SYH: 5785
SR: Another sheet set option the downstairs bedroom. The coverlet with the blue and white pattern for the bed is also from Schoolhouse Electric. So, this would be a nice compliment to that coverlet. Crisp 200-thread count percale cotton, the tightly woven fibers provide long-lasting durability with a soft, luxurious feel. Made in Portugal.
SR: Another nice quilt in a linen texture in white for guest bedroom. Good quality mid price point. Has matching shams as well. We have specified two euro and two standard pillows for the bedding. https://www.westelm.com/products/linen-box-stitch-quilt-b3394/?pkey=s~European%20Flax%20Linen%20Box%20Stitch%20Quilt%20%26%20Shams%20%7C%20West%20Elm~19
SR: This is a great basic quilt in white that would be nice for the basement guest bedroom. Lower price point but still good quality. Has matching shams as well. We have specified two euro and two standard pillows for the bedding. We like this quilt option. Again an area to save some money but still look nice. https://www.westelm.com/products/tencel-pick-stitch-quilt-shams-b3614/?pkey=s~silky%20tencel%20pick%20stitch%20quilt~5
SR; Here is another option, that is at the lower end of our budget range, but also a really great looking option. This is not as ergonomic and full functioning as the the herman miller one but maybe perfectly fine. However, this particular one has a brass base. Thoughts? Nothing about this chair I like as we are not fans of yellow (prefer black/gray/blue for the space), not a brass fan at all, would like it to be ergonomic and comfortable.
I can appreciate Herman Miller, but way more than what I want to spend on an office chair. I am would like to keep the chairs at $350-$400. It comes to comfort and need to sit in it as well. If it is great max $500 per chair. Not fan of yellow, but silver looks nice. In this space plastic black or gray space would work for us. I am content looking at Staples or Best Buy for this item. SR: Here is an option for the office chairs. It is a Herman Miller Aluminum Group chair. This is at the high end of our budget numbers, but a really high quality piece. In our fun color we had put into the model. Is your office seating something you want to spend some money on, like we discussed yesterday on the zoom call ? I'll add some other options as well so you can see the range of options you have.
SY: This is a booth we designed a few years back. It is a good example of your banquette bench style (not these finishes), with an end drawer for storage. Yours won't have a back, though - just pillows - because of window height behind. We could also make the lids open up to save $$, but that would be less readily accessible. SCHNS: We are good with lids that open to save $$. SY: got it
SY: I wonder about a medium/dark blueish gray on the office cabinetry, with a wood top and a wood table in the center... and I have your [former] tv console in that room too, so there is more wood to balance and warm things up. With light bright walls like this so it's not too dark. SCHNS: We like the coloring and concept
SY: here you go - medium blue-gray casework in craft/office area, but with warm wood tops like this (rather than the light wood tops in the image to the left). Note that your center table would be all the warm wood color, more like the image to the right. Your floors are lighter LVP... and your walls will be light and bright like this so it's not too dark.
SY: wood and the right blue-gray are gorgeous together. I'm going to wear my TRUST ME shirt next Tuesday so you believe me that we need to mix up all that wood. :). We are fine with mixing up the woods. SCHNS: We really like the blue grey. SY: YAY! Me too! And I didn't even have to put on my special t-shirt!
SY: this for office builtins, but with wood desktops and wood table/island, and wood trim and floor....ok
SY: coverlet from Schoolhouse and is reversible so that the field is white and the lines are blue. Nice to have that option.
SY: Same bedroom you liked below. This coverlet is from Schoolhouse.
SY: bed and color scheme - but I don't like this rug. SCHNS: Agree.
