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Beekeeperswife

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11 years ago

Bee - Inquiring how things are going for you. Based on past posts, you were to close in mid June. Hope everything is okay and you enjoying the new home.

Comments (103)

  • Snbtwins
    11 years ago

    Thanks bee. Love the stool and it is perfect in your bathroom!! Do you have a family room opposite your kitchen? Any pictures?

    Thanks again!

  • berardmr
    11 years ago

    Oh, I am so happy to have found this great group of kitchen designers! Bee, I love your kitchen! Due to the other rooms in our home, I have decided on dark cherry cabinets. But I would love to do a counter like yours and the beautiful arabesque backsplash! I live in MD. and am having trouble finding White Fantasy. I that what you used? If I can't find them, does anyone know of a quartz (like cambira, etc) that may look like the quartzite? Since the cabinets are dark, I want to keep everything else light, simple and classic. I have been driving myself crazy over this decision and my DH is both frustrated and worried about me. Please help!

  • berardmr
    11 years ago

    Hi Bee!

    Can you share the name of your chandy and where you purchased it? Thanks!!

  • shedthechrysalis
    11 years ago

    WOW!!! Your home is gorgeous! Can I ask you a few questions?

    1. Are you a designer?
    2. If I ever win the lottery can you design my future house? Lol

    You have a really beautiful, elegant home. Enjoy it!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    jamrock, I was unpacking as the movers were bringing it in! The cabinet over the fridge is a "work in progress". But here are some photos

    I love that it's tall enough that stuff can stand up in it. I thought it would have been shorter with the stuff having to run front to back vs standing on the short end. I guess having the stuff lay on the longer side would allow more room above the vertical storage for other stuff. But I do like this.

    pipdog, it's Gray Owl. I love it. And I should have a GW housewarming party. Maybe the same day as all the subs come so you guys can "help" them do their jobs better.

    snbtwins, yes, I have a family room in the same space. Unfortunately there was a problem with the rock on the fireplace. We wanted a very modern, tight stacked rock, full of right angles. The non English speaking installers had another opinion. It looks like a 5 year old did the installation. So not only is is wrong, it is done badly. I have it disguised as much as possible. The removal of it was requested. Haven't heard back yet. We want to do an architectural tile on our own. I have my eye on some white quartz...But if you can avert your eyes from the fireplace, I'll show you some pics

    berardmr-the chandy is a Schonbek, I bought it at a local lighting shop, floor display, incredible price. Really a steal. I didn't live in MD, but I was close. It is White Fantasy, aka Super White. It is not easy to find. I used a fabricator in Kennett Square PA for both this kitchen and the last. (Stone Masters Inc.) The fabricator around here used to pull from Bramati Marble in MD. Check them out.

    Shed-I hope you do win the lottery! And no, I'm not a designer. I do help friends out though. Would love to somehow do something along those lines. My dh says that we really cannot afford for me to only decorate our house.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Bramati's marble selection

  • Susan
    11 years ago

    wow, how gorgeous!
    and count me in. when i finally move i'm going to be asking for help too!

  • francoise47
    11 years ago

    Beekeeperswife -- We are all loving your photos of your beautiful kitchen and new home. Best wishes with getting settled into your gorgeous new home.

  • westleyandbuttercup
    11 years ago

    Everything is gorgeous, and I am particularly enamored with your rug.

  • a2gemini
    11 years ago

    Thanks Bee!

  • jamrock
    11 years ago

    Thanks for posting the pics of the inside of your over oven cabinet storage Bee.

  • Ilene Perl
    11 years ago

    Your home is absolutely beautiful!

  • hermajesty
    11 years ago

    Oh my, your new home is gorgeous Bee! Your kitchen is "to die for."
    Love the orange accents.

    And that aqua and orange rug? I WANT!

    Can't wait to see more pics. I love how you decorate your spaces.

  • RICSFAN
    11 years ago

    Two words....simply gorgeous! I love how your baby blends in with the sofa.

  • go_figure01
    11 years ago

    Hi Bee - like all the other comments - I am in love w/your home & design style. You should def go into this line of work. Your husband's comment made me lol. I want an an invite to the housewarming sangria muffin party :)

    Do you refer to the dining area as the brkfast nook. I was curious about the size & saw u referenced it earlier. Can you also post the size of your kitchen area, your cooktop info - mfg,size, is it all one unit w/the stainless bk splash/hood? Also, what is the mfg/size of your refrig? SO elegant. What is the area used for on the side that is closest to the living area?

    I hope u still continue to post even tho u have completed your plan. Starta design blog !!! Continued success & happy living to you & your family. Thank you soo much for your generosity!!

  • MIssyV
    11 years ago

    Thanks for the virtual house tour! Looks beautiful! I am sure you are enjoying it more and more each passing day as things get unpacked and lived in.

