An OMG Wallpaper!

I had an hour to kill before picking up Elle the other day, so I ran into Phelan's with my mom.  Originally I went in looking for wallpaper for the powder bath -- something a long the lines of map or city scene.  We've been eyeing these or something similar 

And this is what I found at Phelan's . . .

It's a map of London, but doesn't shout "London" and comes in two colors (left and right).  It's much harder than I thought to find something that is not cheesy or New York or Paris.  

Next we started flipping through grasscloth books for the Dinning Room.  I found two that I liked, but didn't love . . . until we found the OMG Wallpaper! 

Osbourne & Little 

My bad iphone pic does not do this amazing paper justice!  It is absolutely stunning!!  The background is a soft gold/silver/barely metallic tone with an emerald green water colored scene. 

The great thing about our dinning room is that it can hold a bold pattern like this.  One wall is completely windows, wall two is a doorway (a pretty big doorway, too) into the Living Room, leaving only two full walls that will be wallpapered.  

Master Bath Board

This blustery cold (even non-Texans would have called our weekend cold) Saturday I trekked back to the tile store, this time with Chase & Elle in tow.  Not the best place to take a two year old, but we survived!  

Contractor Dad said I needed to decide here shortly on our tile, so I wanted Chase to approve what I had picked out last week.  He acts like this is "my project" but it never fails that nearly half the things I chose, he vetoes.  

Here is the master bath plan, at least the most current : )

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California Faucet Satin Bronze Finish - I instantly fell in love with this finish!  It’s the perfect bronze.  Not so overpowering or trendy.  It looks beautiful with nickel, brass, chrome -- it's a wonderfully strange neutral finish.  Each store I priced out, I asked if they had another company with a similar finish, and there were none.  SOLD! California Faucets it is!

Marble Herringbone tile for the floor 6 x 12 in tiles

This Barclay tub is the only tub we can decide on and the price isn't so bad either.

I love white . . . a lot!  But one day I came across this image of a dark stained cabinet in a beautiful white/marble bathroom.  It balanced the lighter shades so well I think I'm going to stain ours.  This cabinet looks nothing like the usual dark stained wood that you see, that's why I love it!  In the original image you can see how stunning it is!  

White penny tile with a dark grey grout on the floor in the shower (with the satin bronze drain -- AMAZING!)

Not sold on this color, also thinking about a bright white.

I have gone back and forth on the tile in the shower until I saw this image on Pinterest.  It's the perfect way to use marble but not spend your whole budget on a such a small space.  White Subway tile with a marble border (the same size as on the floor), and maybe a small marble pencil tile detail about a third of the way up from the floor.  

And finally, instead of a bath math I'd love to find a beautifully aged oriental to bring some color and warmth in.  

Bricked Up

We are bricked up, roofed in, doors on, windows in!  

Den is being framed out, plumbing for powder going in and electrical being dropped.  The wall between the den and living room is getting framed.  I didn't like walking in the front door and seeing directly into the den.  

Wick-House Before & After

These before and afters are crazy!  Can you tell a single guy lived here before us : )  Enjoy . . .

Living Room

Other than painting, we really didn’t do much to this room.  We did add a doorway into the kitchen. 

before

after

 Kitchen

The kitchen ended up being on of my favorite spaces in our home. We went with marble counter tops and white subway tile backsplash.  If you’re on the fence about marble, do it!  It stains, gets rings from wets glasses, you can’t put hot pans on it, the list goes on!  But it is the most beautiful countertop option out there!  I like to think of each ring and ding as our mark and history on the house.  We added a wall of cabinets which served as our pantry (since there was not one before).  These cabinets are probably one of the most functional ways to build a pantry!  I miss them already.  The wall between the den and kitchen was taken down and rebuilt as a bar top, opening the den up into the kitchen.

before

after

 

Den

This is where we added square footage onto the house.  It was only about a 10 ft x 13 ft add on, but made a world of difference.  Since the washer/dryer were originally in the kitchen, we add a small closet in the den to house these.  

before

after

Dining Room

The previous dining room had french doors out onto the deck.  Those were relocated to the den.  This room also had the only doorway into the kitchen, which was moved into the living room.  The flow into and out of this room was way off!  Then a coat of paint and a new pendant light finished it off.  

before

after