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Angelina April 21, 2019 French Country

Ranunculus and Spring Home Decor

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I suppose this post should really be titled “An Ode to Ranunculus”. They are one of my favorite flowers.

I literally walked around my house and shot a hundred pictures because I love them so much.

I couldn’t edit my post down to three pics, so decided just to share a lot of them in various locations in my house!

I mean, ranunculus on a velvet chair? Pretty!

Ranunculus on my French piano? Also pretty!

Or in a window?

How about in the powder room?

They do match the wallpaper, after all!

Hope you enjoyed the eye candy here!

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Angelina April 14, 2019 French Country

Blue and White Spring

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Spring is here! Spring is here!

Sharing blue and white in my breakfast nook today!

I bought these chairs for outside but they never made it out there!

I bought these new blue and white placemats from Mackenzie Childs. I LOVE them!

I hope you enjoyed this little look at my nook on this relaxing Sunday!

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Angelina February 24, 2019 French Country

French Bistro Shelves in the Kitchen

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I love the look of French bistro shelves in the kitchen. I was going to have some installed in my kitchen, but then we got towards the end of the project and were so over it we never had it done. Also we asked ourselves, did we really need them? No, we did not.

That said, I still love the look! These aren’t just any open shelves, these are with brass or nickel and glass shelves!

By the Fox Group above for the sink the taps are by Devol. Shelving by Restoration Hardware – they custom cut it to fit the space.

A Beautiful bar from Amie Corley Interiors.

Also From the Fox Group

Kitchen from Romancing the Home, as published in Country French Magazine

Mckee Patterson and Kathleen Poirier – photo by John Bessler

From Coasts Homes

“The custom diagonal-striped marble floor by Noteworthy Marble & Tile brings an edge to the formal, yet modern kitchen. The range is by La Cornue, the hood is custom, the stools are by Brabbu, and the pendants are by Soane Britain.” photo by Douglas Friedman, design by Mary Mcdonald as featured at Elle Decor

Studio Dearborn

By Linda Floyd, via attic Mag.

by Shalini and Don Cantillo via One King’s Lan

by Yawn Design via Attic Mag

Like the look of French bistro shelves? Restoration Hardware had a 1930s French Bistro shelves in many sizes – but now it is sold out.

Or, if you don’t want to install shelving, Ballard Designs makes a chic Patisserie Glass serving stand!

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Angelina December 14, 2018 Christmas

A Merry Musical Christmas Room and Woodland Tree

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Music plays an important part of creating the feeling of Christmas. Today I’m showing you my little music room and talking about Christmas music and participating in a musical blog hop!! If you are coming from Decor To Adore, welcome!! A big thank you to Amber at Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this hop!

These nutcrackers below remind me of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The music of that ballet is so beautiful. We saw The Nutcracker at the San Francisco Ballet and it was a beautiful show. The scene with the waltz of the snowflakes is magical.

We always try to go to one Christmas musical program a year. Some years we don’t make it due to time. We have been to all different types of Christmas programs. We’ve been to the Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, various programs of Christmas orchestra classics, church choral and musical programs, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a Charlie Brown Christmas, in addition to seeing plays such as A Christmas Carol.

My favorite Christmas album is A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is what I’m listening to write now as I write this post.

This year we’ve acquired an antique piano which I’ve displayed in the music room. It is from France and it is from the mid 1800s.

Unfortunately it isn’t to tune, and some of the keys are stuck. We tried to have it tuned, but alas, it can’t be done. I had played the piano when I was a child and had hopes and dreams of playing again. I had really wanted an antique working piano, but I think the words antique and working just don’t go together!

Look at the harp, for instance. My mom bought this harp for me when I was a child, hoping that it could be restrung. However, it’s antique and thus having is restrung would break it! We’ve kept it ever since though, just because it’s pretty. And who owns a harp? Like, no one… haha! I should just call this the broken music room. Well, I don’t care if they don’t work, I think they are pretty to look at!I put my snowman collection on top of the piano. I love the snowmen!Imagine hearing Frosty the Snowman playing here on the piano. Sitting in the music room is my favorite tree, the woodland tree!

