One of the things that our friends ask us the most is, “how do you agree on things?”. Over the last few years, we’ve learned that it’s best to divide up tasks based on personal strengths and interests. But when it comes to the design process, we’re equally involved. Fortunately, we both have a similar design aesthetic […]
Week 27, 28…I’ve officially lost track. We’ve been focusing on the kitchen, but we’re keeping that under wraps until it gets closer to being done. And this past weekend, we installed the cork! We are exhausted and sore, but excited with how it turned out – a rich blanket of chocolate-brown that, without the finish, […]
A couple weekends ago, Kyle and I stopped in to Velocity Art & Design, to re-evaluate the Modernica Case Study Daybed (we finally decided it wasn’t big enough, but maybe we could put one in the loft…someday). Anyhow, it just so happened that Amy Ruppel had a showing there that was just about to end. We purchased the […]
Last June, Kyle forwarded me an e-mail about a “designer’s favorite spaces” contest hosted by local shelter mag, Seattle Homes & Lifestyles. On a whim, we decided to enter in the bathroom category and lo and behold we won! The article is in the October issue and you can read it online here. Big thanks to our friend […]
Ok, maybe I won’t give up the weekly progress reports just yet. I think our to-do list is still random enough. 1. Backtracking a bit – here’s the recap on our lyptus butcherblock: Our lyptus came as a 25″x144″ piece. We discovered that biscuiting together two pieces would be significantly cheaper than buying one slab. Not wanting […]