All of these great family photos have got me thinking….

I love the volume of photos and the unifying frame size. Impact! {Martha Stewart}

Bold frames varying with slender frames. The black horse seals the deal. Frame placement echos the stair stepping. Love that. {credit unknown}

Ancestry meets minimalism. Black and white family heritage photos with exacted white frames. Gallery-like. {credit unknown}

Rectangles and Ovals. Perfect together. {Martha Stewart}

I Adore this. Artistic Close-ups, color-blocks, and family photos… color AND black & white. All unified by crisp, joined frames. Brilliant. {Domino}

My personal fave. Classy but different. The horizonal space that unifies these bold, black frames does the trick. {Martha Stewart}

Now for one I didn’t really love…
I think this doesn’t work for a couple of reasons: These photos are, collectively, too small for this grandiose space. Throw in about 2 or 3 large photos or rich paintings, and take out some of the others small groupings. I also don’t like how the space below the pics is awkward, nor  does it echo the stepping up of the stairs like in the second photo above. {Domino}

Which one is your favorite??

{darlene}

{image: house beautiful}

ditto. {what I would steal from this space}:

1. the amazing charcoal and white striped hardwoods. A fantastic solution for aging floors. So much impact.
2. I cannot deny. I LOVE the huge Moravian Star chandelier.
3. Simple and neutral roman shades don’t fight the light.
4. The horizontal white paneling on the walls. Amazing harmony with the floors.
5. White. White. and more white.
6. The Painted steps are ditto-worthy.
7. Neutral sofa. Always smart. I would have thrown some brown, textured pillows into this space.
8. The impact of that rug cannot be ignored. Now. the white is brave. A bit too brave for a family? I don’t know. There are so many great imitation choices and fabrics out there at a variety of prices. It rocks in this room.

{darlene}

This is the first-ever “afters” post at Fieldstone Hill.  I am so thrilled to finally be documenting our home renovation and restoration. More renovation pictures are on the way early next week… including stage two pics of our bathroom renovation.
For Before pictures of this bathroom, click here.

Below are the After pics from stage one of our bathroom renovation:

 Here is what we did:

1. New Wall Paint! Sachet by Martha Stewart for Sherwin Williams {discontinued; but they can still mix it for you}
2. I painted the clawfoot tub in black. The aqua could work in the right setting… but this wasn’t it!
3. Then we moved the tub from the wall over to the window. Better for daydreaming!
4. We installed a custom shower. Love it. More to come on this design.
5. New floors. Carrara marble mini squares. A fave.
6. We installed a built-in linen closet and drawers to make use of the space behind the door and next to the shower. Give me empty space, and I WILL make a closet.
7. New toilet!!! Sigh of relief.
8. Raw Muslin curtains.
9. Towel bars galore and coordinating bath hooks and paper holder.
10. Lots of laundry-fragranced, fluffy white towels.

It was a thorough makeover; mostly everything was replaced. But in this case, we did not have a choice. Not only are we thankful to have all of the mildew and mold out, we love our airy, fresh, and crisp bathroom.

more changes to come in stage two of this restoration/renovation project.
For more renovation posts, click here.

{darlene}