The woodland tree may not seem very musical to you, but I acquired a new little critter under the tree this year – a donkey!

This donkey, I’ve named Dominic, after my favorite Christmas song, Dominic the Donkey. He sings, jiggity jig, hee haw hee haw…

I hope you enjoyed my woodland tree and Christmas music room!

Next up on the merry musical Christmas hop is My Thrift Store Addiction! If you want to view all of the bloggers wonderful posts, you can visit them all in the InLinkz Link Up below!

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Angelina December 7, 2018 Christmas

French Country Christmas House Tour

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Welcome to my French country Christmas house tour! I’m so excited because I am sharing a bedroom which I’ve never shared before – and it’s all decorated for Christmas!

This is the guest bedroom and the red toile is a permanent fixture in this room, but it is seasonal appropriate as well!

I have a few Christmas touches – a German Christmas pyramid and mercury glass candle sit on this nightstand.

I love the touches of greenery against the red in this room!

Found this tree and Santa at the after Christmas sales last year!

I love this Santa!

This room is decorated more for Christmas than my own bedroom!

Across the from the bed is a French armoire, decorated with a wreath for the season.

Now, this *is* a house tour, so off we go… in a hallway sits the “frosted” tree. It is covered with glass ornaments and icicles as well as silver glittered branches.

It sets next to this French sideboard.

The sideboard has a pastel pink snowman, retro tree and wreath adorned with pink ribbon.

Across from the sideboard is this little area. It was so hard to get a picture since it is in the hallway!

In this office is the flocked vintage tree. It is full of retro ornaments – both new and old.

I love the pops of blue ornaments on this tree – it goes with the curtains!

I have so many Christmas trees because I love the indirect light they emit into each room. I hate how dark Winter is – I couldn’t ever imagine living somewhere far North where it is only light for a few hours a day!

Alright, and now into the last room on this French country Christmas house tour. A wooden cherub sits atop a pine sideboard. The altar candlesticks I found at a local antique shop for a great deal!

Beneath the cherub I placed a wreath and used the clip-on candle ornaments. A homemade advent wreath – well, I’m one candle short, but that’s okay, at least I won’t burn the house down.

The sideboard is in the dining room. So this *was* the dining room, but for Thanksgiving we moved the dining table to the living room since we hosted 40 people here. We moved a couch into this room. I love the current set up – it’s so nice and cozy to sit here and read by the fire.

A vintage tree!

I love all of the vintage style ornaments.

On the other side of the tree is this French cabinet with Majolica.

I like the clip on candle ornaments and the vintage glass Santa.

The tree in all of its glory!

A look at the dining room turned living room.

I couldn’t decide which picture of this fireplace to share, so I shared both!

I hope you enjoyed my French country Christmas tour this year! Coming on Monday is more of my Christmas home tour!

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Angelina September 17, 2018 Fall

French Country Fall Home Tour

French country Fall home decor with velvet pumpkins

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Today I have for you a home tour full of French Country Fall home decor! This part of the tour is what I’m calling the frou frou French country part of the tour.

If you follow me on Instagram you know that I’ve posted this picture, which many people loved! I was a bit surprised by how many likes it received but then again, it is quite pretty. It actually was a bit of an accident, I was moving things around and had set this pink velvet pumpkin in this container temporarily… and then noticed it looked good and then voila! We have the finished product.

What I didn’t share is that this pink velvet pumpkin sitting on my new antique French piano! Ooooh-la-la! Some friends of my family were downsizing their antique collection and this was for sale… I knew I had to have it. I’d been looking for a piano for a while and this is just perfect!

I do need to get it re-tuned but it does work! I absolutely love all of the little details on the piano, look at the little carving below!

