Monday, April 18, 2011
Contemporary Colour
My very stylish friend asked me to help her bring her ideas for her contemporary home to life. Here is a sample of some of the fabric we found for her banquette and family room. Also notice the Haro sectional from Stylus with a custom fabric .
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Can hardly stand it!
Im so excited I can hardly stand it! I finalized my appliance package! And our walls are going up!
First, appliances:
This picture shows the line from Jennair that I went with. I got quotes from Sears, Trail and Coast. Coast came in at the best. Then Sears said that they would match Coast's price, plus we could put it on our Sears card and get Sears points -- @$1200 worth! In the end that is what we bought our dishwasher with. Plus Jennair had a promotion where if you buy a certain amount of Jennair appliances, they throw in a dishwasher for free. We've decided to have 2 dishwashers, so that paid for the second one. Two dishwashers for free! We were asking how much extra it would be to have 2 dish drawers instead of a dishwasher. She said Jennair hasn't specified which dishwasher you get for free. So we ended up with $2500 dishdrawers for free. Pictured above is our fridge. Except our fridge has water/ice in the door. That wasn't my first choice, but it was $2000 less that way. Isn't that wierd? You can see our wall oven and dishwasher there as well. Plus we got a 4 burner industrial -looking range with a griddle.
Now the house.... it is being built fast and furiously! This is our rec room. At the back is the electrical room and our crawl space... which is full height - so thankful for that! The other two room will be a media room and exercise room. We plan to finish the basement, but not outfit it. The media and exercise equipment will have to come later!
On to our kitchen.... Its hard to see without drywall. The boards on the floor are outlining the island! The room in the back is the desk area for family computer etc, and the panty. The opening is double doors onto the deck.
In the last pictures you can see our mud room and laundry. Im so excited about these. But it has hit me that I am going to need to put lots of cabinetry in these areas. A little nervous about the budget!
This picture is an inspiration picture of my living room or family room. It isn't exact, but its my inspiration. Next week we start on cabinetry. Stay tuned for a sneak peak at some lighting options.
First, appliances:
This picture shows the line from Jennair that I went with. I got quotes from Sears, Trail and Coast. Coast came in at the best. Then Sears said that they would match Coast's price, plus we could put it on our Sears card and get Sears points -- @$1200 worth! In the end that is what we bought our dishwasher with. Plus Jennair had a promotion where if you buy a certain amount of Jennair appliances, they throw in a dishwasher for free. We've decided to have 2 dishwashers, so that paid for the second one. Two dishwashers for free! We were asking how much extra it would be to have 2 dish drawers instead of a dishwasher. She said Jennair hasn't specified which dishwasher you get for free. So we ended up with $2500 dishdrawers for free. Pictured above is our fridge. Except our fridge has water/ice in the door. That wasn't my first choice, but it was $2000 less that way. Isn't that wierd? You can see our wall oven and dishwasher there as well. Plus we got a 4 burner industrial -looking range with a griddle.
Now the house.... it is being built fast and furiously! This is our rec room. At the back is the electrical room and our crawl space... which is full height - so thankful for that! The other two room will be a media room and exercise room. We plan to finish the basement, but not outfit it. The media and exercise equipment will have to come later!
On to our kitchen.... Its hard to see without drywall. The boards on the floor are outlining the island! The room in the back is the desk area for family computer etc, and the panty. The opening is double doors onto the deck.
In the last pictures you can see our mud room and laundry. Im so excited about these. But it has hit me that I am going to need to put lots of cabinetry in these areas. A little nervous about the budget!
This picture is an inspiration picture of my living room or family room. It isn't exact, but its my inspiration. Next week we start on cabinetry. Stay tuned for a sneak peak at some lighting options.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Grapevine goings-on
The house is coming along very quickly..... more on that later - stay tuned! (the picture below is NOT my house). I need to wait for some warmer and dryer weather to brave the jobsite, and the mud to take some new pictures for you to see. Also to come: My appliance package! So excited to tell you about that. Also some inspiration pictures.
We have two big projects we are working on right now - among other things. But I thought I would give you a sneak peak of the before pictures:
This brave couple loves their home and their North Vancouver neighborhood. They love it enough to add a third floor to their home! What a process it had been... They have 2 small children at home, lots of banging, inconveniences, not to mention lots of water in their main living area! But I think they are through the worst of it, and on to the fun stuff. Pretty chandeliers... faucets....maybe wallpaper and furniture too!
The next project is a complete main floor reno. Here is a peak at the old kitchen.... on to bigger and better things! I can't wait to show you the outcome!
One of my favorite suppliers who offer quality upholstered furniture at great prices (if you get it through me:), have added some very interesting pieces to their collection. I am very excited about it! Have a look:
This same bed is available in many stores downtown for 3x what I can offer it for.
Although this isn't my favorite design (below), this is Carrie Bradshaw's bedroom on Sex and the City. It is very similar to the Bento bed above. The great thing about the Bento from Stylus is that you can customize it with a nail head detail and whatever fabric you choose. The price for the Bento starts at $847.50 for a queen!
A couple more new pieces offered through Stylus:
Its too bad they had such large pillows covering up these great sofas.
We had a little scare last week... My client Lil fell through the main floor of her house and into the basement! Many of you may have heard the story on facebook. She has angels all around her protecting her. One of those angels was a contractor that just happened to be exiting the washroom and caught her as she fell off the pin ball machine head first! Although you'd never know it to see her :), she is in her 60's, yet she survived the incident with nothing more than a few bruises. Although shaken up, we continued with our wallpaper and tile meeting before she went off to the hospital to be checked out!
One of my clients found a lovely mirror for her living room for $1500 at Jordan's Interiors. I found the exact - i mean exact same mirror in a different finish for $40! Isn't that crazy?
We have two big projects we are working on right now - among other things. But I thought I would give you a sneak peak of the before pictures:
This brave couple loves their home and their North Vancouver neighborhood. They love it enough to add a third floor to their home! What a process it had been... They have 2 small children at home, lots of banging, inconveniences, not to mention lots of water in their main living area! But I think they are through the worst of it, and on to the fun stuff. Pretty chandeliers... faucets....maybe wallpaper and furniture too!
The next project is a complete main floor reno. Here is a peak at the old kitchen.... on to bigger and better things! I can't wait to show you the outcome!
One of my favorite suppliers who offer quality upholstered furniture at great prices (if you get it through me:), have added some very interesting pieces to their collection. I am very excited about it! Have a look:
This same bed is available in many stores downtown for 3x what I can offer it for.
Although this isn't my favorite design (below), this is Carrie Bradshaw's bedroom on Sex and the City. It is very similar to the Bento bed above. The great thing about the Bento from Stylus is that you can customize it with a nail head detail and whatever fabric you choose. The price for the Bento starts at $847.50 for a queen!
A couple more new pieces offered through Stylus:
Its too bad they had such large pillows covering up these great sofas.We had a little scare last week... My client Lil fell through the main floor of her house and into the basement! Many of you may have heard the story on facebook. She has angels all around her protecting her. One of those angels was a contractor that just happened to be exiting the washroom and caught her as she fell off the pin ball machine head first! Although you'd never know it to see her :), she is in her 60's, yet she survived the incident with nothing more than a few bruises. Although shaken up, we continued with our wallpaper and tile meeting before she went off to the hospital to be checked out!
One of my clients found a lovely mirror for her living room for $1500 at Jordan's Interiors. I found the exact - i mean exact same mirror in a different finish for $40! Isn't that crazy?
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