Den to Dining Room Make-over (part three, details and finishes)
Part One (Planning)
Part Two (Tear out and re-build)
At this point the millwork was delivered, stained and finished, and we began installing it. There’s a lot of trim for a room this size and it’s a big element of the overall design. The ceiling molding creates a transition from vertical to horizontal and the panel molding breaks the walls up into vertical rectangles, as shown below. This photo also shows the case that hangs from the ceiling. A small pendant light shines through a translucent section of the cabinet back.
Other lighting elements include track lights along the ceiling on one side and mounted to the bottom of the hanging case, primarily for illuminating artwork...
...and a central fixture, a “Firefly Pendant” from CB2:
Earlier I mentioned that we were using carpet squares from FLOR. We went through several designs using their FLORbuilder app.
The first I’ll call “Weave”. This was a little dull, and when we saw samples of the rope like texture we didn’t like it:
The second one I call “Hammers” because the shapes look like mallets to me. This was made up of several versions of synthetic sisal. I like the design, but there are too many browns, in combination with the walls and trim:
In an attempt to get some color in the room, I came up with this:
Maybe a little too bold. The final design I call “Coltrane” because I actually pulled some of the colors off the type on the cover of this book that was on my desk:
I guess what I should be saying is that the pattern and colors remind me of the musical structure of “A Love Supreme”, but let’s be honest.
This is actually a great way to pick colors and textures, working from something that is visually appealing to you like a painting, an advertisement, anything that appeals to your eye.
With a printout of the finished design, we started to lay out the floor:
Once the back corner of the room was done, we moved the piano on top of the new floor:
This is an image of the finished floor. We held the baseboard up off the old floor enough to allow us to tuck the carpet squares under it:
Next: Part Four (The End)
Part Two (Tear out and re-build)
At this point the millwork was delivered, stained and finished, and we began installing it. There’s a lot of trim for a room this size and it’s a big element of the overall design. The ceiling molding creates a transition from vertical to horizontal and the panel molding breaks the walls up into vertical rectangles, as shown below. This photo also shows the case that hangs from the ceiling. A small pendant light shines through a translucent section of the cabinet back.
Other lighting elements include track lights along the ceiling on one side and mounted to the bottom of the hanging case, primarily for illuminating artwork...
...and a central fixture, a “Firefly Pendant” from CB2:
Earlier I mentioned that we were using carpet squares from FLOR. We went through several designs using their FLORbuilder app.
The first I’ll call “Weave”. This was a little dull, and when we saw samples of the rope like texture we didn’t like it:
The second one I call “Hammers” because the shapes look like mallets to me. This was made up of several versions of synthetic sisal. I like the design, but there are too many browns, in combination with the walls and trim:
In an attempt to get some color in the room, I came up with this:
Maybe a little too bold. The final design I call “Coltrane” because I actually pulled some of the colors off the type on the cover of this book that was on my desk:
I guess what I should be saying is that the pattern and colors remind me of the musical structure of “A Love Supreme”, but let’s be honest.
This is actually a great way to pick colors and textures, working from something that is visually appealing to you like a painting, an advertisement, anything that appeals to your eye.
With a printout of the finished design, we started to lay out the floor:
Once the back corner of the room was done, we moved the piano on top of the new floor:
This is an image of the finished floor. We held the baseboard up off the old floor enough to allow us to tuck the carpet squares under it:
Next: Part Four (The End)