I am very excited to reveal the Portland kitchen today. You know as a parent (of kids or pets) when you find yourself staring at your child unknowingly whispering ‘I just love you so much‘ while they eat Raisin Bran? That’s what I do to photos of this kitchen. The only thing that could make me happier is if were my own, and while it’s not wildly different, it’s just a bigger, better version. If you ever plan on renovating or updating your kitchen, read every word or bookmark this post. I break down every element on why we chose what we did with costs and tips. I learned SO MUCH from designing this kitchen and you bet I’m not going to leave this blog post without filling your head with all my Portland kitchen renovation knowledge. Renovating a kitchen from another state wasn’t easy (not sure if I’ve properly drilled that into your head). Sure, I could have easily phoned it in with a basic kitchen, but I wanted it to be this perfect mix of classic + modern, happy + sophisticated, contemporary + timeless with enough special moments that take it from standard to special. I’ll be honest that there were some bumps along the way, major ones like the island was originally built too small (my fault for not realizing earlier we could go bigger), and the first set of windows—where the big one is now—was originally three tiny, VERY high ones (I didn’t choose them TBH). But we ponied up and paid to fix them because I wasn’t going to spend months designing this kitchen to have any regrets. I’m so glad we did because I’m so proud of this room. I want to jump into the computer when I see photos. I want to live here. Hang out with my kids here. Make soup after soup after soup here while my kids read to each other quietly between spoonfuls of vegetables (opposite). I designed this for my life, with my family, and I would be so very, very happy here. I have many favorite things about this kitchen but I can’t possibly name them in the right order, so let’s arbitrarily start with… The CabinetsWe went with custom cabinetry (by Craig Cowing from Crestwood Inc.) as we usually do in higher end spaces. We chose a 2 1/4-inch inset shaker design with a slight step to add a bit of interest and depth. You can’t do smaller than 2 1/4-inch without using custom hinges/hardware but we like the narrower look versus a 3-inch panel. If you are choosing your cabinet design, go for inset or flush for a more updated yet simple look. Inset is where you see the stiles and rails (the 2-inch vertical and horizontal framing of the cabinet case) like pictured above. Flush is where the doors meet each other on top of the stiles and rails. Either way, what you get is a flat look versus where the cabinet doors are on top of the stiles and rails with gaps in between them. Inset costs about 20% more and your cabinet maker has to be very precise (it’s easier to cover inaccuracies when you place the cabinet door on top of the frame), but it’s worth it. These cabinets were all custom and cost about $25k (both for manufacturing and installation). I believe the lead time was 6-8 weeks with like 19 rounds of drawings. Hot tip: The cabinets are often what hold up an entire house renovation. However, you can’t really get started manufacturing them until you are demoed out and your maker can take proper measurements. Therefore, you are sitting with an empty kitchen for often 6-8 weeks. This is why it’s crucial to get your cabinet plan done swiftly. The ColorWe went with lowers and uppers in the same color--Pewter Green by Sherwin-Williams—and we literally could not be happier with the shade. We thought about going white, but we really wanted to draw you in and make a quiet statement. I have done a lot of blue kitchens so I didn’t want to repeat that. We stayed away from gray in this entire house because we were properly warned that in Portland, where it’s gray a lot of the time, people don’t want gray inside, too. We tested out a million greens but ended up loving this super deep green with a lot of gray in it (versus being more teal or emerald). It’s not bright, but it’s deep and saturated. We thought about going white for the island or shaking up the uppers and lowers, but we liked how modern and simple (and dramatic) it felt to do the same color everywhere. The Counter CabinetsWe didn’t want just basic cabinets, so we flanked the uppers with counter cabinets to add some interest. We thought about metal wall-hung shelves at first (the new floating shelves), but realized that many people are scared of open shelving. A row of closed upper cabinets, however, can make it feel smaller and just more basic. Glass cabinets are a great option, too, or we could have done the grids that we did at my LA house (which I LOVE, but I didn’t want to repeat the design element). At the same time that we were finalizing the cabinetry plans, we replaced the too small/high windows with this huge one which made the uppers on that end look slammed against the window. The window was ordered. The opening was cut. What were we going to do? That’s when I started obsessing over counter hutches and it became our happy accident (I thought they added such character, and good design is meant to introduce any sort of personality into a room). All we had to do was set these back to 9 inches and treat them totally differently, thus giving them style and purpose (and freeing them from being smooshed up against the window frame). If your first thought is that it takes up counter space, then know that it’s not a problem because they are just in the corner, which you don’t really use anyway. There is a butler’s pantry adjoining the kitchen that has a ton more storage and counter space, so we weren’t worried about that, either. By doing a single glass panel, it feels fresh and clean, and then that little adorable latch from Rejuvenation… ugh I love it so much. There is painted beadboard in the back, which is hard to see but in person, it adds a nice texture. Having them flank the uppers like that with the hood in the middle really gives this kitchen a powerful but simple focal point. The TileI toyed with doing a bold statement tile to the ceiling but ultimately decided to go with something classic and timeless, yet handmade and special. We worked with Pratt & Larson on a lot of tile in the house including this one. We are doing a whole post about all the reasons we love them and you will, too, but in short, they are handmade in Portland by people who have worked there for 30 years because they love it so much, and they take so much care and create each tile with such artistry. We chose this beautiful matte beveled subway tile that is classic, but not just a basic flat white tile (not that anything is wrong with that but I like to have some sort of unique bent on anything that might seem basic). This tile was $56 per square foot, but the install was pretty standard at $8 per square foot (which = affordable). We staggered (also called running bond) for a classic look and by choosing matte, I think it looks a little more modern and fresh. The StoneI love this stone so much. We worked with Bedrosians on the honed island and counter marble and while I know marble is a lifestyle choice, it’s one that I will make over and over. It has these stunning green veins and adds so much texture and depth in the room and since it’s not bright white, it’s going to hide any use (ours does at home). Designing a high-end kitchen is different than a budget one because you need some design elements to really sing. We thought long and hard about using a white quartz but chose a real stone because the cabinets were a flat paint and the subway tile which was already in production was a simple white tile. Something has to have movement and texture. Sometimes it’s your cabinets. Sometimes it’s your tile. In this case, it is that gorgeous stone. For less maintenance, go for honed or leathered, but also just relax because age adds soul to a house, full stop. A polished finish is what shows the most stains and etchings. By the way, if your kitchen already has polished marble and you want it to be honed, there are companies that will come in and do that for you even after install, or you can look up DIY versions because I’m pretty sure it’s all about some sort of acidic solution that takes off the shine (but don’t come back here and blame me if it’s a disaster… proceed at your own risk). We chose to do a 6-inch backsplash on the other side of the kitchen instead of the tile because there was this “where do we stop the tile?” question since the kitchen has that structural beam running through it. See below: So this was perfect and the 6-inch stone was definitely cheaper in materials and labor than tiling that whole wall would have been. We went with an ogee bullnose edge instead of a squared miter edge (there are other options) to make it look more high-end and traditional. This was one of those decisions that added cost (you can expect to pay $20-$36 per linear foot depending on the stone and manufacturer for an ogee edge), but we all thought it was worth it and went for it. A normal house flipper would definitely save money here, but I’m so glad we added that detail. The stone from Bedrosian would have cost us $7,000 and the fabrication for this kitchen was $5,700. The WindowAs I mentioned earlier, the first round of windows that were installed were three really small, super high and had small grids on them. Unfortunately, we don’t have a very good photo of this, but here’s a rough iPhone photo we snapped during construction, so you can get the gist: Since I don’t love playing the blame game, I often just take it because when you are leading the design you just have to, but no, I did not intentionally approve those three windows and it was an oversight completely – not sure how nobody caught them, but alas, we paid the $2k to fix it and we used the small windows on the shed (which turned out SO cute – more on that later). Milgard rushed that replacement window for us (THANK YOU). And you can see how much of a difference it makes. Our goal with the new window was to bring in a lot of natural light, be big enough that you can see kids playing in the yard below, and also be able to pass food out to the outdoor dining area through those side windows if you wanted to. We worked with Milgard on the project and these windows turned out so beautiful and classic. We chose to do a picture in the middle, flanked by two grids that match the rest of the house. The Window TreatmentsWe outfitted the entire house with custom window treatments from Decorview, and this is their Solera soft shades in the Layla pattern (in Mercury). I LOVE these shades because they are so simple and easy to use and when all the way up, they take up so little space, whereas a Roman can take up to 6 inches. The LightsThe room is bisected by that structural crossbeam, so the island didn’t have an obvious pendant location. Instead, our big light moment was these beautiful articulating sconces above the window. As you can see, the ceiling was tricky because it’s lower on the side that faces the backyard, so getting something that made a statement but fit the space was challenging and these from Rejuvenation worked perfectly. I chose these also because they mixed in the black from the range, and this warm brass but not so much brass that it would be this huge BLING. They feel classic, with a vintage vibe, and totally timeless. The HardwareOriginally, I was going to do polished nickel hardware to match the range and faucets, but the more I stared at the materials board, the more I craved the warmth and modern feel of brass. But the faucets and range were silver!? I found myself googling “How to mix metals” and my blog came up over and over which is when I reminded myself of my own rule: You can mix metals if you do it intentionally and evenly throughout the space. Don’t mix a polished nickel faucet with a brass pot filler; the faucet family should match (same in a bathroom), and I like those things matching the range (although not as necessary). The lighting and hardware is the perfect place to mix it up and add another metal, thus creating more warmth and depth. It’s almost like all the “permanent” things should match and all the “jewelry” should match, but not everything has to be the same across the board. Hot tip: To get a custom look in any room, to look like you really cared and thought about your design, you HAVE to shake it up and take some risks, otherwise your home can look mass manufactured even if you customized everything. You don’t want to spend $75k on a basic B kitchen that someone down the street also has. Choose a few things to make extra special (for us it was the counter cabinets, the stone, the beveled tile, the hardware) and give them a tweak that keeps them still simple and timeless but makes them feel totally unique. Back to hardware. We have four different styles/sizes all in the same finish, all from Portland’s own Rejuvenation. I’m going to do a whole post on how to choose, mix AND PLACE hardware because this was a struggle even for us and we did a lot of research to get where we got (of which I’m very proud). Hardware is where you can take your kitchen to the next level without spending a lot and I’m excited to show you how, but it’s stressful to drill those permanent holes so there is a lot to learn about doing it the right way. All of these handles and pulls make me so happy. The Faucet/Pot FillerThat beautiful range is what drove the kitchen in a lot of ways (which we’ll discuss tomorrow) and like I mentioned above, I like it when the metals on the range match the faucets (again this is just a preference but I’ve seen silver metals in a range mixed with brass faucets and it looks beautiful, too). We chose a classic, antique style pot filler and a BEAUTIFUL gooseneck faucet, both from Kohler. We obsessed about the metals of the sink matching the metals of the range perfectly, but when they are coming from different companies (faucets from Kohler and range from Bertazzoni), you can’t really know until you get them right next to each other but you have to purchase them in order to get them next to each other (unless there is a showroom that might have both, which is possible). The range is a mix of polished chrome and stainless steel. The faucet that we wanted didn’t have a pot filler that matched, but the faucet that matched the pot filler didn’t feel right. I really wanted this sweeping gooseneck. The faucet came in polished nickel and polished stainless, but not polished chrome, whereas the pot filler came in polished chrome and polished nickel but not polished stainless. We felt that it was more important for the pot filler to match the range, so the pot filler is in polished chrome and the faucet is in polished stainless (to also hopefully match the range). THIS KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT. Not knowing how different those three metals would be next to each other (polished chrome, polished stainless and brushed stainless) was a real source of stress for me. The good news? YOU DON’T EVEN NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE and