For our house, in particular, the first two photos tend to sum it up.
We're going with Butcher Block Countertops (which of course is a renewable resource and an inexpensive product) and plain simple white cabinets (courtesy of ikea). The stove will be up against the wall and the sink in the island. The sink will probably be a white undermount or drop in. The faucet definitely loving the industrial fixture in both photos. We love the accent wall with some dark color, perhaps grey or chalkboard paint, that way i can have all my funky bright colored things pop. We love the white glossy tile, perhaps under our island or slight back splash, we'll have to see.
i have to admit, i'm a little bad at sticking to just one genre. I love a little bit of everything, and too much of one thing is just over kill. I think of it as: All things in Moderation, there's so much to love and enjoy and putting random bits that don't "typically" go together makes the "specialness" of those individual things that much more beautiful! Hopefully my husband tames me enough to keep the bones of things "simple and plain" ... enough for me to mess it all up!! :)
Well, here are some pretties of our 'potential home-to-be' my husband did to present to the neighborhood HOA. I think they'll LOVE 'em! (but you never know, there's always those stubborn haters out there)
Front entry
(limestone planters, burnt brown red brick cmu, brownish/grey hardie plank, and cedar for the front porch area)
Side view with a little nook pushed out covered in cedar
Backyard view
(the bays underneath allow for an outdoor covered patio area)
Side view with the girls windows and bathroom windows
(also, there's little slits of glass block placed randomly throughout the brick to allow tiny patches of natural light underneath the house in the garage and storage areas)
The bottom is raised 10' because our lot happens to be in a flood plain area (we knew this going in and we're ready for the challenge, sometimes we have to question this decision) And also, when you first enter the house, there is a stair case right behind the front door, this leads to a loft area where it has a padded nook area and lots of room for potential play areas and/or craft areas.
We like pretty much what everyone else likes. We like comfy, clean, antiqued, industrial, functional, simple, logical, muted, colorful, messy. With all those things contradicting each other, its just 'eclectic' and i refuse to conform to any one particular idea of things. We are very open-minded and we like to think we're pretty practical when it comes to our budget and choosing finishes and the like. We don't need to dump thousands of dollars into a house (although it would be nice to have that luxury) we just need what makes us function and what makes us comfortable. We want to make sure each space we create is completely necessary, has a function(s), and is utilized in our everyday life, anything outside that just isn't part of the plan.
So, here we go, below is the beginning of websites full of ideas, details, examples, products, everything that may go through our heads. But this is just my first log of things to come with this house so stay tuned, it'll get interesting :)
Projects that inspire AND rip ideas from:
So here is a home we love and are taking bits and pieces from. We are doing Standing Seam from roof to siding so this project was great to study.
This is a picture of the tile and lighting that will maybe be used in the kitchen. I think we'll put the lights mounted to the ceiling with exposed bulbs but maybe use chrome dipped light bulbs. Just and idea, but we'll see.
This is Mission Tile. Who doesn't want mission tile in their home. I don't know if its in the budget but, oh, to have happy floors, life would be so grand.
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