Dried roses from the garden adds a feminine touch to Fall decor.

On the other side of my frou frou French sitting room are these velvet pumpkins. Yes, that is a harp you see in the background… I suppose I should call it my little French music room! Uh oh, I am thinking I might have another Christmas tree idea.

The mini vases, which are actually candles, were from Pierre Deux (oh how I miss that store!). The middle one is a Madeleine pot that I have yet to plant anything it despite owning it for years!

I was going for simple decor in this area. Less is more with French country Fall home decor.

Heading into the living room, a vintage champagne bucket sits on the console table.

Again, I used dried roses for softness. You can spy my Fall mantel in the background… coming to you in another post!

I love the velvet pumpkins and just had fun moving them here and there around the house.

Below is a corner of the study. Love the blue drapes with the red needlepoint.

Circling back into the entry way, sunflowers shine here. I love how they pull out the gilding on the painting.

A few fairytale pumpkins sit on the shelf, matching the color of the marble.
In the hallway, a few more velvet pumpkins are perched on this frou frou French piece.

And last but not least, a look at this mini demilune in the mudroom.

Love it if you would pin away! I have a Fall Decor and Tablesetting board, a Fall Recipes Board, and a Holiday Decor and Recipes Ideas Group Board.

The pumpkins are all made by Hot Skwash. I do hope you enjoyed all of my French country Fall home decor! Check out my Fall Home Tour from last year here.

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Angelina August 6, 2018 antique

Antique French Barometer

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So excited to share my antique French barometer today. There is a wall in the mudroom that had nothing on it. Until recently. When we found this.

antique french hallway

Isn’t the antique French barometer beautiful?! I don’t know anything about it. Other than it’s French and it’s old. Oh and it doesn’t work. Who cares! I love it. This reminds me since it has mercury in it – do you remember the old mercury thermometers? I remember as a child when one would break, we would play with the mercury. It was so interesting to play with. They’d never allow that these days, now would they?

antique french barometer

I actually have dreams of a beautiful French settee to go under it… but for now my outdoor garden bench will do. It is a mudroom after all. Seems so silly to call it a mudroom – don’t be flinging mud on my barometer! Eventually I am going to add more to the wall – probably some little plates above the pictures and barometer.

antique french barometer

This bench has turned into the catch all when you walk into the garage. I had to clear it off to take a picture. Yes, it’s back to being messy as I write. I’d take more pictures of the house… but that requires me to clean! On these hot Summer days I’m anything but motivated, preferring to lounge around instead.

antique french hallway

Blog land pictures make life seem always so perfect… I assure you, life is far from perfect!

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Angelina June 11, 2018 French Country

French Country Bedroom

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This beautiful French country bedroom is where this beauty catches her sleep! Excited to share with you my bedroom today!

I wanted to create a room that is a quiet, relaxing retreat. Since my husband said I couldn’t make our room pink, a spa blue was my next pick!

We upgraded to a king size bed in the move, “for the cat”. The cat sleeps at our feet at night and was hogging the bed… yeah, that’s it, “the cat was hogging the bed” (shhh, it was me!)…

We debated about if we should hang a ceiling fan vs a chandelier. Of course I wanted a chandelier, because obviously it looks better. We used to always sleep with a ceiling fan on. We bought a tower fan and slept with that last Summer “in preparation” – however that tower fan is now next to our Peloton bike. We haven’t put a fan in here yet – however we haven’t hit the hot Summer months. I guess we’ll see when we get to August!

A French bench sits at the foot of the bed and collects our pillows when we are sleeping. The little mirrors are French antiques found some years ago at an antique store.

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My master suite usually smells of the Baies scent by Diptyque (I usually use the room spray which by the way, has lasted me years – more value for your money, IMO), but today I’m burning Diptyque’s Rosa Geranium on my nightstand. I think having a light scent in your bedroom helps create your relaxing sanctuary – there are such things as scent memories so whenever I smell Baies I’m transported to a happy place.

