I love this kitchen!! I love the character and the timelessness with so many of today's great features that we all want. I have been planning a kitchen remodel for what feels like 2 years now and my layout is very similar with the exception to the amount of space you have to the left of your double wall ovens. Thank you for all the detailed pictures as this validates a lot of my current layout choices, especially the corner of your sink wall / cooking wall where I've been back and forth 100 times and where your double ovens are located!!

Exactly, although I really appreciate your critique of my bedroom space. DH would not allow me to switch chest of drawers. That's his "side" of the room, bed, bench, lol. Y'all don't know what it took to talk him into curtains! Although, he has been pretty good throughout this decorating process. I did previously try to put the basket under the side table, but it is too tall with the pillows and would be a pain to get under to retrieve them. As for the air return, I cannot block it with anything that large and solid. You should have seen the dust on the solid painted screen. The heating and air guys were not thrilled with that, either. One of these days, I'll see the perfect console table to put there, but in the meantime, that's what I feel comfortable with and it's staying. I can't believe y'all have not seen these decorative screens as just that...decorative! Must be a southern thing. Anyhow, all I wanted to do is show you my newly revamped space because it is such a big improvement over what it was. Thank you for the kind words, tryingtodecorate. The color is Decatur Buff in the bedroom, and my fireplace wall is as well. I have considered painting that entire wall like the trim color, a paneled look like my previous home (seen below) and may do so when we replace the fireplace box (another story.) yayagal - We may sell, so come on!

Morning, Parma! Yeah, your table isn't frou frou in the least.. but it is gorgeous and really has a presence. It is totally jeans and pearls.. really really NICE jeans and pearls. I want to see the edge detail in all sorts of lighting. I was thinking that I bet it looks great in low light/candlelight.. almost like a romantic spanish table. You are hitting all the romance languages/countries! (I see what you have on your mind! haha) I could totally make the table work but I am not up for buying new chairs right now (shopping for or paying for)... plus in my mind it is YOUR table. :) Price-wise it is in the same ballpark with others that have caught my eye... but it far exceeds the quality and drama of the others. I am all over the place with my likes-- imagine that! LOL I want something that looks "fresh" and "interesting" and that has taken me in all sorts of directions. I'll post pictures and where I am thinking in a few weeks. It was a project I had planned for next year but I keep feeling the pull now. I AM still planning on the HW buffet! I firmed up my furniture selections last night-- in fact, I have written a long post with what I have selected and where I am still undecided but.. I was embarrassed to post it as I've dragged this out so long LOL. I had a few concerns about the buffet-- first the height, but my designer chick set up a section on their showroom floor for me. We put a painting over a chest the same height and set up a chair at my viewing distance. I think it is fine-- my other concerns are the fact that the drawers are velvet lined for silverware and just the cost. Will it look too out of place to have an expensive dining piece for the tv? I mean, I know I like the style and look of it for the LR but will it look too frivolous or silly to have my electronics on a NICE piece? I am going with "no" for the moment haha (but still scouring craigs list and ebay). I am in the process of selecting a finish for it. Wow, HW has SO many finishes and some of them are just so cool. I narrowed the 100+ options down to like 10 or 12 (all premium, of course, darn it). I will go in next time with a paint sample since many of the finishes are in the ivory, silver, green, blue range. The black is still in the running too-- but I am definitely leaning towards a more distressed and unusual finish.

Hi Squirrel~ Gorgeous inspiration photos. That green wall with the fireplace is wonderful! Ree~ I just now saw your note to me above. Thanks so much for the compliment (and your dh's) on our master bath. So sweet. Yes, our tile was delivered on Wednesday afternoon. They were not able to find the rhomboid (diamond) shape 1x2 inch tile, so I got the 1 inch square tiles. I LOVE the 1 inch tiles. I also love the 4 inch tiles. I am not loving the 8 x 16 "bricks" that were going to tile the back wall around the windows, and I am also not loving the 16x16 inch tiles. I laid some out yesterday evening before dark, to see how the bathroom would look. It's not a look I'd have chosen. I didn't see the larger tiles first, and didn't realize they would have crazy huge veining. It would be pretty in a slab on a countertop, but I'm not sure I want it on our master bath floor. :o( We were gone today, so I'll go play around with the tiles again tomorrow morning, and hope against hope that it looks better when I see it again. I'm hoping it's just so shocking because that room has been coated with plain subflooring (brown) and then drywall dust everywhere. LOL! So perhaps any floor would look strange to me at this point. Oh, I'm hoping I can like my tile. I'm not sure what I'll do if I'm hating it tomorrow. Your house is lovely Ree. I enjoyed seeing your photo "tour". I will check out my fan deck from BM tomorrow and see what your buff color looks like on that. I'm needing to choose paint colors soon, and now that I've flubbed up on my master tiles, I'm feeling really uncertain in the paint dept. On a happy note, I LOVE the rest of the tile I ordered. The main flooring in the house is a lovely neutral stone, and the kids baths are all quite lovely and pale. They will go with any decor, which is a good thing. So at least I've only potentially ruined one room in the house. LOL! ;o)