Friday, February 16, 2024

You're Invited to a Banquette!!

 Some examples for discussion:





1.  Love the design, but not very comfortable looking.


2. Yes! But shorter.


3. Not really.


4. Lovely.  Really like it, but it's a very different layout than ours.


5. YES YES YES.  Not the chairs, but the Banquette tucked into the gap.  That said, we will have the opposite situation with the center projecting and the Sides flush with the back of the banquette seat.


6. What's not to like?  A lot longer than our space though.


7. Too different from our situation.  But I like the wood seat.  Uncomfortable?


8. Very different space, but I love the leather and wood combo.


9. Again with the leather and wood.  I really like it.


9. Criminy! Would it kill someone to have built a banquette in a kitchen shaped like ours. Love the bench here.


10. Not so much. But groovy 50's vibe.


11. I like the location (except that anything that spills or falls off the food prep counter is going down the crack between seat and seatback.

12. I like this one. 

What do you think?

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Ikon Tilt & Turn Windows

Ikon windows are available in various configurations and with "dividers" to make them look like multi-pane windows. Here are some photos of possible styles.











Monday, January 29, 2024

Powder Room Moodboard

 



-Moody, dramatic, dark

-Sink either marble with dramatic veining, or soapstone

-Aged brass. Single-handle faucet

-vintage sconces

-limewash walls

-for sink, we like the solution in the top right photo with a small sink on top of shelf. Also thinking about using pullout pantry-style cabinets on either side or just one side (as space allows) as medicine cabinet, with sink spanning all available width of wall (bottom row sink)

Primary Bathroom Mood Board

 


-Love the vertical tiles continuing from wall to floor and into shower, possibly changing color at some point

-plenty of built-in shower tile shelf space, definitely

-Brass or brushed nickel fixtures

-Single handle faucet. 

-Side sconces

-Exactly the under-mirror sliding cabinet situation in the top-right image

-Some kind of wall-mounted wood cabinet, very clean

-Most likely real stone surface

Kitchen Mood Board

 





-Inset, Shaker-style cabinets. Thinking about either different colors for upper and lower, or for cabinets vs island. 
-Bar corner related but different - reeded glass or different color cabinets
-perhaps raw wood on bar corner rhymes with open shelves
-island different color, with different/lighter stone, 
made to look thicker with edge, NOT on legs as shown, we will go all the way to the floor to maximize drawer space
-Aged or natural unlaquered brass hardware

-do we need a permanent library ladder? Not too fussy or traditional.

-Soapstone-look, dark, veined granite counterop. Love the look of continuing countertop into backsplash with ledge. I like the height in the top left image. I see different ways of dealing with windows, sometimes the stone even continues around the window as trim, which I like, or comes partway up past window.


-Short flushmounts instead of can lights
- Bigger pendant over dining table, but not over island

-White oak floors continuing from parlor