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Kitchen. Although this wasn’t a budget renovation, not throwing away what was already working well was important to Ggem and the homeowners. “The kitchen was in good shape and had a good footprint and layout,” she says. She saved the peninsula, the lower cabinets and the countertops. She changed the finish on the counters from polished to honed to fit in better with the more casual and natural touches in the house, such as the ceiling beams and vintage door. She also replaced the upper cabinets with open shelves to open up the space.Ggem concentrated a lot of the storage on the refrigerator wall, with a counter-depth refrigerator and new cabinets with inset doors and exposed hinges. “Initially we wanted flush-inset doors on all the cabinets, but you barely see the lower cabinets and they worked perfectly well,” she says. This decision was about balancing renovation desires with reducing waste. She added new hardware to tie everything together. Pendants: Thomas O’Brien for Visual Comfort; hardware: Restoration HardwareSee more cabinet and drawer hardware
Living room. Here you can see how the space opens up to the kitchen. The door on the right leads to a vestibule off the bedrooms; the door to the left leads to a bathroom. The designer added new ceiling beams to bring a warm, rustic touch to the sea of white on the ceilings. Because the beams are 27 feet long, she was unable to use reclaimed beams, so she had these finished in a way that makes them look old. The tongue-and-groove paneling on the ceiling was existing. Ggem was able to have it repaired, and she added more tongue-and-groove paneling to other walls on the enclosed porch. Sofa: custom; stools: Palecek
Layout. The main space is open and zoned into a family room area, dining area, reading spot and kitchen. Ggem is a huge fan of this sofa because the ottoman can be moved to turn either side into a chaise. The right side of the room is an enclosed porch. “We wanted to reinforce that enclosed porch feeling rather than letting the rest of the room engulf it,” Ggem says. The sailboat art is an etching by the homeowner’s uncle; Ggem had it reframed. Find interior designers in your area
Extend a Black-and-White Floor Tile Up a WallTile that extends across the floor and up the wall in one long line popped up in several of the newest black-and-white bathroom photos. Here it makes a strong statement in the shower, where a transparent glass partition allows for a clear view.Detail worth noting: The attractive P-trap underneath the sink — these details matter.Find black-and-white tile
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The open space but not the counters
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Entrance
For mudroom, bench and windows
Walls and back room
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Washer and dryer up high
Laundry. Efficient cabinets to modern
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Feature wall. At the other end of the main living area, a brilliantly colored feature wall showcases various textures of reclaimed wood. Davidson pieced the wall together using blocks of cedar, spruce and fir that he located at a local lumberyard. Edlund’s eye for design also shines through with the complementary hand-selected furnishings.
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