I have a corona to hang over the bed. The outside will match the drapery fabric but haven’t chosen an inside lining for the corona yet. Hence the empty space above the headboard!

I found the curtain fabric which is a linen by Vervain. My mom made the drapes, she is so talented!

I also think every bedroom needs a place to sit and relax and have a little vintage French chair set.

The master bedroom decor is not anywhere near complete. (In fact, I don’t think any room is ever “complete” – always hunting for new antique finds to add!) Let’s see, we have a corona to add, curtain valances, more “stuff” for the empty walls… and I’m sure there’s more I can’t think of!

I hope you enjoyed my relaxing bedroom retreat.

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FYI for those that regularly read my blog, I’m ending the Weekly Design Inspiration Series that I used to post on Mondays. My normal posting schedule will be on Mondays, occasionally on Tuesdays, Thursdays with Thursday Favorite Things and then Friday Favorites.

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Angelina May 15, 2018 French Country

French Country Spring House Tour

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A French Country Spring house tour is in store for you today because Spring has sprung here! The roses are blooming and it smells wonderful!

First let’s head into the sitting room. Antique French chairs with a repro trumeau mirror. This mirror was one of the very first things I bought to decorate my place – I was only 22 years old and knew I loved French country style!

Spring flowers sit in the wheeled basket. Faux hydrangeas metal candlesticks sit on the antique desk. I believe the last time you saw this room there was a Christmas tree in the middle of it! Well, now we’ve moved things around and put the antique harp in the corner.

An Aubusson rug sits in the middle of the room. Still love the brick floors which are by Arto brick.

And a pop of color greets you in the kitchen! The roses are all David Austin’s varieties.

We bypassed the family room, because, it’s uh, messy! A French country Spring kitchen awaits! A rustic urn matches the candlesticks.

On top of the hood I put a new Spring wreath and a pair of chickens!

Aren’t the roses gorgeous? They are so fragrant as well. I picked them from my parent’s garden as our garden still is still non existent. Unfortunately the garden roses only last a day or two – that’s okay, I like going to the garden to pick more.

A look through the kitchen. Getting roses ready for various vases in the kitchen.

I haven’t really shared this view of our kitchen. The appliance in the island is a drawer microwave. At first I was unsure of a drawer microwave but now I love it!

Here is our view when we stand on the do the dishes.

The fireplace is see through. The rock is Texas limestone. The little floral French chairs are where those who are not cooking tend to sit. I plan to reupholster them.

This mantle is more rustic than that in the living room. My herd of cows and flock of swans sit here. The sconces are Aidan Gray – found them for a steal!

Hmm, now where is this little corner?? My bedroom! Just a little sneak peek of an upcoming post!

Well, it’s time to go… the sun is setting. Let’s go sit in the courtyard and enjoy the scent of lemon blossoms and the sound of the trickling fountain. And yes, below is another sneak peek of another upcoming post! I’ve been busy writing….

Ok, one last look at the roses since they are so pretty and only here for a small time of year (ok, it’s California, they are here from May – November).

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I hope you enjoyed my French country Spring house tour! If you have more questions about the details of my kitchen, check out my kitchen reveal post. You can also check out more of Our French Farmhaus here.

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Angelina April 24, 2018 French Country

French Farmhouse Decor with Faux Olive Trees

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Looking for ways to add French farmhouse decor to your home? I’ve got an easy decorating idea for you today using faux olive trees.

This is a sponsored post. All pictures, words and opinions are my own.

I have been looking for a pair of faux olive trees for some time now to go with my French country style. I have partnered with Silk Plants Direct to show you these beautiful faux trees! My brown thumb kills all of my plants inside so these faux trees are just perfect for me! Silk Plants Direct has tons of other silk flowers, trees, and other plants.

