Yay, I signed into Houzz and saw all these sweet comments! You all made me so happy this morning, I haven’t even looked at the news.
My kitchen was just finished in January, and I’m extremely happy with the results.
The cabinets and hood were custom, painted F&B Blue Gray, walls and hood are Schoolhouse White. The countertop is marble, Calacatta Venato Bianco.
The vinyl rug is Spicher and Company, and I did get it from Hudson and Vine, although there are other online purveyors. They have an endless variety of designs. It is a perfect kitchen rug, lies flat, wipes clean. I have another in my laundry area that I’ve had for about 15 years.
The story of the Wedgewood stove: pre-renovation, I did have another Wedgewood that came with the house, and had planned on keeping it, but as time went on I really it wasn’t as nice a version as many, and started looking for another. Luckily in the Bay Area there are several places that specialize in refurbishing old stoves, and I started looking around. One place I called was closing their showroom in Berkeley and offered me one for about double what I was comfortable paying, and I regretfully declined and went on looking. A month later he called me back and offered it for my “comfortable“ price- he needed to move it! He told me it had been purchased by a gazillionaire Silicon Valley CEO who had ghosted him after ordering it. Isn’t it perfect in the space- and it’s almost exactly like my mother’s stove in the Berkeley house where I grew up. The kitchen table is from Normandy, a find from the Alameda Flea market. Thanks for encouraging me to share it! I had a wonderful GC who helped me pull the ideas together and had all the practical knowledge. I chose all the design features and finishes. I consulted with an interior designer, Megan Warren, to bouncy ideas off of, and who I found on this site, and I got a lot of inspiration here on Houzz!
In addition to the kitchen, we built an ADU in the previously unfinished basement (where my DD is now living) and renovated the main bathroom, laundry area and the plus room off the kitchen. The project took a bit over a year to complete. Whew!!
Q