it looks really beautiful. Do I recommend taking this risk and adding this source of stress in your life? No. And yes, of course, I could have just chosen polished nickel for both faucets, but PN is definitely warmer than the chrome on the range. I could have chosen brushed nickel to hopefully match the brushed stainless of the range, but I don’t love brushed nickel. These are the things that really stressed me out in this project, and I’m glad I learned a lot. I’m so glad I didn’t just phone it in and choose matching brushed nickel faucets that technically “worked,” but one of the biggest lessons I learned is that when a project is finished, when you pull back both visually and mentally and look at is as a whole, what you see is this beautiful layered finished room and you truly don’t notice the tiny things you thought you would. Being in this kitchen feels good. The green is the perfect amount of bold, the lighting, stove and appliances just SING and that pretty soft tile and flooring are so classic, timeless yet fresh. The SkylightThis room had okay light, but not as much as it could have had and as you know, natural light is EVERYTHING in a space. So we put in this huge Velux skylight that brings it all in and really changed the space. If you are renovating, please don’t forget to think about the option of a skylight—it can be a missed opportunity (I should know, I didn’t in our kids’ bathroom and am seriously considering adding one in a few years). While it’s just me standing up there grinning from ear to ear, I think we all know that I didn’t do this alone. A huge thanks goes out to Brady, Julie, Priscilla, JP (the GC of Sierra Customs Home), Ken, Jenna (for initial project management), and Annie the architect. There she is folks. The Portland Project kitchen reveal. And yes we have CLOSED on the house YAY!!! I’m debating doing a big old post about the construction and staging process and how much it all cost versus the time and investment put into it. Some of you really don’t like it when I talk money, and it can feel gross but you know what, so is the net profit sometimes which I think is fun to share. Also, LESSONS WERE LEARNED and you know how I love to share those. I fixed all my design mistakes and regrets in this house, but there are some project management and budget allocations that I would have done differently, especially for an investment project—AKA there are some things that we probably didn’t need to splurge on and while I don’t regret them because the house turned out so beautifully, the profit margin decreased substantially by a lot of my design choices. So if you are curious about those, let me know in the comments and we’ll pull together the post. Oh, and be sure to come back tomorrow for a post that’s ALL about the appliances (including my choice to make most of the major pieces panel-ready). Before we move on to the Get the Look, I just wanted to quickly put this shot in for anyone who will be all like BUT WHERE ARE THE OUTLETS. We did a poll earlier this week on my Insta Stories after we did the master bathroom reveal, and people seemed into seeing “real life” images instead of Photoshopped for aesthetics. No outlets = visually cleaner for showcasing images like these, but I wanted you to get a glimpse at an image WITH outlets, and get your thoughts in the comments about whether you’d rather see things like outlets in images we showcase, prefer something pristine without them, or don’t really care either way! // window.daStyles173679 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Planter - from $34Checkered Tray - $7Natural Bristle Brush - $17Roman Shades in by DecorviewSconce - $335Window by MilgardFaucet - $1646Sidespray - $841Sink - $1319Once ii by Jan Denton - $455Sink Drain - $64Grid Pitcher - $14Ceramic Bowl - $35Mini Wood Bowls - $13Wooden Round Boxes - $400Round Wooden Board - $195Pedestal Serve Bowl - $25Green and White Dish Towel -$4Canisters - $26Stool - $200Glass Jug - $20Cabinet MakerMontclair Danby Honed Marble by BedrosiansPot Filler - $7142″x8″ Beveled Subway Tile by Pratt and LarsonSwitch Cover - $15Round Knob - $294" Drawer Pull - $396" Drawer Pull - $45Large Oval Latch - $29Salt and Pepper Shaker Set - $50Dutch Oven - from $150Cream Striped Pitcher - $21Textured Stoneware Pitcher - $21Marble Tray - $25Interior Doors by MetrieInterior Door Handle - $179Brass Appliance Pull - $49Abstract Art by MaryAnn PulsMoonlight – Oil on Canvas by Whitney JordanSkylight by VeluxCrown MouldingBaseboardWood Flooring by Hallmark FloorsDoor and Window CasingPewter Green by Sherwin WilliamsPure White by Sherwin WilliamsOyster White by Sherwin Williams1. Planter | 2. Checkered Tray | 3. Natural Bristle Brush | 4. Roman Shades by Decorview | 5. Sconce by Rejuvenation | 6. Window by Milgard | 7. Faucet by Kohler | 8. Sidespray by Kohler | 9. Sink by Kohler | 10. Once ii by Jan Denton | 11. Sink Drain by Kohler | 12. Grid Pitcher | 13. Ceramic Bowl | 14. Mini Wood Bowls | 15. Wooden Round Boxes | 16. Round Wooden Board | 17. Pedestal Serve Bowl | 18. Green and White Dish Towel | 19. Canisters | 20. Stool | 21. Glass Jug | 22. Cabinet Maker | 23. Montclair Danby Honed Marble by Bedrosians | 24. Pot Filler by Kohler | 25. 2″ x8″ Beveled Subway Tile by Pratt and Larson | 26. Switch Cover by Rejuvenation | 27. Round Knob by Rejuvenation | 28. 4″ Drawer Pull by Rejuvenation | 29. 6″ Drawer Pull by Rejuvenation | 30. Large Oval Latch by Rejuvenation | 31. Salt and Pepper Shaker Set | 32. Dutch Oven | 33. Cream Striped Pitcher | 34. Textured Stoneware Pitcher | 35. Marble Tray | 36. Interior Doors by Metrie | 37. Interior Door Handle by Rejuvenation | 38. Brass Appliance Pull by Rejuvenation | 39. Abstract Art by MaryAnn Puls | 40. Moonlight – Oil on Canvas by Whitney Jordan | 41. Skylight by Velux | 42. Crown Moulding by Metrie | 43. Baseboard by Metrie | 44. Wood Flooring by Hallmark Floors | 45. Door & Window Casing by Metrie | 46. Pewter Green by Sherwin-Williams | 47. Pure White by Sherwin-Williams | 48. Oyster White by Sherwin-Williams // window.daStyles173790 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Range with Double Oven - $10499Hood Insert - $1469Dishwasher - $849Refrigerator- $6599Microwave - $17991. Range with Double Oven | 2. Hood Insert | 3. Dishwasher | 4. Refrigerator | 5. Microwave ***For anyone following along with the Portland Reveals, make sure you didn’t miss out on any:Living Room | Master Bedroom | Master Bathroom | Foyer & Staircase | OfficeThe post All the What’s, Why’s & How Much’s of the Portland Kitchen (+ Big Reveal) appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2Q99rMy
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*** Written by Orlando Soria | Photography by Zeke Ruelas My parents brought almost everything from the Yosemite house I grew up in to Casa Soria when they moved here five years ago. Most of it found a natural home, but many pieces didn’t integrate as well as they did into our old house. The Yosemite house was small (I think around 1,500 square feet), kind of a craftsman-style bungalow that looked like a cabin. I used to get super pissed when tourists would pass by and be like “HOW MUCH IS TO RENT THAT CABIN?” I’d be like “THIS IS MY HOUSE, DUDE.” I guess it’s fine to call your own house a cabin but if someone else calls it a cabin, it feels like an insult. Be forewarned if you happen upon any forest people, not all of us like you to call our houses “cabins.” Casa Soria is bigger (I think around 2,800 square feet) and the style is totally different, so its furnishing needs are also different. I’ve always liked this curio cabinet my parents bought in the nineties. It’s kind of a nineties take on craftsmen and the A-line makes it feel a little lighter. My mom has a lot of pretty objects, mostly Japanese Kokeshi dolls and basketry/art by the Miwok and other Native American tribes local to the Sierra Nevadas. This basket might look like it’s just a pretty accent, a way to ground that mini display shelf to the top of the cabinet, but it actually serves a TOP SECRET DUAL PURPOSE. Somehow, in our massive kitchen renovation (details coming soon GET EXCITED) we weren’t able to find a spot for a laundry hamper. So this is where orMOMdo throws dishtowels and cleaning rags after she uses them (we put a little plastic liner inside to prevent it from ruining the basket). The new dining table from Rejuvenation has been a huge game changer. It’s the max length for the space, meaning it can seat a lot of people. Unextended, it can seat eight comfortably, but we’ve seated ten there, two on each end, for the fancy birthday dinner my sibling and I threw for orMOMdo and it was perfect. I chose this table because it has a pretty simple design that is traditional enough to satisfy my orlanDAD’s taste but also contemporary enough to feel at home in the house. Another great update was the addition of a simple, soft Roman shade from The Shade Store. We chose a very pretty sheer wool color called “Cloud” that blends nicely with the wall color (Alaskan Husky by Benjamin Moore). As you probably remember, my parents really fought me on these. They didn’t see the point of adding window treatments in their front rooms because they’re never in there at night and weren’t worried about privacy (hello, what about keeping heat in during the winter and out during the summer?!?). But now that they have them they actually use them, like, daily. And the softness they add to the space makes everything feel cozier. So quite honestly, I’m glad I manipulated my parents into allowing me to get them glamorous window coverings THAT THEY ACTUALLY USE EVERY DAY. I’m honestly really impressed with the huge Orb-Lando orMOMdo made when they moved in. It’s three feet wide and SO much cuter than the fixture that was there before (see how ugly it was in the intro post). The Windsor chairs from Serena & Lily were a huge upgrade from the ones my parents had before, which were mismatched, half-broken, and wouldn’t push in (their arms were too tall). Why did my parents have chairs that were mismatched, half-broken, and wouldn’t push in? The answer is one of the reasons I love my parents the most; their huge aversion to waste. They don’t buy cheap stuff and when they buy something, they want to keep it forever. This has caused frustration for me at times. Like when they spent $5,000 on getting a sofa reupholstered instead of just letting me get them a new sofa that actually made sense in the space. But, for the most part, I think it’s a philosophy more of us could use. Buy once, buy well seems to have been replaced with buy what you can afford right now then throw it away and buy a new one when it breaks in eighteen months. So while my parents’ inability to get rid of stuff drives me crazy sometimes, I think my generation has a lot to learn from older generations about not being wasteful and gross. While I was at it, I figured I might as well source some new dishes and flatware for orMOMdo, so I snagged these beauties by Kate Spade (all the linens are from Parachute). The dishes are distinctive enough to use for a dinner party but designed to be sturdy enough for everyday use, which is how my parents use them. The beautiful charcoal drawing by Jane Culp was purchased by orMOMdo years ago, I think at an auction for an arts organization she was involved with called the Yosemite Renaissance. We had a lot of the same art in the house I grew up in and I always thought it was kind of stupid because we could look out the window and see it for real. But now that my parents aren’t in Yosemite anymore, I like the Yosemite art a lot more. It’s kind of like if you lived in New York and your walls were covered in New York street art, I’d think you were super one-note. I think it’s just more refreshing to have art that takes you away, rather than showing you exactly what is outside. I often get messages when I post pictures of table settings that I’ve done it wrong. There is a “correct” way of laying out knives, forks and spoons and I actually DO have it memorized at this point (mostly from getting called out so many times about it). But the day I shot this was pretty stressful and I forgot and did it backward (the spoons are supposed to be next to the knife). Here are my two cents on this: I DON’T CARE. Honestly, all flatware looks different, has different architecture, and the pieces interact differently with one another. I tend to set the table the way I think looks the cutest for the style of flatware. I don’t really care that someone in France 500 years ago made some stupid rule about where your stupid fork was supposed to go. If your guest can’t find their dessert spoon because it’s not in the “correct” place, promptly ask them to LEAVE. I love layering, so for me, a tablecloth with placemats on it is a dream. These rustic linens from Parachute make the setting feel warm and cozy. This classic American buffet was a huge bone of contention between my parents. orlanDAD really wanted it in the house while orMOMdo didn’t like it all. Full disclosure: I have to say that as a designer, I really don’t like this piece in the space, for a few reasons. Firstly, it’s very large and imposing. Second, the style introduces an element that feels a little out of place in the house (it feels more like it belongs in a farmhouse or a more rustic space). And thirdly, there’s already too much furniture in this room. There’s a credenza and a curio cabinet as well, so basically, every wall that doesn’t have a window has furniture on it. This made the previous dining table IMPOSSIBLE because it was so cramped you couldn’t get out of your chair. It was clear from being in there that my parents just took random furniture and crammed it into a room and being in there made me feel absolutely insane. BUT!!! There’s a huge caveat to my hatred for this piece. While I might think it’s terrible for the room and it still feels hulking and heavy, it tells a story about my family that I think is an important one. My parents inherited this from my paternal grandfather after he passed away. A reminder now that while I am a pasty white person, half my family is brown (my father’s family hails from Mexico). My Latino grandparents had a house filled with American antiques. I never thought twice about it until I started going to the flea market with Emily years ago, seeing so many Latino faces who deal in collecting and selling American antique furniture. I’ve thought a lot about this and wondered why my grandparents were so enamored with classic American furniture that they’d spend their free time roaming around estate sales and thrift shops looking for it. I think budget was probably part of it (my parents are both from large families that didn’t have a lot of money). But I think part of it was a pride and excitement about American culture. The Mexican side of my family always seemed more all-American to me than my Caucasian side did. While my mother’s family is a bit more offbeat and counter-culture, my dad’s side of the family was always more up-to-date on popular American culture, fascinated by it. I think that comes from my grandparents and I see