It isn’t every day that you start a design in one house and finish up in an entirely new one! Back in the beginning of the year, I was working with my client on her Dining and Living Room design. We had just finished and were ready to start ordering when they bought a new house. It was something they had wanted for a long time. The stars finally aligned so they went for it! So what to do with the designs we had already? Well, many pieces still worked so generally it stayed the same. But some big changes came when they decided for almost a compete overhaul of the home. A Kitchen remodel, new flooring, paint, tile, bathroom addition, custom built ins, fireplace reface, new furnishings….the list goes on. Oh and did I tell you, all of this needs to be completed by their move in date which was originally in two weeks but has now moved to the beginning of December?!?!
So between myself, the contractor, my assistant (I haven’t told you about her yet!) and the homeowners, we’ve busted some tail specifying, demolishing, building, painting and shopping. We must make a good combo because I will say things are falling into place and we are staying on track time-wise. Go TEAM!
Here is the family room. Before there were two funky arched shelving holes in the wall. We conjoined the two and are adding 3 towers of custom built ins. They went in today and I cannot wait to see the results. The fireplace will have floor to ceiling stacked stone tiles that wrap the side walls.
We originally wanted some larger stones but were having trouble finding the right color in the texture and size that we wanted. We went for the sample on the right board, top left. It’s a grey but has a little brown in it as well.
The island was ripped out and will come back larger and in and espresso finish. The back wall of cabs will be white shaker style. We chose two types of quartz for countetops The white will go on the island and the concrete look goes on the back set of cabinets.
We are using this marble black splash. It’s called Danby by Quarry Collection. We had planned on the smaller mosaic on the bottom but are still deciding if we want to do larger subways. For lighting I wanted to bring in a little more worn edge so the kitchen didn’t get too classic. The decor is pretty modern, eclectic with some global hints so we needed to make sure that the kitchen could stand up to that.
My office for the last two weeks. My desk at home looks just about as messy…
The dining room had some strange angled soffit that we knocked out and straightened it up. Crown will be added to the top. The ceiling portion will painted the same as the walls which will be a dark brown with a red undertone. Sherwin Williams Hot Cocoa.
Hot Cocoa will carry on into the Living Room as well. They sit parallel to one another with the entry in between them. We really needed to create balance with the rooms being they face each-other.
Hot Cocoa is the left set of paints, darkest tone. I wanted something with a slightly red undertone to it. The set on the right went too red. The red keeps the brown warm and from getting too dark. The same value of brown on some of the other charts gets really dark and fudgy. You have to be really careful of pink undertones though. When lightened up, you can get very pink walls. And light-beiges with pick undertones are amongst the hardest to match things to.
So we come back to where things all started. The original Living Room design that found a new home. Walls were painted today, hardwood is going in next week and then we can finally get the furniture in which has been sitting in the warehouse waiting patiently.
