Displaying posts from November, 2008

Specialising in still life, interiors and food Greek born but New York based photographer Anastasios Mentis brings a spirit and creativity to his photos. They are not only technically beautiful, they are imaginative and full of life. Don’t miss the rest of his portfolio.

Enjoy the bold and crisp photography of Vancouverite Marcos Armstrong.

Welcome to the portfolio of stylist extraordinaire Gerri Williams! Step this way and marvel at the light, bright lifestyle she brings to these rooms. Don’t you just feel the need to have Gerrie come live at your place and make your home just as stylish and family friendly? I know I do.

Love love love this simple white house with it’s minimalist approach and stunning artwork. Want to move in and help me scuff up the floors? Another fabulous and unique space chosen by Richard Smith to be part of his beautiful stable of properties available for shoots through Inspace Locations.

This blog chronicles my entire kitchen renovation from start to finish. Greentea Design has provided me with their solid wood kitchen cabinets, and I’m taking care of the rest.

If you’d like to be brought up to date, check out my kitchen remodel blog for an archive of previous posts. I posted recently about some final sketches Greentea created for me and some decisions I’ve made. Now for the flooring.

One of the steps to this renovation that I was super excited about was getting new flooring. When I first moved into this house I knew I would eventually knock the wall down separating the living room from the kitchen, and continue the same flooring throughout. Since I love the look of painted hardwood, I decided to paint the existing hardwood in the living room (I detested the oak colour) and get hardwood installed in the kitchen and paint it the same colour. I was so excited to see the tiles go that I had lived with since last December (beyond gross). I’ll stick a before photo here as a reminder:

As I mentionned in a previous post, the contractor spent alot of time levelling the floor, because it dipped from one end to the other by several inches.

Initially the contractor was going to purchase unfinished hardwood to lay in the kitchen. But when he went to pick it up, he said there were alot of knots showing and was worried it would show through the paint. So he went with finished flooring. And he purchased boxes of various colours that were leftovers from previous customer orders, so it only ended up costing $1.99/sq.ft. When they started laying it, we all got a kick out of the different colours and thought it looked pretty cool.

As you can see in the last photo, because the floor involved some layers to get it level, the kitchen is now a little step up from the living room. The contractor put a nice curved finishing piece on the edge.

To see the result of my flooring project, click HERE.