their interest in American antiques to be part of an overall enthusiasm for and desire to be part of this country. This is kind of a random tangent but I feel like it’s a story that needs to be told. I don’t fully identify as being a brown person (or a white person for that matter) but what I know from my own family’s history is that Latinos (and other immigrants) are some of the most patriotic, hardworking people around and that classifying them as anything less could not be more off base or disgusting. To me this isn’t a political thing, it’s not about left or right, it’s just about treating other human beings with respect and conducting yourself with a certain amount of dignity. ANYWAY, REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WRITING A DINING ROOM REVEAL??? As we all know in the world of design, sometimes a piece of furniture is more than just a piece of furniture. So while this huge buffet cramps the table a little bit, it was important for orlanDAD that it be somewhere in the house so I made it work. The way I made it work was by relocating it to the space previously occupied by the curio cabinet. It’s now tucked into a little corner where it fits snugly and is also hidden from view if you’re in the sitting room. You kind of have to go into the room looking for it to see it now, which is how it should be. To make it feel a bit more on-brand with the rest of the room, I added a Tom Killion print and some accessories to make it feel a bit more considered. It’s probably not surprising that orMOMdo shares a love of blue with Emily and me. She’s been collecting blue dishes for years, so we installed some neat white shelves to display them. This display always makes me happy to look at. Although sometimes when I visit I notice she’s put something red in there that throws off the whole Zen vibe. At which point I take it down and hide it somewhere. I have been doing terrible, controlling things like this my whole life. So, there you have it! My entire autobiography and the biography of how I took my parents dining room from NASTY to RHINOPLASTY in a matter of minutes. It’s definitely a happier, more useable space now thanks to the furniture reconfiguration and the addition of the new table and chairs. It only took five years, but the dining room is finally usable! // window.daStyles174582 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Roman ShadeWall ColorOrb Lantern DIYPainting by Jane CulpBlue Drinking Glass (similar) - $20 (set of 4)Stoneware Pitcher (similar) - $15Dining Chair - $198Dining Table - $3,499Vintage Curio Cabinet (similar) - $1,661Dinner Plate - $22Salad Plate - $19Flateware - $60 (20 piece set)Striped Linen Placemats - $29 (set of 2)Grey Rimmed Linen Placemats - $29 (set of 2)Linen Tablecloth - $129Mud Cloth Tray - $450Vintage Brass Cranes (similar) - $175Mexican Majolica Blue & White Serving Dish - $36Mexican Dinner Plate (similar) - $14Hey Sosi PrintDisplay Ledge - $80Blue and White Tree Porcelain Teapot Set (similar) - $551. Roman Shade | 2. Paint Color (Alaskan Husky by Benjamin Moore) | 3. Orb Lantern DIY | 4. Painting by Jane Culp | 5. Blue Drinking Glass (similar) | 6. Stoneware Pitcher (similar) 7. Dining Chair | 8. Dining Table | 9. Vintage Curio Cabinet (similar) | 10. Dinner Plate | 11. Salad Plate | 12. Flatware | 13. Striped Linen Placemats | 14. Grey Rimmed Linen Placemats | 15. Linen Tablecloth | 16. Mud Cloth Tray | 17. Vintage Brass Cranes (similar) | 18. Mexican Majolica Blue & White Serving Dish (similar) | 19. Mexican Dinner Plate (similar) | 20. Hey Sosi Print | 21. Display Ledge | 22. Contemporary Chinese Japanese Blue and White Tree Porcelain Teapot Set The post Makeover Reveal: Mixing Old & New in the Casa Soria Dining Room appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2PvKfTl Before I had kids, I was kept in the dark on the world’s biggest domestic secret—that the master bathroom is quite possibly the only space (and time) that you get to yourself. Being finally in on this secret makes me renovate and design bathrooms with a whole new approach: to make them as beautiful, luxurious and relaxing as possible. This doesn’t mean making them crazy high-end, but it’s about maximizing certain elements to make the time you spend in there better. And even though the Portland bathroom wasn’t for me, I designed it with this in mind. This room didn’t exist before. It’s part of the third-floor add-on that we constructed and it feels like a hotel bathroom in a fancy newly renovated suite in New York. A very, very big suite. It has all new amenities and fresh everything, but the materials and textures have a lot of soul. We LOVE how it turned out so much. There are some rooms that look better in photographs but this is almost the opposite—photographs just don’t do it justice because you can’t get a sense of the space and light from these vignettes nor could we really get big pulled back shots because it’s a smaller space. Trust me, the light (from the skylight and windows), the bold contrast of the paint color, that statement tub, the intricate pattern, the world’s prettiest shower…it’s all just so calming but exciting at the same time. I think I just nailed it if I may say so. I knew I could easily “Basic B” this bathroom, do something fine, simple, timeless, “likable” but not too unique. So trying to figure out how to make it still exciting and “EHD” but without taking huge risks was hard…although I suppose to a lot of people a statement floor tile, a Victorian clawfoot tub and walls closer to black than a more comfortable, safer white are HUGE risks. As you might remember, I wrote a whole post about the process, breaking down each product with why we used them, so head over there if you want the whats and whys. This post is more about the reveal and chatting through what really worked. I will tell you that this room made me nervous to see in person. At the studio, all the materials looked so pretty but the renderings were making it look so cold. As far as rooms go, you don’t mind a bathroom looking “colder” because you want it to feel clean and some even want “sterile.” But I don’t do cold rooms, and it was too late to change any of the major finishes to say wood or brass to help warm it up (unless I painted the wood paneling a warm tone but what warm tone? Brown? Mustard? Pink? Red? Yellow? Camel?). But I wasn’t nervous anymore because once you turn into that room from the hallway, it kinda takes your breath away. All the textures give it such warmth and it just feels so well-intentioned but not pretentious. The marble, polished nickel, light, and yes textures create excitement but it’s not loud or annoying. I really wanted to do polished nickel in this bathroom because I frankly wanted something new (well, new to me…I’ve been doing a lot of brass lately) and keep it super classic and timeless. It looks beautiful with both cool tones (grays and blues) and warmer tones (woods, creams, etc). We used the Pinstripe line from Kohler (who I partnered with for this bathroom) here because it just fit the “classic and pretty” aesthetic I was going after. The marble tile floor was one that we chose early on. It’s a mosaic by Kelly Wearstler for Ann Sacks and while it is “fancy,” there is nothing garish about it. The black and white version goes a little more dramatic, but this is just a field of pretty white and gray stone. Hot tip: You can mix two different marbles but they should be in the same tone as we did and the veining should be different scales. I think a third marble could have taken it over the top (which is why we did paneling on the walls, not more tile). We ended up using large-scale marble tile from Ann Sacks (12×24 I believe) on the bench instead of slab to save on the budget since it was a small amount and we didn’t want to have to buy a whole slab, plus we knew it would match the floor tile (also Ann Sacks) perfectly. As I wrote before, the subway tile is super classic, in a forever timeless “stagger” install but this tile has this amazing beveling that gives it a bit more depth while still keeping it simple. I love the soft texture and shadows that it creates on the wall without making anything too visually crazy. The Ann Sacks floor tile is a small-scale Thassos (also a type of stone). Another hot tip: Generally unless you put in a linear drain (of which you would have to know early on), you need to have a small scale on the floor of the bathroom to slope down ever so slightly toward the drain. This small-scale pattern mimics the shape and layout of the tile on the walls but is in a solid white marble. The Pinstripe shower suite from Kohler (which we paired with the Artifacts hand shower—one of the benefits of shopping within one brand for fixtures—turned out to be so, so beautiful. It feels elegant but not overly decorative and boy do I love having all the bells and whistles of the rain shower, hand shower and shower head. The handles are squared off and using the cross handles always feels more elegant to me. Now that I spend real time in a shower, I realize how much more I could have done in ours in LA. This one is such a dream, so big, bright (that skylight from Velux makes it feel 15-feet tall) and plenty of room to sit and hang for hours if that is your jam. We have a simple bench and curb out of the same marble as the bench with glass doors that went up high enough to be more dramatic than the usual 72-inches but not so high that it cost us $5k. I really wanted it to go floor to ceiling but I think the quote was $5k just for the glass. We’d also have to tile the ceiling which would have cost more, PLUS the skylight would have been cut off by the floor-to-ceiling glass doors so we’d have to move the skylight…all of which I ACTUALLY CONSIDERED until my brother said a solid “NO” (thank goodness). I really wanted this bathroom to be PERFECT and to not have any regrets and now that I look at it, I think I can’t believe I ever considered doing those things. Let’s talk paneling and paint color: Paneling can be tricky because you want it to feel modern and still a little edgy and not like an ’80s country revival. So we went dark and we LOVE IT. It’s Cyberspace by Sherwin Williams, in the lowest sheen possible for a bathroom. We used Metrie 4″ V-groove (as opposed to beadboard, which feels more custom to me) and topped it off with a more squared off architrave on top. One of the challenges was figuring out where the moulding started and stopped and how to address the windows, but we ended up treating the two windows as a single unit, with just white flat stock in the middle instead of continuing the dark paneling. That might seem obvious now that it’s done, but when it’s just two black windows with no casing or sill, they felt far apart and like they should be treated separately. But once you get 3 inches of casing on there, it made sense to treat them as one. We worked with Milgard for the windows in this house, which turned out beautiful and classic. (In case you’re wondering about the placement of the windows, they are where they are because of the roofline outside.) We chose classic sills for the whole house, versus just doing a casing around the windows and mitering it on the bottom. For the vanity wall, we had quite the conundrum of where to stop the paneling so that a mirror could be hung. Sounds easy but no matter where we were going to stop it, it would hit something weird somewhere. The original pivot mirrors we picked out had gone out of stock by the time we had to decide, so we really couldn’t put that architrave behind the mirror. We ended up taking it all the way to the ceiling. And I LOVE IT. It really balances out the room and makes a statement without introducing another material or finish. As for lighting, we went with this pretty semi-flush light from Rejuvenation in polished nickel, which gave that side of the room some depth. We used matching Damask vanities—from Kohler—with furniture feet (as opposed to toe kicks or floating) to keep them looking a bit more traditional and make the bathroom feel as big as possible (plus show off more of that tile). The countertop has a built-in sink, making it look bigger and more seamless (in a really pretty ceramic). And then we used the Canfield hardware from Rejuvenation in a polished nickel finish. The whole Pinstripe suite for the faucets (with the cross handles) are just so sweet and classic and feel so solid. Again, it just reminds me of a high-end boutique hotel. Last but not least, the toilet room: I finally got to use the Deconstructed Stripe wallpaper by Schumacher that I’ve been Pinning for ages and ages (and the new homeowner told me she had, too). It was only barely a risk since it fit the color palette and the pattern is busy but kinda subtle at the same time. It’s a little jewel box of a room now. That paper just made that room exciting, and have an exciting toilet room isn’t a bad thing. The toilet in there is so beautiful and elegant (look at that gem-like base) and the light from the Velux skylight is gorgeous (and don’t worry if you don’t want the big guy in the sky spying on you, it has shades…although I’m pretty sure he can still likely see you…) For the styling of the space, we brought in pretty pieces from around Portland to give it a sense of home and bring it down a notch. The raw woods helped warmed up the space and the use of handmade pottery, vessels and art all helped to give the room some texture and soul. I love that beautiful stool from The Good Mod which is made by Vince Skelly, and of course an artisanal pink clay mask and $45 bath salts. My styling budget got a bit out of control, but look at how beautiful those props are (#goodfont). The art by MaryAnn Puls (a local Portland artist of which I’m now obsessed) wins every time and some pretty little accessories from around town (like those Rejuvenation towels which are unfortunately no longer available in the navy stripe). There you go. It’s a pretty darn great bathroom, with a floor worth staring at (as seen above). I’ll miss it but will likely stare at photos for the rest of my life (and you’re welcome to, as well). Although probably not that last photo because its far too meta to stare at a photo of me in a bathroom, staring at a floor…in the bathroom. Any questions for us? Again, in case you missed the process posts about what we chose and why and what the biggest challenges were, please head here. Meanwhile, if this is a bathroom you want and love, then we’ve pulled together a Get the Look for you below. // window.daStyles174190 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Mirror by Rejuvenation - $299Sconce by Rejuvenation - $325Abstract Art by MaryAnn PulsRobe Hook by Kohler - $179Sink Faucet by Kohler - $871Countertop by Kohler - $592Vanity by Kohler - $2103Towel Ring by Kohler - $232Large Glass Canister - $25Medium Canister - $20Dark Teal VaseCeramic CupBlack Bud VaseDrawer Pull by Rejuvenation - $17Cabinet Knob by Rejuvenation - $12Floor Tile by Ann SacksTortoise Toothbrush - $9White Toothbrush - $9Hand Soap - $14Face Wash - $22Window by MilgardAbstract Art by MaryAnn PulsPendant Light by Rejuvenation - $699Towel