Whether it be different colors for Base cabinets and Wall cabinets or switching up the color for the island, kitchens with multiple colors of cabinetry are all around. Do you love it, or would you leave it?
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The cobbler’s kids have no shoes. And the Interior Designer’s Kitchen has no plan. As I have mentioned, I am in the process of moving and the new house needs some renovation. The Kitchen is a big piece of that. I am just starting to work out a design plan this week.
It’s actually harder to design a space for myself than it is for clients. With clients I can see a vision and narrow in easily. For myself, I just see SO MANY beautiful products everywhere and I love and want them all! My dilemma today – Open Shelves in the Kitchen. What do you think? Love it or Leave it?
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What do you think about open shelves in the kitchen? Does it add interest of just collect dust? Do you love it or would you leave it?
Gold and brass finishes are creeping back into Interiors. It started with a few small features – a mirror here, a brass knob there, gold leaf inside of a lamp shade. Now the moves are getting bigger and bolder. Gold. Shiny, shiny gold. It’s making a comeback in Interior Design and Decor. Will you love it again, or are you going to leave it?
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Gold. Love it or Leave it?
Drapery puddles – do you love them or would you leave them?
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I know that many of you aren’t quite sure what “drapery puddle “means. To me that has always meant any drapery that is longer than just touching the floor. So anything that is longer than the photo below, which creates a “puddle” of excess drapery on the floor.
However, I found this handy graphic that adds further definition to everything I had previously called a “puddle”. I stand corrected.
For the purposed on this argument, I am posing all “touching” drapery treatments against the “breaking”, “sweeping” and “puddling” combined. Does it create a beautiful, elegant design element? Is it a cleaning obstacle? Is it something that needs daily fixing to lay correctly? What are your thoughts on the drapery puddle?
Do you love it or would you leave it?
The built-in kitchen desk. A large number of homes built in Colorado over the last 20+ years include the built-in kitchen desk. I’m curious to know how many people really utilize this space. Do you use it, or does it accumulate the family stuff? Is it a valuable resource and organization tool that you’d hate to part with? Would you rather the desk be converted into a pantry, second oven, sink, or other space that you might use more? The built-in kitchen desk: Do you love it or would you leave it?
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My husband and I had a kitchen desk in our first home and never really used it. We also had no kids and, being newly married, very little “stuff”. Our flat in London and our current home are both without the desk. I don’t miss the desk, so that qualifies me as a “leave it” girl.
However, I recently had a client that went from a desk home to a no desk home. It was a big concern for her, so we’ve added a desk into the plan. In the floor plan below, we added a desk/console behind the sofa to add the workspace that she had lost from her previous kitchen. She is obviously on the “love it” side of this debate.
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With another client, who didn’t need a work space, but does entertain frequently, we changed the desk in to the beverage station/bar for parties.The wall cabinets are stocked with glasses and spirits. The base cabinets include overflow wine bottles.
The photo below is a home where they took this idea to the next level and converted the desk to a full wet bar. Clever!
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The built-in kitchen desk. Do you love it or would you leave it?
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How do you you use your kitchen desk? If you don’t use it, have you converted it to a space that is more useful to you? Share your ideas and photos here or on facebook.
I often see photos of painted floors in blogs, magazines and on Pinterest. However, this is not something that I see often in person and as an Interior Designer. That has a lot to do with the Denver & Boulder Colorado markets in which I work. Many of my clients live in newer homes with new or nearly new wood floors. Painting them seems like blasphemy. Another group of clients lives in older pockets of Denver, with wonderful homes including bungalows, 1930′s Tudors, and Mid-Century Modern. In these homes we are working to strike a balance between preserving original detail and modernizing the homes for life in this century. Often the floors are original to the home and again off limits to paint. But I am curious about your thoughts on painting wood floors: do you love it or would you leave it?
Cecconi’s in London via Studioilse.
A simple, solid painted floor, via Bradbourne Farm.
A faux mosaic tile design painted on to a floor, via Henry Donovan Motif.
This paint pattern looks like a rug in this hallway. Via Curbly.
A stencil design over a distressed floor makes a dramatic statement. Via Designspiration.
A classic tile pattern painted onto a kitchen floor. Via Hello Tiger.
I want to know what you think. Would you paint your wood floors? Do you love it or would you leave it? Have you painted wood floors before? Please share your photos with us here or on Facebook.
And please chime in on our other Love it or Leave it discussions:
Or, check out the opposite of this post with Painted Ceilings.
Black – the darkest of dark colors. In many cases it’s a staple – a stable and safe bet. In other applications it’s bold and daring. Would you paint your walls black? Would you dare cover the largest surface in any room in black? Black walls – do you love it or would you leave it?
Let me know your thoughts – love it or leave it?
Maybe black is just too much for you, or not your color. Check out my previous post Interior Design Trends: Dark Blue Walls. It’s lovely.
Some argue that using one pattern on multiple surfaces in a room creates an optical illusion of spaciousness. But I want to know, would you Love it or Leave it? Do you have a tiny room? Would you try this to create spaciousness?
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What are your thoughts: Love it or Leave it?
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I have long been a fan of Interior Designer Mary McDonald. I admire that she takes risks and is bold in her work and, as a result, the interiors that she creates are absolutely stunning. In this particular room, she breaks all the conventional rules of bedroom design by creating a space with bold red on red color and pattern on pattern.
We read it, hear it and see it all the time – a bedroom should be a soothing sanctuary. Calm colors, muted patterns. Restful. This room is the absolute opposite.
Red is an energetic color. Green is also used in the room and is opposite of red on the color wheel, making it a complimentary color. Using complimentary colors together traditionally creates even more energy in a room.
Then we have pattern on pattern with bold stripes and the geometric wallpaper. These features combined, make for a high energy, but still aesthetically pleasing room.
All the rules have been broken in this bedroom, but I want to know what you think. Do you love it or leave? Could you and would you sleep in this room?
Most people already have a strong love or hate opinion when it comes to animal prints and particularly on the large scale of animal print rugs (both real and fabricated). But what about animal “inspired” designs that look anything like the real thing. Do you love it, or would you leave it?
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