20 April 2010

Know any kitchens looking for a makeover?

The funny thing about Paul’s blog is that he doesn’t actually post a lot of his kitchen and residential design makeovers!! So I thought I’d take this opportunity as one of Paul’s guest posters to post a couple of kitchens — one real and one virtual.

My hubby and I recently finished our kitchen makeover (with some help from Paul). You can read all about it over on my blog, DesignTies. Here are a few pictures…

from eating area 2 RS looking down from FR 1 RS from eating area angle 3 RS

It was a long and at times frustrating job, but we love the results and we won’t be making any more changes to it any time soon. But the problem is that I have a great idea for a kitchen design and no kitchen to do it in. Know any kitchens looking for a makeover?? ;-)

This was actually an assignment for my Interior Finishes class. We had to design a kitchen for a single mom and her 14 year old daughter. Here’s a rendition of one wall I created in Paint:

wall 1 layout 11

The kitchen has white appliances, so that was my jumping off point for the design. The colour scheme came from a beautiful grey, silver, and blue paisley fabric and a blue chenille. The paint colours are Benjamin Moore: AF-570 Coastline for the walls, AF-575 Instinct for the inside of the glass cabinets, and OC-61 White Diamond for the cabinets.

blue kitchen colour scheme

The Shaker-style cabinet doors have glass knobs for some sparkle, and the drawers have stainless steel bin pulls (both from Amerock).

ameock glass knob 14303CSG     amerock bin pull BP53019-G10

The backsplash is this awesome mosaic from Mirage Glass Tiles in NYC. The 1” x 1” tiles are a combination of glass, metal, and stone. They’re like jewelry for the kitchen :-)

backsplash 1a

The countertops are Hanstone in Sterling Grey. You can’t see them in the picture, but there are flecks of silver that give it a nice reflective quality.

SterlingGrey

The faucet is the Belo from Brizo. I love the sleek & sexy lines!!

brizo belo

There’s an island with two nickel lantern pendant lights from Union Lighting and Furnishings hanging above.

union polished nickel large square lanternAnd three counter-height stools from BarStools.com along one side of the island. They’ll be covered in the blue chenille.

vega barstool barstools dot com

Dark hand-scraped hardwood floors to finish it all off: 

winter oak kardean

If you’d like to see more of my room makeovers and designs — both virtual and real ;-) — check out my blog, DesignTies.

Thanks for the opportunity to guest-post for you, Paul :-) Hope you had a great time in Chicago!!

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13 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your remodel Kelly. Gorgeous colors...very cheery!

    And fabulous job on your class project. Love all your choices, and you've given me a couple new resources.

    Thanks for posting!

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  2. What beautiful finishes, especially that mosaic - I hope you find a kitchen to put them in. Your own remodel is gorgeous too!
    Sarah

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  3. Your description of the mosaic tile as being "jewelry for the kitchen" is spot-on - nice touch! Glass, metal, and stone all at once. You CAN have it all.

    The punches of red (right down to the tulips) in your kitchen are just right; is the ceiling light fixture drop a scratch-built piece? It's a great idea.

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  4. Kelly, your kitchen looks fantastic. Of course I love the mosaic on your backsplash. Where ever did you find it? :)

    Great sample board too! Thanks for filling in.

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  5. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments about my kitchen makeover and my project kitchen :-)

    Kit: Great to hear you've discovered some new resources from reading my post. That's what I love about blogging -- it's a great way to learn about new things :-)

    Sarah: The mosaic tile is even more beautiful in real life. It's really sparkly and definitely has bling factor :-)

    Rich: The ceiling light fixture came with the house. I assume it was custom built -- it's the same oak and was the same finish as the cabinets. I painted it white when we did the makeover to match the trim.

    Paul: You're welcome :-) Some designer dude in Florida sent me a sample of our backsplash tiles, and it was love at first sight :-) Have I said THANK YOU enough times?! ;-)

    Kelly

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  6. Kelly,

    Great gray & white kitchen, as promised. I especially like the stools and the light fixtures! Hopefully I can find things like this for my own future gray & white kitchen.

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  7. Julie, glad you like it :-) The light fixture is from a store in Canada, but I'm sure you'll be able to find something similar in the US.... actually, just found it at bellacor.com:

    http://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/506899.htm

    Have fun planning your kitchen makeover :-)

    Kelly

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  8. Beautiful kitchens!

    Paul are you taunting me with this?!

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  9. Great kitchen pictures Kelly! It really does show how much hardwork and creative energy went into it. After meeting you yesterday, I can see how a lot of your personality went into it :). It was really great to meet you. Cheers

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  10. As I've said before beautiful kitchen Kelly! I love the proposed one I'm sure you'll find someone who will want this - who wouldn't?

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  11. ModernSauce, Nimisha, Lisa, so happy to hear you like my real and virtual kitchens :-) They were both a lot of hard work -- at least one of them actually works!! ;-)

    I really hope I'll be able to implement my proposed kitchen one day :-)

    Kelly

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  12. Beautiful Kelly!! I absolutely love that glass tile in your proposed kitchen, I want it! And that hand scraped dark wood is to die for. I love all of your ideas and I love your taste :)

    Nancy

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  13. Thanks Nancy :-) My teacher said she wants those tiles too!! They're even more beautiful in real life.

    I love your taste too :-)

    Kelly

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