Bar by Kohler - $351Towels - from $23Bathtub by Kohler - $3293Bathtub Drain by Kohler - $821Floor Mount Faucet by Kohler - $2380Riser Tubes and Cross Connection by Kohler - $359Wood Stool by Vince Skelly via The Good Mod - $495Glass Vessel from Mantel - $295Gray Vase - $6Bath Salts - $44Cedar Complexion Brush - $9Clay Mask - $22Toilet Paper Holder by Kohler - $249Wallpaper by Schumacher - $2.41 per sq ftToilet Lever by Kohler - $90Toilet by Kohler - $888Toilet Supply by Kohler - $224Abstract Art by MaryAnn PulsPocket Door by MetrieRound Door Pull by Rejuvenation - $5Flange by Kohler - $194Ceiling Mount Rainhead Arm by Kohler - $140Rainhead by Kohler - $963Shower Arm and Flange by Kohler - $194Showerhead by Kohler - $241Anna Bevel Savoy Field Tile by Ann SacksShower Floor Tile (Mini Brick) by Ann SacksShower Seat Tile by Ann SacksSlidebar Trim by Kohler - $45Shower Sidebar by KohlerSingle Function Handshower by Kohler - $140Wall-Mount Supply Elbow by Kohler - $127Ribbon Hose by Kohler - $43Valve Trim with Pure Design Lever Handle by Kohler - $496Valve Trim with Pure Design Cross Handle by Kohler - $990Shampoo and Conditioner Duo - $58Gray Waffle Towel - from $25Sisal Bath Brush - $10Wood Bowl by The Good Mod - $275Window and Door Casing by MetrieBaseboard by MetrieTongue and Groove by MetrieArchitrave by MetrieWall and Trim Color in Vanity Area by Sherwin WilliamsMillwork Color by Sherwin WilliamsSkylight and Blinds (grey light blocking blinds) by Velux1. Mirror by Rejuvenation | 2. Sconce by Rejuvenation | 3. Abstract Art by MaryAnn Puls | 4. Robe Hook by Kohler | 5. Sink Faucet by Kohler | 6. Countertop With Built-in Sink by Kohler | 7. Vanity by Kohler | 8. Towel Ring by Kohler | 9. Large Canister (similar) | 10. Medium Canister (similar) | 11. Dark Teal Vase | 12. Ceramic Cup | 13. Black Bud Vase (similar) | 14. Drawer Pull by Rejuvenation | 15. Cabinet Knob by Rejuvenation | 16. Floor Tile by Ann Sacks | 17. Tortoise Toothbrush | 18. White Toothbrush | 19. Hand Soap | 20. Face Wash | 21. Window by Milgard | 22. Abstract Art by MaryAnn Puls | 23. Pendant Light by Rejuvenation | 24. Towel Bar by Kohler | 25. Towels (similar) | 26. Bathtub by Kohler | 27. Bathtub Drain by Kohler | 28. Floor Mount Faucet Set by Kohler | 29. Riser Tubes and Cross Connection by Kohler | 30. Wood Stool by Vince Skelly via The Good Mod | 31. Glass Vessel from Mantel | 32. Gray Vase | 33. Bath Salts | 34. Cedar Complexion Brush | 35. Clay Mask | 36. Toilet Paper Holder by Kohler | 37. Wallpaper by Schumacher | 38. Toilet Lever by Kohler | 39. Toilet by Kohler | 40. Toilet Supply by Kohler | 41. Abstract Art by MaryAnn Puls | 42. Pocket Door by Metrie | 43. Round Door Pull by Rejuvenation | 44. Flange by Kohler | 45. Ceiling Mount Rainhead Arm by Kohler | 46. Rainhead by Kohler | 47. Shower Arm and Flange by Kohler | 48. Shower Head by Kohler | 49. Anna Bevel Savoy Field Tile (3″x6″) by Ann Sacks | 50. Shower Floor Tile (Mini Brick) by Ann Sacks | 51. Shower Seat Tile by Ann Sacks | 52. Slidebar Trim by Kohler | 53. Shower Sidebar by Kohler | 54. Single Function Handshower by Kohler | 55. Wall-Mount Supply Elbow by Kohler | 56. Ribbon Hose by Kohler | 57. Valve Trim with Pure Design Lever Handle by Kohler | 58. Valve Trim with Pure Design Cross Handle by Kohler | 59. Shampoo and Conditioner Duo | 60. Gray Waffle Towel (similar) | 61. Sisal Bath Brush | 62. Wood Bowl by The Good Mod | 63. Window and Door Casing by Metrie | 64. Baseboard by Metrie | 65. Tongue and Groove by Metrie | 66. Architrave by Metrie | 67. Wall and Trim Color in Vanity Area by Sherwin-Williams (Pure White) | 68. Millwork Color by Sherwin-Williams (Cyperspace) | 69. Skylight and Blinds (gray light blocking blinds) by Velux Missed a Portland Reveal? Here’s everything we’ve published so far: Living Room | Entry & Staircase | Office | Master Bedroom***Itching for more reveals and shopping posts? Don’t miss our brand-spankin’ new ROOMS page!The post Portland Reveal: Creating the Dreamiest of Master Bathrooms appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2Jm69D5 Remember way back when in June (four months ago) when you guys chose the materials for the first level guest bath? Well, now it’s time to show you how we actually designed this bathroom. She is dark, moody and seemingly very dramatic but toned down enough to work in this cabin because some of the finishes are earthy and grounded. I was nervous that it would turn out cheesy, as black, gold and marble can go Liberace fast. But when we visited it last week and saw what has already been installed, we LOVED IT because it’s absolutely working. It’s extremely out of my usual EHD wheelhouse, but that is precisely why it’s so exciting. Taking risks, folks. Rolling the design dice (non-Vegas style) and hoping that while it may not look like typical EHD, it will still have a risky quirk about it that makes it feel like me (and this house). As a recap, when we first bought the house over a year ago now, this guest bath looked like this… …and as a reminder, here is where it is in the house: The floor plan for this bathroom didn’t drastically change from the original—we gained a few extra feet (about 2 and a half) by turning that bathroom off the living room into a powder bath, which you can see reflected in the floor plan above (and a more direct side-by-side of the floor plan change below). This gave us room for a 60-inch double vanity which is always nice to have for guests, although a single sink could’ve worked just as well here. For any visual learners out there, here’s an overhead of how it’s all laid out, but in a really pretty rendering: If you missed the original materials vote for this room (that or you just can’t remember all the elements that you voted on), here’s the winning materials board from the original I Design, You Decide: I still LOVE that materials board and happy to (dramatically) stretch my wings, but was still VERY nervous about the black cladding on the walls. Ross, Georgie and their team from Ross Alan Reclaimed Lumber just installed the black stained reclaimed wood in the bathroom the other week and we are all so happy that you guys overwhelmingly voted (81% to 19%) for it. We all walked into the bathroom and let out audible gasps of joy. It is very different than the typical EHD brass and blue combo that you have come to expect and so far it is looking STUNNING. One of you even hilariously commented on the materials post that this bathroom is “Emo Vaguely Danish Emily” and you were so spot on. Now it’s time to take a look at it all put together. The Purist line in the Vibrant Polished Brass is just so beautiful and I know that I will never not love it. We went with wall-mount faucets and undermount sinks to keep it feeling clean and modern (remember the vessel/undermount debate we had?) When we first proposed this material board, we had initially thought to keep the Poplin vanity from Kohler the standard linen white color but in the comments, many of you thought the white against the black stained wood would be too much of a contrast. And we agreed, so we played around in SketchUp with some dark color options. We ended up going all black for the walls, vanity (for now) and hardware which then draws your eye to the warmth of the Calacatta Oro Borghini marble and the Purist faucets. We ordered the fixtures for this bath in the Vibrant Polished Brass finish which is part of their finish to order program that I got to preview as part of my partnership with Kohler. This is the same finish as the kids and master bath fixtures to ensure that they all feel like they belong in the same house. As a reminder, the faucets are made to order in the finish I choose, no matter the line I picked from (you can visit your local Kohler Signature Store or Kohler Experience Center to learn more about the program which rolls out in early 2019), but if you are looking for something with a faster turn around (i.e. ready to ship), the Modern Brushed Gold finish is similar in tone to Vibrant Polished Brass. As for the black vanity, I will say that now that we saw the walls up in the space, we want to try the white vanity before we go ahead and have it painted black. Last week, on the site visit, we all looked at each other and thought the same thing: maybe the white would work just as well. We’ll see…I’d be excited about them both. You have to remember that on paper, something could look perfect (or on the flip side, feel like it just won’t work), but until you’re IN a space and see all the elements coming together, you don’t 100% know and sometimes things have to shuffle/adjust to feel right. Now for the details, the stuff that you might not know about (like the sconces and mirrors)… Sconce | Mirror | Wall-Mount Faucet | Towel Ring | Marble | Toilet | Vanity | Undermount Sink | Hardware Those beautiful lantern-like fixtures are the Huntley sconce from The Urban Electric Co., which we ordered in a Matte Black except for the candle sleeve (that’s in an unlacquered brass). There are a couple of can lights in the ceiling in addition to the three sconces above the vanity so not to worry—we have plenty of functional and ambient lighting for this space. The mirrors are from Thos. Moser which we fell in love with at the Portland house (you might remember them from the foyer reveal earlier this month). They are bent-wood and add some much needed grounded warmth in this dramatic bathroom. In an attempt to make every bathroom interesting and unique, we realized that this was perhaps the only bathroom that could have flanking sconces, which is why we went for that versus installing them above the mirror. There was a lot of debate about what materials were going to go where in the tub/shower area. For instance: Should we continue the tile on the tub front or keep the black stained wood going all the way around the room? Should the tub top be white to match the tile or black to tie in with the wood? We ultimately went with a Thassos marble tub deck to blend seamlessly with both the Pratt & Larson chevron tile (which is so quiet and beautiful), installed horizontally instead of the traditional layout, and the Kohler Underscore tub. You can see on the right-hand side of the tub that there is a 6-inch ledge for our guests’ toiletries; the render is a little distorted in this photo so it looks larger than what it will be in the end. The Thassos marble will also have a 1-inch overhang so we don’t run into any issues of the wood warping from water getting on it. The wood has also been properly sealed by Ross and his crew to prevent any warping from steam in the bathroom so it can last for years and years to come (but we also know that wood in a bathroom is a little more maintenance and I wouldn’t do it in a kids bath). Showerhead | Rite-Temp Valve Trim | Valve With Cross Handle | Chevron Tile | Wall-Mount Bath Spout | Handshower | Slidebar Trim | Bathtub | Thassos Tub Top | Reclaimed Wood Tub Front Now, this bathroom isn’t as luxurious as the master and upstairs guest bath with the DTV control panels but it does have the Rite-Temp pressure-balancing valve which helps to maintain perfect water temperature throughout the duration of your shower. So, if the water pressure dips at any point or someone flushes a toilet nearby, the Rite-Temp feature keeps your water within +/-3 degrees Fahrenheit…no more surprise ice-cold water shooting out all of a sudden (or scalding hot water, for that matter). It’s an easy install, too, and works for thick-wall, thin-wall and back-to-back installations as well as a variety of pipe materials. Grace spent many hours rendering out multiple views for you all to really feel like you know what the space will look like inside and out. Once this bathroom is completely installed, we will style it out to soften and add more warmth and contrast through wood accents, plants and a washed linen shower curtain. A glass shower door was considered for this space but I haven’t seen one done in a way that I completely love so the shower curtain will be great for now (we also hope to save some money, but truthfully the idea of an oatmeal washed linen curtain feels like what this bathroom needs). Here you can see all of the fixtures and materials on one board with all the links to the products below: Reclaimed Wood Wall | Mirror | Sconce | Vanity | Wall-Mount Faucet | Marble | Undermount Sink | Vanity | Hardware | Window | Towel Ring | Toilet | Flooring | Towel Bar | Robe Hook | Shower Surround Tile | Showerhead | Rite-Temp Valve Trim | Valve With Cross Handle | Wall-Mount Bath Spout | Handshower | Slidebar Trim | Bathtub | Thassos Tub Top | Reclaimed Wood Tub Front This bathroom is definitely the most “out there” design-wise than the rest of the four baths in this house (well…maybe the kids’ bath with the green quartzite wins out) but it was a risk that I am so glad we all decided to take together. So, what do you think about this bathroom? Are you happy that you voted for the bold black stained walls or do you miss the brass-and-blue Emily Henderson special? Let us know in the comments…even though everything is already ordered, on-site or installed and probably won’t be changed, it is still fun for us to know what you think of the design. And, here is the SketchUp walkthrough in case you feel like you need to be in the space even more. Thanks to my great design team Julie, Grace and Velinda for obsessing about the details and ensuring me on a daily basis that a black bathroom was what I needed to be doing in life. And thanks Ross Alan for having the perfect reclaimed wood, stained black for that rustic (but refined) matte look. I’M EXCITED, ARE YOU EXCITED???? *This post is in partnership with Kohler but all words, designs and selections are our own. Thanks for supporting the brands we love that support the blog. Psst…looking for more renovation content? Oh, no? What about trends and inspirations? Maybe some shopping and room reveals? Now we’re talking…check out our NEWLY LAUNCHED ROOMS page (learn more about how to navigate the section here).The post Bring On the Drama: How We Designed the Mountain Fixer First Level Guest Bath appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2EMTuKG Welcome to the Portland project office reveal. You may have gotten a peek of it when we showed you guys the entry, but here it is in all its petite glory. It’s a sweet little room right off the entry area and staircase with a big pretty window that lets in tons of natural light and cute barn doors. Sounds like my perfect office space/cocoon. We designed and styled it with a mix of vintage and new, and gave it a sort of executive bent in an eclectic way. It’s simple, but full of pieces that I LOVE and I could absolutely write to my heart’s content in that space, so let’s talk about how we pulled it together. The desk was the key anchor piece here (it’s an office, after all). We chose a more open style that is “visually lighter” so that it didn’t stop your eye and helped make the room feel larger since the room is on the smaller side. Brady had toyed around with a few different desks in there when he was designing it from LA, but because the space is small, we