Eclectic / Cottage Style - what should I update first?
(yes, the floor is being replaced to a solid color!) This is our cottage / lake house. I posed this question a while back and had really great suggestions but still wanted a few more ideas that reflected my style a bit more! What color should floors be and should I paint perimeter cabinets to match island? lastly…. what color to paint the walls??? (i don’t want to paint ceiling white - i love the cozy warm cottage vibes here) i do plan on putting on either those white vintage ceramic knobs or wood knobs painted same as cabinet color. my style is definitely eclectic, our home is updated but not cozy enough for me so i want this space to reflect my style more and love of warm/cozy / eclectic & kinda vintage flea market style. i feel like i can have a little fun with this and don’t want just boring gold hardware and clean lines. i’m obsessed with the english countryside cottage in the movie The Holiday ;)
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Comments (18)Who should you talk to when it comes time to build: Connor Homes Mill-Built Homes of Middlebury, Vermont!!!!! They build/ provide "New Old Houses" KITS... They have many home plans to choose from, and options... you could also throw in some timbers or do part of your home as post and beam construction... perhaps the center of the home where the family room and kitchen open concept design with a stone fireplace.... talk to them. They have been building and custom designing homes for over 30 years, I think. Your style seems to be a mix of early "New England Colonial American Farmstead"... because colonists came here mostly from England and Old European countries they brought with them their design and building methods and home layouts... central hall entrances, breezeways to the "barn" which is in modern days... the garage... They used post and beam construction, field stones, and bricks when available for the construction of residential homes... homes were built to withstand the inclement weather, so you found several chimneys and fireplaces throughout, because when it was cold, it was cold... candles were strung up from the beams to store them or while they were making them. etc. It's the small details that make the home, and your pictures depict to me a warm cozy, made from materials of the earth construction that this company was founded on. No, I don't work for them... but I wish I did... https://connorhistoric.com (where it all started) and now: Connor Mill-Built Homes - The Traditional Building Conference Series (traditionalbuildingshow.com)... Enjoy and Good luck! And to answer your question, yes... they will make a house for you in Texas! UPDATE, sorry just saw this... what a shame: Connor Homes closes its Middlebury shop - Addison Independent It may still be possible to buy a Connor Home from the company that bought them out. You'll have to do a little research if your interested. After you look at the homes on their site... you probably will be!...See MoreJessica Geerling
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2 years agodoes the floor really need to go? because you could work with it. leave the teal island and paint the perimeter white or black and some stand out hardware. we have a 2nd lake property and white with the teal would be very much in synch with what you see. if you want something else I could see the very dark gunmetal or black on the perimeter. We usually work w what is there so ripping out a floor with nothing wrong would not be us.....but if you have deep pockets ??? then spend !!!......you may not have thought of it but a strong vivid yellow on the perimeter would tie in......we see yellow in places as not every day is sunny and when there is no lake activity the yellow keeps it upbeat. runner/mats with a theme would rest nicely on the floor. I would figure out what you want and see if the floor there is workable.
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2 years agoprimed the island last night and am going to paint same color as cabinets… looking lighter already and also makes the floor look much better, too!
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2 years agoHave a look at Eamon and Bec's space. I think it is similar to yours and, if I'm understanding your description of your aesthetic, you might be able to take some inspiration from them.
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