Open Living and Kitchen Space Feel

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Master BR Feel

Guest Bedroom/Modern Library

I am so excited! After struggling with what I wanted to do for our house(aka how to blend T's and my style), I decided to start with the room that has the least amount of stress for me. This will be the last room we'll ever work on, but because it's low priority for us, that meant I could be as open and free about it as I want! now that my creative juices are flowing, I think I'm going to settle down what what I want in our other rooms. 

It was a Facebook convo I had with Ben's photographer friend that sparked the whole mustard and slate color pallette frenzy. I knew I couldn't work with yellow or grey throughout the house because they're not my favorite colors. Yet, I was determined to see it in a cozy space. Traditionally, dark colors make a room seem smaller, but for this room, it was to make it cozy and modern. The dark walls would lend itself well to the wallpapered pattern on the direct opposite of the doorway, thus bringing a focal point that makes it fresh, feminine, and awesome at the same time!

Instead of a normal bed, I want a modern sleeper sofa so when a guest isn't there(rarely are!), I could actually use the room like a little library! The opposite end of the sofa bed would be a floor to ceiling(well, maybe just half a wall) of book shelves to put reading materials on. against the wall where the entry way is will be a 2'x4' desk and decorative chair for us to use. There may or may not be a rug, but since it's low foot traffic, I think a  masculine, geometric design would work well and we may just purchase one when we see fit. Of course, decorative art will be dispersed along the walls- some may actually be functional! See my memo board tutorial here- it functions both decoratively and useful as well. WIN!

Remodel the House: Links & Mustard Yellow

Remodel Post from 2010

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/designtripper-in-new-orleans.html

http://www.designtripper.com/

http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/straight-and-narrow.html?slide=9&c=y&paused=true

http://design-milk.com/

Remodel the House

Remember when I posted that we were going to remodel the house? Well, it's finally happening. The garage is up and Thomas is now knocking down part of our new bedroom wall to fit our French doors in. I'm in freaking LOVE! Now, he's making all this progress and I haven't even nailed down a design yet. All I know is that I want everything stainless steel in the kitchen. Unfortunately, that's uber expensive and unreasonable. Yet, Thomas knew that was what I wanted and somehow scored the sweetest deals from a rich man who just wanted to get rid of his brand new stove top, oven, and microwave/convection over for over 75% retail value. WIN!