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some more stuff I saw
After a rainy, umbrella-less Wednesday am walk through Yellowstone National Park (wearing stupidly trendy Adidas hightops and a designer wool coat) to check out, and swim in, the boiling river, I flew down to Mexico City for another shoot for the February issue. After the shoot, I headed to Valle de Bravo and the home of an old friend who forsook insane NYC for warmer climes (and a fabulous husband.) How nice is the view from her pool?
Her house is filled with great ideas, like the wood treatment around the door to my bedroom:
Maybe we can use some of the old basement beams like this. Click on to see more...
I love the way this table is put together. Something like this might work well for the island (a peninsula, actually) that we need to build in the kitchen.
We went for lunch at a friend's place and there, lo and behold, the kitchen faucet of my husband's dreams. Now I just need to find a reasonably priced version in the US. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
I'd be wary of using butcherblock in the kitchen. Sure the look is wonderful for the country, but it's NOT low maintenance! The kitchen faucet is very impressive looking, but you'd need one on a smaller scale, if they're available, for not to be overwhelming visually.
Such a cool pool view - the perfect antidote to a rainy, grey morning in London. Thanks!
I agree with ilook about the faucet being a bit big in the "hey, look at me" way- especially since it looks like it will be going in a relatively small space. It is impressive though- do you know who makes it?
Love the recycling of the basement beams idea- especially considering the long history you & your family have had with this house. Another idea, which I just recently saw, is custom designing book shelves with the salvaged wood... the ones I saw were incredibly beautiful.
Those bookshelves sound amazing! Where did you see them? Might it have been in a magazine that I could get my hands on?
ok, fine. fine. so the huge slinky faucet/hose in a small kitchen now seems patently ridiculous. what was i thinking? i concede. but dammit, a man needs dreams.
I really liked the beams around the door. We have just installed old barn beams in our bedroom. (the beams are from a barn in Vermont)
I like the look of the wood 'lintel' over the door as well. But, sorry husband of Brooke, we've got to find you a faucet more in keeping with the style of your 1860's house.
any of the kitchen supply stores in the bowery can hook you up with that faucet but the water comes out alarmingly hard (think fire hose) -- they're meant for 2 foot deep sinks afterall. I saw a great version at the Elizabethm NJ IKEA that is much more suitable for normal kitchen. it was great and under $200, as i recall.