SY: this is the piece I could see pairing with the other shorter dresser as bedside tables in the guest room. similar finish and good sizes for the purpose - though we didn't get a height and diameter on this little guy. Could you measure and share those dimensions please? And does this pair work for you for that purpose? SCHNS: Height 25 3/8 x 28 wide diameter. Base is 17.5 x 17.5. If it works great if not ok too
SY: this was one of the dressers we were thinking of repurposing in the guest room for bedside tables. ok? SCHNS: That would work. Yes
SY: I love this little dresser, and wanted to repurpose this as a bedside table but 1) it doesn't match the other one that well, and 2) it is 38" high. Thoughts on repurposing this upstairs? SCHNS: Maybe if we could change up Ava's bedroom we could move it around
SY: large 34" square mirror will maximize mirror space over that small vanity (and we can do it if we put light above, as you prefer). SCHNS: Sounds good
SY: Kohler round undermount sink - will save counterspace in that small bathroom vanity. SCHNS: We like undermount sinks
Hello! I'm digging in this week in anticipation of our preliminary presentation next week! So, quick responses will keep me moving along! I am working on a bathroom with your LVP floors, white tile shower and half walls as shown in this image (to keep things bright), and forest green walls. So pretty! I know that Joel doesn't like subway tile - what do you mean by that? Traditional subway tiles are 3x6 rectangles. Would you/he like larger white rectangles? Smaller (as shown in this image)? Marbled? A different shape or installation pattern? I'm looking for white and simple and clean and affordable. SCHNS: Really just don't care for the stark whiteness of subway tiles. SY: got it. I'll try marbled!
SY: if you dislike subway tile, perhaps a large format marbled tile? not necessarily marble, but a porcelain that reads like marble. Also note the shower floor: we can do a ready made base or tile. Obviously the former is more affordable, and I think it ties just fine to the other white elements in the space. Your thoughts?
SY: large format marble tile shower and walls. with tile floor in shower here. thoughts? SCHNS: We like this but prefer the other marbled wall (smaller)
SY: acrylic shower base with large format marbled tile walls. SCHNS: We would like tile on the shower base. We like this marble tile the best. SY: AOK!
SY: shelf on this vanity, marble top, brassy pulls (which we could mix with your oil rubbed bronze plumbing fixtures, or swap out for something else if you don't like brass). Thoughts on this look and function? SCHNS: Don't like at all. Don't want an open area underneath.
SY: oil rubbed bronze, marbled top, nice storage, traditional lines. You like? Not this piece necessarily - just looking for your response to design and details like base style, pull style and finish, countertop style, etc.
SY: a pretty, furniture effect here, with these legs and pulls. thoughts? SCHNS: No legs. Like pulls over knobs. Like that the drawers/cabinets look bigger.
SY: again a more furniture effect. you can choose the hardware color here if you don't like the brass. and in fact, we may just have your cabinet builder make this, since he's making your kitchnette and office - this is just for style. SCHNS: Don't like the base.
SY: there are, of course, various ways to light a vanity mirror, and various mirror shapes. Here, a round mirror with an overhead light. Thoughts on mirror shape and lighting, if any? (If not, I'll just run with what I think works best!). SCHNS: Do not like this look at all. Don't like a round mirror.
SY: Here, a large rectangular (rounded corner) mirror, flanked by two sconces. SCHNS: Don't like the sconces.
SY: more traditional shaded sconces. SCHNS: Too formal looking.
SY: large rectangular mirror flanked by bar sconces. These provide are very direct and useful lighting for tasks like makeup and shaving. Also check out this vanity: just a few inches off the floor. Do you like, or would you prefer toe kick to floor?
SY: overhead bar/picture lighting. Also, I assume you like this shaker front cabinet door rather than flat front as shown on the blue vanity in the next image, right? SCHNS: Shaker fits with the decor of the house. Bar/picture lighting is more to our taste.
SY: again, rounded rectangular mirror flanked by sconces, but these sconces stick out rather than go vertically. SCHNS: Don't care for these sconces either. They stick out too much. We like the vanity. Not fan of the mirrors
SY: ok! I have deep green on the bathroom walls, with white tile shower and chair rail, white vanity and your LVP wood-like flooring. So pretty! SCHNS: I like this green. Joel is a little worried about a white vanity
SY: I think you didn't like a similar headboard to this earlier, right? I'm assuming you'd prefer simpler, but I like these colors, do you? (They also play nicely with the green-white-and-wood bathroom scheme). I'm thinking bed should be upholstered, amid all the wood furniture you will have in there. (I'm hoping to reuse both your dressers as night stands.) SCHNS: Not sure which dressers you are talking about? Like the color scheme. Like the upholstered look.
