Eclectic Art Stairwells
I love love love ecelctic art stairwells. I’m not sure why but the idea of wandering up the stairs and seeing art picked up at flea-markets and craft shows here and there just makes me happy inside. I’m particularly a fan of anything architectural or scientific but I also love prints and paintings of pretty girls in pretty dresses doing pretty things like sitting in the park or playing on a piano. I have 2 full flights of stairway in this house to art-i-fy and I’m going to have fun with it!
The Kitchen is coming together!
We ordered cabinets for the kitchen this weekend! We went with Schuyler Cabinets from Lowes. We went with them for several reasons. The main being that we found a door-style we liked. Another added benifit of the Schuyler, is that the paint colors are standard Valspar colors. The colors in Kraftsmaid and some of the other brands are very hard to match because the whites are plasticized and not actually paint. The Schuyler uses Valspar gloss paint so getting touch up paint and paint for the molding which we are doing ourselves is easy.
The door style is a simple raised panel design: Princeton
We are going with slab drawerheads instead of the 5 piece. I want cup drawer pulls and I don’t like how larger pulls sit on the 5 piece drawerfronts.
The color is white icing:
We are doing a 30inch cabinet with a glass-door 18″ cabinet on top. Similar to this:
We went with this because I’m going for a more farm-house look and I’d like to keep my white appliances. I’m also thinking about painting the ceiling a slightly blue-gray which will really warm up the cabinets. Something like this but I’m still not sure:
The walls opposite the cabinets will be a sage-y green and the floors are dark. The countertops are ikea beech countertops:
and the floor is Bruce Cappacino Maple:
My pulls and faucets are oil rubbed bronze. The sink faucet is:
The Sink is a white cast iron Kohler enameled two basin sink. I really like asymmetrical sinks so I decided not to do the apron front farmhouse sink. This has a similar feel but is more practical for me. It allows you to keep the sink from being centered under the window which helps with cabinet design. I think with a farmhouse sink, being centered would be more important.
We are also doing a pot-filler cause I think they are cool and will be very useful for filling the coffee maker. Strange reason, I know. This is the one we are going with:
I can’t wait to show you pictures of the kitchen all done! I’m also planning on doing a budget breakdown post because I always like to read those. They are hard to write without sounding money-centric though. I’m a shopper and I spend a long time looking for exactly what I want and how to get it for the best price but I am still spending lots of money on this house remodel. I want to share those numbers because seeing other budgets is very helpful but I also don’t want to shock my friends and family with numbers. In general, it’s no-one’s business how much or how little we spend but at the same time, I want to help others going through this same process so I’m hoping to go with an open approach.
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I Collect Koalas
I saw this image in my website of the day, Elle Decor, and I’m in love with the concept.
I always thought a collection of animals was childish but I see now I just need to shift my collection upsale. I have a moderate obsession with koalas. When I was a child I had more than 150 stuffed koalas. I’m down to 3 but I still have an obsession. These bird prints have convinced me, that if I stick to frame-able wall art, my collection can be eclectic chic instead of childhood obsession.
I just purchased the most adorable koala watercolor from Eloise Narrigan at worksweet.blogspot.com.
I’m all grown up now but can you see why I just had to have it! Sooo cute!
I also just got a postcard from my sister from the San Diego Zoo. 2 and counting! I’m pumped to start collecting koalas again.
Sarah
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Family Room Love from Elle Decor
If you take a look back at the house layout here, you’ll see that the den was previously 2 bedrooms with a center wall removed. Well, that wall is now gone and I’m at a loss as to how to decorate the space. I know it’s early…there is still a hole in the floor where the wall was, but I would like to know kind of what I want. If I want to add built-ins or anything, I need to start thinking about that now.
I had initially thought some sort of bookcase-tv-console thing from Ikea but I’m really madly in love with the idea of a library ladder and I’m trying really hard to work that in.
On the other side of this now large room, I’m planning on a desk area. I’m thinking one main computer area and a laptop area. My husband and I can fight over them. I’d also like an area that would be alright for sewing and Stefan wants to be able to have enough desk space at the main computer area for electronics development.
I’m trying to figure out how to tie these two spaces together while still maintaining seperate roles. I just cut down a wall and now I need to take advantage of that without sacrificing either my TV area or my desk area.
I found this room on Elle Decor that accomplishes just that.
The transitional design is perfect. Has all the traditional features that make a room cozy with enough modern edge to make a computer a natural extension. This room obviously doesn’t have enough desk space but I love the blend of work area and relax area. I also happen to LOVE the color scheme but I don’t think that will fly with the hubby.
Another thought I had recently was to nix the canned TV cabinet idea and go with something a little more architectural. I love the idea of the TV over the fireplace but there isn’t a fireplace in that room. What about a TV over a little upright piano. It would add a touch of whimsy and would allow me to work solely on bookshelves with a library ladder.
I’m actually thinking bookshelves between the two front-facing windows in the room, bridging the gap between the walls. Something like this image, perhaps with a rectangular tufted ottoman and a game table in front of it. Something smaller, more to scale. The middle of the room is not ideal for the main seating area, not enough room for a functional, comfy couch and nowhere to put the TV.
There is also the option to hang the TV in front of the bookcase, just like the large piece of art hanging here. Hm. I wonder how that might work. The TV would need to be on a mount and I’m just not sure if I could make that work. More doodling but I’m seriously loving the Elle Decor website. Why have I never looked there before!
Tata for now!
Sarah
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Sarah! I haven’t checked in on your blog in awhile, but I’m really glad that I did today! I’m loving all of your decorating ideas!! Can’t wait to see how your house turns out 🙂
sheila
3/23/2012 | 6:46 am Permalink
Great place for kids art too.
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