now i'm dying. that's *amazing*!

Well well well....there you are! Glad to see you back. Hope things are ok with you and your family.

The pictures are really interesting you posted. The wood reminded me of something Candice Olson did once. She cut down pieces of wood, very small and glued them in to a framed out area. This way you aren't really stacking wood in the house, but it gives you the look.

{{!gwi}}

What kind of floors do you have? Those cement ones certainly are cool when polished up so nice. Perhaps some sort of gray flooring might help set the tone. The floor has a way of doing that.

Again, glad to see you have returned. (Did you see? I'm getting ready for the high gloss dark ceiling in the foyer--moving forward!)

Its very cool but you have to be worried about bugs with firewood inside.

The $10,000---$60,000 (I've seen them in this range ?!)vintage Louis Vuitton trunk doesn't hurt the look either.

It's a very simple look. Basically you are taking what space you are given making it as functional for your needs as possible on the cheap and then tying it together with paint.
The furnishings look almost like a world class traveler ran out of funds and where he ran out of funds is where he moved to bringing with him the very best he could afford without going crazy.
High end sofa, a oriental rug from a trip perhaps. His steam ship trunk from his traveling days for a coffee table. His bike for transportation.
Everything in the space has a function. There's no clutter. the few knick knacks probably have emotional meaning to him.
In a kitchen I'd do a simple sink...concrete, open shelves with only what is absolutly needed and nothing matching. Everything bought for function. Simple wood table, mismatched chairs The homeowners chairs would be covered in fabric with arms, Chandelier over the table, perhaps from when life was better and the money flowed freely.

This response goes along with the "Talk to me about Tuesday" thread. The rug in your insp. pic reminds me of one I saw last week at TM! I saw a beautiful 8x10 wool Karastan rug for $299! Now that I am writing this, I don't know why it isn't in my house! The tag said Carriage House. It was in a mocha with touches of ivory and blue. Really beautiful. So now that I saw your pic above, I want to run out to TM and see if the rug is still there...what are my chances? Your pic is very earthy: leather, wood,
vintage, a dash of industrial...YUM!

Exposed duct for the oversized range hood, metal pot rack or dish-mount, pizza oven, tufted chairs or bar stools or booth. Concrete floor or counter top or partial counter top?

The color palette is very simple. It feels very masculine to me.

GORGEOUS -- just adore the chesterfield and the rug!! :) YUM!

Simple, strong lines and earthy colors and tones -- with touches of vintage.

Seen many of these types of things on Craigs List. The chesterfield reminds me of the one that my3dogs found around her place.

Lots of white rough-textured plaster walls. Maybe touches likes zinc-topped counters and dark wood cabinets. Industrial-style lighting and maybe steel shelving units.

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

Thanks for the eye candy:) I'm always intrigued by the juxtaposition of new with old...admittedly all those logs make me feel a wee bit queasy, but you can achieve the same effect with far fewer.

The "shell" of your kitchen space is ultra modern but is filled with almost masculine furnishings with rich and dark detail. If you don't live in a loft, I'd suggest white walls, industrial style lighting and faucet, a trough-type sink (don't know what to call it?) flat panel white European cabinetry and stainless steel shelves in place of upper cabinets. You'd have an old distressed table standing in as your island with copper/concrete or stainless steel counter tops....don't know how practical that would be in terms of fingerprint smudges, maintenance, etc.

So that would be your "shell". To furnish it, I see an AGA or Le Cornue range, an expensive, traditional rug from the East (no geometric patterns here). If your kitchen opens up to a family or dining room, you would find luxurious beaded or tufted fabrics like leather or velvet on your chairs and/or sofa.

All of your dishes that are displayed on the upper shelves would be white and you wouldn't have unnecessary "chachkas" lying around. You would have an old-fashioned round clock on the wall, (eg. picture one in a UK train station.) Decorative accessories would be minimal, with just one or two key pieces found on your exotic travels! Your colour palette would be restrained as well.

Sigh...back to work;)

Love it! And those are my initials, so I think I should get the trunk, and since it is such an amazing coincidence, they should throw in the rug and sofa. :)

Bugs in the wood was my first thought too.
I love that sofa though.

I don't know how it could be made into a kitchen but the textures are wonderful. I really like the look. I only scanned the responses but am I the only one that noticed the arm? :)

Ttodd, Glad to have you back!

ttodd, I adore that look too. My business has the exposed ductwork and the acid stained concrete. The concrete is a dream to clean but the exposed ceiling gives any loud noise an echoechoechoecho.
Now I need to incorporate a couple of cords of wood into the decor.....

You had me at Chesterfield.

htnspz: Ha! Ha!

Okay, What about:

1. Light colored upper and lower painted the same wich cream/ white as the walls.

2. Butcher block style counter tops (tiny kitchen - not an overwhelming amt. of potential counter space!).

3. ORB pulls

4. There will be a custom built in 'hutch' style cabinet for my baking area. Paint that dark brown/ black (maybe SW Sealskin since I have a sample) w/ a lighter counter portion.

The floors throughout the house are original hardwood but stop at the kitchen. Thoughts on what I could put down? It will run into the mudroom too.

I have a rusted wrought iron birdcage style chandy in the kitchen and a rusted look chandy w/ crystals in the mudroom. The mudroom has exposed tongue in groove walls.

I'm looking forward to painting this wknd. (hopefully) as DH is moving my desk out to the mudroom for me. Yippee!

My LR chairs (old pic) feel right at home:

On the floors -- could you find old worn-looking grayed-brown large tiles? Maybe set on the diagonal?

Or perhaps brick?

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

I think the inspiration photo is great, but it's set in a space about 4 times the size of the average house. Proportionally, those massive pieces will crowd most rooms, and who can actually live like that?

I hardly ever post here, although I lurk all the time, but those pictures really had me salivating, so I tried to apply them to my own small, builder oak cabinet (blech!) kitchen. I think I will stain the lower cabinets a rich dark brown and paint the uppers and walls cream. In the pictures, the brown sofa, trunk and rug really seem to ground the room, and I wonder if you would get the same effect if all the cabinets were white. Just an idea I thought I would toss in. Please don't stone me!

What about concrete countertops?

Droolworthy inspiration!

Except the bugs in the wood.

What is that kind of sofa called? I love those!

hoyasncats - actually lighter uppers and darker lowers was my first thought until I looked at the fireplace wall pic. W/ the way that our kitchen is laid out (all cabintery at one end and all windows and doors at the other - no cab. space) I thoughth that it may look lopsided.

I may have to venture over to the kitchen forum to ask about concrete counter tops.

No stacked wood for me!!!!!!

I just ran across this Reclaimed Wood Sculpture from Crate and Barrel and it reminded me your stacked wood inspiration.

You could get the Louis Vuitton vinyl fabric by the yard and laminate the fronts of your kitchen cabinets with it.

Here is a link that might be useful: LV monogram vinyl

Very limited color palette, and all the interest is in the texture. LOTS of texture, most of it beefy and rugged. Kitchens cry out for smooth, easy-to-clean surfaces. You could do a rough, rugged, masculine, earthy, ultra-textured kitchen, but it would be a huge struggle to keep it clean.