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Casa Covet Living: Kitchen Finishes

Hey Camps!  We have GOBS to share with you – including the final layout we chose – but for today, Karrie & I have been on the horn since 6:30am today trying to dial in her (and Tim’s – oosie!) kitchen finishes.  They have a lovely and *cough* “efficient” contractor running the job who informed me on Thursday that he needed them ASAP. And I was all “YES DRILL SER-GEANT!!!”

YES DRILL SERGEANT

…and then I called Karrie and we were all:

oh fudge

SEH.  We’ve been hovering around a few options for awhile… we basically want this kitchen to feel like a combination of the vibe from It’s Complicated, Gracias Madre and with a Kishani Perera twist.  And if that trio of things didn’t just make you soil your drawers, then you’re nuts.  We are trying to keep it classic without being boring.  Yadda yadda.  Here are the 4 options we’re down to… and I’ll tell you about these finishes what Joan Rivers used to tell the camera about red carpet walkers’ dresses: THEY ALL LOOK AMAZING IN PERSON, and don’t always translate via the camera.  K here you go:

Casa Covet Living Remodel: KITCHEN OPTION 1

PERIMETER CABINETRY: White

PERIMETER COUNTERTOP: Black (Granite or silestone)

OPEN SHELVING: Rustic/Distressed/Reclaimed

BACKSPLASH: White subway, medium grey grout, Tabarka Nord inset behind range

ISLAND CABINETRY: Rustic/Distressed Finish

ISLAND COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

BARSTOOLS: Upholstered in Carolina Irving’s Aegean Stripe in Plum/Saffron

ISLAND PENDANTS: Arteriors’ Noreen Pendant

SCONCES (on either side of sink): Ro Sham Beaux’s Piper Sconce

Casa Covet Living: KITCHEN OPTION 2

PERIMETER CABINETRY: White

PERIMETER COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

OPEN SHELVING: Rustic/Distressed/Reclaimed

BACKSPLASH: White subway, medium grey grout, Tabarka Nord inset behind range

ISLAND CABINETRY: Navy

ISLAND COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

BARSTOOLS: Upholstered in Carolina Irving’s Aegean Stripe in Plum/Saffron

ISLAND PENDANTS: Custom (inspiration: Gracias Madre’s Bar Pendants)

SCONCES (on either side of sink): TBD

Casa Covet Living Remodel: KITCHEN OPTION 3

PERIMETER CABIENTRY: White

PERIMETER COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

OPEN SHELVING: Rustic/Distressed/Reclaimed

BACKSPLASH: White subway, medium grey grout, Tabarka Izmir 1 inset behind range

ISLAND CABINETRY: Navy

ISLAND COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

BARSTOOLS: TBD

ISLAND PENDANTS: Custom (inspiration: Gracias Madre’s Bar Pendants)

SCONCES (on either side of sink): TBD

Casa Covet Living Remodel: KITCHEN OPTION 4

PERIMETER CABIENTRY: White

PERIMETER COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

OPEN SHELVING: Rustic/Distressed/Reclaimed

BACKSPLASH: Hazy Grey/Blue “Linen” Subway – aka one of those ones that doesn’t translate.  This is GORGEOUS in person and has a texture to it that actually looks like linen.  Also bluer in person.  Comes in a 1×6 and a 4×12 too vs. a standard 3×6 subway.

ISLAND CABINETRY: Navy

ISLAND COUNTERTOP: Calcutta Marble or Silestone lookalike (Lagoon)

BARSTOOLS: Upholstered in Carolina Irving’s Aegean Stripe in Plum/Saffron

ISLAND PENDANTS: Custom (inspiration: Gracias Madre’s Bar Pendants)

SCONCES (on either side of sink): TBD

Floor’s yours kids!  What’s your vote??

xoxooxox!

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20 Awesome & Inexpensive Target Pillows You’ll Want to Buy

Hi friends! So, I’m a BIG believer in decor not having to cost you your firstborn. When you walk into someone’s house, you either feel that giddy sense of delight upon taking it all in, or you don’t. And some of the best homes I’ve been in, where I have had this feeling, belonged to an owner who mixed both (sometimes heavily) discounted, clearance, finds with higher end pieces. I LOVE that. With that said, I recently perused Target‘s pillow selection when looking at stuff for my office, and I am telling you… their pillows are MONEY. Just look at ’em below. Super cute, relatively speaking pretty inexpensive (some are downright dirt cheap). Mix them with other accent pillows for a couch and voila. No breaking the bank. Get a look at my fave 20 – and there are oodles more on Target.com:

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Hearts and stars,

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