I received this pair of faux olive trees for review. The white pots go well with ironstone. A key to farmhouse decorating is using ironstone. You don’t have to use traditional ironstone to get the look – Any white pitcher will do! Fresh hydrangeas sit in the pitcher. The pops of white and green are so soothing to the eye!

These faux olive trees even have faux olives on them! Aren’t they cute? The leaves look like the real thing! I was so thrilled when I saw how real these look! Look at how the branches even have different colors in them to mimic the real deal.

These are the perfect height for displaying in the center of your island or in the centerpiece of a table. I love how low maintenance faux plants are! Occasionally you have to dust them, but that’s it!

This vignette I created could be even lower maintenance if you used faux hydrangeas from their silk flower collection. This farmhouse vignette is so simple and one you can duplicate for your own home: faux topiaries/trees, white pitcher, fresh (or faux) hydrangeas. Done and done!

Now I have an offer for my readers to use at Silk Plants Direct. Use the code “BLOGGER10” and receive 10% off on all products except for custom! Perfect opportunity to pick up some faux plants or flowers for Spring and Summer decorating!

Thank you to Silk Plants Direct for partnering for this post! Like French Country Farmhouse Style? Check out my other posts here.

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Angelina April 8, 2018 French Country

Farmhouse Mudroom Details

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While I was writing my hen on nest post, I realized I had not shared the details of my mudroom!

Farmhouse mudroom with brick floors The mudroom is right when you come in from the garage and it is also near the front door. We do not have a coat closet – so this cabinet door on the right serves as the coat closet. We noticed when we were touring many new homes, that they lack coat closets!

Farmhouse mudroom with brick floors

Now, originally when we had designed this room the bank of cabinets was going to go in between the door and the window where this bench is. However, once the walls were framed, it made a lot more sense to tuck the cabinets in the little nook. I haven’t quite decorated this area yet… just stuck a bench here and a little painting but will change it when I find just the right thing!

Mudroom

You can see the edge of the bench in the bottom picture – what we had originally thought to be the location of the cabinets. I wrote about it in my mudroom design post here. It’s kind of fun reading those old posts – I was really hesitant about the brick!

Mudroom

The brick we chose with Arto Brick – it is a smooth finish in creme fraiche color way. I will say, it hasn’t snagged my socks as I was worried before, but isn’t comfortable on bare feet! The reason it is uncomfortable is because the tile guys didn’t fill the grout lines as high as we would have liked. So when you walk sometimes a higher corner sticks up and pokes your foot. This can be remedied if you fill the grout lines higher – and we have done that in other parts of the house… just haven’t done it in this room yet! Would I choose this tile again? Yes I would. Do not let that deter you from using another product if you were thinking about this one!
Farmhouse mudroom with brick floors

Underneath the bench are drawers – usually holding shoes, but it seems I’ve kicked off my shoes elsewhere!

Farmhouse mudroom with brick floors

This paint color of the cabinets is called French grey. It has a green hue and not so much a grey! I love how it goes against the brick.

Farmhouse mudroom with brick floors

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Cabinet paint: Farrow & Ball French Grey

Room trim paint: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace

Wall and ceiling paint: Benjamin Moore White Dove

Hardware: Restoration Hardware Bistro knob in oil rubbed bronze, Restoration Hardware Gilmore Pull in oil rubbed bronze, oil rubbed bronze coat hooks from Amazon

Brick Floor: Smooth Brick by Arto Brick in Creme Fraiche

French Market Basket (exact one here)

Lutyens Bench – similar at Target (great price!)

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Angelina February 25, 2018 French Country

Farmhouse Kitchen Reveal

farmhouse kitchen with white cabinets, marble counter and brick floor

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It’s finally here! I am sharing my farmhouse kitchen reveal with you all today! I wrote about designing our dream kitchen here and now I’m so excited to walk you through the details of my kitchen.