didn’t want to do anything that felt too heavy or would block a lot of the room off. This desk (from Room & Board) was just the right fit. It’s clean, modern and totally transitional which made it easy to mix with the other pieces. You don’t see the details on the front in this photo but it has three really simple drawers that provide a bit of storage and functionality. The chair is from City Home (and very comfy). Office chairs can be some of the most depressing items to actually have to buy and use. They fall into the functional but “not so pretty” category a lot of the times, especially if you are looking for affordable options. This one was such a great find and is really affordable and high quality. I believe it was just over $200. Let’s take a second to talk about my favorite piece in the room. That big storage piece from Aurora Mills. As of right now, my brother is buying it but if he can’t find a place for it, I want to ship it down to put it in the mountain house. At first, I didn’t want it because I didn’t see how it could possibly be functional, but then when we were in this room one night, Brady had the genius idea to have it serve as a big “junk” cabinet with each drawer representing a letter. Junk organized alphabetically…sign me up. It would be a catch-all for everything, so batteries would go in the “B” drawer, zip-ties would go in the “Z” drawer, tape measurer would go in the “T” drawer, I could go on and on with this and thinking about trying to find something solely based on the name of it sounds like an organizational lifestyle that I can get behind. It has 30 drawers so it would fit all 26 letters, with doubles for S, T, etc. The lamp (from Rejuvenation) is a lovely little library-style light that brings in the brass from the pendant (also by Rejuvenation), while the black tones down the glam and also ties in the black hardware on the desk and the black on that globe you see in the corner. Speaking of the globe, it is vintage and insane. We spotted it on our first trip to Aurora Mills, which is a massive property outside of Portland that is stocked floor to ceiling (in multiple buildings) with vintage and antique treasures. We wrote more about the store and snapped some shots inside for our post on Portland favorites (as well as a ton of other amazing local shots). They have just about anything that you could ever want from hardware to huge furniture pieces. We borrowed quite a bit from them for the house and their pieces truly are one of a kind. If it weren’t $1,200, I probably would snag it, it is so unique and is hand painted. Hand-painted antique metal globes—add that to my list of wants and not needs. But someone needs to give that beauty a good home. The wood sculpture is from The Good Mod by artist Aleph Geddis but don’t get your hopes up because I bought it. It is simple, graphic and so beautiful in person so I had to take it home with me (there were actually four of them scattered throughout the house). The lamp from Lulu & Georgia helps modernize that big industrial piece and brings the brass over from the tabletop lamp as well as the overhead light. It also is perfect for that corner of the room as the shade diffuses all the light and gives the room a pretty glow. This close up picture of that storage unit really shows the patina on it and man is it good. You just can’t recreate that sort of look. I need that unit in my life. The windows from Milgard have this lovely thin black profile (more on that later), which we paired with custom shades from Decorview. We went with the Vignette Modern Roman shade in the Brooklyn Tweed in Ivory Trellis because they offered a lot of light filtering and coverage and also have the traditional feel of a Roman shade with a much easier functionality. Like the ones that we used in the master bedroom, these guys just pull up and pull down and can be left at any level without any strings. They really are so simple and pretty and I love them in this space. The art is this insane collection from MaryAnn Puls that we curated. You may have seen her work elsewhere in the reveals but she is an artist local to Portland that WE FELL IN LOVE WITH. I bought that collection, but please reach out to her to see what she has available because everything she creates is stunning and original. Art is the one thing that if I love it, I hoard it (especially a modern grid like this). We just stuck them into cheap IKEA frames to get them hung up on the wall, but once they arrive in LA, I’ll likely reframe them into some float mount style frames like these that are a bit higher quality. Because the office is right off the entry, we had to come up with a solution for the doors so they didn’t open out and into the foyer. We decided to do a pair of barn doors that match the rest of the doors in the house (which are all from Metrie). I love that center medallion motif so much. It leans traditional while still feeling modern. We hung them on barn door hardware from Krownlab that allows them to pull closed when you need a little bit of privacy in the office area or to slide open when you don’t have all of your paperwork (who would do that, definitely not me if I had that alphabetical storage unit) all over the desk. The doors are beautiful enough to leave open and closed and I love this shot above so much even with the doors totally closed. There you have it, a happy, light-filled office that I would be very pleased to work in every morning. Let us know if you have any questions on the room, the accessories or anything else. Until then, I will be figuring out how to organize my life A to Z for maximum efficiency. // window.daStyles173025 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Black Frame - $15College/Drawing by MaryAnn PulsDesktop Note Roller - $78Ridge Cup - $36Mellow Bowl Pendant - $699Roman ShadeWindows by MilgardDesk - $1,599Office Chair - $214Pepin Table Lamp - $299Rug - From $96Barn Doors by MetrieWhite Vase - $44BowlVintage Table - $2,750Lelani Table Lamp - $319Wood Sculpture by Aleph Geddis - $125 (set of 4)Assemblage by MaryAnn PulsVintage Chest of DrawersDoor Plate - $49Crown Moulding by MetrieWood Flooring by Hallmark FloorsBarn Door HardwareAviation Globe - $1,995Window & Door Casing by MetrieBaseboard by MetriePure White by Sherwin-Williams1. Black Frame | 2. College/Drawing by MaryAnn Puls | 3. Desktop Note Roller | 4. Ridge Cup sourced from Mantel | 5. Mellow Bowl Pendant | 6. Roman Shades by Decorview | 7. Windows by Milgard | 8. Desk | 9. Office Chair | 10. Pepin Table Lamp | 11. Rug | 12. Barn Doors by Metrie | 13. White Vase | 14. Bowl | 15. Table (vintage) | 16. Lelani Table Lamp | 17. Wood Sculpture by Aleph Geddis | 18. Assemblage by MaryAnn Puls | 19. Vintage Card Catalogue | 20. Door Plate | 21. Crown Moulding by Metrie | 22. Wood Flooring by Hallmark Floors | 23. Barn Door Hardware | 24. Aviation Globe | 25. Window & Door Casing by Metrie | 26. Baseboard by Metrie | 27. Pure White by Sherwin-Williams Emily’s Outfit: Blouse (similar, original from The Great, no longer available) | Pants | Mules More Portland Reveals:***Photography by Sara Tramp for EHD ***Design and styling by Emily Henderson and Brady Tolbert (and team). JP Macy of Sierra Custom Homes was the General Contractor, and Annie Usher was the architect. The post Portland Reveal: A Light & Bright Home Office appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2OLrOdM Despite looking like I have it all together, I have two small kids so I’m a *snow* show, even in the fall. So today, I’m talking quick, easy, affordable Halloween decor that is low-maintenance and not too visually chaotic because, frankly, that’s all I can handle. I veer more ‘Martha Stewart’ than a ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ so I’m more ‘spooky’, than ‘scary’ and definitely ‘spiders’, not ‘psychos’. So these are my last minute tips that can help you make your house feel like Halloween without spending too much time or money or putting your children into therapy. Some of these are ideas from last year that we didn’t feel like we needed to reshoot (because they would be exactly the same) but we set up some new ideas to help supplement the post and make it more about “ideas” and less about a reveal (which is why you’ll see the decor change in some of the photos). Black Candles with Black CandlesticksRocket science, I know. But this is one of the easiest things we did to up the spook factor. It’s beautiful, editorial and VERY budget friendly. We got these tapers at a local shop for about a dollar each and I already had these awesome new matte black Target Threshold candlestick holders. With this look, more is more. Few people functionally need four candles on one cabinet but having that many gives it the spooky haunted mansion vibe I wanted. If you don’t want to buy new candlesticks, you could also easily head to the thrift store and buy some and spray paint them all black and throw some candles in it. With this idea, you will also want to vary the heights of the candlestick holders for visual interest. It will make the look more collected and put together. Spooky FabricI didn’t come up with the name, but I am into the look. This year, we decided to mix up the type of gauze on the living room furniture and went for this “spooky fabric.” It’s super affordable and comes in a few different colors from Target. The fabric looks somewhat like fishnet so to make it look extra “spooky” we played with it by pulling sections apart. It gave us that perfect old-timey, haunted house look. And because the kids love the plastic spiders and bugs, we added in a few of them to the set up to look like they were crawling all over the cabinet. It’s one of those accents that is “creepy, not freaky,” which is exactly our kind of Halloween decor over at the Hendersons. Bat DecalsAnother awesome and kid-friendly decor idea that we all loved are these bat decals. I can’t take credit for them as Martha (Stewart) used them a few years back. But their impact and affordability are too good not to mention. They are also SO inexpensive but have big visual impact. When you are laying them out, you really can do whatever you want but we found it best to start with the largest ones every few feet and then add in the smaller ones around them. This helps with making sure you are spacing them out in a balanced way that adds depth and perspective. The ones that we used come with an adhesive already on them but that adhesive did leave a little residue on the wall, so if we were to do it again, we would recommend using a more wall-friendly tape. We had our bats just hang out in this little vignette but you could use them on your front door, on the ceiling or it could be fun to put them near a window so that it looks like they are all flying in from outside. Black SpiderwebsLast year, I somehow missed the memo on black spider webbing. I used white previously, and as we were coming up with the ideas for this post, Brady recommended the black as it would pop off of the walls, lampshades and art, so we gave it a try. Yes, it isn’t as realistic as the white webbing but we love the way that it contrasts with everything. If you have mainly light colors in your home, USE THIS. It adds the perfect amount of spooky drama and is so easy and affordable. Black Painted BranchesReady for some more rocket science? Take something, paint it black and instantly it is spooky. These painted branches make the room look so editorial (which I love) and spooky (which Brian and the kids love). The day before the shoot, we (and by we I mean Brady and our styling assistant, Emily Bowser) collected some fallen branches from a local park and spray painted them with matte black spray paint. NO TREES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS SHOOT. I think most, if not all of you all know how I feel about trees and especially the horror of cutting them. But if your trees are in need of a trim, then you could always repurpose them and take off the remaining leaves to get this look. Our branches were about 3 to 4 feet each but with the use of black zip ties, were able to secure the branches together and also make them taller and more spread out. To cover the zip ties and add more drama (duh), we wrapped the branches with white spider webs. Here, the white makes sense since we wanted the color to contrast the black branches. Then to top it off, we wired some crows onto the branches. Spooky branches always need spooky crows. Black CrowsSpeaking of crows, I love to use A LOT of them. The kids think they are great and they feel a little more “sophisticated” Halloween which is great for me…the adult. I get them in different sizes and positions so they look varied throughout the house and more realistic. To add them to the branches (or anything really), we used floral wire and wrapped it around the crow’s legs and branches. They stay completely secure and look awesome. As the bats wave goodbye let’s dive into some of the super fun younger kid decor we cooked up last year. Googly EyesIt was definitely nice to up the spooky side this year and make the space feel a little more editorial, but I did love the googly eyes on the portraits from last year. It was fast, fun and affordable. If the eyes you buy come with adhesive, I would first check to see how sticky it is to avoid any art damage. Washi tape is a great and safe adhesive alternative. Overscale Spider WebsLast-minute decorating is something I am VERY familiar with. So when I go into power decorating mode, I try and think of what will have the biggest impact for the least amount of time, effort and, of course, money. This large-scale spiderweb from Target checked off all of those boxes last year and it’s under $10. WHAT? Don’t worry, it’s available this year, too. It looked awesome and the kids loved it. I think putting a large-scale web over a window is ideal because of the light that comes through and you can see it from the outside. That’s a win-win in my book. We used one in the living room as well as one in the dining room. Neutralize BooksOne FREE Halloween decor trick we did last year was flip around our books to neutralized the color palette. Not only does it automatically give an old-timey look to the space, but you can easily accent with monochromatic decor without creating too much visual chaos. Black and white pumpkins (and crows, of course) are still festive without feeling too Halloween Central. Plus, I’m not huge on orange. The one downside, of course, is that you can’t show off how smart you are to your friends with all the fancy book titles you have on your shelf (but just give it a few weeks, and flip them right back around). Gauze Fabric on FurnitureI know I talked earlier about much I love the “Spooky Fabric” from Target (we actually used it for last year’s table runner in the dining room) but a classic gauze is just as great. It feels super haunted mansion-y and is easy to just drape and be done with it. No crafting skills required. Again, it’s high impact decor with a very little amount of time, effort and money needed. To finish us off, I felt the need to reiterate my support for black crows basically