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Instead of Flattening This Sloped Yard, They Built Stone Steps Right Into the Hillside

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The side yard dropped from the upper lawn toward a brick patio beside the house, with a short set of masonry steps handling only part of the grade change. Grass covered much of the slope, while the route between the two levels stayed close to the brick wall. Landscape company @wheatslandscape excavated the hillside and replaced that route with a longer set of stone steps that follows the existing grade. Large boulders were set beside the path instead of building tall retaining walls around a straight staircase. Wide stone slabs climb through the slope in several sections, changing direction as the grade rises toward the upper yard. Planting beds, grass, and boulders fill the ground between the steps and house, turning the former side-yard passage into part of the garden. Brick Patio Met a Steep Side-Yard Slope @wheatslandscape Brick paving covered the lower area outside the sliding door, while several narrow masonry steps climbed beside the house. The upper lawn sat well above t...
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He Spray Painted the Kitchen Cabinets Etruscan Red and the Gray Stone Counters Look Like They Were Chosen Together

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Gray cabinet doors once surrounded the stone counters in this kitchen, with more cabinetry built into a large island at the center. The renovation kept those fitted units while other parts of the room were stripped back for new flooring, backsplash tile, and decorating. @themobilespray Instagram creator @themobilespray prepared and primed the existing doors before spraying the cabinetry in Farrow & Ball Etruscan Red with a matte finish. Chrome knobs and handles returned after the new color went on. The deep red-brown paint changes how the gray stone counters read across the perimeter and island. Their black, gray, cream, and brown movement now sits against a cabinet color with enough depth to compete with such a prominent surface. Renovation Left the Existing Cabinetry in Place @themobilespray Cabinet doors had already been removed when work began, exposing the wood-toned interiors around the back wall and island. The stone counters remained fitted throughout the renovation,...
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You’d Never Guess What This Mid-Century Cabinet Was Designed to Hide

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Closed, this long wood cabinet could pass for a mid-century credenza. Tapered legs, book-matched wood grain, sculpted pulls, and a woven front panel give few clues about what sits beneath its top. u/MartySpiderManMcFly Furniture once did more than hold televisions, records, and audio equipment. Manufacturers built the technology into the furniture itself, turning radios and record players into consoles meant to occupy the living room alongside tables, chairs, and cabinets. This example is a Loewe Opta Fonovox stereo console spotted at an estate sale by Reddit user u/MartySpiderManMcFly . Beneath its wood panels sits a tube radio and multi-record player, with the wide grille across the lower front concealing the speakers. Closed Panels Keep the Electronics Out of Sight u/MartySpiderManMcFly Nothing on the upper surface resembles the controls of a stereo. Two wood sections span the cabinet, each fitted with a dark sculpted handle. Thin tapered legs raise the long case from the floo...
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The Light Fixture Above the Dining Table Is Getting as Much Attention as the Table

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Dining tables tend to claim the center of the room through size alone, but these spaces give the fixture overhead just as much visual weight. Large metal globes span wood tabletops, woven pendants form clusters, crystal chandeliers sit above heavy pedestal tables, and sculptural bulbs turn the space between the table and ceiling into part of the dining area. What stands out is how often the fixture is chosen in relation to the table rather than the room as a whole. Long tables support pairs of pendants or chandeliers, round tables sit beneath broad shades or clustered forms, and substantial wood furniture is balanced by glass, metal, woven fibers, or exposed bulbs. The light above the table becomes part of the furniture composition instead of an object added after it. Oversized White Pendant Breaks Up the Straight Lines The white pendant drops from the high ceiling into a broad teardrop form that takes up much of the space above the rectangular dining table. Its narrow neck keeps...
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Forget Small Burgundy Accents, These Rooms Commit to the Color

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Burgundy has spent years appearing in interiors through cushions, rugs, and small decor, but these rooms give the deep red shade far more surface area. Walls, sofas, storage units, curtains, shelving, and upholstered beds carry the color across spaces built around dark wood, black, gray, pink, and pale timber. Recent design coverage has also put burgundy back in focus, with the shade appearing across painted rooms, cabinetry, upholstery, and lacquered finishes. The examples here show how much the result changes depending on where the color lands and which material carries it. Some rooms use one large burgundy element against a dark backdrop, while others repeat related red tones across several surfaces. Changes in texture, finish, and surrounding colors keep each approach distinct. Burgundy Upholstery Can Carry Most of the Color Two rust-burgundy sofas occupy much of the seating area, putting the color across a broad horizontal section without matching paint. Charcoal walls and ...
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He Spray Painted the Oak Cabinets Brilliant White and Suddenly the Dark Backsplash Stands Out

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Solid oak cabinets covered both sides of this kitchen, with honey-toned doors above and below the worktops. Gray subway tile, beige counters, gray floor tile, a black sink, and dark appliances surrounded the wood. @themobilespray Instagram creator @themobilespray kept the fitted cabinetry and changed its finish instead. The solid oak doors needed more than a coat of paint, since knots and cracks had to be filled before sanding began. High-build primer prepared the wood for several topcoats in Brilliant White with a satin finish. The process changed the dominant surface in the room while retaining the raised-panel doors, decorative trim, cabinet boxes, worktops, backsplash, flooring, and appliances. Solid Oak Covered Both Sides of the Kitchen @themobilespray Honey-toned oak covered the base cabinets, drawers, and upper cabinets beside the range. Raised center panels and routed edges gave each door a detailed profile, while decorative molding ran beneath the wall cabinets. Gray s...
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