Our kitchen has several areas – the “main” kitchen and the “baking” kitchen. Below is the main kitchen. The island below is countertop height and we love sitting here for dinner. Many islands require taller bar stools – I like having them at countertop height. The microwave is in the island. The microwave drawer slides out (as opposed to the door swinging open). It took some getting used to but I love it now. Plus, it kind of hides the microwave (face it – microwaves aren’t pretty!)

Below is our freezer and refrigerator. We had custom wood panels made to mimic the rest of the kitchen. We had the two door panels made to look as if it were 4 drawers and 2 doors.

The 14 foot ceilings are accentuated by these beautiful beams. The beams were custom stained by my mom! She did an incredible job. We kept telling various contractors what we wanted with the stain and no one could understand – so finally just did it ourselves.

We decided to put brick in between the range and the sink – the area we have called “the splash zone”. I wish we had put brick through the whole kitchen in retrospect – it is more forgiving with spilled food!

I was looking for a pretty French blue/gray color for the islands and eventually settled on Benjamin Moore Silver Song. I love how it looks with the Carrara marble.

The island has a ton of storage – below you can see that there are doors below the island on the seating side. I have seen so many kitchens where they just put panels here and I think about all of that wasted storage space!

We absolutely love our double ovens and the French cooktop on our range. I also love our pot filler! I had not initially wanted a pot filler, however the night before the plumbing was finished in this wall I had a dream about using a pot filler. Now I am so glad we have it!

One of the cool things about our kitchen is that we have hidden spice racks next to the range! Next to the ovens we also have pull outs where we store baking sheets and our pizza peel.

We *love* our apron sinks. I love how they hold our pots and pans. I also love how pretty they look with flowers! These are the Reinhard apron sinks. We liked them better than the Shaw apron sinks because the drain is in the middle and the profile is a little slimmer. Did I mention they are also a bit cheaper than the Shaw sinks?

I always knew I wanted a bridge faucet. I loved the profile of this one. I love how easy it is to clean under the faucet. We went with polished nickel finishes in the kitchen as we felt it was the most timeless.

In this photo, you can see the main kitchen and baking kitchen – we dubbed it “his and hers”. My husband is the Chef de Cuisine (head chef) and I am the Pâtissier (pastry chef).

At the end of each island we have a little bookcase for our cookbooks.

We can’t share sinks you see – so another sink is in the baking kitchen! Just kidding about not sharing – it’s nice having two sinks.

The marble counters are perfect for rolling out dough. I had known about all of the bad things about marble counters, but couldn’t care less! I am in love with them! I had mentioned in my designing a kitchen post that we chose Carrara marble. The Calacatta marble is a bit warmer in color, but as you can see we needed a lot of marble and that was way too costly. So we went with an extra white Carrara marble – same look, a fraction of the cost!

We have a little table on this side of the kitchen – the breakfast nook is what most would call it. But in reality it is the puzzle table! We had debated about doing open shelving next to the windows, but decided against it. I don’t like dusting, plus now I have more room to hang things such as this French Faience platter.

The white cabinets are Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. We had to choose a white that would not make the Carrara marble look too grey. Any whites with a cream undertone made the marble look bad. The trim in the room is the same as the white cabinets – if your cabinets are a white/cream color, the trim in the room needs to be the same color!

The chandeliers are from Restoration Hardware. I had debated about pendants vs chandeliers. There are so many beautiful lights to choose from, but ultimately I decided I liked the rustic and European vibe of these.

Again, brick is in the splash zone. That appliance is another oven. A steam oven for this baker! I still need to make my baguettes but there has been no time! Ample storage for baking – I receive many baking pans for gifts and now I finally have some places to store them! Yes, you counted correctly – 3 ovens. Why so many? Well it’s really nice when we host parties and cook for 30-40 people!

The cabinet hardware on the upper cabinets is different here – I went with an icebox latch. Since this is its own little corner in the kitchen, I decided I could do some different hardware here. What rules?

