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Moments of Grey

Lately I have been dreaming of grey rooms which room shall I change to grey

Grey nights

.                           Serene but still has unexpected details....
                tri color stripe skirted tables and
             contemporary floral headboard and curtains


                                                           
                         Grey Mornings

 

Kitchens are like spouses

Contemplating the look of my kitchen to be.....

Remember how you wrote your first name followed by the last name of the boy you loved. Just to make sure it all flowed together.

Here I sit pasting images together to determine how I want my kitchen to feel and look. How the new components wiill flow with old. This kitchen will be with me a long time much like a spouse. I need to chose my qualities carefully.

I was thrust into this redux not by choice but by the fraility of a computer in my oven.

During my search for inspiration I came across the most beutiful Belgian kitchens on Belgian Pearls a blog by Greet Lefe'vre a fourth generation cabinetmaker. The textures and colors are amazing combined with the use of steel.

Rich and simple linen

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                                                                     Iron and glass doors

Or maybe cabinets doors resembling windows...

Simple and authentic handmade tiles with quirky details

Which is your favorite?

Harmonium anyone?

Okay todays the day. I am going to do it. My own personal mid life crisis is in full swing. Read the rules, agree to them make an audition tape. How hard can it be. It is all my Mother's fault after all.

Growing up in a house with the same curtains for 40 years in a lovely shade of avocado green I might ad.
Not a comfortable chair or couch in sight or even one built in the same century we lived in. Ok, maybe that is an exaggeration there may have have been one or two pieces that were only 50 - 70 years old.

Dragged to flea markets every weekend three days in a row. Is it any wonder that anything and everything I like is usually not typical.  I love old weathered combined with stainless steel. Or just old and never shiny finishes on wood. Most pieces I have either made..I am an iron junkie with gates, tables and beds or come from combining found items with new.

The furniture in my parents house is in the same place it was 40 yplus ears ago unless I moved it. This is why my own funriture can't be in the same place for more than 30 seconds. I suffer from attention deficit disorder for furniture placement. It's a good thing I have muscle moving this stuff is work. I do love soul which most of my pieces have and I hang onto them forever they just might not be in the places you expect them to be.

Even are family vacations were like visits to museums. My grandparents house did not have a telephone or Tv and I am talking about 1980. Furniture pieces there were really old ( made my parents house look like a swingers contemporary pad though we didn't have cable) and I am blessed to be there keeper for the next generation. My family lived in the same town same house since 1830's same furniture. This is why at my house there is a harmonium in the kitchen....go figure.

Morning Musings

Ahhh.. the sweet sound of silence before my two year old wakes.Today I will finalize the photo layout for our website and share some of my favorite photos.

I am considering this as an entrance to the web site. It is a closeup of one of our wall gates.

Our Veronica chairs in chocolate leather with silver nail heads and painted white legs paired with our squiggle iron table. I used this table in my own kitchen with a marble top. Love it! Love it! Love it ! The close up is the photo I like best.

Vintage chaise with custom slipcover and matching curtains.

This little light of mine is hung

This little light of mine is hung and the kitchen phase 1 complete. The transformation is amazing visually but even more so emotionally when you are in the space. This small ranch home has become my personal design playground as I begin my new business venture. After 8 plus years of owning 2 retail stores that specialized in curtains and bedding The Curtain Exchange. No we didn't sell used curtains but $1000 a pair new curtains I have taken the jump to do what I love. Pure Home is about creating a beautiful personal space that works for you and your family. It's about finding the sweet spot where design and life merge.

The before we didn't own the house when this picture was taken.

This little light of mine

Can you believe that this little light set in motion the whole re-design of my home. Once the wallas are torn down and the windows put in. Two of these retro pendants will hang above my kitchen island. They inspired my color palette, my fabric choices and even my paint colors. All to make them look good. Look for photos as the demo and remodel continue.