ANOTHER PROJECT UPDATE

I mean really.....what is better than a 3 day weekend right? I did something that I have been wanting to do for months.....clean out my closet.

Yup.  All of my shoes had finally ended up on the floor and clothes were barely clinging to hangers.

I think I scared Cami because I just went in there and started tossing shoes out the closet door to the floor.  

3 hours later....success.  Then after reading on Kathy's blog The Good Life of Design I decided to trying selling some things on Poshmark.

We will see how that goes as it's just another thing I have to figure out and keep up with!

I have some updates on my friend Melissa's new house which posted about  here.

She is about a month away from closing and the decisions we made last January are finally coming together.  When you meet with the builder to pick things out I have one word of advice.

OK.....2 words.......Stay neutral. 

 

AND.....don't roll your eyes but we stayed with mostly #blackandwhite finishes for the reason that I'm me...... and thats what I like:)

All kidding aside it's always classic and when you go to sell.....it won't look dated.  #truth

So here is a picture of the kitchen....

Backsplash isn't  grouted yet but taking the tile to the ceiling was money well spent [upcharge].

The honed black granite....

The honed Carrara marble on the island.

 

The day we made our selections.

So excited!

This is the powder room right off the kitchen.

You remember we are using the Lindsay Cowles wallpaper....and circa lighting sconces.

I ordered this cool mirror from Four Hands so I can't wait for this baby to come together.

This is the main entry with a very small foyer.  I had picked a chandelier [that I thought would work] but guess what?  There's not enough clearance so we had to move it to the top of the stairs.

Whew....that was dicy. 

 It will go here instead with 10 ft ceilings but definitely shortened.

Here are 3 flush mounts I sent her [for the foyer] and with price consideration we chose the one in the middle from Shades of Light.

The railings have the same stain as the floors.  So I have been looking at carpet runners.

Here are the sconces going up the stairs....The color of all the doors is SW Dorian Gray.  The Thibaut grasscloth wallpaper is going up the second step of stairs [3 floors].  This first one is wool and the most $$$.  

This one is more reasonable and probably won't show as much dirt.

And.....this is the most appealing because it is indoor/outdoor and will look good against the ebony floors.

I'll keep you posted. [all samples from Myers Carpet]

Upstairs bathroom.....

Here is the wall the TV is going on which will also get the grass cloth....then to the right is the other set of stairs.

And this pretty chandelier for the master closet!

The master bedroom plan.....

Master bath

Hedgewood Homes always nails the landscaping for their projects!

And thats a wrap......

Have a great short week!

Shayrika

NEW DESIGN PLAN

Crikey I am so glad it's Friday.  How about you:)

I have to tell you that we watched the last season of the Netflix series Bloodline.  Y'all it was painful.

I remember watching the first 2 seasons and it was slow but season 3 took it to a new level.....like watching snails crawl.   Not only did it creep along.... the storyline was all over the place and the acting sucked.  I wanted to punch all of them in the face......for wasting my time.

  

I've got a new design plan to share with you today.

  

A friend of mine bought a place at Manchester by Hedgewood Homes.

I've been helping her put together the kitchen, lighting and furniture plan!

We are changing this suggestion a little by flipping the dining and LR.  There is actually not a balcony but a large window so we are putting the DR table there.....

In the kitchen we are doing white cabinets with a black island. Similar to the picture below.  White Carrara marble on the island and honed black granite on the perimeter cabinets.

With 2 of these Circa Lighting pendants over the island.

Pretty excited....and warming up the space with these barstools.

Dark hardwood floors and my go to white BM White Dove throughout!  I'm nothing if not consistent :)

For the sectional I turned to Lee Industries.

I love the modern lines of this piece.   She wanted navy upholstery so I'm not mad at that!

Two of these chairs from Bernhardt Interiors.

And one of these bad boys from Lee Industries.

# 1 is the Bernhardt chairs

# 2 is the navy sectional

# 3 is the modern chair

I am liking this Dash and Albert rug....for the living area.....

The finishes are for the DR chair selections...

I found this table below at Four Hands.....

And deciding between these 2 dining chairs.

You can see here how the table is going to be in the bump out which is not shown in the original floor plan.  The Circa Lighting sconces below go on the small walls in the bump out.

Looking at this Noir piece for between the 2 Bernhardt chairs under the TV.

I am undecided on the DR chandelier......but it will come to me!

We ordered this Bernhardt Interiors bed upholstered in dark gray velvet!

Thinking about one of these Emma Hayes wallapers on the bed wall only...

From Bradley USA

In the powder room maybe this Lindsay Cowles grasscloth wallpaper?

With these Circa Lighting sconces....

The sconces will be going up the stairs and the chandelier [bottom right] will be in the foyer.  The polished nickel sconce is for the master bath.

I am pretty pumped about all of this......

In other news Cami got her summer cut!

In this shot she has a cow squeaky toy in her mouth that my neighbor gave her.....for 10 minutes.  Then she called me and said her dog wanted it back.

Huh?  I had to trick her into letting it go.  How mean was that..... right?

Shaboomchakalaka