Sunday, February 14, 2010

Decisions, decisions...

So now that the house is coming along nicely, I'm down to the wire on color decisions.  The last few weeks  every waking thought is consumed by paint colors, plumbing fixtures, lighting fixtures, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, chrome, tile, cabinets, etc.  I always have somewhat of a dilema when I'm decorating my house: I care very much what it looks like and I see lots of ideas that I like, but when it comes to incorporating them into my own house I always seem to be off a bit.  Good intentions, poor execution.  So I've been trying to pre-plan a lot more this time to keep from re-doing stuff later.  Here are some of the ideas I'm leaning towards:

Kitchen--I love retro kitchens.  Someday I will have my new-but-look-old applicances, like so...
 but as I cannot yet justify spending $3,000 on a fridge, they will have to wait.  I've always wanted white cabinets, and I think I may finally have Jim talked into them this time, despite how much he loathes them.  (I think it helped that I mentioned my REAL desire is to have cabinets painted pale mint or pistachio--he realized that white is the lesser evil.)  Here are a couple of my inspiration pics I've found:

I have a serious thing for glass tile backsplashes, but I'm leaning more toward white subway tiles. 
We've got some beautiful dark brown/cherry-ish hardwood for the floors, and I love the pale blue walls.  I may base the wall color and mood off this mug I just got at Tai Pan 
(You can't quite tell from my mad photo skills, but it's square and awesome.  It even managed to knock my green mini-tea cups off the "favorite cocoa mug" pedestal.)

Main bath--I must be on a blue kick, because I'm thinking of the same color scheme for the main bath.
Inspirations:

I'm trying to talk Jim into those fabulous mini-hex subway tiles for the floor (minus the black flowers in the pattern), but may end up going with the rectangles.  Here's the faucet:

Master Bedroom--Here was our biggest struggle.  My first idea was muted purples and grays, but at the mention of "purple" Jim got a freaked-out look in his eye.  (Are you getting the idea yet that we have completely different decorating tastes?)  So instead I got this quilt at Target

(just the quilt, not the silver bedding) and will accent with various shades of teal and green to match the desk I already have
(doesn't it look stunning with the patterned pink wallpaper in our rental?)
I just don't know what color to do the walls.  Something light and neutral from the brown family or a really light shade of the teal?  Opinions/suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Also, I'm fresh out of ideas for the master bath.  The only thing picked out so far is the faucet and hardware:

If anyone would like to post inspiration for me, I'll be eternally grateful.  I think I need to pick paint and tile this week. 

Really, any comments/suggestions/critques would be vastly appreciated!