As much as I love the layout of my house, and the way the space is arranged, and how much space there is; I'm struggling with it's...blank-ness. Everything is very light and airy and that beach-style color pallet that looks like the color has been leached out of it.
And then I show up with my dark stained wood, and rich-brown leather chairs, and mustard vases and candles. My rooms are feeling starkly juxtaposed. Are we open and airy or saturated and cozy? Everything is unsettled. I want to change it all right now, in a big way. But of course that would kill off my husband in one fell swoop. Plus, I promised him we could focus on one project at a time; and Ollie's room is the top priority, and then Lincoln and Ivan's room.
But I have plans! Oh boy, do I have plans. I need some warmth, and character in my space. Give me texture! Some saturated colors! And for the love, some stained wood! So today I'm dreaming.......
Look at this kitchen/dining room, I can't stop drooling over it. Those brick-colored hexagon floor tiles! Teal cabinets! And the butcher block counters and white subway tile, which I already have in my kitchen. Swoon, swoon, swoon.
Actually, the kitchen island has been on my mind quite a bit. As I mentioned, we have butcher block counter tops. The previous owners sealed all of the counters, except the island. Sealing the island needs to be done, and fairly quickly. So it's legitimately closer to the top end of our to-do list. And if we're going to seal the top anyway, we might as well take the opportunity to redo the island to our liking. Whether or not we paint ALL the kitchen cabinets teal, I REALLY want to paint the island teal, probably a teal on the richer end of the spectrum. Right now the sides and under the bar part of our island are just flat. Aaron and I have talked about, and both agree, that we'd like to add some bead-board and thick trim, and possibly even extend the sides of the island like in the last picture.
I also really fancy the idea of staining the butcher block a dark walnut color......Aaron is not so keen on this idea; not because he doesn't like how it looks, but because he doesn't want to have to sand down, stain, and reseal the butcher block that's already been sealed. But I love the dark walnut color.
I hate the current tile we have in our kitchen. It's purple and blue. Yup. A very washed out purple and blue, but purple and blue nonetheless. It reminds me of the early 90s. And it's uneven like cobblestones, so it's REALLY hard to sweep, and impossible to mop. But in my daydreams I always wonder what I'd replace it with. I like wood flooring, but since I have wood counter tops, I don't know if that's too much of a good thing? Can't decide. But it doesn't matter because I've pretty much fallen head over heals for the red hexagon floor tiles from the first picture. I have no idea what something like that would cost. But since I'm dreaming, here it is in a few more pictures.
And these bar stools, and Mason Jar lights for over the kitchen table.
I think I'm really feeling that deep turquoise/teal color right now. I want more of it in my life. I've had this picture in my head for a dining room ever since we moved in.
I don't know if my idea for a kitchen and my idea for a dining room will necessarily go together, and I might have to reconcile with that when we get to that point. But for right now, I like both. :)
Other ideas I'm drooling over, but not really sure if or how to incorporate them into my own home:
Someone who is a talented water color artist, please just paint me these seasonal produce pictures, I am so in love!
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