Fireplace Mantels

In the May/June Issue of The English Home magazine, I found several image of wood (coal?) burning stoves such as you see in this Chesney’s ad. I’ve always seen them placed in front of the fireplace with an extended hearth. (A code thing in the US perhaps?)  I rather like how neat and tidy they appear and in the right application would give it serious consderation.

 

I posted a picture of an installation on the WKD Facebook page today.

Have a wonderful weekend. Sally and I will be looking for ways to beat the heat. Temps in the low 90′s! YIKES!!!

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Sally and I have been so busy, I didn’t realized how long it had been since we had posted here until this morning. We’re working on kitchens, bathrooms, entire houses and simply “dressing up” a few others with new paint schemes, accessories and selective furniture purchases. (We call ourselves the largest two person interior design firm in Boston.) During the week, my goal will be to post a picture a day of a project we’re working on, a picture that we’ve torn from a magazine and tucked in a project folder or an image of a room or design element that has caught our eye.

This kitchen shot caught my eye with it’s unique and creative way of reusing the fireplace – as a place for the stove. (Image from May/June 2013 issue of English Home magazine.)

Was it built this way or converted at some point? What do you think?

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Favorite Foto Friday

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This week simply flew by… I have promised myself that next week I will make the time to begin posting little sneak peaks of the projects we’re working on – a cross section of work in construction, millwork installation and projects on the boards. You’ll begin to get a sense of how busy Sally and I have been.

Meanwhile, these two pictures jumped out at me this week.

The kitchen is from an old picture file. Sadly, the only information I have on it is that it was published in Architectural Digest. It was very helpful to me as I worked thru a few ideas on a kitchen we are designing in a “new” French Neoclassical style home we are working on – the hood surround detail, a reminder to use a light touch on the raised panel door profiles and how lovely the inset door is as a style. I do have mixed feeling about the floor and the windows – but that’s just me and my esthetic predilections.

 

Then there was this dining room, I believe done by Thomas O’Brien. I am not a lover of green in an interior, but this room just speaks to me – as sculpture – and the green as the only color in a black/gray/white scheme is spectacular! The thought of a rug on the floor crossed my mind. But it would ruin the experience.

And so, another week comes to a close. You will  find me up here in the office, working on yet another kitchen layout, which includes reconfiguring a power room and mud room. Assuming the weather cooperates, I’ll squeeze in a few hours of spring cleaning in the yard…

Have a great weekend!

 

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