being the perfect Halloween accent decor piece. You saw how great they were on the black branches from this year but below are a couple more examples of where you could style your feathered friends. I used to be the lady that collected vintage bird ladders, now I am the lady that collects black crows. Go figure. The dining room table and a top/inside cabinets are great places for crows to perch. This isn’t a setup that you would have on your dining table all season long. But it is something that is so easy that could be done last minute for a party this weekend. This gauze table runner we made with Spooky Fabric for our dining table last year instantly feels cooler and spookier with a crow or two on it. And you know, through a crow on top of a lamp or liquor cabinet here and there. It says “Hey, it’s Halloween and I’m incredibly stylish.” Am I getting my “just put a crow on it”point across? Well, that’s it folks. All quick and easy Halloween decorating ideas that are very budget and kiddo-friendly. The holidays are full of plenty of stresses so let’s not have decorating your home be one of them. Now we can focus on the important part of Halloween…dressing up our kids in adorable costumes and eating candy. Let us know in the comments if you have done any of these or if you have any more great ideas. Happy Happy Halloween from the Hendos. // window.daStyles173649 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Bats - $30Crow - $8Black Candleholders - $25Black Tapered Candles - $16Black Skull Candle - $10Large Cloche - $10Spooky Fabric - $4Spider Web in Black with Spiders - $8Large White Jack O’ Lantern - $13Gold Pumpkin - $10Mini Black Pumpkin - $5Black and White Plaid Pumpkin - from $9Critters - $3Bag of Bones - $16Small White Jack O' Lantern - $3Black Pumpkin - $5Crow Feet Candy Bowl - $12Black Candelabra - $18Set of Crows - $15Spider Web in White - $3Googly Eyes - $2Mini White Pumpkin - $5Large Black Jack O' Lantern - $13Giant Spider Web - $8Medium White Pumpkin - $5Gold Pumpkin - $13Small Black Jack O' Lantern - $31. Bats | 2. Crow | 3. Black Candleholders | 4. Black Tapered Candles | 5. Black Skull Candle | 6. Large Cloche | 7. Spooky Fabric | 8. Spider Web in Black with Spiders | 9. Large White Jack O’ Lantern | 10. Gold Pumpkin | 11. Mini Black Pumpkin | 12. Black and White Plaid Pumpkin (similar) | 13. Critters | 14. Bag of Bones | 15. Small White Jack O’ Lantern | 16. Black Pumpkin | 17. Crow Feet Candy Bowl | 18. Black Candelabra | 19. Set of Crows | 20. Spider Web in White | 21. Googly Eyes | 22. Mini White Pumpkin | 23. Large Black Jack O’ Lantern | 24. Giant Spider Web | 25. Medium White Pumpkin | 26. Gold Pumpkin | 27. Small Black Jack O’ Lantern ***Photography by Sara Tramp for EHD The post 10 Super Easy + Affordable Halloween Decor Ideas appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2O4Llka The master bedroom in the Portland house is my favorite bedroom I’ve ever slept in, and I judge bedrooms hard. It’s like a large suite in a new boutique hotel room—it has all the bells and whistles, amenities and technology, but feels calm and simple and spacious. Cue never wanting to get out of bed and enjoying all the natural light that pours into the space. It relies on the light, the architecture, the flooring and some bolder moments (art, custom furniture, accessories) to give it character but doesn’t feel busy for one second. So today, I’ll walk you through the reveal, and if you are interested in getting a hotel-style bedroom, this is your day as we’re going to break down all the simple steps to create one in your own home. The only thing missing is the room service and the “do not disturb sign,” oh and the kidless 8 hours of sleep you might get but we can only do so much over here at EHD, so let’s start with how to bring the “suite” life home. Keep it neutral.“Designing to sell” means that you don’t want to do anything too weird in a bedroom (although that sofa and incredible chair that you see up in the first photo aren’t exactly average), so I am surprised at how it turned out without us taking too many crazy design risks. The walls are white (Pure White by Sherwin-Williams to be exact), so the window treatments, which are custom by Decorview, elegantly blend in seamlessly (well, the drapery does; the gray shades still very much coordinate with the rest of the room to keep things neutral). The art shakes up the consistent color palette of black, white, gray, some lighter blues with woods and leathers enough, but otherwise, it’s so easy. There is a decent amount of symmetry and not a lot of pattern. This bedroom should technically be boring on paper, and yet it’s NOT, which I think is because rather than adding pattern or color, we layered in texture and let the pieces speak for themselves. Mix up the finishes.We used a mix of finishes but kept them all fairly transitional and simple, nothing too glam or rustic. There is a fair mix of modern in there which also helps the entire room to feel clean and simple. The nightstands (from Room & Board) are a pretty walnut, in a midcentury/transitional style and those lamps (from Lulu & Georgia) are shockingly good in black ceramic. I say that because the shape of the base is kinda extreme and edgy but in a simple black and without a pattern, they are still quiet. I love those lamps and would definitely use them again. Because the ceilings are high, we were able to get a four poster bed, something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but not just any bedroom can handle its grandness. This one (from Room & Board) is visually bold, with its large squared off black lines, but it’s so simple that it can work in a lot of different styles. To mix things up and warm up the end of the bed, we paired it with that antique Swedish wood bench in front of it (from Rejuvenation) to help soften the hard architectural lines. Create symmetry.I like a lot of symmetry in a bedroom because my brain can’t handle nighttime chaos (because there are two children that will already provide that). So our nightstands and lamps match here. It helps to balance out the room visually and also allows the eye to rest rather than looking at two different (and sometimes competing) bedside tables. In the right room, mix-and-match pieces can definitely work on either side of the bed but in this one, we wanted to keep it calm and relaxing, just as it would be if you were staying in a boutique hotel suite. Use that natural light.The light in this room is insane. There are four Velux skylights (with blackout remotes, don’t worry) and six windows (from Milgard) and it’s just flooded with natural light. In Portland, this is HUGE as there is a lot of gray skies and rainy days, so giving yourself a room that feels happy year-round is a pretty big plus, especially when it lets in as much pretty light as this one does. I wish I could convey through words how beautiful the natural light is in this bedroom. When we originally designed the room, we added windows on three of the four walls in the bedroom, as well as skylights (from Velux) in the ceiling. We vaulted the ceilings and wrapped the beams in poplar with the intent to paint them white, then decided to just keep them in that wood because it was so pretty and the wood really helped introduce some warmth into the space. And now having experienced a bedroom with windows on three walls and skylights in the ceiling, I can’t imagine designing a new build (or any bedroom for that matter) without it…at least whenever possible. A window plan like this creates so much even light throughout the day. Our pretty windows (from Milgard) had these black grids on them, so we echoed that black around the room in other elements to tie it all together. Now, you may be asking yourselves, what happens when you actually want to sleep in the room and you have six windows and two skylights pouring daytime (or nighttime) light into the room? That brings me to the next point. Don’t overlook window treatments.Custom window treatments can be a very expensive endeavor in a room, but they are worth the price if you can allocate part of your design budget toward them. There are a few things to consider when picking out window treatments. First off, will they be decorative or functional? Then, it’s about deciding if you want them to filter light or black it out (in other words, how much light you want to come through them?) Lastly, how do you want them to operate? Do you want to draw the curtains to block out light? Or do you want to pull down a shade? Although they seem simple to answer, all of these questions can become overwhelming when trying to pick out window coverings which is why working with Decorview was such a dream. They came into the home once the windows were installed and we went room by room answering these questions and picking out the best possible options for each space. For this room, we knew we needed to be able to fully block out the light if we wanted to, so we installed blackout accordion-style shades that are covered in a linen fabric and then white drapes on top of them to both soften the look of the shades and give the room a more upscale and formal look. I could watch this GIF we created all day long. It is so satisfying knowing that the room can go from full light to full blackout really easily and quickly. And for those of you considering these shades and curtains, I can’t recommend them enough. I love how the accordion style allows the shade to pull up almost completely and not cover up very much of the window and there are no strings or pulls either. You just grab the bottom of the shade and push up or down to your desired spot. Add a large-scale rug.This room is large, almost 17×18′ so it called for a creative solution for the rug. Rather than using one large 10×14 rug longways, which yes, could have worked (though it would have covered up a lot of the beautiful wood floors and engulfed the room), we opted to use a large rug in a simple texture under the bed in a 9×12 size, and then accented the seating area with a cowhide rug to mix it up and keep it feeling organic. One large rug would have sucked a lot of the space into it (we tried it and didn’t love it), two rectangular rugs could have cut the space in half (which we also tried and it didn’t feel quite right) so the smaller organic shape paired with the large 9×12 rug under the king bed was a perfect solution for us. The large rug is from Dash & Albert and incredibly affordable (the 9×12 is $550). It’s so simple but has enough texture to not look basic. Rather than using a rug with a pattern, stripe or a lot of color, we again kept it neutral to echo the theme of the room. Bring in art in a calm color palette.Large scale art can be tough, and also very expensive. We pulled together this entire post about how to hang art, as well as a post on where to buy said large-scale art without going broke. But for the Portland house, we wanted to really do something special. We had a lot of large walls in this home which meant a lot of places to fill, and we wanted the house to be a curation of pieces from local Portland makers and vendors. Brady and Emily B. did a wonderful job of sourcing literally hundreds of pieces for us to all play with up in the house, which meant that we could truly spend the time finding the right piece for each wall rather than just placing a piece to fill the wall. One of the artists that they found (and that we all fell immediately in love with) was MaryAnn Puls. She was kind enough to bring over a car full of pieces and man did we use a lot of it. The piece that we used here in the master bedroom is large, graphic and conversational and yet it still reads calm due to the subdued color palette of grays, whites, blushes, and blues (no wonder I loved it). Just by adding those softer, more muted tones into the room through the art instantly gave that wall a really impactful yet quiet statement. It’s one of my favorite pieces in the whole house and if it weren’t going to cost $600 to crate and ship it down to LA, I would buy it, so I’m hoping that my brother does. Her work is INCREDIBLE. Add “conversational” furniture.You might be asking yourself, “what is conversational furniture?” Well, take a look at the loveseat and chair in this space and that my friends is what we call conversational furniture. They are pieces that are inherently interesting and “conversational” (as in, someone would strike up a conversation about them) and really bring life to a room. Because everything else in the room was more neutral and pared back as far as the furniture and textiles go, we wanted to bring in a few pieces that were interesting to punch it up. They work because they are still in our neutral color palette but the shapes and patterns are engaging. The loveseat from Schoolhouse is black and white but the pattern gives it a graphic punch. It was the perfect size for this side of the room and gives you a cozy little spot to curl up in front of the fireplace. Speaking of fireplaces, for the surround on this one, we wanted to echo some of the materials that we used elsewhere in the house so we kept it simple with a little architectural detail to mimic the paneling downstairs and then the surround is a white marble from Ann Sacks, which gives it interest in a timeless material. The leather and wood chair (from The Good Mod) is neutral in pattern but the shape and lines give it life. It is such a special piece and is so comfortable, as well. It’s extra wide which means plenty of space to curl up on a cozy Oregon night. I would do so much writing in that chair every morning with my cup of coffee and that fire on. If either the chair or the loveseat were in a color, it would steal far too much attention and wouldn’t work in the space for the look we were going for. Over on this side of the room, we used this wood chest from Thos. Moser. We used a few of their pieces in some of the other rooms that we have revealed but if you aren’t familiar with the brand, they have been handcrafting furniture out of their workshop for over 46 years. They have also been kind enough to extend a 15% discount on any of their pieces by using the code: EMILY18. The craftsmanship, detail and lines in each piece are so beautiful and it was the perfect “armoire” to add into the space. Rather than using a coffee table, we kept the seating area feeling inviting and informal by adding this leather ottoman (from Article). It’s the perfect scale to add as a footstool in front of a chair or as a coffee table for a smaller loveseat like the one we had in here. It’s also going to get better and better as the leather ages and wears down. Layer your lighting.There is quite possibly nothing more important in a bedroom than lighting. After all, you spend most of your time in the bedroom after the sun has gone down, which makes it imperative to have good lighting throughout the space. Let’s start with that beautiful chandelier (from Rejuvenation). To balance out all of the wood and white happening on the ceiling, we wanted to add a graphic element to help bring the eye (and the black) up. Then we echoed the black in the room again with