My pinboards are filled with inspiration from textiles to paint colors to just the way a room feels. But sometimes, it’s difficult to see that beautiful room on your favorite blogs or Pinterest with high ceilings and lots of windows and implement the same ideas into your own space. Or maybe you have, and it was a fail–this recent article empathizes with you.
Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home.
We have teamed up with Loloi to create a line of rugs that are as affordable as they are beautiful. This collection houses a great mix of traditional and modern rugs, in cottage-y colorways, as well as vintage-inspired beauties that you’ll want to roll out in every room.
We partnered with Stuga on a line of hardwood floors — The Ingrid is really livable, and the color is very neutral. It doesn’t lean warm or cool, it’s that just right in-between. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house. It’s the best jumping-off point for design, no matter your interior style. In addition to being beautiful, Ingrid is really durable — we have three kids, and we always have a home construction project going on. Ingrid stands up to it all.
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Haha, your last house was my house twin. You’ve provided tons of inspiration, I just need the funds and motivated husband to help me.
Twinsies, ftw!
Wowza, that truly IS your house twin!
I have a similar great room as well! I’ve been in my home for 3 months now and I’m ready to change up the ceiling lights a bit. The kitchen area has pot lights, the dining area has a chandelier and the living room area has a ceiling fan. My biggest issue is that the ceiling fan and chandelier aren’t in alignment.
Are there any handy rules for ceiling lighting in a great room?
We once found our literal house twin when we lived in a Queen Anne Victorian home in eastern Iowa. About 5-6 blocks away was the exact same layout, square footage, design, everything. Same stair case, same ceilings, same fireplace placement, etc. Some differences, such as paint color and porches – our house used to have a wrap-around porch, but a small fire destroyed it. This house still had the wrap around. People in our house had also closed off a small space inside (which we hated, and the next owners tore it down for us), and this house never had the walls built to close off the space. It was pretty cool to find!
Woah, I had to do a double take! That is exciting! I’d love to find a house twin. Gotta keep looking…
oooh, i can totally see why your house twin excites you! so much potential. can’t wait to see what y’all do with it!
Oooh love it when that happens. So helpful to really picture the space with a different layout/furniture/colours, etc. Plus… that room is gorge!!
Hope the floors are going well!
Your house twin is gorgeous. Do it!!! Oh my, I can’t wait for the befores and afters.
Now would be the time to add a conduit for electricity under the floor… could perhaps have a table lamp on an end table by your sofa.
Oh shoot! The prime time may have passed and I am KICKING myself right now.
That inspiration photo is gorgeous!