Keeping Track of Our Ideas...

Sometimes I feel like I am being pulled in a million directions with what to do in certain rooms since I love so many different ideas and looks. Here is a sampling of what I am loving right now:

1. This kitchen island! I love the marble counters and the simple lines

2. Distressed mantles. I am on the hunt for one as we speak to add a little character to our family room. They add interest and dimension, and best of all can be a fraction of the cost of building a new mantle!

3. White slipcovered furniture (this never changes for me!).

(pictures above from Country Living)

4. The garden-y feel of this dining room! It is both unique and refreshing, love it!

(picture from House Beautiful)

5. A mixture of creams and whites in the bedroom to soften it up. The creams add warmth to the white palette for those cool winter evenings when you just want to curl up with a hot chocolate and your favorite book!

All Things White

As those of you who know me know very well, I LOVE WHITE! In my world, the more white, the merrier. As you can see we picked a very dark wood floor to contrast with all our white furniture, but left to my own devices I would have immediately gone with a painted white wood floor. So, I am sure you can guess what color I would like to redo the kitchen with. Slowly I am collecting pictures of what I would like to do in the kitchen and ideas that I find interesting. My current plan is to use shelves instead of upper cabinetry along one whole wall as seen here in Rachel Ashwell's kitchen:


I am not sure whether or not I will do floating shelves though, or use slabs of carrera marble on brackets which I saw on an episode of my favorite show, Bravo's Flipping Out.

Let The Destruction Begin!

Today we decided on our hardwood flooring, which is going to be one of the biggest jobs in our reno. We decided on solid hardwood Birch in a charcoal finish, which is a really dark color but not reddish at all. Our only decision left before we go ahead and place the order on Monday is whether we go with the 2 1/4 inch planks or the 3 1/4 inch planks. There is a 20% savings to go with the narrower plank so that is where our dilema lays... But the good news is since we are ordering such a large quantity they did give us a pretty good discount!

Here is a sampling of what the color looks like: