Kitchen the heart of a home

For those who read my blog regularly, you know from the "kitchen progress" post  that I was helping to update a kitchen in a beautiful old colonial.  Lots of decisions to be made when you update an older colonial, with beautiful original woodwork.  It was a toss between, do we make it brighter with painting the wood or work with the original wood. 

We then decided to determine the color of the cabinets and then back track. Clearly not a "white" or "wood" kitchen client!  This is a sage green color cabinets which looks amazing. 

This kitchen is truly the heart of this home.  The owners receive their guests with open arms and guests never leave without eating right in this kitchen.  So who better deserves a beautiful kitchen to cook, enjoy and share the beauty. 

Their grand daughter Mia's painting was the main focus of this kitchen and jumping off point for the accent colors.

 

 

Reflection through the mirror.

 

 

 

 

 

We wanted crystal and brass handles to add to the interest. The crystal sparkles for sunlight and in the nights for the lights.

 



 

 

 

 

Here are some before and after photos.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

A small powder room got a facelift as well.

 

 

 

 Kitchen progress post

Murals as signature style…south indian Interior Designer

Raji Radhakrishnan is a well known interior designer famous for her signature style of using murals to decorate rooms.   Raji hails from Chennai in South India and a self-taught interior designer residing in Washington DC.  She has made her name not by formal training but by her sense of art and architecture to create beautiful museum like homes.  Here are pictures of her home and some of her design work.  Raji was recently featured in the Luxe magazine and she uses warm whites for the walls to showcase the murals and artwork with contrasting colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My dream home...

I scoured the web looking for a house that I like every single room the entire house.  Mostly when I see the houses or look at inerior decorators' portfolio, I only like a few of their styles/rooms.  The interior designer for this house is Elizabeth Kimberly and these are eye catching designs and no fear of design fashion.  Check this house and every single room is just so...