Graham used a standard black barn door rail to mount the door. But instead of placing the rail hardware on the front of the door as it is typically done, she put it on the back so it doesn’t show. “I wanted a much cleaner, modern look,” she says. Aligning the fireplace, TV and adjacent shelves took careful work to be sure everything fit precisely. First the tiler installed the black slate tiles for the fireplace surround. Next came the box that holds the TV in the wall. Then came the mantel, followed by the display cabinet to the right of the television. The last steps were installing the door and the slats on the wall above the door. Local cabinetmaker Mike Hilchie made the door, mantel and display cabinet shelves and installed them to line up precisely. The slats have a walnut veneer and are all cut from a single large sheet. “The whole sheet was sliced and numbered so that the grain remains consistent across every slat,” Graham says.
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“The 49-inch TV and TV lift are hidden behind the panels under the window bay,” says architect Douglas VanderHorn. “The TV lift is mounted to the subfloor and can extend vertically to twice its height behind the cabinet to raise the TV completely from behind the paneling.” This solution kept the look of the millwork intact. “The window sill and nosing travel with the TV, while the scotia molding remains attached to the paneling below to allow for a seamless look at the front,” VanderHorn says. And it’s set up for easy TV maintenance if that’s ever needed. The three-part paneling and attached base molding are removable via earth magnets along the inside frame.
Island paint: Hague Blue No. 30, Farrow & Ball
Cabinet and island paint: Patriot Blue 2064-20, benjamin moore
In the island. When you have a kitchen island that’s as long as the Mississippi, you have ample room for cabinets dedicated to tablecloth storage. These pullouts make the cloths easy to keep pressed and organized. Tip: Organize from front to back by season — the ones you pull out only once a year for a specific holiday or occasion should go in back. With two racks like this, you can also organize by table: perhaps round breakfast or porch tablecloths on one side, serious rectangular dining room linens on the other.
In a cabinet. You can opt to conceal pull-out racks behind cabinet doors as well. Here, a grille on the cabinet door allows a peek at the cheerful fabrics inside. Cabinet: QCCI
In a spare closet or armoire. Houzz user Katie Greenwood shared this photo of her tablecloth storage solution. Because her kitchen doesn’t have room for tablecloths at the moment, she stores them in a nearby spare closet. Her organizational system is worth emulating. Tip: “I hated having to guess and remember which tablecloth fit with how many leaves in the dining table. So one day I measured and labeled everything. And I have the measurements for the table in the notes on my phone so I have all the info at my fingertips before I purchase a tablecloth or pull one out to iron,” she writes. “And hung this way they don’t need much ironing!”
In a spare closet or armoire. Houzz user Katie Greenwood shared this photo of her tablecloth storage solution. Because her kitchen doesn’t have room for tablecloths at the moment, she stores them in a nearby spare closet. Her organizational system is worth emulating. Tip: “I hated having to guess and remember which tablecloth fit with how many leaves in the dining table. So one day I measured and labeled everything. And I have the measurements for the table in the notes on my phone so I have all the info at my fingertips before I purchase a tablecloth or pull one out to iron,” she writes. “And hung this way they don’t need much ironing!”
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Storage niches are commonly used in bathrooms to get extra space for medicine cabinets or to house bath products in the shower, but this concept can be used in other rooms as well. A storage niche in the kitchen or office steals a bit of unused space to hold items such as a wireless internet router. While the wall is open for creating the niche, why not use the opportunity to route in power for a charging station as well?
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Paint by Benjamin Moore: Van Cortland Blue (trim) and White Chocolate (walls);
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Hiding the tv
A foldable board-in-a-drawer. I could not for the life of me figure out how this worked because I was sure that the board was longer than this counter’s depth. I shot interior designer Alana Osborne a message via Houzz’s “Ask a Question” feature and she answered me promptly. “It is indeed an amazing idea that makes a lot of sense,” she wrote. “It folds in two and slides back in the cabinet horizontally — it doesn’t affect the cabinet below at all, which in this case is a pullout laundry basket.” The ironing board is completely concealed by a drawer panel.
5. Show cool pattern installations. Woods with a heavy espresso stain tend to hide their own grains. Conversely, lighter woods show more grain and also highlight the seams between planks, making them a great choice for interesting installation patterns such as a herringbone, chevron or basket-weave parquet. If you want to trade the popular straight lay for something with a more manor-like flair, a light wood tone will make sure that all that extra installation care is perfectly shown off.
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