Archive | February, 2012

austin modern home tour part 2

22 Feb

It’s time for the rest of the home tour – though I will say some of my favorite homes were in Part 1, there are still some great homes in Part 2.

I can’t remember which home this shot was from (I only took one photo in this home, wasn’t in love with it). But, I love the idea of using a slab of wood as a countertop!

House #5 – 1103 Live Oak Ridge Road

“Simple materials such as brick, plaster, and oak have been incorporated in a composition that highlights the connection to the materials of the landscape. Dramatic colors within private rooms provide a distinct personality to each of the spaces within. The house features a vanishing-edge pool, roof landscaping, and solar-power supplementation.”

I love this little bar table – I believe it is from West Elm?

Love their use of colored LED (I think) lights throughout the home, especially as under cabinet lighting. Added a nice pop of color that you could easily turn off!

Infinity edge pool? Yes, please.

In my dream home I will have a jack and jill bathroom, like this one.

House #5 – 2311 Peach Tree Street

“This is a new 1,620 sq ft single family residence in the Zilker neighborhood in central Austin. It features a multi-level floor plan including three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a separate dining room and an integrated kitchen/living area. Interior materials include micro topped concrete flooring throughout, custom walnut millwork and exposed CMU feature wall. Exterior materials include CMU, white stucco, and tiger wood. Landscaping is a combination of xeriscape and drought resistant grass.”

Love these walnut bathroom cabinets.

Those circular a/c vents were so retro cool! And on a wall of walnut, even better!

 

House #6 – 701 West Elizabeth Street

“The Elizabeth Residence was built for a family that values their privacy along with natural light. After entering past a custom water feature pouring from a concrete wall the heart of the house opens to a center courtyard visible from the 25′ long 10′ tall glass window wall in the living room. The courtyard is the house’s primary garden for kids and the covered deck acts as the outdoor kitchen. “

I love the concrete facade of this home, combined with the wood to warm it up.

LOVE this garden!

I normally don’t go for this sort of tile, but I love it, especially combined with the penny rounds on the floor.

 

 

House #7 – 609 West Live Oak Street

“South Austin modern design at its best. New construction with 3 Beds, 2.5 Baths plus an office. The home is one story with 2160 sq ft and built with all the latest green features. Located within Austin’s most hip neighborhood, this home adds to the cool vibe that is South Austin with a vintage turquoise fridge, tongue-and-groove wood ceilings, concrete flooring, and an abundance of natural light. It also features an interior atrium and a hookup for an electric car charger in the backyard. This kitchen allows for everyone to converse at dinner parties with its openness to the dining and living room which is a statement of its own with floor to ceiling windows across two walls.”

 

 

I took this photo to remind me that I need to do FLOR tiles in our hallway! Love the look.

You can’t go wrong with a turquoise fridge!

I am not sure how I feel about an atrium (we had one growing up and never used it), but this one is really cute. Love the tile.

That’s all for now! These were my favorite parts of the Austin Modern Home Tour!

 

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

14 Feb

I hope everyone has a fabulous Valentine’s Day, whatever your plans may be. Mike and I are staying in, making dinner together (steak and lobster), drinking some wine, and relaxing. I’m really looking forward to it (especially drinking some dessert wine that I bought on a recent trip to Seattle!)
I wanted to share a few Valentine’s Day cards I made for Zoey to hand out to the other kiddos at daycare today. They were super easy to make – I just used some leftover paper from craft projects, cut out some hearts, and sewed them on the cardstock!

 

mid century modern chair makeover

11 Feb

 

I purchased this mid century modern chair on Ebay for a song almost 4 years ago for Mike, as a surprise. I told him I was going to have it reupholstered and it could be “his” chair. Well, then came a million house renovations and a baby, so this awesome chair sat in the garage collecting dust (a lot of it)! Since we’ve been working on staging the Agave house the past couple of weeks I realized that we really needed a chair to go with the sofa in the living room, but we didn’t have one that would work. Then, I remembered this beauty. So, I dug it out (and boy do I mean dug), stuffed it in the van, and took it to my favorite upholsterer (Cardenas Upholstery if you’re in Austin). He does a great job and he’s cheap ($225 for the labor). The location is a little ghetto but that is why he’s cheap, you aren’t paying for overhead! Oh, and I didn’t even have to pay for new fabric since I had plenty leftover from when Cardenas reupholstered our dining room chairs!

Here are a few more before pics:

And after! (this little shot will give you a sneak peek of the staging at the Agave house)

Anyone happen to know the designer of the chair? It may not be anyone well known, but I thought I’d ask…no tags anywhere to be found…

 

austin modern home tour part 1

8 Feb

We had a super busy weekend! On Saturday, we dropped Zoey off at the drop in daycare and then went to one of my favorite events every year – the Modern Home Tour. It’s like snooping, but without the guilt :) This was our third home tour, and every time it gets better. Though, I have to say I always walk away with some serious cases of house envy and an even longer idea/to do list! I brought my camera along to this one and wanted to share some of my favorite things! (and on Sunday, we worked on staging the Agave house. It’s still not quite done but I think it is looking great and I’ll be posting pics of that soon)

House #1 – Jeff Davis Street

I love the modern California feel of this home, it reminds me of the homes in Agave.

love the modern landscaping, especially the gray landscaping rock

love this kitchen with the walnut cabinets and modern white countertops

love this modern tub

this is a really affordable way to modernize a standard fence by capping it off at the top

cute bedroom

marble countertops, how i love thee.

this textured wallpaper was a really nice way to add some interest to the wall

love this idea to add some interest to a big blank wall – create some wood frames and wrap them in fabric. would also be a great sound absorber.

House #2 – 4502 Balcones Drive

This house was completely amazing.  From the Modern Home Tour website “The house has the feel of a treehouse, perched on the edge of a fractured limestone cliff, which is a part of the eschelon of the Balcones fault. Rooms look either downhill into the tops of trees in the ravine below or uphill into the rock gardens behind the house.”

love the look of these concrete pavers

I have major envy of this outdoor area, especially the amazing fireplace.

the amazing view from the living areas of the home.

This bathroom had a really great design – with the toilet on the left and the shower on the right.

The living area had an entire wall of windows that opened up to the beautifully landscaped yard.

nice modern stairs.

House #3 – 2903 Wade Avenue

“A mid century modern home, originally built in 1964 and recently remodeled.”

This was one of my favorite bathrooms on the tour, because it was BOLD and graphic.

I am in LOVE with the terrazzo flooring.

This clock is so mad men it’s ridiculous.

Ok, this was a favorite bathroom too…the photo doesn’t do it justice.

hello amazing tiled walls and skylight.

Part 2 coming soon, as well as before and after pics of the staging of our Agave house!

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