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Need I say more? True upscale bohemian vibe. PERFECT for Malibu!

This pic is from the April issu of Domino magazine.

So decorating has taken a back seat to deconstructed recycled t’s and such. Check out the blog at Revolution Malibu:

http://revolutionmalibu.wordpress.com

Lot’s of updates there and I will be starting the decorating process again soon here since summer is right around the corner

While this kitchen has been a ridiculously looooooong project especially because of the teenage drama this sumeer and desperately trying to finish the revolutionmalibu.com site, I am happy to say that i am finally on to the drapes. Earlier in the year when I began this project I had the fortune of aquiring some old photos of Lynn Von Kersting’s work that was not included in her book. I love the book but it really didn’t give a lot of kitchen inspiration. So when I received the pics from one of the editors at House Beautiful I was thrilled.

LOVE LOVE LOVING this set-up. The pillows on the couch are a perfect mix. I plan on doing a soft butter color on the walls instead of the pink since I have a beautiful Miro lithograph of my father’s that has a mix of all of these colors-just not the pink ( besides my husband has not given me any grief so far and I would like to keep it that way ).

My chandelier lamp compliments the one here only bigger and my bohemian touch will be my asian tables instead of these morroccan chairs. The velvet tufted ottoman in the center is a neat idea that I am still pondering. I think I might tackle that project only with dark wood legs. What do you all think?

I dig the garden stools to and I will have to figure out how to incorporate them…. Off to the gym. Tommorrow maybe a run downtown to match fabric for the pillows. I will let you guys in on my finds!

Still waiting for the crown molding to go up…

Base molding not nailed in yet…

A few knobs the hubby hasn’t put up yet…

Regular updates coming plus the new inspiration for the living room from this month’s Domino. Not far from the old pic but a little more elegant.

Here are some updates on the kitchen that should’ve been done two weeks ago but family gets in the way ( including a husband with the flu all last week and he is NOT a good sick person ).

My hands are raw from the sanded finish I am doing on the cabinets. I started in the beginning just wiping on a stain, but after experimenting, I like this finish better. The Ralph Lauren “stain” is not really like the real stuff, so I switched that too.

My partner in Eco Faux is Melissa and she turned me on to an acrylic that is used to mix with faux finishes and I love the matte finish it gives to the cabinets. So now I will never have the polyurethane issue again. It’s always great finding out what others have used and it worked out. No smell, it’s great stuff.

Do you love the medallions? I do. So glad I saw the pic that gave me the idea. When these guys are finally done, crown molding and all, they will look incredibly custom.

Onward and upward…Dave is bringing home the veneer for the back of the upper cabinets. At first he didn’t think it would matter but I told him since he was busting my chops to make sure the finish looks “expensive”, we need to finish the cabinets correctly.

So I can finish the upper cabinets this week. THANK GAWD!!!!!

I received my Modellos yesterday and I’m very excited to get the kitchen completely finished so I can do the concrete in the bathrooms! Go to designamour.com to see all the beautiful possibilities!

The beginning of my new French Bar stools…

Below the island is another story. The bolts that support will have to stay because of the weight of the butcher block so I will have to rough up the bolts, prime and finish them to look like huge dowels that match the island. Thank god for KILZ primer, I think I should start buying stock!!!

I removed the last bit of hardware with the intentions of getting to the rest of the island done tomorrow and the next day. Dave is going to punch in the little nails on the new trim and I am going to fill them and paint. I found some great stools that I am going to do red and blue ( a crackle and sand finish ). So today I am going to my favorite store Indigo Seas to check out the color palette she has going on and shop.

 AND THEN THER’S THE REST OF THE STORY…here’s a little sampling of what lies ahead for me:

THE  CHEESY PRODUCER’S  CONCRETE BATHROOMS!

I must say, he did put in nice appliances, showers and toilets. It’s the rest that escapes me completely. I have definitely a lot of work ahead of me faux finishing the concrete in both the guest bath and master bath. Above is the guest bath. While I am okay with the sink stand in and of itself, I will replace the top with granite, and the sink HAS to go ( the faucet with it ). It can’t decide between egyptian or Las Vegas…which style is it? Fire the person who designed that and the faucet!!! How about the space ship on the wall. Nice contradictory in style right? He did that all over the house. Hence the walls sconces in the bedroom that were replaced with the verdigris faux finish ones from Home Depot . ( I still have to replace the crystals with real vintage ones and antique the mirror behind the bulbs .) So the sink I am thinking old copper and the faucet too. The concrete walls I am going to try and convince my husband that the Modello designs at designamour.com is the right way to go. He doesn’t like busy but these designs are incredible! Plus we have already been appraised at the highest value on the interior so anything we do needs to be cost effective because this is cosmetic and won’t add value to our home.

Las Vegas or Egyptian? Which one????

Here are picks of the master bath. A looooooot of concrete. The shower is a double head and the concrete surrounds the whole bathroom…even where the toilet is!

Jacuzzi in master bath…

Pedestal sinks. There are two of these.

Master shower, There is another shower head opposite. BIG area to faux finish. Then after all of this is done, I have a two bedroom “apartment”  ( the house is a four bedroom three bath, but the kids are on the lower level and have a kitchen, living room and separate entrance  which I highly reccomend for families with teens- it would save A LOT  of marriages) where the teenagers are that needs to done. There is concrete in their bath too