design indulgence: horizontal wood planks

Day four of craziness around my house with carpenters and painters. I love how y'all are excited for me:) And.....I am feeling the pressure to think creatively and not just do what's easy.

Why did Michael say no to all the planking? As a builder he said EVERYBODY is doing it [as a designer I totally know that!] and in his opinion it's "so 2016"....ha ha. So we met in the middle with the areas that are getting it.

If you guessed around the cabinets then you are right. It was the only way to cover the seems for the taller boxes taking the cabinets to the ceiling.

I really was going to keep the upper cabinets but the urge to style some shelves just got to me:)

The drawing you see here is still top secret.....

In this picture we have 3 changes coming.....

#1 I took down the overhead light fixture and added a light on the wall over the window.

#2 The trim comes down from around the window and the whole wall gets tiled up to the ceiling.

#3 Last... a new faucet. Yes I love the Kohler Purist but my sister is happy to be on the receiving end of it!

I pondered over these from Currey and Co.

The Compass wall sconce

The Manuscript wall sconce

The Eastleigh wall sconce

Ever since I selected the lights for Michaels house I have been a huge fan of this company!

Remember this gorgeous Currey and Co light fixture....The Ringmaster.

I picked the Manuscript!

This Grohe 31380000 K-7 semi pro chrome faucet is already in my possession! I researched this type of faucet and the Grohe got great reviews.

I agonized over the tile.....the classic subway [which for someone like me] seemed the way to go. Always on point..... it's a no-brainer.

But.....I felt this little tap on the shoulder to push a little harder and came up with this. I mean after all it's still fairly classic right?

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5 x 5 square stacked like this with a very light gray grout. I am thrilled with my decision and lucky me that I found some in stock locally at Renaissnnce Tile

Remember I am on a deadline to get this done quickly as the photoshoot is on the 22nd!

You can't see it but it's a hand painted tile. Here it is on my new Caesarstone Calcutta Nuvo honed countertops [love them].

Whew right! The carpenters should be done today and painters by Saturday. Tile Monday. Then the hard part cleaning up and putting everything back together.

Happy Labor Day.....what the heck .....summer is officially over!

Shagettingitdone

Thanks to all of my "friends" who commented on "trash talking". I say friends because you are the ones who love me in spite of my self. I am officially putting "cussgate" to bed:)

Speaking of....who is so over "book gate" on RHONY? Crikey.

On to week 2 of the ORC.

If you are late to this game.....read about it here.

I don't know about you but I love catching up on all of the progress....although it usually takes me 2 days to get around to every post!

OK....the dining room....where are we today.

If you guessed wrapping the room in horizontal planks then high five!

It was gonna cost me plenty to get these walls prepped for paint so for a little extra coin I decided to add major texture.

I had it wrapped around into the LR.

The doors were hung and need to be painted. They were white on one side and stained a dark brown on the other.

Here is the paint color I ~~that took me a thousand hours to choose~~ chose: Benjamin Moore Granite AF-660

If you remember these are the pillows in my living room.

Schumacher Hollyhock. I love it. Period.

I know you think I am fickle when it comes to pillows but I don't see myself getting tired of it anytime soon.

Famous last words right:)

Here is the door hardware I ordered.

It's from Emtek. Black and crystal. I looked for some vintage hardware but since I needed [4] it was proving to be slightly impossible and time consuming.

So far I am keeping the chairs but I have had the table and base on Craigslist for 3 weeks now and nothing. What????? Where are all these people who shop on CL.

Here are some other things that will be happening:

Window Treatments

Rug

Table and Base

Lighting

Art

Each one will take about 100 hours to decide. Yes...I am definitely feeling the pressure.

I am on my way to see what everyone else has gotten done this week.

Chez V