Pasha Chair

Oh my gosh. Look at this Pasha Chair from Italian company Pedrali. You know when you have to request the price, you can't afford it!

The Taming of the Kitchen

I know, I know, I'm all talk and no action! Actually, I'm all talk and no money, but as soon as that situation is remedied, I'll start on the "normalizing" of my bathroom, then move on to taming my kitchen! I know to stage the house I'm supposed to paint everything blargh, I mean...cream, and I will...mostly. But what do you think of painting the kitchen cabinets grey, and the walls sage? Both of which would work well with the slate floor, and add a lot more interest. Let me know what you think of my inspiration photos.

Slate floor

Our appliances

My sink area. (Our dishwasher is installed underneath.)

I love the grey shade of the cabinets...

...and the colour of these cabinets is what I was thinking for the walls.

I've got two of these open shelving units installed in the kitchen. One is vertical and the other is horizontal. They look better in person.

I'm thinking of this Corian countertop to replace my butcher block counter.

So sharp...

I've these Grundtal shelves from IKEA in the kitchen. I still love 'em!

Thinking about adding these spotlights, to complement the existing stainless steel overhead light.

Love the vintage feel of these cup pulls, but may just stick with my basic brushed nickel drawer pulls in the built-in pantry.

But I might get a bit fancier for the cabinet door knobs.

This lurvely toile fabric could make a nice curtain for the window, or for the open space under the sink.

Chic linen tea towel!

Monochromatic

I apologize for being an absentee blogger as of late. I still don't have a new Mac, cuz my computer guy thinks that the next generation of Macs are going to be released next week! (I, of all people, have absolutely no concept of whether this is the case, but I'm willing to wait a little longer.) The nerds over here at the Mac Rumors forum also suggest waiting. I'm dying a little inside, but we'll see how it all turns out.

Just because I've been computer-less at home doesn't mean I haven't been thinking of you...I hope you'll enjoy this batch of photos of colourful rooms. And in this case, by "colourful" I mean predominantly one colour, with lots of hits of white to help move the eye around, and monochromatic schemes in some cases. I even included beige! Beige! Perish the thought.

Your basic colour wheel.

White and serene...

...to moody and black.

Another black beauty.

Gorgeous and grey.

Beige! Beige! Beige. (I did it!)

A glossy chocolate brown.

Now we're talking my language...purple on purple!

I want to just sink right into that couch. Cleaning the cat hair off it can be someone else's job.

A teal dining room.

A turquoise bedroom would be nice to wake up to!

Green on green...and a little Picasso never hurts. My grandparents had a Picasso print of a dove when I was growing up. It was a simple line drawing and I once asked my grandpa who drew it. He said "I did!" I thought well, it's pretty simple, but not bad for a farmer! I completely believed he drew it until I was about 16.  I was a very gullible child.

Limey!

A charming yellow bedroom.

Open concept orange!

Red sari bedroom.

That is really, really pink.

Desk Chair Travel

This is the time of year that I'm normally planning an April/May trip to Mexico, but instead I'm planning to fix up my house. Not as fun, but I'll look to the future. Here's a whack of my favourite photos from my last couple of trips. Desk chair travel!

Guanajuato.

Morelia.

Interior at the craziest building I've ever seen, the Santuario Virgen de la Guadalupe, Morelia. "Like Willy Wonka's religious acid trip."

See above.

Hammock in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca.

A little slice of paradise on the Oaxacan coast.

Sigh.

Cute turtle in the bright blue water!

My favourite Mayan Ruins, Palenque. (Chiapas, Mexico.)

Palenque.

Second favourite Mayan Ruins, Tikal, Guatemala.

Church, San Cristobal, Chiapas. 

San Cristobal, my favourite place in the world...

S.C., Chiapas.

Mayan girl in the market.

Rugs, Chiapas.

Dinner!

"These are a few of my favourite things...."