Kitchen Inspiration: Shelving Units on the Counter

Today has been a crazy shoot day for Domino and I am tired, but excited about how the projects turned out. :) I am heading back up to my parents house tonight to close out our Spring Break week with a bang. We're going on a really cool hike that I haven't done since I was a kid, and I know my girls will love it.<br /><br />I'm back to thinking about the shelving in our kitchen again. I took down some of the upper cabinets to make room for a symmetrical set of shelves, but I've not been able to find brackets that make me excited. Then I saw this pretty cute <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49931798/" target="_blank">wall shelving unit</a> at IKEA a while back and I realized I'd love a shelving unit rather than separate shelves. The IKEA one wasn't the right look or size for my kitchen, and I want shelves that sit on the actual countertop, but they got me thinking for sure. Then <a href="http://www.laurenliess.com/pure-style-home/our-kitchen-before-after" target="_blank">Lauren Liess' kitchen</a> in the current issue of Domino seriously, seriously sealed the deal. Her custom ironwork shelves are TDF.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo Norman_13033LL_085_web.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/Norman_13033LL_085_web.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />I've got some project ideas in the works (I found some brass parts that could work really well), but one of my friends told me brass is lame now. I don't agree with her (I think pretty much any real metal material is going to be a forever classic), but I sort of get what she is saying. I think I will always have brass in my home, but do I want a full set of brass shelves forever in my kitchen? I think if I used another metal too (like Lauren did), the mix will help keep things fresh.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo Norman_13033LL_087_web.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/Norman_13033LL_087_web.jpg" /></div><br />What do you think? I kind of thought copper was going to make a bigger comeback last/this year, but it hasn't quite hit the stride that brass did four or five years ago, has it?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="http://www.laurenliess.com/pure-style-home/our-kitchen-before-after" target="_blank">Photos by Helen Norman, via Lauren Liess</a></i></div>

Kitchen Inspiration: Shelving Units on the Counter

Today has been a crazy shoot day for Domino and I am tired, but excited about how the projects turned out. :) I am heading back up to my par...

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Canopy Beds

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">I'm guest blogging over at <a href="http://www.simplyseleta.com/2010/11/guest-blogger-little-green-notebook/">Simply Seleta</a> today and chatting about canopy beds. I spied this pretty canopy recently at FAO Schwartz:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/IMG_3728.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">And this gorgeous canopied bed belongs to one of my all time favorite girls rooms:</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/3556029712_036d34392b_b.jpg" /><br /><em>Palmer Weiss</em></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><em></em></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left">So stop on over to <a href="http://www.simplyseleta.com/2010/11/guest-blogger-little-green-notebook/">Seleta's</a> and say hello! Maybe tell me your favorite canopy style while you're at it. </div>

Canopy Beds

I'm guest blogging over at Simply Seleta today and chatting about canopy beds. I spied this pretty canopy recently at FAO Schwartz: And...

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