  • jenny1963
    11 years ago

    Wow! Wowza! Bee, everything is so gorgeous! Love it!! You did an absolutely amazing job!!

    Is that a Rohl three lever faucet in your kitchen? Do you like it? I'm considering one for my main kitchen sink as we only have one hole in the sink. (A prep sink will be in my next remodel.) What kind of water filter do you have, and how do you like it?

    Again, beautiful job!!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    Go figure-- the breakfast room is 10x 14.5'; the kitchen is 15' along rang wall, and I don't remember the othe dimension off top of my head, maybe 18 or 20'?; the range top is a 36" blue star w/ a high back and shelf. We had a piece of ss cut to put behind it so that there would not be any need to tile above it an under the hood; the fridge is a 36" subzero--all fridge. The area to the right us the beverage area.

    Jenny-yep that's a rohl 2 handle triflow faucet. No water filter hooked up yet. But looking forward to that! Not sure if the amount of splashing is from the faucet or the sink. We have the water pressure turned way down too.

    Thanks again for all the wonderful comments! You guys ate the best. I'm typing on my iPhone, excuse the typos and auto-corrections!

  • slush1422
    11 years ago

    Can't believe I'm just now seeing this!!! It's all so gorgeous!!!!! Did you decide on a backsplash yet? My Arabesque just came in from FedEx a couple days ago. Thanks to you and fellow GW TKO'ers for helping me win the gift certificate. So excited to install them - but so nervous! Hope they look okay with the quartzite!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    I hope so too! They are on my short list as well! Cannot wait to see pictures!

    I did show you photos of the installation process, right? And not trying to have them installed row by row, but rather it's an angled type of install. Let me know, I can email you pics if you like.

  • enright5
    11 years ago

    Can I ask who makes the Arabesque tile you used in your last home? Thanks!

  • slush1422
    11 years ago

    I did find a link of you installing them at an angle with one photo on it, almost like a triangle. Is that what you are talking about? I made sure to save it when I knew we would get them. If you had any more pictures though I'd be grateful for you to email them! I can send you my email. The way things go around my house though, is it will probably be fall by the time they are installed too! Hubby works long hours and only has weekends to do projects and we have too many going on at once. As I type, my beautiful tiles are sitting on the pallet outside :( How long would you say it took you to actually install them?

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    enright, they are from Mission Stone & Tile.

    slush, I can send you everything I have. email me at beekeeperswife at gmail dot com

    Took much longer than we thought. But in hindsight, it will go faster a 2nd time. Reason being now we know that they don't have to fit tight like a puzzle because the grout actually goes down and covers the edges of the tile. And the angle installation was key on the speed too.

    Took 2 full days to do the last kitchen. Started at 10 am, went to 12:30 am (lunch and dinner breaks) had to quit when it dawned on us the wet saw at midnight might not be such a good idea. Up early next day, finished afternoon. That included grouting.

  • ppalm
    11 years ago

    WOW! Your entire home is so well put together! I would like to ask you about your master bath. The mosaic in your shower is stunning-just the perfect touch to tie the bathroom floor and shower wall together. Did you surround it with 6x6 or 12 x 12 tile? Also looks like the shower floor is maybe 1x1? Any chance you could share info and point me in the right direction to purchase the tile? . One more thing..appears as your main floor is laid on the diagonal. Did you manage the pattern to flow in one direction or go random? Thanks!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    Thanks ppalm. Let's see if I can answer your questions.

    The mosaic is outlined with a 1/2 round tile that matches the field tile which is just a generic builder grade white glossy rectangular tile..maybe 6x8? . The floor is 2x2 squares, in matte. Not sure where that came from but it isn't anything special, probably Florida tile or Daltile.

    The floor is laid on the diagonal. The tile setter was a ding-dong. I told him to just mix up the pattern, I figured it would tax his brain the least.

    The mosaic tile is from Mission Stone & Tile in Nashville, and so are the floor tiles. They are 18x18.

    I'll post a link below directly to the floor tile. If you look under specialty mosaics you can find the shower feature panel tiles.

    Bee

    Here is a link that might be useful: MS&T Calacatta Porcelain tile.

  • ppalm
    11 years ago

    Bee~Thanks for such a quick and thorough response! Just came back from the Ben Moore store with 8 different samples of gray and 3 blue to try in the room. :-) Homework, bath, kid to bed then off to paint the bathroom! The life of a mom!

    I took a look at the MS&T site and ordered 4 of the 18x18s and a sample of the trellis. You used white grout I am assuming? I borrowed a gorgeous piece of daltile 18x18 honed calacatta gold form our local tile shop which I had plannned to use on my floor-but it has this huge scratch running down the middle that keeps warning me of the delicacies of marble-and yours looks so beautiful-and porcelain is so carefree- I just have to at least give it a look.

