Green Decor

Let's celebrate "The Luck of the Irish" with Green Decor. Welcome the month of March by refreshing your home with green.

Green can be intimidating, but with so many shades it is a beautiful color and very easy to coordinate with your current decor.  Whether you go Bold and really embrace the green or choose a more subtle route and add a few touches here and there - the splash of green will help liven up your space.

Here are some ideas I have found that let you experiment with the Color Green.

ADD A GREEN PLANT TO A NEUTRAL DECOR.                                                                             

ADD A FEW DECORATIVE VASES TO YOUR BOOKSHELVES- EASY TO CHANGE OUT WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH THE COLOR GREEN

PILLOWS IN DIFFERENT SHADES TO ADD A PUNCH OF COLOR

















ONE PICTURE AND ONE PILLOW.  GREAT FOR THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT REALLY WANT TO COMMIT.

EMBRACE GREEN AND PAINT AN ACCENT WALL - ADD GREEN ACCESSORIES

WHAT DOES THE COLOR GREEN MEAN..........................

Symbolism Green stands for balance, nature, spring, and rebirth. It’s the symbol of prosperity, freshness, and progress


Positive Associations We associate green with vitality, fresh growth, and wealth.   We generally think of it as a balanced, healthy, and youthful. We use green in design for spaces intended to foster creativity and productivity, and we associate green with progress – think about giving a project the “green light.”

HAPPY MARCH

Open Shelves in your Kitchen

Open shelves in your kitchen - do you love it or hate it?
The trend for kitchens is getting rid of upper cabinets and having open shelves for dishes, pots, pans and any kitchen gadget you have. 

 Looking on the web for pictures, I have found that all these kitchens are "staged" very well and the open shelves look Great!  How would these shelves look in the real life of a kitchen?  Most people do not have perfect coordinating dishes, pots and pans.  Would you have the time to make sure the shelves look good each and every day?  What happens to these dishes out in the open with dust, kitchen grease or any other airborne particle?  

Here are some pictures I found on Google.

PERFECT COORDINATION WITH THESE SHELVES

SOME OPEN SHELVES CAN APPEAR MESSY

There is a place for open shelves in a kitchen, I am just not sure if they should replace all your upper cabinetry.

A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN OPEN SHELVES AND UPPER CABINETRY

Kitchen Remodel - Brighton

The function of this kitchen worked for our client, but it was in desperate need of a remodel.  We took out the soffits, "Lots" of wall paper and gutted the entire space.
The cabinetry heights are standard, but we added a 6" wood soffit along with crown moulding painted the same as the cabinetry.  This creates the illusion of height using stock cabinets.  All new fixtures and finishes gave this couple a kitchen that fits their life style.

Products used were "Merillat" Cabinetry - Spring Valley Maple Cabinets painted in Chiffon with Tuscan Accent.  Counters are Quartz in Dakota Color.  "Delta" Leland Faucet in Stainless Steel and 4" x 4" travertine tile with glass accents.

 

The Added Details:  We added wood to give back of cabinets a recessed panel appearance

Under cabinet lighting always a must in a kitchen

Mixing up the tile to add interest over the range top

 

Added a wood 6" wood soffit and crown moulding - both painted to match cabinetry

Ann Arbor Kitchen

Our client did not want a full kitchen remodel, but she did want to change the layout of her space.  She currently had light maple cabinetry and instead of trying to match; we installed Merillat dark maple cabinetry.    We created a pantry with cabinetry and dressed it up by putting glass doors on the top.  A pennisula was taken out and installed an island with a butcher block counter.  New wood flooring and interior doors were installed through out the home along with painting all rooms.

No major construction was done, but when all was completed, she had a "new" home.

Pantry created with cabinetry.  New island with butcher block top

Glass doors dress up cabintry along with crown moulding

Don't forget the trim details - New Flooring

KITCHEN REMODEL

THIS KITCHEN IS A 1930'S BUNGALOW.  

THE HOMEOWNERS WANTED A "BEACH" FEEL BUT NOT A ROOM FULL OF SEA SHELLS.  

THE TILE ON THE FLOOR HAS A PATTERN THAT GIVES THE LOOK OF SAND, BLUE GLASS TILE IN A CLASSIC SUBWAY PATTERN WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH CABINETRY WITH A GLAZE FINISH THAT CREATES AN AGED LOOK.   

WAINSCOTING IS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPACE GIVING IT A LIGHT AND AIRY FEEL.                                                 



BEFORE PICTURE - OVERVIEW AREA



AFTER PICTURE - OVERVIEW AREA

                                                   



BEFORE PICTURE - PENINSULA AREA



AFTER PICTURE - PENINSULA AREA







BEFORE PICTURE - TV AREA



AFTER PICTURE - TV AREA

BEFORE PICTURE - DESK AREA

             AFTER PICTURE - DESK AREA

AFTER PICTURES OF DETAILS

"MERILLAT" LABELLE MAPLE CABINETS IN
TOFFEE FINISH WITH PEARL GLAZE 

 


"DELTA" LELAND FAUCET WITH
PULL DOWN SPRAYER AND "CAMBRIA"
QUARTZ COUNTERS



"OLYMPIA" CRISTALLO 3 X 6 GLASS SUBWAY TILE



18" X 18" CERAMIC TILE FLOORING



PULL OUT CABINETRY FOR STORAGE



CUSTOM WAINSCOTING THROUGH OUT SPACE