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I love your idea, Jennifer!
@Juanita Hagan - You can live without a backsplash tile. ;)
The ideas that @Red Ryder gave you, in terms of just removing the existing tile and painting the wall in a light color in eggshell finish (which makes it cleanable/wipeable) is a good plan, and one that I often recommend. This is a simple, less fussy backsplash approach - and it is also trending. It works well in general - and also, it specifically works well when counters(s) have a lot of movement. You could use a stainless, or copper, or brass metal panel behind the range for more protection there, if you need to/want to. Just painting the backsplash area could really be a permanent “fix” - versus a temporary one. Although, it could be temporary, if you down the road find a tile that you really want to install. Backsplash tiles, etc. are mostly for decorative purposes. They can add visual interest. Your cabinets and counters have enough visual interest, by themselves. I understand your challenge of finding a tile to work with the existing granite. I don’t know if I would even try it, myself. I would probably just do painted wall or maybe back painted glass.
If you want to first test the idea of removing the backsplash and it’s effect - as @Jennifer Hogan suggested, you can get something to cover it. Once you cover it, I believe you will notice a significant difference.
ETA: You could alternatively use tempered glass just behind the range/cooktop.
These are various examples and options - from Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4595955374/ivory-glass-backsplash-solid-cream?
Your countertop does make my heart sing! I love tropical rainforest patterns in art and fabrics and love the colors.
I have a completely different design in mind for my kitchen and it fits my bold personality (purple cabinets, brass fixtures, white appliances and the cambria bently countertops) but damn - I may have to buy a second home so I can design a kitchen and house around your countertops.
Thank you so much for bringing these trends and advances to those of us who cannot attend these delightful shows. I am especially interested in the technological advances in lighting and multi-purpose furniture. I hope greater detail about the Lutron lighting systems will be coming in another article. How do they work? How do the affect the colors in the room? How can we choose colors to work well with the system?
I am delighted to see patterns in full appreciation and guidance on combining multiple patterns. Patterns and mirrors are such blessings to the young in their first spaces... before they have accumulated a lifetime of photographs and quality paintings and sculptures. Even more welcome to me personally is the celebration of textures that come naturally through materials like stone, wood, rattan and wicker, and through materials like glass (including beveled, etched and frosted), pottery, anaglypta, and a myriad of metals and their finishes.
@kl23 I think you make the most of what you have and find your joy where you are. There are many beautiful rooms with lower ceilings. Color drenching can be fun if you are into more color in your room- which most of these examples are lacking, IMO. :)
I wouldn't say you don't fit k123... Do your space to suit your idea of coziness. Most people don't have views or rooms this size. Personally only No.8 was slightly appealing to me as I felt they were all too blah. I have 5 windows and a slider and none of them have a great view. Even though I am not near the beach - I chose beachy colors to bring my happy calm to the space. Soft Aqua walls with soft white trim and ceiling, Teal (at bottom) to pale aqua hombre drapes. Sandy colored carpet with the same tone in the upholstered sleigh bed and lamp shades. My color pop is opposite on the color wheel - soft coral pink in the throw for naps, a pillow, a hibiscus picture and my dressing table stool. My white comforter with a calm jungle/hummingbird theme has all these colors. It reminds me of a wonderful vacation I had many years ago. Even though I can't travel anymore - I do a little each night in my own little beach. Do what you love for your space and it will bring your happiness.
Nice rooms, but all except two are some variation of white. My personal preference is to have color in a bedroom, which can still be soothing and appropriate for a retreat space.
Thanks, Ediz. I am in the US on the east coast. I just placed an order with Lamps Plus shipping from the west coast. https://www.lampsplus.com/p/lite-source-sappho-72-inch-black-finish-led-torchiere-lamp-with-down-light__69f89/
They market lamps from all over. I never had torchiers before and am anxious to try them. The light I want to get from Vakkerlight is a downlight I want to pull over to a puzzling table when needed and otherwise highlight a step down from my dining room to my living room. I will check out the names you mentioned. Thank you. I absolutely go nuts over artistic lighting design. In my recent upper level renovation I think I've been happiest with these lights. The idea was that they are the bottoms of dandelions and the anaglypta on the wall represented grass.
I would place the dramatic fixture over the dining table. In an open-plan room, that gives the dining area a clear focal point and lets the fixture relate directly to the wood table and green velvet sofa. The island already has a disciplined row of three clear-glass pendants, so I would keep them if they remain visually quiet beside the new piece; replacing both sets with equally expressive fixtures could make the two adjacent zones compete.
For the table, look for a composition with enough horizontal presence to anchor the tabletop, but leave comfortable visual breathing room at both ends. Since your references derive much of their character from mixed forms, asymmetry and color, decide whether you want the light itself to carry that color or whether the green sofa and accessories should do so while the fixture contributes sculptural form.
Here's a sculptural lighting design from our GREYGE.com collection, just as a visual reference. CALLA is an artistic lighting object offered in white or dark anthracite, with 135 cm and 190 cm formats. Its sculptural composition could provide the bold gesture you want, although it should not be treated as a confirmed color or scale match until the table is specified: https://www.greyge.com/product/modern-chandeliers-for-living-room/
What will the dining tabletop’s length and width be? That will determine which CALLA size, if either, would be proportionate.
I have used trees to block unsightly views from the house.
I've seen both a printer and a shredder that are small enough to fit in a large purse. If you need file cabinets, that's a whole different flower pot.
Yes Simone Whittle. At work I am completely digital. I currently am shopping for a scanner to run everything through. The tough part for me is starting analog and developing an entire analog system and THEN having to digitize it all. I can't wait to scan all my slides and records and organize it as well as it is at work. Retirement will be a matter of constant cleaning, scanning, organizing and the best part...tossing!
Hanging files and envelopes - how quaint! I'm all-digital but have enormous amount of gadgets and cables to replace the old paper, so still need lots of space.
@Shazia I do wish I felt better about your repeat renovation. But I am so worried about the main cause of the water line breaks not being addressed, or at least I don't understand how you addressed them.
Sorry Shazia...I understood you to say early on that you were on the black gumbo soil notorious for breaking pipes run horizontally under houses. Perhaps I misunderstood.
Well that’s a winner winner chicken dinner! I don’t think I’ve ever seen you give such an emphatic yes so I feel good. The movement on these is really pretty!
Yes to all you’ve said for prep! 2 slabs will literally be the whole slab (island and backsplash).
They have 5 slabs in the bundle left so I’m going to pick out the best quality ones and then we’re a go!
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Number seven is a knockout. What a cozy comfortable living room. It checked off all my boxes, job well done.
Most home offices these days have monitors, keyboards and docking stations. I wish we had more examples of how to include those elements and make them still look nice (cord control, etc.).
I hear you, kl23! Function, function, function! I also live on a farm... in the woods... lots of mud, pine needles, animal fuzz... etc. I like the progression of your "stations." I'd add a sink for extra clean up capacity. as well. We're building a barn at the moment... and just yesterday, I had to come in and clean up tools and paint brushes, paint and mud spattered clothes and boots and keep from tracking it into the rest of our very small home... sigh. Our "mud room/laundry" facility could definitely benefit from redesign and expansion.
Amen... and LOL kl23!