    Thanks a million...and by that I mean a few thousand if we opt out of the marble! Ha!

  • ppalm
    11 years ago

    Bee~ The tiles arrived today and I have to tell you they do not disappoint! Thank you so much for sharing your treasures and connections with others. Would you be able to tell me the length of your shower and how many mosiac pieces you used to create the trellis inset? Looks to me like 5 across and 4 down? Thanks again.

  • islanddevil
    11 years ago

    Bee. OMG...eye candy...home porn...absolute perfection.. Woooo....I need to sit down... I need that cocktail!

    I posted a thread a few days requesting some of your kitchen pics because I saw references to your soon to be completed kitchen in other threads. You were kind enough to comply and it was beautiful. Now I see more of the kitchen (and beyond) here and I'm shell shocked. It is drop dead spectacular!!!!

    Love EVERYTHING. I could move into your home today and not change a thing! Fabulous. Where do live; can I have it? Oh come on, with your talent you could whip out another incredible home in no time. Give it up! :>) Agree with the others, you could be a designer. You need your own design show and I neeeed to watch it!

    Anyway hope you don't mind a few Qs from someone who is just starting to think about a remodel and wishes you could just do it for me.

    -Your cabinets. Custom? Can you please tell me what wood species and color, and were they painted elsewhere or on site? I so want a white kitchen this time around and they aren't popular here so no consensus on the material or paint process and it's very frustrating.

    -What are your floors? Beautiful wood and color.

    -Are you going to do a backsplash? If so, do tell what it will be!

    -The colorful rug? Love it! Can you share any info on that? I want it!

    -Last but not least. Just wondering how long it took you to complete your home. Don't know if you moved across town or country or if it's new or a remodel, I'm just curious how long it took you to do the kitchen, baths and interior design? Is design a passion for you, always dabbling, researching products, materials, trends and then you put your knowledge to use when the time comes or do you just turn it on when it's project time? Does it become a full time job? Do you typically have a solid vision for what you want before you begin?

    Seriously.... incredible work; I can't believe you're an "amateur" and I'm just trying to get a feel for how you do what you do!!

    Thank you for sharing!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    ppalm, wow, that was fast. I need to send an email....I asked for some samples last week. I think she forgot. :( I'll have to get in touch. I know they are incredibly busy. My mosaic is 3x4. So 12 sq feet. Inside the mosaic I used Silver Shadow, just like the floor for grout. The white tile has permacolor bright white. Glad you like the tiles. They are gorgeous!

    island, wow, you flatter me. You also make me laugh. I'm glad you like the house. It was a new build. We moved about 2 hours from the last house. Let's see if I can answer your questions.

    They are custom, by Dutch Wood. The perimeter is a very light gray that reads white. The island is a gray. They are maple, painted at the cabinet maker's shop. It is a catalyzed lacquer.

    The floors are just generic oak. Prefinished, from Mohawk. The color is Saddlebrook.

    The rug was from Haute Look

    The build took a little over 4 months. Since I quit my job when we moved this was my full time job to catch all the mistakes and get them fixed as we went along in the process.

    I hope to get some sort of business up and running doing something with my creative side...stay tuned to see what happens with that.

    And yes, I have a general vision, but a lot of stuff comes to me as I see things progress.

    Let me know if you have any questions. You can email me at

    beekeeperswife at gmail dot com

    Bee

  • kippee
    11 years ago

    Your home is beautiful. Can you share what kind of shower doors you have?
    Thanks.

  • islanddevil
    11 years ago

    Thanks Bee for answering my Qs and for providing your email. Just love those floors; nothing "generic" about em! The cabinet paint info is very helpful too.

    Look forward to seeing any of your future projects. Enjoy your new home and I too hope your job hunting leads you to something where you can use your masterful creative skills!
    If your ever start blogging,sign me up yours is one I'd follow.

    Oh... one Q you didn't answer, and I appologize if you answered it before and elsewhere and I missed it. Nag, nag, nag... Are you going to do a backsplash in the kitchen?
    It looks beautiful and completely finished as is, but now that I've seen your previous kitchen with the arabesque, was wondering if you have a plan up your sleeve to do more for this new one??

    Thanks again for the info.

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    kippee, I have no idea what shower door that is. Not being being a smarty pants but all I know is "it's frameless". lol

    island--the backsplash is still up for discussion. ...stay tuned. :) Was that your email?

    Bee

  • phiwwy
    11 years ago

    Absolutely stunning. I can't believe how gorgeous this is. Congrats!

    It gives me hope, that one day I too will be unpacked in my new kitchen.