the ceramic lamps on the nightstands and the reading lamp next to the chair. Each piece of lighting serves a purpose in the room and also evenly distributes light to all areas. For more of our tips on lighting a room, head over to this post where we walk you through it all. Keep your bedding simple (but layered).Brady did a great job of styling out this bed with pretty linens from Schoolhouse, West Elm, Target, Jillian Rene and Rebecca Atwood. I want to jump in so badly. The different textures create interest without being fussy and by keeping it in a tonal color palette (gray, white) you can bring in some pattern like we did with the Rebecca Atwood throw at the foot of the bed. Finish off the space with subtle accessories and styling.We really pulled back on the accessories in this room. As mentioned before, we were styling it to sell but that doesn’t mean that the room needs to be devoid of accessories so instead of filling it to the brim, we picked a few areas throughout the room to create “moments” that were interesting and impactful. Over on the fireplace, we pulled together a vignette of art and objects, all of which are pretty enough to be on their own. The colors all stayed fairly muted which allowed us to keep it feeling neutral. That large piece of art above the fireplace is by artist Arielle Zamora, as well as the two smaller pieces that you saw earlier in the room (between the windows), which are coming home with me. The ceramics are by Bobbie Specker, sold through Mantel in Portland. Mantel is another amazing place to shop that we found while we were looking for props to style with. Oh, and that geometric wood sculpture made byAleph Geddis (sold through The Good Mod) is also coming home with me. At the foot of the bed, we also added a little beverage tray with service for two because who doesn’t want to drink their morning coffee in this bed on a rainy day? I love this room, just looking at these pictures again while I was writing this post made me so happy. The light, the neutral color palette, the special touches and everything else about it make it a room that I would love to call home. To make it easier to pull off your own dreamy “boutique hotel” suite, we put together a Get the Look with all the shopping links you need. A lot of the art here might not be available, as they are one-off creations as well as some of the other smalls, but please do check out the rest of the work by the artists we mentioned as they have such a wonderful selection of pieces available. They are incredible talents and their work truly made the house shine. // window.daStyles173286 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Black Chambray Colorblock Pillow - $101Texture Color Block Lumbar Pillow - $20Gray Linen Duvet Cover - from $189Belgian Linen Contrast Stripe King Sham - $44Geo Wave Coverlet - $239Table Lamp - $248Nightstand - $1199Bed - $1099White Sheets Set - from $27Curtains and Rod by DecorviewRoman Shade by DecorviewWindows by MilgardRidge Carafe - $70Striped Bowl - $45Rug - from $38Vintage Bench - $3200Chandelier - $599Ceramic Mug - $36Gray Linen Napkin - $17Metal Beverage Serving Set - $82Large Abstract by MaryAnn PlusBlue Rise by Arielle Zamora - $300Layered Rise by Arielle Zamora - $300Loveseat - $2199Cowhide - $169Leather Ottoman - $649Floor Lamp - $449Accent Chair - $3700Tripod Wood Side Table - $575Blue Vessels by Bobbie SpeckerWhite Geo Vase - $44Relief Prints by MaryAnn PulsButtercream Vases - from $72Wood Sculpture by Aleph GeddisLight Fast Light by Arielle ZamoraGrey Abstract Art by Mary Ann PulsCradled Sky by Arielle Zamora - $600Yellow Abstract Art by Mary Ann PulsWood Chest by Thos. Moser - from $10850Crown Fireplace Moulding by MetrieWood Flooring by Hallmark FloorsPure White by Sherwin-WilliamsWindow & Door Casing by MetrieBaseboard by MetrieFireplace Surround by Ann SacksSkylight and Blinds by Velux1. Black Chambray Colorblock Pillow | 2. Texture Color Block Lumbar Pillow | 3. Gray Linen Duvet Cover | 4. Belgian Linen Contrast Stripe King Sham | 5. Geo Wave Coverlet | 6. Table Lamp | 7. Nightstand | 8. Bed | 9. White Sheets Set | 10. Curtains and Rod by Decorview | 11. Roman Shade by Decorview | 12. Windows by Milgard | 13. Ridge Carafe by Little Garage Shop via Mantel | 14. Leather Striped Bowl by Alexa Allen via Mantel | 15. Rug | 16. Vintage Bench | 17. Chandelier | 18. Ceramic Mug | 19. Gray Linen Napkin | 20. Metal Beverage Serving Set | 21. Large Abstract by Mary Ann Puls | 22. Blue Rise by Arielle Zamora | 23. Layered Rise by Arielle Zamora | 24. Loveseat | 25. Cowhide | 26. Leather Ottoman | 27. Floor Lamp | 28. Accent Chair from The Good Mod | 29. Tripod Wood Side Table by Fernweh Woodworking via The Good Mod | 30. Blue Vessels by Bobbie Specker via Mantel | 31. White Geo Vase | 32. Relief Prints by Mary Ann Puls | 33. Buttercream Vases by Bobbie Specker via Mantel | 34. Wood Sculpture by Aleph Geddis via The Good Mod | 35. Light Fast Light by Arielle Zamora | 36. Grey Abstract Art by Mary Ann Puls | 37. Cradled Sky by Arielle Zamora | 38. Yellow Abstract Art by Mary Ann Puls | 39. Wood Chest by Thos. Moser | 40. Crown Fireplace Moulding by Metrie | 41. Wood Flooring by Hallmark Floors | 42. Pure White by Sherwin-Williams | 43. Window & Door Casing by Metrie | 44. Baseboard by Metrie | 45. Fireplace Surround by Ann Sacks | 46. Skylight and Blinds by Velux So…what do you think? Let me know in the comments below what your favorite part of this room is, and stay tuned for more Portland project reveals coming up this week and next. xx Check out our other Portland Project Reveals so far: The Living Room Reveal | The Entry & Staircase Reveal
***Photography by Sara Tramp for EHD ***Design and styling by Emily Henderson and Brady Tolbert (and team). JP Macy of Sierra Custom Homes (who I seriously can’t say enough good things about) was the General Contractor, and Annie Usher and the architect. The post Portland Master Bedroom Reveal (And How To Pull Together Your Own Dreamy Suite) appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2JaDlgw Meet old Emily. And by “old Emily,” I don’t mean old Emily. Let’s call her former Emily, who would spend her Sundays religiously (ha) at the flea market. Remember when I used to do that before my desire to hang with my little kids trumped my need to buy garbage that I don’t need? Well, I had a shoot at the Rose Bowl with my friend/soulmate Orlando Soria (and Real Simple magazine) last Sunday and I found some good stuff there and at the Pasadena Antique Mall that I’m about to show you. I didn’t find anything groundbreaking, but I think it’s pretty darn great stuff. This handsome guy and I (and the Real Simple crew, see below) had such a good time for 5 hours on a fall day in Pasadena remembering that style, for me, starts (and ends) with vintage. Vintage gives a room soul. Vintage gives a basic piece an elevated context. It took me a while to break the seal and actually purchase anything because apparently I’ve gone into amateur status and forgot to get cash beforehand (it was Brian’s 40th that weekend so I had a lot on my mind). But the good news is that most vendors take Venmo now, and if not then a check. So once I broke the seal, it was easier to keep going. Let’s first talk through what I almost bought but didn’t. Brian is newly into baseball (like playing once a week, batting at a park with friends because apparently, the smash of the bat against the ball does something for a grown man). As someone who is always attracted to worn leather, I want a collection of mitts, but not something to hoard. That wood box (with the ball on top) was beautiful and something I would use over and over and over because it’s simple but special. It was $175 for two of them and the vendor wouldn’t break them up (which I thought was a mistake because we all agreed that having one made it feel more special and no one wants a pair of wood boxes). The umbrella painting is something I regret not getting. The colors are so pretty. It reminds me of Oregon and it even has a bentwood chair in it. HOWEVER, it was $200 and I just couldn’t pull the trigger. The wood train set is something I’ve bought over and over again and is a great prop but for obvious reasons, our kids aren’t into them so no, I didn’t get them. The little dresser had a bad finish, but the knobs/handles were so cute (these little half circle loops). If you painted it a color, it would be so great. I don’t really need it but now I’m thinking when do you not need a smallish dresser with simple character for $90? UGH. I hope someone who deserved her snagged her. A good rug runner. I didn’t ask how much it was because I wasn’t feeling like splurging on a runner yet for the mountain house, but it is really very, very pretty and now I totally regret not getting that, too. The triple blue pottery vase thing was also a great find but for $60 it was a bit spendier than I wanted to pay and it is rather bright for our current living room. It would have worked perfectly in our Glendale living room. Lastly, I love anything apothecary in foreign languages. I use them for Q-tips, bandages, etc. This booth had so many great wood, porcelain and amber glass apothocary jars. So let’s get into what I did buy, how much it was, and most importantly WHY??? On your left, you’ll see a good deal. It’s a 10-inch weird architectural planter that cost $15. It’s GOOD. I like a footed object but this is less curvy and boxy, which is a new move in my vintage choreography. Orlando was jealous, but I spotted it first. You are only my friend/soulmate until we fight over a steal at the flea market and then you are my enemy. On the right, you’ll find an amazing piece but FAR too expensive for the flea market. Orlando spotted it first, but once he found out how much it was he passed because frankly, it was overpriced. Weighing in at $250, it was probably a bad purchase, but an emotional one that I couldn’t stop. My brain sent the neuro sensors down my body into my arm, which reached into my purse and gave him my credit card (I would never have unloaded that kind of cash on that, but we all know the credit card is the gateway to financial irresponsibility). I rationalized it by thinking this would be $800 at Nickey Kehoe. And it would be. It’s a huge footed wood bowl with rounded legs that can sit next to a chair and catch newspapers or my unread collection of Kinfolk magazines. It may be overpriced, but it’s very cool (and huge, probably 20 inches wide). In order to make it worth it, I’m going to shoot the heck out of it so you’ll see her a lot this year. Those two paintings are by the same painter. The artwork in my dining room and my old bedroom are also by him. I’m always super drawn to his work and I LOVE the colors on these paintings even though I don’t need them. They are both a good size (20″x24″) and he sold the one on the right for $30 and gave me the one on the left for free. Not sure why except he knows that I collect his work and I’ve been buying from that dealer for almost a decade. I don’t know where I’m putting them but it seemed crazy not to snag them. The colors are so pretty and the objects are weird. They are a hoard, but a cheap good hoard. Next up are two tables that I bought at the Pasadena Antique Mall for the mountain house. I LOVE that table. The sculptural root base is so beautiful, painted in a black lacquer. I love how heavy and sturdy it is, the kids can’t destroy it and it can’t topple over at all. It’s modern but totally fits in a mountain house. It was around $300 which I felt was a fair price. It would have been cheaper at the flea market but maybe not these days. Then I also bought this one, below. It’s also very sturdy and heavy and has this pretty detail on top. I don’t love the chrome legs so I’ll likely paint them black. I don’t remember the exact price but I think it was between $300 to $400. It’s pretty big and right now sits perfectly next to our sofa. I wish I were standing in this photo so you can get a sense of scale, but everything is pretty big. The side tables are both on the large side. I’ve been starting to collect furniture for the lake house and these two really hit the marks that I want: unique, warm, solid, kid-friendly with a “modern mountain” bent. OH, and the last one is a “Don’t Give Up The Ship” flag that I thought could be fun in the kids’ room at the mountain house. It is on vintage indigo but it’s new and made by Cotton California who sells at the flea market. So whaddya think? I know that some of these were splurges, but then I got such steals (painting and planter) so my adept retail rationalization skills deem it a general success and worth it. I know that many of you can’t get out to the flea market (or maybe it’s just not that good in your town) so we rounded up some cool vintage in a similar vibe to what I picked up that you can buy online. // window.daStyles173001 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}] //Don’t Give Up The Ship’ Flag - $72Vintage Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas Fruit and Vinegar - $365Ovis Bowl - $195Vintage White Mid Century Modern Japanese Ikebana Vase - $115Vintage Black Modernist Ikebana Vase - $48Vintage Live Edge Coffee Table - $565Vintage Alexander Abstract Still Life Bottles Painting - $305Vintage Organic Root Side Table - $755Mott Footed Bowl - $10Cast Iron Footed Bowl - $40Vintage Live Edge End Table With Hairpin Legs - $678‘Still Life with White Bud Vase’ by Nancy Tart - $4251. ‘Don’t Give Up The Ship’ Flag | 2. Vintage Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas Fruit and Vinegar | 3. Ovis Bowl | 4. Vintage White Mid Century Modern Japanese Ikebana Vase | 5. Vintage Black Modernist Ikebana Vase | 6. Vintage Live Edge Coffee Table | 7. Vintage Alexander Abstract Still Life Bottles Painting | 8. Vintage Organic Root Side Table | 9. Mott Footed Bowl | 10. Cast Iron Footed Bowl | 11. Vintage Live Edge End Table With Hairpin Legs | 12. ‘Still Life with White Bud Vase’ by Nancy Tart Let me know what you think in the comments, and if you’re interested in more posts like this from us (or other vintage furniture-focused content)! xx The post What I Bought (& Didn’t Buy) At the Rose Bowl Flea Market appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2S97SzF As a user of this site as well as the founder/namesake, I was not having the best experience, to be honest. Sure, I loved the actual content we were creating for the blog, but navigating it was such a bother. While I was designing these two houses, I realized how much better of a resource our site could be for anyone in my shoes. As you may know, we produce daily ROBUST design content for every room which includes trends, inspiration, process, renovation, mistakes, reveals and resources. But once they become the “sixth” post on the feed, they disappear onto the dreaded “Older” ether of the site. All that work, often WEEKS of work, for them to maybe show up in a Google search if Google likes us that day (are they listening right now?). Sure, you can find them in the categories on the sidebar but the tagging was messy, and it was a pretty bad user experience for our