by Andrew of turning this Hemnes Daybed
into this eat-in-kitchen area:
Wow. I can barely figure out how […]
read more...May 29th, 2007
This is completely NHR (not home related) but I was very excited to learn that my very best friend Alexis Starkey has finally started a blog!
This is exciting news for two reasons:
1) Alexis is an excellent writer and I’ve been telling her she needs to blog going on a few years now
2) Alexis has fabulous […]
May 29th, 2007
Leafing through a past issue of “Remodeling & Makeovers” magazine, I spotted these faux crocodile porceline tiles from Walker Zanger’s Matouche Line:
I LOVE these! I wonder how they would look as a backsplash behind the stove? It looks so elegant in the bathroom below:
I also really dig their new Metal Tech tiles shown in the bathroom below:
Really […]
read more...May 29th, 2007
After two unsuccessful months of monitoring craigslist for nice used patio furniture, we finally caved and ordered the Delahey 6 Piece Wood Patio Dining Set from Walmart.com
Yes, I know its politically incorrect to buy from Walmart and I normally try to avoid it when possible, but for $268 (plus $100 shipping) this set was by […]
read more...May 29th, 2007
You know things are bad when you go to Ikea TWICE in one day.. just walking through the showroom with its snaking paths and corridors takes up at least half a day, and that’s if you don’t actually stop to look at anything!
We were in the market to find 39″ wall cabinets to replace the […]
May 24th, 2007
You’ll have to excuse my newfound obsession with creating color palettes.. I’m sure we’ll get back to our regularly scheduled programming soon.. but in the meantime, I came across this lovely image today via Terramia:
and had to of course create a palette based on it:
Thanks Terramia!
read more...May 24th, 2007
I love the earthy mix of yellows and browns. Too bad I can’t use this palette, I’m out of rooms!
read more...May 22nd, 2007
Surprisingly, we didn’t come up with the idea to get rid of it until recently… its amazing what being in a space for a while can open your eyes to. Here is the before photo:
See the 2+ foot drop above the cabinets? It also runs over the side by side windows over the sink, actually […]
read more...May 22nd, 2007
It was love at first sight when I first spotted this Louis side table from Anthropologie:
But at $598 plus $75 shipping, it’s a little um, pricey. My “cheap” version?
This lovely circa 1930 shabby chic white end table I got at my favorite antique dealer in NYC for $125:
At first glance, not so similar. But they both have really […]
read more...May 22nd, 2007
Approximate pallete (with healthy doses of black and white thrown in)
Accent Color inspiration:
A muted gold like in this Deer Print by Daniel St. George available at Little Paper Planes