    Our demo was in April, months later, one GC bit the dust, now we're doing it on our own (with subs and trades) and it's finally moving along.

    Love your gray owl, and your super white! We are doing super white (actually ivory supreme, almost the same) in our master bath but it's just gorgeous in your kitchen.

    One strange question: - do you wash all your dishes/stuff as you unpack your kitchen? I do which takes forever to get set up!

    Enjoy....

  • islanddevil
    11 years ago

    Thanks Bee. Staying tuned for sure. No I haven't emailed.

  • auroraborelis
    11 years ago

    Bee - I have question regarding your kitchen!

    My plan is also a U and it calls for similar upper cabinets where there is a blind corner in both upper corners.

    I was wondering if you had any fancy corner storage units in your uppers, or if you just put seldomly used items back in that corner?

  • eleena
    11 years ago

    OMG, that IS stunning!

    Four questions:

    1. What is your bathtub (brand/model or name/material)?

    2. Is it one-piece or two-pieces assembled during installation? I ask b/c we removed the old and nasty bathtub that came with the house but it is very hard to get another tub through our 30" bathroom door.

    3. You have crown molding only in the kitchen but not other parts of the house, is that correct? That is an interesting concept. I thought I was "obligated" to keep it everywhere. :-(

    4. Your kitchen cabs are painted, right? I really need the name of your cabinet maker. :-)

    Thanks!

  • eleena
    11 years ago

    Oh, I see you have already answered the cabinet question. Sorry about that. :-)

  • eleena
    11 years ago

    Bee,

    Would you mind answering my questions (except the one about cabinets)?

    Thanks!!!

  • blackchamois
    11 years ago

    Hi Bee, I have viewed this thread many times and all I can say is To Die For! So so lovely!

    I noticed that you said you painted your trim in SW High Reflectance White. Is that the same color use used on the ceilings? If not, could you tell what the ceilings are painted?

    Thank you!

  • beekeeperswife
    11 years ago

    Sorry, I hadn't seen the last few posts here. And there were questions. Apologies.

    1. Nothing special about corners, especially uppers: they are dead space- we didn't need the room so we eliminated them.

    2. Bathtub is from Vintage Tub, the "Mammouth", maybe?

    3, crown moulding is part of cabinets

    4. Ceiling is not the same color. I don't know it's name, but it is aSW paint color from their white brochure...it looks a bit gray compared to other whites on chart, from what I recall.

  • mimmike
    11 years ago

    Hi Beeskeeperswife,

    I know this is an old thread, but if you get this can you tell me what is the name of your pulls.
    Thanks.

  • xc60
    10 years ago

    Hi Bee, love your house, it is stunning! Sorry for bumping this thread but I'm sure many others here also love to look at your home over and over again. :). I was wondering if you would tell me the height of your great room ceiling with the coffered? Thank you so much!

  • blackchamois
    10 years ago

    Hi Bee, I also have a question about your pulls. I recall that they are Amerock Highland Ridge in PN if I'm not mistaken. Wondering what size you went with? I was going to do the 3" or the 96mm (3.77") for the drawers, and the 160mm (6.3") for the pantry door. But also wondering what knobs you selected.

    Thank you!

  • blackchamois
    10 years ago

    Bump

  • autumn.4
    10 years ago

    Blackchamois-I have seen bee on the decorating forum recently. You might want to give her a shout out over there?

  • blackchamois
    10 years ago

    Autumn - Thanks! I will try her there! :)

  • beekeeperswife
    10 years ago

    Sorry, I didn't see this when I popped in here yesterday.

    BlackChamois, the pulls are 6 3/4" and 8.5" (outside, end to end). And they are the polished nickel.

    Only the drawers next to the range and under it have the longer ones, all others have the 6 3/4". Even the freezer drawers, the dish drawers too.

    And I know this was asked a long time ago, but the ceiling height is 9' on the first floor of the house.

    Happy Holidays to All!

  • blackchamois
    10 years ago

    Thanks Bee! Can you also tell me what knobs you used? The coordinating HR look chunkier than what you have. I'm wondering of you used knobs from a different line.

    Thanks again!

  • beekeeperswife
    10 years ago

    How unimaginative and lame am I? They are the matching knobs. I don't think I even saw them irl before choosing them. Just said to the cabinetmaker, "I'll take the knobs that match". Every now and then one decision is quick and easy.

  • dccurlygirl
    10 years ago

    Bee, did you tell us, sometime ago, that you are available for consulting? I need you! Is there a way for me to contact you so that I can learn about your services and fees?

    This post was edited by dccurlygirl on Sat, Dec 21, 13 at 14:25

  • Ebbychina
    9 years ago

    Absolutely gorgeous rooms!!! May I ask where you purchased the kitchen chandelier from?