Need Suggestions: Countertop, backsplash, dining chairs & sofa colour
6 years ago
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Hello everyone!
Just recently purchased a vacation property that needs a bit of updating.
The property came furnished but the sofa, couch and dining chairs are all heavily worn and not precisely what I'm looking for. We'll be replacing this items but cannot decide on a colour.
In addition to the sofa and dining chairs, I also want to replace the existing laminate countertops with quartz or granite and the backspalsh to match the new countertops but are having a hard time deciding a colour.
As you can see from the attached photos, the slate floor is busy. I'm hoping to tone it done a bit by getting a less busy countertop and large simple area rug for the seating area.
In addition to using this property for family getaways, I'll also be using it as a short-term rental so the design will need to appeal to a mass audience and with durable material.
Really hoping for some advice!
Thanks,
Max
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Comments (21)The lighting is all recessed lighting...we only have 8ft ceilings and with it not being such a big space anyway we chose to not clutter up the open space with any kind of pendants or ceiling mounted fixtures. After everything is done I may elect to put a pendant over the sink but that's a big maybe. The floor is high quality sheet vinyl that mimics slate (there's that slate again). It is shades of grey, tan, dark maroon/rust. This pic shows some of the floor: This is our first major kitchen remodel and will be my first tile backsplash EVER. Wherever we have lived previously and this house before the reno have always been laminate countertops with 4" backsplash and painted drywall above. Our home was built in 1947. It's a Cape Cod that had a completely closed off kitchen. The living room and dining room were one big open space running from the front of the house to the back of the house but not particulary wide. We tore down the walls between the kitchen and the lr/dr and rebuilt part of those walls into a breakfast bar on one side. This pic shows the opening now between the 3 rooms. To the right of the pic are french doors off the dining room leading to an enclosed sun room (which is our next big DIY project) and beyond the fireplace the living room has a big bay window at the end and then another big window just beyond where the fridge it sitting...you can see light flooding in. The lr/dr will be repainted Behr Sandstone Cliff... I know ya'll will understand the cabinets staged on the fireplace hearth before install, the fridge in the living room and the general construction chaos!! Just to the right of this pic is the front door. The fireplace that you see part of in the above pic is faced with sandstone and it is also used on the front facade of the outside of the house. I love the cottage-y feel the stone brings to the home. I will try to get some better pics of the whole space in general to post later but with that additional info about our space...any thoughts about a color palette or material for my first ever backsplash?...See MoreAlmost finished, need backsplash suggestions
Comments (40)Hello Caligal, I saw your post in the other photo regarding the metal shelf and I can't believe I forgot to respond to your finished kitchen post as I fell in love with your kitchen when I saw it. I loved the dotted glass inserts, and the fearless pops of colours inside. I would also immediately think 1x1 glass mosaic for your backsplash (somehow, it would just work) but the old faithful standby of white subway tiles just always works as well. And if we didn't find a granite we liked (it was the ONLY granite we liked) we would have gone with the white caeserstone that you chose, which I think is so understated yet gorgeous. And the beverage center with the metal Ikea shelf is marvelous....See MoreNeed area rug suggestions for dining and entry
Comments (7)Beverly, I like these a lot! I like the thought of pulling out this color rather than the gray, because both of the sofas are gray. I think this would warm up the room. Are you thinking the patterned rug under the table? Can you let me know where you found them? Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. I appreciate it....See MoreNeed a rug suggestion for this sofa
Comments (8)Since your space is somewhat modern especially with the tile floor I'm going to suggest you go in a more traditional vein just to warm the space up a bit. I might also suggest a warm red to coordinate with the color of the sofa and the seemingly warm tones of the walls and floor. Maybe something like this:...See MoreRelated Professionals
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Hi Decoenthusiaste, thanks for your suggestions! Because we're still in our off season for rentals we want to get these changes completed before spring. For the walls we decided on a Revere Pewter from Benjamin Moore. As you suggested, this paint pulls from the lighter tones of the floor. A TV will be installed on the fireplace, just above a reclaimed wood mantle we'll be installing. Here is another picture showing the other side of the room.
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