White, white, and more white. It's everywhere. So should you jump on the bandwagon? That's the question I am answering on the blog today! Here's the reader's question: "I have a kitchen/dining room and laundry room that need attention. I was thinking of painting the cupboards white and [installing] a darker countertop like this photo: I … Read More »
Q&A: Too Much Beige
It's time for Q&A Wednesday, and we have a great question I'm sure many of you can relate with. Question: We built a small cabin in 2008 and painted all walls SW 6106 Kilim Beige. We never refinished our wooden ceiling beams, just left them untreated and figured we would get back to them when we had some money. We have hard wood floors and … Read More »
Q & A: Where To Use Dark Colors
This time of year is magic. The earth has patterned itself into a green quilt, snow has turned into frothing water, and we are enjoying the long light. It sneaks around us at 4:30 in the morning and we watch is linger until 10 at night. I think it wants to stay just as much as we do. Of course, if we have long light now we will live in inky … Read More »
High Point Market 2017
High Point Market is a must-see for anyone in the design business. I try to go once a year to catch up with vendors, colleagues, and learn from the many educational events. Trying to get from Wyoming to High Point, NC is always an adventure. No matter how I try to arrange my flights, there's simply not a convenient way to get through four … Read More »
Project Mountain Man
To all of you who have been waiting to see this project, thanks for hanging in there and enduring the teasers on social media. This project was a stretch for me. To say that I am tired of cabins and yellow pine is a bit of an understatement. I've seen them with heavy European furniture, studded leather, and antler lighting my entire life. When I … Read More »
Master Bathroom Updates
Hi, friends! I promised you an update on our new home, and I'm going to share the adjustments I've {been forced} to make in our master bathroom. When I design, I draw and source items. However, I never know the "life span" of the items I've sourced until I try to order them. It takes a lot of calling and checking stock to verify I can … Read More »
Kitchen Changes
New construction is a trip. I often liken it to herding cats. From a design standpoint, I'm going after specifics, and the construction world functions better on generalities. Thank goodness for processes that help me ride out the curves and navigate when we hit a dead end. When we talked last, I had shared our plans for our new kitchen and … Read More »
Architectural Details of Our Modern Farmhouse
Hi, everyone! Welcome back to my series on our new home. If this is your first time with us, you can catch up on all the details by taking the links below: Kitchen (Introduction) Master Bathroom Design Powder Bathroom Design Kids' Bathroom Design In a sense, we've been covering the architectural details (or the "hard" … Read More »
The Kids’ Bathroom
Welcome back for the final bathroom design reveal. Today we're discussing my kids' bathroom. If this is your first time with us, I have shared previous designs for our new house here, here, and here. I don't have a floor plan for you to view in this blog post. It exists, but I'm leaving out the rest of the house plan (especially as it … Read More »
The Powder Bathroom
Hi friends! We are continuing the design "reveal" of our new home, which is currently in the infant stages of framing. If you need to catch up on what we are doing, you can go here and here. This week we're covering the powder bathroom. Powder bathrooms. They are some of my favorite spaces to design. They give me the opportunity to let … Read More »
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