This is our new bay window bench (as a work in progress). I love it!
A peek at the style of our cabinets. Lots of drawers! Love those drawers!
I have always loved a white kitchen. And I love the clean lines of shaker style cabinets. We have them with these sort-of farm house pulls, which I love, but the clean lines of the cabinets allow us to go totally modern with the pulls years down the road if we ever want to change it up.
Brett has been hard at work paneling the kids bath. He bought some new toys to get the job done - a circular saw and nail gun... not sure what else. Does anyone find it odd that all over the country people are ripping down paneling and we are putting it up? It's going to look great! Here's the beginning of it. We plan to whitewash it, and if it's still too cabin-y and rustic, we'll paint it white.
Like the barn light for a vanity light?
I decided to research the Cape Cod style house online today and find out a little about its origins and the typical styles and colors used inside. (Shouldn't I have done this about two months ago?) I was thrilled to discover that Cape Cod interiors are characterized by lots of white (phew!), hardwoods throughout the entire house (yippee!), and accents of blues (for the ocean), red, and tans (the color of sand). I think I'll take this information to heart when decorating and embrace the blues and reds. Cape Cods are so charming - I need to do this cute little house justice.
We got to see our 2 slabs of Carrera marble at the stoneyard this week and are so excited that they will be installed on Tuesday. We are in the final stretch here. The plan is to move in November 16, but every time I say that to someone I get funny looks! Doubters! I am pushing forward and pushing for that date, because I've learned that in this business if you don't give people firm deadlines, nothing will be finished and work will drag on forever. We'll see if I get my move-in date! I'm sticking to it until someone tells me it can't be done.
2 comments:
Go Claire! It is looking good : ) We are supposed to move in before you guys and we aren't close to where you are yet! We are going to do it though! You are right about the deadline thing. You need to be firm and insistent. Our cabinets are also white (they are currently in boxes in the living room -- 56 boxes -- gulp) Our island is black. Can't wait to see your finished kitchen. I haven't blogged in a while because we've been sooo crazy. Just moved out of our condo and are staying in an extended stay hotel.
We will make it!
Laurinda, if I were staying at an extended stay I would move into my house as soon as possible, too! Ours should be 90% done on move in day. Will still have lots of little things to do, but that's no big deal. Would love to see some pictures of your progress!
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