Sunday October 6, 9:30am-5pm

Self guided tour of 4 homes in Pasadena, Aracadia, & La Cañada.

I began this design project in 2012. The scope of the project included the master bedroom, library, dining room, three children’s rooms, and other elements added to the living, game and family rooms. I custom designed most of the furnishings for the home. The project is featured along with the other homes ont he tour in this months Pasadena Magazine. 

In honor of its 40th anniversary of service to the homeless of the San Gabriel Valley, and to help men, women, and children rebuild their lives and end homelessness, a portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to Union Station Homeless Service of Pasadena.

Next in line was finding in stock tile to use for the backsplash.  My client and I were off to the tile showroom to see what we could find.  We fell in love with this “woven” pattern stainless steel tile and amazingly there was enough in stock for us and we had it in in 2 days!  I love how it reflects the light and how the metal balances with the wood.

The blue Dunn Edwards paint color tied the whole kitchen together along with the attached breakfast room.  I chose a medium tone wood stain for the cabinets.  We played around with the finisher for a few hours trying different things, and in the end came up with a stain that pulled out the grain in the wood with the darker almost black stain.  He then wiped off the remaining stain leaving the beautiful walnut color on the majority of the cabinet faces.

We chose a simple stainless bar style hardware for function and for pulling the wood cabinets together with the stainless appliances, sink, and backsplash. To balance the black counters on the other side of the room, we painted the door to the laundry room with black chalkboard paint.  It’s a great fun touch for a great fun family!