The parallel-to-the-floor wood grain on the cabinets and wood island material is ideal. So attractive! I can imagine this being a really nice touch in our place, since the wood grain of the dining room floors could carry into the kitchen on the walls/cabinets/island while having a tile or concrete floor like the one shown here. The contrast between flooring material in the rooms could then be maintained without it feeling like the overall aesthetics of the two rooms are distinct. This would help with flow between the kitchen and dining area too.
Cool idea for keeping backsplash uninterrupted (without plugs that break up the pattern).
If we had $100K more to redo our garage, this might be the result. For our kitchen, this folding door with medium wood finish and glass is delicious. The deep purple-red brick framing is nice too, but I'd only want that for an accent in the kitchen, if at all. So, this photo is all about the door for me and how it allows the space to spill outdoors.
Leg room under the bar is all I want to bring your attention to in this photo. Could this be possible under the peninsula/island in our kitchen? Could part of the bar butcher block for our kitchen be hinged to swing up for more counter space and eating space as needed (not shown in this photo, but inspired by the bar jutting out in the photo)?
For the kitchen somewhere, either on the floor or in a backsplash. I like the subtle variation in color without too much variation in texture. The blue hues plus sandy earth tones are ideal.
So, we'd like to knock out the wall that currently separates our kitchen and dining room and make it into a peninsula/island. Ideally, a layout like the one in this picture is what we would end up with. The kitchen would just flow into the dining area. I like the blue, but it probably wouldn't go with the current floors. Big, chunky cabinets and drawers without surface hardware like this would be great! The island setup would be even better with a bar on one side.
The layout of this kitchen is what I'm looking for. Nice window on one side, big counter space facing the window, peninsula/island with range and more counter, and bar with stools on the near side for busy family breakfast mornings and conversations while dinner is cooking. The color palette is a bit too washed out and not the right spectrum, but the structure is great for lots of movement and direct lines of sight.
I spend a lot of time writing, and good writing ideas are always easier to come by when I have a view. For the bedroom/workspace, having immersive window space like this would be productivity heaven for me (see the bench/bay window idea elsewhere in this idea book). The rest of the photo could go away, but keep the 180 degrees of windows and I'll be happy.
Wow, when I saw this bay/bench window I thought "I didn't even know I wanted you, but you're what I've been looking for". This kind of big, bright, unobstructed window with a bench would be ideal for the bedroom space to open it up and give it depth. I certainly love the asymmetric cut to the window, but that's a bonus. The wood finish is fine, but would need to be darker for our place, I think. I really want a window space that Aria (or I) can climb into and spend a weekend reading, bird-watching in our side yard, and daydreaming.
Natural wood barn doors opening onto a windowed bedroom/workspace with plenty of light (light not shown here). The exposed metal track at the top isn't my favorite but may be the only option. The doors themselves aren't very ornamented, which is important. Deep cherry/dark wood tones are important for matching the floors. Inviting, naturally-textured, livable space is what I like in this photo.
For bench in front of fence
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