particular content. I found myself Googling “Emily Henderson wallpaper roundup,” or “Emily Henderson tile roundup” ALL THE TIME, and that’s crazy. So while we want to revamp the whole site, I asked my IT and editorial teams to prioritize their efforts on finding a solution for this; I want to give you (and me) a better design resource and experience. The goal is for if/when you are designing or renovating a particular room that you can really use this site for all your needs and get lost for hours (hopefully) in our informative, well-researched and well-shot content. I found personally that there wasn’t a site that was doing this so easily, with posts as informative as ours and I WANTED IT SO BADLY. These days in digital media, when you see a hole, you try to fill it. Now, I’m so happy because every post that we felt held a lot of real serviceable value is in our easy-to-navigate “ROOMS” section, which you can find in the site navigation bar above. Thanks to Arlyn, Jess, and Ryann who have spent (literally) MONTHS tagging, updating and organizing (and re-organizing) our best content for this big site update so we can all design, decorate and style our houses with more ease. THANK YOU, guys. There still might be some tweaks here and there as more people start using this and we notice some things work better than others, but we were antsy to finally show you what we’ve been up to. So now, let’s walk you through how this really looks for you, how to navigate it and where you’ll find what you need/want. It’s all pretty standard…no crazy content curation potions or experience wizardry, but hey, we’re proud of this, so let us show you around anyway, you know…just in case. First off, anytime you want to get to what we’re about to show you, just head on up to the navigation bar and click “Rooms”. That’ll get you where you want to go (and you want to be here…it’s where all the cool kids are). We created a landing page with all the rooms you might want some guidance on, from the biggies (living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens) to the not-so-biggies-but-still-great (holidays, laundry rooms, etc.). We even have a “Whole House” section here, which, well, houses all posts that didn’t really belong in a specific room, as well as house tours from non-EHD designers. (If you’re wondering where my portfolio of work went, hang tight…pardon the dust…it’s under construction and a version 2.0 is comin’ at ya in the next few weeks). Okay, so you’ve picked a room…now what? What are you going to find after that “click”? Pictures of really pretty spaces? Renovation process advice and rules? Trend reports and shopping roundups? Yes, yes, and yes…all organized in a hopefully easy-to-follow-and-find format. A quick little (kind of “duh moment”) brief on our four categories (again…so proud) and what to expect from each: Room Reveals: These are any reveals and makeovers we’ve done and shared with you in the past, organized by the room you’ve selected. My old Glendale living room reveal? Brady’s kitchen makeover? All right here. Trends & Inspiration: If you…need ideas for paint colors and want to know what’s “now”/working on a bathroom and would love some direction on cool materials and finishes/have a completely blank slate and looking for a totally new style to shake things up, this section is for you. How-To & Process: This is all the nuts and bolts. All the posts we’ve done walking you through the nitty-gritty of renovation, a DIY project, mistakes, space rules and styling live here for your reference. Shopping: Let me preface this by saying this is not e-commerce. This is where all our posts that have a shopping lean live (any roundup, budget room or post with a Get the Look, for example). Don’t worry, we’ll go a little deeper into this section in just a sec. But first… If you’re halfway down the page in bedrooms but find yourself craving some kitchen content, we got you…the “Rooms” sidebar stays with you as you navigate, so you can jump to another space and all the posts that live there with just a click. Okay, back to shopping… Again, this is not e-commerce (and as I’m about to get to at the end of this post, we’re launching a totally separate SHOP page in the coming weeks, too, which is going to be a different experience than this…that one is product-based, this is post/content-based). You can either just start scrolling through all those shopping posts in the room you have selected, or you can curate articles even further by post type (Roundups, Budget Rooms, Power Couples, Etsy Finds, Combos) and also by product type (which change depending on what room you’re “in”). So, say you’re in “Bathrooms” and are like “give me all you’ve got about faucets”…just click “Roundups” and “Faucets” and boom…your custom content experience. So there you have it…all the content that my team and I have worked SO HARD on in the past right there for you, in a way that is hopefully super helpful to consume. I hope you spend all weekend long deep in the archives, and hey, maybe tell a friend who might also be renovating or decorating. And don’t worry, we are also working on updated pages for the “About” section (which will soon be “Meet the Team”) and “Resources,” which we’re transitioning into a more robust shopping experience (not e-commerce, but just a user-friendly way to see everything we’re loving right now product-wise in a more navigatable form). You might also see the article pages looking a little different soon, as we’re also optimizing those. And then, finally, the homepage—the big blogroll will get tweaked, but not as much as we originally thought, just enough to give you more to look at/consume while not straying too far from the comfortable scrolling format of a blogroll. Stay tuned folks (meanwhile, go have fun perusing our new ROOMS pages). It’s making our lives as designers so much easier already. xx The post Exciting Blog Update! A New (& SUPER Useful) Way to Experience Our Content appeared first on Emily Henderson. Originally from Emily Henderson https://ift.tt/2EyVgz4 ***Written by Orlando Soria The ongoing project of furnishing my parents’ house is continuing. We’ve already tackled the outdoor space, the kitchen (reveal coming here VERY soon), and guest bedrooms (this one and this one). The dining room is a perplexing space because it feels HUGE when you’re in there, but actually is pretty tight in terms of the layout. The ceiling is vaulted so that one side of the room is sixteen feet high, the other side is eight. Here’s the main issue: The table that’s in it is way too wide for the space. To be honest, this has been one of the most frustrating things about designing a space with my parents. They basically took the furniture they had from the house I grew up in and tried to cram it into their new house. Which is fine, as I love furniture that has been collected over time, except for the fact that the size and configuration of their new house is completely different than their previous house. I’m writing this part as a separate paragraph because I want to be emphatic about it. You can’t necessarily just take the furniture from your old house and smash it into your new house. The scale might not make sense. The style might be wrong. There might not be room for it. If you’re moving, you probably have to buy some new furniture. Getting my parents over this hump has been the most difficult part of helping them furnish their place. Because this new room is more narrow than the previous dining space, the table my parents were married to was too wide. This meant that people had to squeeze around it in order to get to their seats. It made the whole room totally claustrophobic and stifling, there was literally no room to move. So when my mom hosted dinner, no one cold get up to help themselves to anything because they couldn’t move. Another issue with it was that it was very wobbly and didn’t look good with the extra leaf in it because the leaf didn’t have the side detail that the rest of the table had. BUT, there’s a cute caveat with this whole thing. My parents bought it when my dad had just graduated from dental school and they didn’t have much money. It had survived 40 years of use, three kids, three grandkids, multiple family celebrations. It was more than just a table. It was a repository for a lifetime of memories. My mom was getting tired of how anti-functional the old dining table was (above). She hated using it, hated how creaky it was and didn’t like how it was cracking down the middle. My dad, however, wanted to keep it. My compromise was to propose that we hire a woodworker to chop it down, build a new narrower top, and fix the leaf so that it had the same architectural detail/skirt that the rest of the table had. The only problem with this solution was that it was going to cost a few thousand dollars in labor and material. And one of orlanDAD’s identifying traits is his extreme frugality. Imagine the fun of designing for one client that wants all new, fun stuff, and another client who wants everything to stay exactly the same and not spend a dime! You guys know I love my parents to death, but they’re not always the easiest clients. Like many couples, they don’t always see eye to eye on what they want design-wise. Though to orlanDAD’s credit, he’s really been letting orMOMdo take the reigns on a lot of the design decisions, and I think he’s having fun enjoying the results of a cozier, more functional home as a result. After literally five years of deliberating about this, my parents finally agreed to let me get them a new dining table (HASHTAG SPON). And that’s where this dining room refresh began. The dining room honestly didn’t look bad before. See below: My mom had made her very own GIANT Orb-Lando, which provides a great focal point for the room. Soon after they moved in, my parents had replaced the previously carpeted flooring throughout the house with a solid maple wood flooring. It took me a bit by surprise because that’s a very Scandinavian vibe, but it really makes the whole house feel brighter and cheerier. Previously to them moving in, it looked like this (not the best quality photo…sorry): The dining room was one of the only rooms that wasn’t carpeted, but the flooring didn’t match any other flooring in the house. They kept that chandelier for a while but I laughed such a hearty witch laugh when they finally took it down and put up that Orb-Lando. I hate that old chandelier and hope they started a fire with it when they took it down. For the good of all people. The first item I chose was the table, which is the Shaw table from Rejuvenation. The reason we chose this table was that it seemed simple and traditional enough to suit my dad’s more historic vibe, while also not being so contemporary that it freaked him out. Their home is a 1970s contemporary home that was flipped to look traditional/Spanish/suburban/WHAT-AM-I in 2012, so selecting furniture that feels at home isn’t always easy. I’m a fan of dining room rugs, but my parents are adamantly opposed to them. They’ve never had one in their house and I’m pretty sure they never will. I didn’t fight them too much on this one even though I knew it would make for prettier photos because they do have three grandkids that are constantly over there doing their very best to throw food as far away from their mouths as possible. I think if you like rugs under dining tables and have no kids, go for it. If you do have kids and are scared of the mess, either deal with the fact that you’re going to have to schlep that thing to a cleaner every six months of just go without one until they go to college. Another thing my parents aren’t fans of, which I’ve thankfully swayed them on, is window treatments. They didn’t really think they needed any in here because they are never in the street-facing rooms of their house during the evening hours when people could be seeing in and the rear of their home faces a secluded wall of redwood trees that give them ultimate privacy. And they didn’t really see the point in having them if they didn’t plan on using them. Here’s my two cents on this. Sometimes, it’s nice to have window treatments (drapery, Roman shades, etc.) even if you don’t plan on using them. Here’s why: They add another texture, another material, and quite possibly another pattern to the space. So even if you NEVER close your Romans, they are still there being like “HEY GIRL I’M FABRIC DON’T U LOVE ME GIRL?” And you’re like “YES GIRL I’M GLAD WE’RE SISTERS!” I set up my parents with Roman shades from The Shade Store, who come to your house and basically do everything for you so you don’t have to even think about numbers or measuring or anything else that makes your eyes glaze over when you start thinking about it. For the living room and dining room, I’m gonna do something simple/solid but I’m doing something CRAZY BEAUTIFUL in their kitchen/family room. #hotspot-172650 .hotspots-image-container { background: #ffffff } #hotspot-172650 .hotspots-placeholder, .featherlight .featherlight-content.lightbox-172650, .qtip.tooltip-172650 { background: #ffffff; border: 0 #ffffff solid; color: #000000; } .qtip.tooltip-172650 .qtip-icon .ui-icon { color: #ffffff; } #hotspot-172650 .hotspot-title, .featherlight .featherlight-content.lightbox-172650 .hotspot-title, .qtip.tooltip-172650 .hotspot-title { color: #ffffff; } window.daStyles172650 = [{"name":"Custom","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.81","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}},{"name":"default","borderWidth":"1","hover":{"fillColor":"#ffffff","fillOpacity":"0.01","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderOpacity":"0.01"}}]Roman ShadesOrb Lantern DIYPainting by Jane CulpTucker Chair - $198Shaw Walnut Extendable Table - $3,499Solid Cherry Mission Style Curio CabinetLinen Placemats (Set of 2) - $29Linen Tablecloth - $129Mexican Dinner PlateHey Sosi PrintPicture Ledge Floating Shelf - $861. Roman Shade | 2. Orb Lantern DIY | 3. Painting by Jane Culp | 4. Dining Chair | 5. Dining Table | 6. Vintage Curio Cabinet (similar) | 7. Linen Placemats | 8. Linen Tablecloth | 9. Mexican Dinner Plate (similar) | 10. Hey Sosi Print | 11. Display Ledge This is a pretty simple update and it’s a pretty tight space in general. So in addition to swapping out the dining table and chairs, this is really mostly a re-styling situation. One issue, which we can discuss when I show you the final product, is that there’s too much furniture in here and figuring out where to put it is a challenge. orMOMdo bought a console she stores a lot of dishes in, orlanDAD inherited a huge antique American buffet after my grandfather died, and they already had a curio cabinet in here that doesn’t fit anywhere else in the house. Will we be able to cram all this furniture into this small dining room? Will the table look as EXTREMELY GLAMOROUS as it does online? Will my parents EVER use the freshly-installed Roman shades I got for them? Stay tuned to find out how I solve all these dining room conundrums! Check back soon (like…really soon) for the reveal! More Posts From Orlando:
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