Be kitchen Inspired

The kitchen, also known as the heart of the home has always seemed to be a puzzle for me to finalize on a singular design.  There are so many useful and functioning components let alone the aesthetic and mood I want to instill upon the occupants (the family).  Creating comfort and that special place for lingering.  Oh my.  Each of these kitchen provides a certain mood that inspires me.  Little by little I see my version of a homes kitchen melding together.

The key elements.  Warmth.  Clean lines. Function with invitation to stay.  Modern, shiny & yet traditional pieces.  These few gathered thoughts will make the future home's kitchen all worth while.  Can you start smell the goodness?

Photos gathered from Ina Garten's barn by Robert Stilin, Keith Johnson, House & Home, House Beautiful, Design Sponge and other sources.

Feels so good to share.  

Happy Monday!

kristine

Architect Peter Block

It is comforting when you can still find good craftsmanship today.  In the era of fast and now there are rare gems of artisan's, makers and companies that keep the days of "forever loved" alive.  Here is one I just recently discovered and I admire all the faucets of his design.  Peter Block Architects, designs based on European and American influences, creating "time-proven sensibilities with a clear, self-assured client-driven hand to meet 21st Century needs." From simply decorative to the organically ornate he peeks my interests very much.  


My husabnd and I have always talked "when we build our home" we will be selective and use things that truly inspire and are "smart".  Inspiring in that when I come home I realish in the fact I live here.  Who me?  Yes, I would like to feel constantly inspired by the space I live in.  Smart, in that we can be more self reliant; retain our own water source, storing rain water, solar panels & geothermal heating and cooling system.  We have talked about best insulation.  There are endless options today, so we are concious of being smart in how we live. Plus who wouldn't be happy in being taken care of if disaster struck in your own beautifully crafted home?  Sounds to good to be true.. but I say it's possible.

All in all, I have dreams and aspirations that reach the clouds.  I am in hopes to one day make these all reality. Until that day arrives I sit at my desk inspired once again at the good things in life.  Home.

kristine

this is the plan.. the herringbone plan

I am smitten by wood floors and this pattern is beautiful.  What a lovely look the herringbone pattern, especially in the bathroom.

image from Domino Magazine

Or be smitten by its elegance in the bedroom.

image from automatism

YOU will be mine herringbone wood floors.  You can count on it!

kristine

Monochromatic you are lovely

(photos via pinterest)

What starts inspiration for me is my desire to decorate my home.  I have a serious love of monochromatic color schemes (with a secret desire to impound my life with splashes of color).  Ever since my (2year) visit in Southern Germany, I spent an after noon shopping in Oberamergau.  I found a boutique (if you will) that had treasures of old and new but what I was welcomed to as I entered the store is what has forever stuck with me.  I only wished I had had my camera to photograph this lasting impression.  It was black, black  leather tufted sofas against black walls with gold lamps and black shades all these different textures of black made this an amazing centerpiece to this beautiful shop I had discovered.  You had to look carefully to catch all that was hidden beneath her arrangements, this room was delicate and masculine all at the same time.  Tone on tone of black was an exquisite site.  So now I hunger for those same black walls.. but it has evolved into a softer shade of charcoal.  Here are some rooms that seem to grasp the fun I am imagining.

My home has twenty foot ceilings and off white drapes in a open space plan.  So to add a touch of pizzazz I think it can work!  I have been debating it too long..

"do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today!"

Thanks for visiting.


kristine

A new beginning

Here we go. So in essence I am beginning a new realm for myself.. I blog our personal life and now all I really want to do is document or better yet journal my design evolution because it has already begun. I have evolved already. As we speak I am evolving again! I see and learn more about design and the new concepts and I am morphed yet again to love and take hold of more design concepts.  Everything is a possibility.  I love modern, I adore the welcoming warmth of traditional and yet I am so yearning for the different and path least trodden.  Those paths are hard to come by.. but by golly as I have blog surfed, shopped online and perused magazines I am inspired yet again at the fresh looks of today and the even memorable looks from yesterdays.

Here's to the new horizon and founding "classics" from me to you!

love,

kristine

p.s. this is our bed, my husband and I made it of steel.. yes it is heavy but oh so sturdy.  And it was a fraction of the price of a store bought look a like!  Only $80! and some knuckle grease!