Welcome to my home!  As I post room photos to my blog, I will update them to my House Tour page as well, so be sure to check back for more!


KITCHEN

I think it's important for the fixed features of a house to be appropriate to the house's style.  We designed our kitchen to look like it came from a Craftsman bungalow from the 1920s era, which is the style of our house.  Everything from the shaker-style, inset door cabinets to the cabinet hardware, subway tiles, lighting and countertops are inspired by bungalows from the 1920s.  I enjoyed sourcing every piece during construction.  Of course, we worked in the modern conveniences that allow us to do the cooking and baking that we enjoy, too.

I'm not the best photo stylist, so you won't see carefully put-together vignettes and lots of fresh flowers.  This is just what my kitchen looks like every day.  Well, every day that it's cleaned up, anyway!





Sources and Info:

• Cabinets - Haas Cabinets Craftsman Series
• Cabinet hardware -  House of Antique Hardware
• Appliances - Jenn-Air
• Perimeter counters - Carrara marble
• Island counter - Walnut wide plank, crafted by Jason Cohen, a local wood artisan
• Sink - Elkay Single Bowl Undermount 18 x 20
• Seating - 24-inch walnut saddle stools from Whitewood Industries
• Faucets - Delta Victorian Collection
• Lighting -  Rejuvenation
• Backsplash - white subway tiles from Home Depot

DINING ROOM

Here's our very simple dining room.  We're not formal dining people and we have a small family of three, so we didn't want a large dining room that would be a waste of space for our family.  We usually eat at the kitchen island, so we only use the dining room when we're hosting guests.  Most days there is "stuff" on the table because it's a large horizontal surface just inside the door from the garage, so it's a convenient dumping ground!

The dining room is a work in progress.  More info after the photos.











Since the photos above were taken, we had a piece of glass cut for the table.  It helps protect the table's unfinished wood from spills, and makes it easy to clean.








Changes coming for the dining room:  new artwork for the walls, possibly a piece of furniture (bench? chest?) on the stairway wall, maybe someday a rug under the table.  Also, the corner etagere in some of the earlier photos has also been moved upstairs to the game room.

Sources and Info:

• Table - Flatiron Desk from Restoration Hardware.  Yes, it's a desk, not officially a dining table.  RH's Flatiron collection includes both a desk and a table that have the exact same dimensions, except the desk has the legs all the way out to the corners, which allows me to fit 3 people on each side when needed, rather than just 2.  The only downside is that the cross-bars at the ends of the table are where the person's feet should be, but we deal with it.  We have a small dining room and this allowed us to seat the maximum number of people.
• Chairs - Scoop-Back Chairs from West Elm
• Trio of shell art - purchased at Kohl's several years ago
• Coral wall art - purchased via Haute Look a few months ago

More house photos to come!