we did something similar when converting a 2nd floor kitchen to a nursery; re-claimed wood from the rafters of our garage to make a 'mosaic' for the backsplash/change table:

...and looks exactly like the ROM in Toronto. One trick pony?

came to post same thought.

used the martha stewart method for a wall in the kitchen/dining and it worked well, though hard to see in the picture:

i just did this to a similar coffee table, painted it a pastel greeny-blue in a matte paint. i had originally sanded it down and attempted to spray it and then seal it with a lacquer finish, but th...

I just painted an accent wall in my kitchen/dining with home-made chalkboard paint - 1cup of flat latex, any colour to 2 tbsp of un(non?)sanded grout...the entire procedure is explained elsewhere o...

ooh. sold. i have a wall in the kitchen that wants these.

yowza, i am seriously creeped out. our houses are eerily similar!

We're about to install marmoleum click in our kitchen and 'mud room' - but only in one, boring colour! I'm not brave enough, but some of these look great.

I have a couple UO rugs, and yes, they are just screen printed canvas kind of thing...the colour fades pretty quickly if they are in high-traffic area, but over all I'm pretty happy with them, and ...

for our floors, this is the last refinishing they'll endure so we might as well have fun with it. our inspiration came from Sixx Design's farmhouse featured in Living Etc. a year ago.

love the floors. we are about to have all the hardwood in our house painted out white (against the advise of pretty much everyone!). But when it looks this good, it's hard to resist.

take a bunch of classics and put them together in a room and of course it'll look 'nice' but totally unimaginative.

Our house has coved ceilings as well, but still have the rail to define ceiling from walls. the rail is a few inches below the top of the window/door trim. we've painted wall and ceiling the same c...