Showing posts with label Kitchens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchens. Show all posts
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... that I have been coveting... for my next house?
.. well I stumbled upon the whole house over at House Beautiful.
It's in San Francisco.
Check out the gold leaf accents.
They sort of got everything perfect....
...with Ralph Lauren furniture... and Mr Adler's cushions.
A black and white base with neutral textured accents.
Give. me. that. sofa.
A beautiful mix of old and modern.
How's that for a bathroom pendant light? ... a crystal ship chandelier!
Tiles are of course Ann Sacks, as are the splashback tiles in the kitchen.
Does it get any better than this?
Oh Northern Hemisphere, I do love thee and all you have to offer architecturally.
What's your favourite room? Mine's still the kitchen. I am so having a black island bench next time.
Happy Tuesday!
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The kitchen in the Hampton Designer Showhouse, in Southampton, NY, took my breath away.
As soon as I arrived in the kitchen and started hyperventilating, Mary...the chief administrator of the whole house (from planning the whole thing, to co-ordinating the designers, to the day to day management of the whole spectacular)... said Mr Bakes, the kitchen designer, was in town so she'd give him a call. Before I could take my next melodramatic breath, he arrived and answered my 4 hundred questions about his beautiful space.
The entire kitchen, from design to implementation, was created by Mr Bakes' company... 'Bakes and Company'. All the cabinetry was custom, hand-painted maple. See why I couldn't breathe? It featured solid walnut drawer fronts and curved walnut veneered side panels on the island benches.
The sink was custom brushed nickel.
The tapware was from France, from Margot.
Heartstopping.
The island benchtops were Carrera Marble, 'joya' polished.
All the nickel cabinetry hardware was custom made by Mr Bakes. Yep, 'Bakes and Company' custom polished nickel handles and knobs. It gets better....Mr Bakes' company also created all the accessories!.... and all the beautiful copper cookware, which is manufactured locally on Long Island, under the brand 'Bakes by Design'. My post travel depression gets worse when I discuss such matters... custom design, local manufacturing, exquisite workmanship. Sigh.
The wooden bench-tops were a natural oiled walnut, oiled using a food safe organic oil, allowing for the counter to be used as a food preparation area... and also allowing for ease of repair. Marks and scratches can be lightly sanded and spot refinished with oil, no need to re-sand the complete surface. Genius.
Digressing... I have to say that, if this was my beloved kitchen, there is no way I would be using these masterpiece bench-tops for any food prep at all. I'd use the other thousand metres of marble benchspace to chop my zucchinis.
Anyway, the walnut counters should be re-oiled once a month or so for maintenance.
The splashback was designed by Mr Bakes himself and custom made for him by 'New Ravenna' (of course!) It's natural stone, chosen from a colour palette to resonate with the kitchen. Mr Bakes' concept drawing was converted by computer to cut stone mosaic pieces, laid out in the factory in one mat and then supplied to the project in approximately 16 sheets for fixing.
Solid walnut drawer fronts.
I could cry.
The range area counter tops were Quartzite, a slightly harder surface than marble..... and ideal for either side of the range.
Spectacular.
Hand painted maple.
Look at the finish! Perfection.
Mr Bakes asked what we used for our kitchen finishes in Australia. I told him how popular 2 pak is. He asked what 2 pak was and when I told him about the whole polyeurythane thing and the spray on situation, I could see him shudder slightly. He was such a gentleman, he didn't have to use any words to express his slight disbelief.
"Life is so different back here", she said in her haze of post travel depression.
I picked the lights were from Circa Lighting, even before I stepped foot in the kitchen.
I know my lights.
Sigh.
Appliances were by Dacor.
The floors were plain sliced White Oak with Jacobean stain.
The kindly Mr Bakes.
I chatted with Mr Bakes about the whole pricing of a kitchen setup like this one. Let's just put it this way, if this kitchen was created here in Australia, it would be at least double the price that it cost over yonder... and that includes the appliances. :(
The kitchen opened out into another delightful sitting room, furnished by 'Old Town Crossing'.
Looking back, you can see how this room then flowed back into 'The Den', by 'Kate Singer Home', that I featured here on Monday.
I loved this kitchen. It was edgy, with contemporary accents on a traditional base. Years ahead of trend.
What do you think? Could you see yourself washing up your good glasses in that gorgeous sink? I can!
