Modern House Minimalist Design

Good morning! Hope everyone had a wonderful and enjoyable weekend. Finally our heat wave broke last night.....and outside we went to alas enjoy a beautiful summer evening! I love the look of a delicate slipcovered chair, whether it be an occasional chair in a living room, a set of dining chairs or a grouping in a living room. There is something about the crisp linen slipcovers that just does something for me. I always used to think of them as being exclusively for country french homes, shabby chic, and romantic cottage styles but slipcovers have come a long long way. They have moved well beyond the cute and charming and have crossed over big time into highly sophisticated and elegant territory.  They work as beautifully in very traditional homes as they do in smaller cottage charmers and are found in even more transitional style homes. I also like seeing this look against rich warm woods. It is an elegant look and still brings a certain degree of texture and contrast into the ...

Happy Monday morning to you !  So much happening at the house this week.......kitchen starts getting installed Wednesday- am so excited! This will be a process that will happen over a few weeks, as there are many elements to be installed, but the fact that even the "boxes' are coming is a sure sign that the end cannot be far! They sealed the kitchen floors over the weekend again in preparation for the kitchen and after being covered up right away after they were installed I never really got a chance to sit and admire them. Well, suffice to say I spent plenty of time this weekend just standing, staring and LOVING my kitchen floors. I am truly in love with them....crazy sounding as it might be! Will be sure to update on Thursday.  Don't you just love a gorgeous crystal chandelier and what it adds to a room? Putting the sparkle factor aside, it adds a sense of old worldness, grandeur and has a beautiful way of anchoring a room. Chandeliers are by no means reserved strictly fo...