We went with large pulls for the drawers. We felt it was easiest to open a drawer if we had a big handle. Also, you can see where we hid a plug on the side. We had to have one by the sink for building code and stuck it here as opposed to in the counter.

I just love this area of the kitchen. The kitchen sink is bumped out with little furniture feet. The sink looks out on the country with cows grazing – hence the little Staffordshire cows by the sink. Charles Faudree would be happy! Let me tell you also – it was not an easy task building the house so the window sits flush with the countertop! Another story for another day.

I hope you enjoyed the tour of our farmhouse kitchen. We love our kitchen and have been really happy with it. It is very big but we love hosting parties and it is certainly meant for entertaining! And guess what?! There’s more. I didn’t even show you the pantry. Update – Now you can check out the pantry, butler’s pantry and coffee bar here.

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Hardware and Faucets:

Kitchen Bridge Faucets: Rohl Perrin and Rowe

Pot Filler: Rohl

Hardware pulls: Jeffrey Alexander

Hardware knobs: Jeffrey Alexander

Icebox latch hardware: Top Knobs

Finishes:

Kitchen cabinet paint and room trim paint: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace

Kitchen island cabinet paint: Benjamin Moore Silver Song

Kitchen wall and ceiling paint: Benjamin Moore White Dove

Sink: Reinhard Apron Farmhouse Sink

Countertops: Honed Carrara Marble

Backsplash: Marble Subway Tiles and Wavy Marble Mosaic

Brick Floor: Smooth Brick by Arto Brick in Creme Fraiche

Styling Accessories:

French counter bar stools: Cost Plus

French dining chairs – exact similar here and here

Chandelier – Restoration Hardware, discontinued (similar here)

Wall sconces – Restoration Hardware, discontinued (similar here)

Blue pot on stove – Staub, rooster knob

Towels – Williams Sonoma

Black and White Check Candlesticks – Mackenzie Childs

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Angelina February 4, 2018 French Country

French Farmhouse Bathroom with Cement Tile

Farmhouse Bathroom with Patterned Encaustic Cement Tile

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Today I am sharing this little French farmhouse powder room as I slowly make my way around the house sharing various rooms with you all!

It was not easy taking pictures of this room – poor lighting in a small space. I figure you all won’t mind.

Ok, so here we are stepping into the room. I love the cement tiles that are so popular right now and decided to go with one up here. It took me a long time until I found just the perfect one. This tile is a French encaustic cement tile.

I am aware they are trendy – that is why I stuck to a small space. But like all things, this trend is nothing new, just recycled! The trendy tiles actually started in the 1850s!

I loved the light colors on this particular tile. I knew it would be perfect for the room! Now with cement tiles, you have to seal them twice. Once before you grout and once after! You want to make sure your tile guys know what they are doing!

Bonus – the tile matched the trim and wall colors I had already picked out for the room! No repainting needed in here!

Now this little vanity we picked up at the Restoration Hardware outlet for a steal. It is from the now retired Montpellier bath collection – perfect for French farmhouse style. I love the Montpellier collection because it was inspired by a pair of 17th century Louis XIV doors. There are hand-wrought antiqued iron hinges and raised panel doors.

I love the little diamonds here too on the hardware- so French! On a side note, too bad RH is removing all of their French pieces! I am not digging their modern stuff at all.

I adore the little sconces in here too – also from the RH outlet. Now, I know this mirror is a bit too small for here – but it is only temporary until I can find a mirror that I love.

I hope you all enjoyed this little French farmhouse powder room! If you missed my French chinoiserie powder room then check it out here!

