How did anyone plan a renovation before Pinterest?! It’s been so much fun browsing beautiful images for inspiration. Here’s a small selection of the photos that inspired me the most, and some pics of the materials & fixtures we’ve already selected.

The exterior will be dark–almost black–with crisp white window and door trim for contrast:

The interiors will mix textured white walls (formerly knotty pine!) with black steel accents and black door hardware:

The kitchen will have white cabinets, open wood shelves, and exposed wood trim around the cabinet doors and drawers . . .

 

With backsplash of luminous white hand-crafted “zellige” clay tiles . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And quartzite counters in “White Nile.”

The new bathrooms will have floors with encaustic cement tiles in graphic patterns of white, grey, and black. . .

With crisp white tile on the walls, and a deep soaking tub in one bath . . .

And a roomy shower stall in the other bath.

We’ll keep things feeling modern with the lighting. . .

And (of course) the woodworking bench-turned-bar will have a prominent place in front of the big picture window!

If all goes according to plan, I can make you a cocktail at that bar in late October or early November.