Our Home in Tuscan Style

I am so happy to announce that our own home is featured in the Spring/Summer issue of Tuscan Style that is now on newsstands. Locally Star Market in Salinas has copies as well as the Safeway at the mouth of the Valley in Carmel.  It can also be purchased at Barnes and Noble and often at Home Depot. The photos of our home begin on page 132.

I want to thank the editors for bearing with us.  The original scouting photos were of the downstairs before we painted it white.  The walls were glazed and the cabinets were green.  Bonnie sent them some sneak peeks of the changes that were taking place and thankfully they did not have a heart attack.
Here is what the kitchen looked like before with the dated glazed walls, and original mexican tile that had seen better days.
 
Here is the lovely after photo taken by John Granen and styled by the wonderful Bonnie Broten. We painted and glazed the cupboards, the concrete overlay counters were done by the wonderful Brenda Davis.   You can read about that here http://roughluxeperspective.blogspot.com/2014_03_01_archive.html. 


John Granen for Tuscan Style
Here is a sneak peek of our dining room. This is one  of the pictures that did not make the cut. There is a beautiful full room photo by John in the magazine.

John Granen for Tuscan Style


John Granen for Tuscan Style
I love this picture of our dining room table.  The beauty of having pictures taken by a professional. Steve made this table when we were first married.  He used an old quilting frame base and hand scraped new boards for the top.  We banged it with chains, picks, nails etc. to give it some character. I then layered multiple finishes.
A sneak peek of our bedroom. another photo that was not chosen. Bed linens by Trish Banner of Cottage by Design and Pom Pom at Home.
 
John Granen
Our living room styled by the fabulous Bonnie Broten. Slipcovers are by the amazing Katie Baker.

john granen for Tuscan Style

I will post more pictures with sources and out takes after the magazine has been on the stands for awhile.
I want to thank the wonderful team of Bonnie Broten (editor and stylist extraordinaire),  John Granen for capturing the character of our home through his lens, and writer Nancy Richman Milligan for telling our story with such grace. As many of you know we plan to downsize sometime in the near future so we are so grateful that we have this photographic record of a home that has been so near and dear to our family.