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It's funny how your mind jumps all over the place when you're scheming a house.... from the roofline and eaves... to the front path stone and pool orientation. To pool house or not? Wainscoting panels or vj's? Wallpaper in the bedrooms? All the big questions. Last night, it was kitchens... well fridges... to be exact. I was searching for a picture, of something so unrelated to kitchens, for a client and got distracted by fridges. It's delicious... to have distractions again.... distractions that just aren't important... if you know what I mean.
So my thoughts last night were (specifically) all over glass-doored fridges. Important, because if I could ever have one in my kitchen, I wouldn't be sticking it in the pantry, like last time. It would be a feature.... so I would have to design the kitchen around it.
Oooh, now there's a thought... 'a scissor truss kitchen'! Hmmm.
I digress.
The limitation of course .... is cost.... and the Australian distribution is rather limited.... unless you go commercial. I think there is only one 'half-glassed-doored' domestic option out there with the Sub Zero tag on it. Please correct me if I am totally wrong. That would be nice. Has anyone sourced a commercial glass- doored fridge for their kitchen? Is it really a 'domestic glass-doored fridge wasteland' out here in Australia?
Happy Thursday! We are savouring the last few 'snippets' of school holidays before we get back into it all next week. My boys are at the stage of wanting to just relax at home now... and do nothing but play with the lizards, zombie out on computer games (before they are banned for the term... mean mother) and run in packs with the neighbourhood kids..... skateboards, bikes, nerf guns... you know the drum. #boys
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Check out Letitia's beautiful kitchen! I love the hutch/cabinet. I am a sucker for free standing furniture in kitchens. And look, they're my Custom Hampton's Pendants! They've never looked so good. I must improve on my photo of them in the box. I must.
See all the pretties in Letitia's kitchen? You can purchase them through her gorgeous online store: 'The White Shed'. Letitia also has a bloggy, HERE, where there are more pictures of her beautiful kitchen.
I'm off to see Bill today. A large box full of artist's goodies has arrived for him. It's been a big week. I'm looking forward to sitting on Bill's bench and gazing at the river.
Happy Friday!
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I am like a kid in a candy store with fabrics!
Palette for master, carpet is ivory strange colors here (still trying to figure out my Nikon and way too impatient to read the manual like normal people, sorry!
The big pieces is wallpaper, the front is carpet, the left is a velvet stripe (thinking for bench) and right could be pretty on a pair of chairs, still in the "playing stage" but fabric and carpet I love
Hallway uncovered, isn't the Windex bottle a nice touch? You know me, its either Charmin, Nyquil or Windex....I really should be getting something out of that, lol.
This is looking from once you walk in front door
Topiaries are not staying, just there hanging out till they find a home elsewhere
TThis is the type of window treatment I was referring to for my bathroom.....
I really like this hutch in a painted blue/gray finish with the matching desk for my small home office...thoughts? (Safavieh)
So heres the lanterns I told you about, first he hung them way too high, in a few pics you will see them at their proper height.....
Etching looks familiar, eh?
Another fabric I am really liking.....will show you stools in a bit
Lowered......much better
Meet my newest friends, "the twins"......need to find just the right spot
They even look good next to the fabric in the background
Please take note of fabric and imagine on upholstsered stools......
Found a spot for my other pair of antique blue and whites
The twins still there, waiting patiently for their turn!
See what you think about the fabric........
imagine that fabric on these stools (this is one of three stools I am considering) I would change the wood base to a dark dark wood or black to match island. It was funny because Bonnie Neiman sent these as an idea and I already had them in my file as one of three possible stools .as I told her, great minds think alike! Thoughts? Is it a like? A love?
And to show my devotion to all things blue and white, check out the new iPhone cover I am ordering from Pink Pagoda......(Jennifer from Belclaire house featured it)
Think I am going with this one...though they are both quite pretty!!
Click here if you want one too!
So that's it for today, still doing lots of unpacking, and less organizing than I should, but am managing to do a little every day. I apologize for pictures that felt repetitive, frankly it has more to do with my stubborness in getting the right lighting with my camera and settings, and some are accurate while others are not, hence the repetition! I am wiped and am going to take a long coffee break and visit some of my favorite blogs now....important to pace yourself! Hope you are having a fantastic day.....until we meet again!