Here are my Sources:

Trim and Door Color – Benjamin Moore 1557 Silver Song

Walls – Benjamin Moore 1548 Classic Grey

Cabinet – Montpellier Collection from Restoration Hardware

Sconces – Restoration Hardware Lugarno Sconce

Faucet – Restoration Hardware

Marble – honed Carrara marble

Mirror – Antique

Floor – French Encaustic Cement Tile

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Angelina January 14, 2018 French Country

French Country Chinoiserie Powder Room

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I’m excited today because I am finally sharing the first room in my house with you all! Today I am sharing my favorite room – the French country Chinoiserie powder room. I am sharing this room first for two reasons – one, it is my favorite, and two, it is clean on photoshoot day! I’m still putting Christmas decor away!

If you have been following the blog for a while, you know that we built our dream French country home. We moved in last November. I have shared some Christmas home tours but I have not yet shared specific rooms in the house. I’m still hanging pictures and busy decorating other parts of the house – they are not ready for the unveil!

I knew for this powder room I wanted to have it wallpapered. I also didn’t want it to become too formal. I felt that with the brick floors and the chippy antique piece, it would provide the right amount of “country” to this elegant powder room.

It took me some time to settle on a wallpaper pattern. I love Chinoiserie papers but didn’t know if I would be bold enough to go that way. I considered toiles and other floral patterns as well. I eventually found the perfect paper and settled on the green color way. I have written several posts about Chinoiserie wallpaper: chic chinoiserie wallpapers and chinoiserie wallpaper for less. These were kind of my research posts! So I went with my gut and chose this paper! I was nervous how the husband would like it – turns out he loves it too!

The wallpaper I chose is Kanchou Wave by Brunschwig and Fils. I adore the white birds on it! The green goes well with the brick floors too!

I love the vintage French wall sconces. They were painted a powder French blue but I decided to strip them down to the brass as I felt that the brass went with the wallpaper better. I found them at a local antique store over a year ago and had been saving them before we even had our house built!

Then a year later at that same antique store, we found this little French mirror! I love the ribbon details on the mirror and the sconces. I wanted a small mirror because I didn’t want to hide the pretty paper!

I had my heart set on a wall mounted faucet. I always thought they seemed so chic. When designing a house, you need to know your fixtures (at least the wall mounted ones!) before you end up with the finished product. We purchased these before the framing of the house, so that way we knew exactly where to place the pipe. I am still amazed we got this spot on, centered where I wanted them, considering we were just measuring off of a pile of dirt a year ago! (Yes, it was a year ago, almost to the day…)

As it turns out, installing wall mounted faucets is much more difficult than what meets the eye, which makes me appreciate them even more.

This is the only room where I went with the “trendy” brass fixtures. They don’t seem so trendy when paired with the antique pieces!

The backsplash was designed by my mom and me. The marble guys said, “we’ll do whatever you want”. Uh, great? Now I’ve gotta come up with a pattern. So we doodled for hours on scratch paper templates and came up with this.

The cabinet is 1800s French antique. We did cut the wooden top off of it and had marble countertops placed on top. I knew I wanted to use an antique cabinet for the vanity in this room. It took quite sometime finding the perfect piece – at the right height! Turns out many antique French cabinets are much too tall for vanity height. I love the carving on the bottom of the piece and the carving on the doors. We did not do anything to the finish on the wood – this is “as is”.

Oh yes, the toilet is to the right under an arch, but who wants to see a toilet? Not me – and that’s also why this room is designed this way! You can peek in and see a chic little room with the toilet hidden to the right.

I hope you enjoyed my French country chinoiserie powder room as much as I do!

Sources –

Wallpaper – Brunschwig & Fils “Kanchou wave”

Flooring – Arto Brick

Brass towel holder and faucet – Restoration Hardware

Sconces and mirror – antique

French vanity – antique

Marble – honed Carrara marble

Door and baseboard paint – Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace

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Angelina June 25, 2017 French Country

Setting a French Country Table with Peonies and Sweet Peas

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In this post – Setting a French Country Table with Peonies and Sweet Peas

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Peonies are my favorite flower, as you all know! I named my blog after them!