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sneak peek :: Annmarie’s kitchen remodel is finished

July 15, 2009

Annmarie's kitchen is complete. You know while I was in Boston I spent some quality time with this crazy woman. Mother of 4 who juggles it all. More energy than anyone I know. She's amazing and executed her kitchen design perfectly! Okay, we emailed a few million times, but ultimately she ran the show. I couldn't be more proud.

She's gathering "befores" for me… obviously these "afters" don't do it justice, you gotta see the befores. Working on it. Oh how I wish you could all see it first hand.

Chalkboard paint? Check.

Unlacquered brass cabinet pulls? Check.

Polished nickel bridge faucet? Check.

Herringbone tile? Check.

Wide plank pine floors to match the dining room? Check.

Nautical light fixtures from an old ship? Check.

More on this subject later… but I couldn't resist giving you a sneak peek.

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a kitchen intervention

January 9, 2009

This is the short story of what happens when a really bad kitchen happens to a really cool person.

You might know my friend Anne Turner (remember this post and this post)… the girl has style, impeccable style.

I can only imagine that this kitchen was totally killing her. Spec grade maple cabinets with green laminite countertops, mix-matched appliances. She was way cooler than that kitchen. But we can't have it all at once… she had just moved into this new (old) house, she did some facelifts here and there, but a kitchen renovation is expensive. So she and her husband Neal lived with it for awhile.

That is, until she couldn't take it any longer. And started the renovation…

She raised those cabinets up, added crown, ripped out that tile, well… here see for yourself:

And my favorite shot of all:

I think this might just be my favorite photo of 2008… and it's just icing on the cake that I love the girl who dines at this table and cooks in that kitchen!

You may be thinking these photos look familiar… because you might have seen it in the last issue of Cottage Living November/December 2008… and when I say "last" I really mean it… it was the last issue. They went out with a bang…

You can read more about Anne Turner's kitchen renovation here.

Some credits and info:

Photographer: Erica G. Dines {website not working}
Paint on walls: Farrow & Ball "Lime White"
Paint on cabinets: Uppers; same as walls, Lowers; F&B "Mouse's Back"
Window sashes and doors: F&B "Stoney Ground"
Hardware: Restoration Hardware, Ephram 6" pulls
Countertops: Black honed granite from Dupont at Lowes
Wood Countertops: Walnut butcher block from AWP Butcher Block
Appliances: Kenmore Pro, Sears
Tile/Splash: Ann Saks, Capriccio in antique white (it has a great wavy finish to it that makes the tile)
Pendants in kitchen: Restoration Hardware, Harmon Pendant in dark brass
Dining table: vintage
Dining chairs: Zentique
Dining room chandelier: vintage (from her brother's 1940s house in Montgomery, Alabama)
Floors:Lumber Liqudators 2 1/4" white oak select stained with half formula of Special Walnut
Fabric behind French doors: Lewis & Sheron
What year was your house built? We think the 40s
What year do you suspect your kitchen was last updated? oooh, maybe early 90s

And I almost forgot… the Faucet: Price Pfister!

PS- I'm waiting to hear back from Anne Turner on the color of those dining room walls… will update as soon as I get that info!

Paint on Dining Room Walls: Pratt & Lambert "Sierra Night"

TGIF!

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checking in on Annmarie’s progress

October 30, 2008

My long-distance (design) love affair continues… Annmarie's marble counters are in… as are her faucet and sink, so I figured it was time to give you blog readers an update. She and Barry (shown below) have found some awesome antique brass fixtures (actually from a boat)… they've been playing a little "honey hold this up for me" and I've been on the receiving end of some fun emails with photos…

[try to look past her yellow backsplash... it'll be tiled over on Monday]

She has this secret stash of discontinued Martha Stewart paint colors!

Then yesterday she sends me some photos from her trip to a local lighting place…

{I don't know where you come from… but we don't have lighting stores that look like that around here}

Then she tells me about this little gem across the street from the lighting place:

Along with the email full of photos of this place she explains what she desires to occupy this precious little antique building in downtown Cohasset:

Urban Grace North – 11 Ship Cove Street – Cohasset Village – Circa 1800

Across the street from Fleming's light shop. This shop with its' little PATIO and path to PASTRY SHOP, tiny loft inside…….

Holy quaintness! Tempting, very tempting.

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sneak peek :: Annmarie’s kitchen remodel is finished

a kitchen intervention

checking in on Annmarie’s progress

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