I often find myself daydreaming about architectural details, colors, patterns, roof lines, entry doors, etc. when I’m working. You know, for the house I’ll build someday. So tonight when I got home from work I decided to go through my Inspiration folder. Not Pinterest, but the folder on my desktop that I used for years labeled “inspiration. ”
Here’s just a smattering of images I had tucked away, but it’s quite interesting how many similarities they have. I think it is a necessary exercise to gather ideas, images, colors, anything that catches your eye really, to learn your own style. Here you can see that I actually do like symmetry, lots of geometric and horizontal, warmth and blue apparently. The first three images are the Shelter Island House by SchappacherWhite Ltd. and it has since made it’s way all over blog land. I was surprised by how many articles including these images popped up when I completed my image search. However, there’s lots to love. See for yourself.
All Images from Houzz
These kitchen images were a surprise with the farmhouse kitchen title. I’m so often drawn to painted cabinetry (have wanted cobalt blue cabinets for years) that I didn’t know I had so much affection for the stained look. The bin pulls are right on though, I have full intentions of installing those in my current kitchen, which just happens to be a deep espresso stained oak! Maybe I’m closer to my dream kitchen than I thought!
Image from House Beautiful
Images from House Beautiful
Image from House Beautiful
Perhaps this could be just beyond that outdoor living area in the first image. I grabbed this image to show my love of natural and organic lines as well. I certainly love the rectangular dark window frames, but without a landscape that I love greeting me on the other side, I’m not sure they would be worth it. As they say, location, location, location. So it will be quite awhile before I actually build a house of my own design. I think I’ll stick to restoring these 1920′s homes I’ve grown so attached to. Or maybe I could find a ranch house to spice things up a bit.
Image from A-Z West
Roxanne D
A self-employed home renovator and interior designer, Roxanne is living in her third 1920s-era home in one of Tulsa’s oldest neighborhoods. A small-town Oklahoma girl at heart, she has also lived in Australia, which helped inspire her love of design. Roxanne loves sewing, knitting, crocheting, repurposing furniture and salvaging architectural pieces. She loves to tackle a do-it-yourself project, no matter how small or large. As our very own “granola girl”, Roxanne dreams about designing everything from dresses to gardens to her day, whatever comes across her path.
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