SY: simpler upholstered headboard like this - good? This also has a footboard - thoughts on that? And what about this sort of sweet bench? I don't think you need a bunch of extra storage in this room in a bench. You have loads of storage furniture (dressers x 3) and a big closet. SCHNS: Like this headboard the best. We have tall family members 6'7" so no footboard. Simple bench is best.
SY: we have a couple options to show you - one just takes over that hall and enables all equipment, facing tv, in one space! SCHNS: From our last email, your goal was to have everything facing where a TV will be mounted. It sounded like we have a solution of either no bike in the room or it might not face the TV. We want to keep all exercise equipment in the same room. If needed we can discuss the storage room & shelving.SY: Yikes, friends, I don't think all this exercise equipment is going to fit. Tell me your priorities? Can anything go elsewhere? I was able to get everything in without the Marcy Smith... I do wonder if we can take over 1) the hall, entering the exercise room right at the bottom of the stair, and 2) some of the storage room? We could build some shelves in the storage room to maximize that space. Maybe send me some pics of the utility/storage room - we didn't take any.
We do like the idea of some closed & open storage. We do want the stained wood look but not feeling the wood with white look. SY: an example of mixing wood and white and closed and open...
We are not fans of light/pastel/sage types of green. Rich dark (hunter) greens preferable. SY: how about this bathroom palette? rich and warm, with your wood laminate floor. Trying to get at Dea's desire for it to feel natural / outside brought in. This is a more subdued green than the one below - does Joel like? I love this image/palette and think it could translate very well.
We like this richer green color with the wood. White in the bathroom could work. We would like the idea of keeping oil rubbed bronze accents & hardware. SY: another variant of that muted green / white / wood palette for bathroom. maybe I would bring in some black (perhaps your oil rubbed bronze) accents. thoughts? I like this green more than the sage or paler ones.
Not a fan of light green/sage greenSY: how does this tile effect strike you? wood on floors, white walls... trying to feel a bit of the natural effect you're talking about.
Do not like at all. Prefer rich colors or neutral beige tile SY: chester sage tile from somer tile (3x12)
We prefer more traditional enclosed shower SY: you could do a single fixed glass (divided like this or clear) in the shower for ease. the bathroom is small so the whole space will likely be warm. thoughts?
We like this SY: ...or you could do a (more traditional and expensive) full width pivoting glass door like this. We like this one.
I see what you are saying, good point. SY: lovely. We will need to be careful with this idea, because you can't see the stairs from inside the bedroom - so you don't want it to look weird, with just an angled line segmenting off the wall. (But I'm confident we can achieve this!)
SY: just saw this on instagram the other day.
SCHNS: One of the walls in bedroom runs under the stairs. Could this be an option? SY: sweet. Yes. :)
We can work out detail of under the stairs as we have several pictures & you seem confident we can make it work. SCHNS: Again option for closet/space without eating up floor space. SY: sweet! yes, I think this could work well! Great idea. :)
We like the blue wall, the rug. Not a fan of all the white. We like the idea of bed footstool (not this style, wooden or fabric as long as it could be used for storage). Posted by SCHNS. SY: tell me more here? what do you like here?
SY: great! Will use this layout as inspiration. SCHNS: Joel is a huge fan of this picture with the exception of the wall color. Mix of open and closed cabinets/shelving. Stained wood looks very much like our house. Looks very professional & office concept he is seeking. Wall color can be neutral beige type to rich color. Would want great lighting as it does seem dark in spots in picture. Posted by SCHNS. SY: tell me more here? what do you like?
We are big fans of this picture with the wood, functional sitting areas around windows, the french door. Just to be sure, when you saw SW are you talking about near the utility room where we have the mower? We were thinking the NE corner to have table & bench sitting as well or in place of SW. SCHNS: Sitting by one of the main windows? plus a small table for eating or games SY: yes, very like what I was thinking for the southwest corner of the room. With a kitchenette where this image shows French doors.
Another duvet insert idea: https://www.westelm.com/products/blended-down-duvet-insert-b3376/?pkey=s~feather%20down%20insert~11
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