I think we are long overdue for an update on our own house. And we’ve made a lot of progress since our months of dishes in the tub. The kids were the best little helpers!
First, our floors. We went with white oak #2 grade that we took up the stairs and down the hallways. We had the installer space the planks to give the floors an old look and feel and to really embrace what is already natural for wood to do (shrink and expand). We also did a herringbone pattern in the entry which is my absolute favorite detail!
And please forgive the terrible quality of pictures.
Steve wanted to try something a little different to finish the floors by fuming them with Ammonia. This naturally darkens the wood and is probably a more common practice with furniture and smaller areas. And did we find our house is very inefficient with its old wood windows making it take about a week for the fumes to do their work.
Finished product with a sealant mixed with gray and white.
And then our marble. Just the most incredible slab! From MGS by Design.
And our cabinets…
See this post for our design shots and this post for the before pictures of our kitchen. We clearly have a lot of finishes (tile backsplash, some hardware, base and case, light fixtures, and of course, paint) to complete. and Steve is just dying to get started on the trim work.
And if I had to pick a favorite piece, it would be this one..
But I could use some help deciding on hardware. The blue tape just doesn’t cut it.
Cabinets by Benjamin Blackwelder. Designed by Ben, Steve and Allison. I helped. 
What appliance company is your stove from?
We ordered our stove online and it’s a Fratelli Onofri. We love it!
so gorgeous! I love your floors & cabinets and pretty much everything! we are hopefully doing a custom build in the spring and was just wondering about your floors…I love the color – what kind of gray stain/sealant did you apply?
thanks for sharing! I love your work!
We actually fumigated our floors with ammonia to naturally darken the floors. Then we picked a couple of white and gray stains from Home Depot and mixed them until we liked the color. We were really excited with how it turned out!
Your kitchen is going to be beautiful! I love your hardware and faucet! Where did you get them?
The hardware on our white cabinets are from Pottery Barn and the hutch hardware is from Restoration Hardware. The faucet is a Bella Forte and we ordered it from Standard Plumbing. Thanks!
Sorry – my comment about the carrara marble was supposed to be on this post! I’d love any info you can give me about how it’s holding up in the kitchen with kids!
Thanks.
Our marble is honed and it’s one of our favorite features of our kitchen! Yes, it will eventually get marked up and you can see what the experts at MGS say about etching HERE. But this honed marbled will patina and age with the home like an old Italian kitchen and holds up great with kids. Polished countertops will eventually lose their polish so I figured to just embrace it. I hope this helps!
I adore the floors. Nice job. I am so happy to see the Fratelli stove too, I almost chose it for our reno but finally settled on the Aga. The desk area is gorgeous. Please post the finished product can’t wait to see.