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Rustic and warm wedding table setting

November 11, 2016 By Lisa Goulet

Well, so far I’m hitting a new post every 6 weeks…Yikes. I will be trying to improve my deplorable record in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned…..

As I previously mentioned, my son got married at the end of September at our cottage, it was a beautiful day, sunny and a little cool, perfect when you are doing plenty of eating and drinking ;-).

This wedding was a labour of love and we had many personal touches to make the day extra special for the newlyweds. My new son-in-law shares of love of all things decor and DIY with me, so we kind of went to town on wedding DIY decor.

The rustic and warm table settings got many oohs and aah so I thought I’d share them here with you. Justin, had a very specific vision for them and I just gave him a hand implementing his ideas. I think they turned out beautifully.

They had decided on terrariums for the centrepieces, together with some vintage silver vessels filled with tiny baby succulents.

Aren’t they adorable? We managed to get most of them done with lots of family help, on the long weekend in September. The large terrariums were given to the wedding party as a thank you for being part of this special day and we hope they live a very long life in their new homes.

I think the first thing that was decided upon, was to use burlap runners (hard to see in the following pics). I found ready made ones online but they were a little short for our long wood tables, so I just sewed two together to make it work for us.

The table numbers were printed up on paper that looked like chalkboards and we just inserted them into these budget friendly white frames. The name tags were also printed professionally and placed in “previously loved” wood branch place card holders.

The caterers provided the gorgeous wood boards, and votives and we think that the terrariums looked absolutely spectacular on them.

Together with some beautifully simple white platters and dishes, that pop…. and…VOILA!

You have a simple, rustic yet so interesting and warm wedding table setting.

Filed Under: Cottage, decor, design professional, Dining, DIY, Events, Exterior, Haven, inspiration, natural, nature, Wedding Tagged With: burlap, cottage, design, dining, DIY, events, exterior, outdoors, planning, succulents, table setting, terrariums, wedding

‘Modern meets rustic and tangles with industrial’ kitchen reno update

December 10, 2015 By Lisa Goulet

Well, if that title isn’t a mouth full, I don’t know what is. Obviously, trying to come up with catchy titles isn’t my strong suit…so modern/rustic/industrial kitchen it is.

It’s been awhile since I posted any updates on this ongoing reno, but not to fear things have been moving along, slowly…but still moving forward.

When I last left you, I had posted about the finishing touches and we were patiently waiting for the new cabinetry boxes to be done. Well, they were finished up fairly quickly and installed. Which meant lots, lots and I mean lots, of boxes filled with various kitchen paraphernalia, most of which will not be making their way back into the new kitchen.

Once the cabinet boxes were installed, the counter fabricators came in to template the kitchen and about two weeks ago the new counters were installed.

Swoon……(excuse the reflection in the photo, my bad…)

The Caesarstone quartz looks exactly as I had expected it to look, warm, calm and natural. The perfect compliment to the busy, stone island wall. The stone, black island cabinets, hardwood floor and the quartz make me very, very happy.

And speaking of counters, I had originally wrestled with the thought of putting butcher block (which I had in my previous cottage kitchen and loved) on the lowered cabinet area (under the windows) to break up the quartz and to also make this area look even more like a piece of furniture. Well, I had decided to keep things simple and just go with quartz everywhere. But when my fabricator came to measure, we discovered that we would be short with two slabs and we would need to order a third to complete all the counters. Well, I felt that it was a big neon sign that I should go back to my original thought about the butcher block and it would also keep our budget in order.

So, off I went to Ikea and I picked up the Hammarp countertop in Oak, the best match with the oak flooring and the golden oak stained pine.

I also received this stunningly gorgeous runner from West elm that I had ordered a few weeks ago and placed it up against the blue/grey cabinets. Isn’t it charming?

And for my November birthday, I asked hubby for some new everyday dishes. The current ones at the cottage are a hodge podge of my first set of dishes, my Mom’s old dishes, my sister-in-law’s, mother-in-law’s old dishes (I knowwww) and the previous owner’s dishes. I mean…really…..it was time to move them all out to their new homes and get some fresh new ones. I knew I wanted white, organic, matte and durable. It took quite some time to find and commit, but I’m thrilled with my new dishes. I think they will be so pretty sitting up there on the wood shelves.

And speaking of the wood shelves, when I was in Miami last week for Modenus Talks Miami (stay tuned for a future post), we spent some time at DesignMiami. And when I saw this vintage 1950’s credenza in all its live edge loveliness, I knew this was exactly the look I wanted for the shelves. So, I will be sanding my little heart out to get the rough maple slabs, currently in my garage, to get to this look. But it will be well worth it, don’t you think?

That’s it for now. Thanks for reading. If you are interested in the previous posts on the kitchen, here’s the links.

Appliances, lighting and faucets, oh my!

Changes, compromises and cabinets

Industrial farmhouse kitchen reno update

Rustic/industrial/farmhouse kitchen makeover

Filed Under: COLOUR, Cottage, decor, Haven, inspiration, Kitchen, natural, renovation Tagged With: Alpine Mist quartz, black kitchen island, blue/grey kitchen, butcher block, cottage, counters, decor, exterior, Farmhouse, hammarp, industrial, kitchen, log home, modern, quartz, renovation, runner, rustic

A fire table and a photo gallery wall

July 8, 2014 By Lisa Goulet

Well, I’m happy to report that the fire table was up and running this past weekend, just in time for our wonderful avalanche of guests for the next month. Click here to see my previous post which shows our inspiration for the table.

We christened it on Saturday night with some good friends and a little bit of Prosecco, they were kind enough to bring.

Here’s a little better shot of it the next morning. My hubby did such a great job of it. I picture many evenings here with a glass of wine….sigh….

So totally in love with it, but a little disconcerting when later Saturday night, the bugs just kept flying right into the flames. We are now nicknaming it, the insect crematorium 🙂

And on another note, I’ve started a photo gallery wall in the upstairs hall. It’s been a long time coming, since I wanted to do it ever since we moved in. Keep in mind that it is just in the beginning stages and it will be added to in the years to come, as it’s a very long hall. My friend, Mary Anne was kind enough to donate some of her antique finds and I thought they would be a great addition to the gallery wall. I always like to mix it up and not just have photos and artwork on a gallery wall.

Here’s my process, first I trace the outline of the frames on to newspaper and then cut them out. With painters tape I arrange them on the wall. This way you can change it up until you like what you see. Much easier than putting a huge amount of nails in the wall. This picture was taken after I had already hung some new frames, I did use the newspaper trick for them as well, just didn’t get a shot of it :-/