raw

there's something so lovely about this bare bones kitchen. so little fuss, utilitarian, open, honest. i love the bottom of the sink peeking out from between the baskets in the second image.

the island in this kitchen is strikingly beautiful... uneven, raw old wood, smooth with age...

we have wooden counter tops in our house (and subway tile). i hope someday my counters look this good, echoing of a thousand good meals and a lifetime of laughing in the kitchen...

all images via sanctuary

delicious!

awesome octopus by designer thomas paul
via designs sponge

chalk

anthropologie

so much to love

via abundance

calm and pretty

via design sponge

more stairs, mostly wood

via this old house

perhaps if they were not so steep and had some kind of railing on the other side...
via apartment therapy

obviously needs some sort of handrail...

totally wrong for my house, but really cool.

these two via apartment therapy

i'm seriously considering just taking the stairs out and putting in a ladder at this point.
who knew you could have so much heartache over a set of stairs?
i guess all the people who have owned our house in the last thirty years - which is why this monstrosity was left in our living room (that and they had terrible taste):
the room itself looks nothing like this now: we've torn out all the carpet; refinished and repaired the hardwood floors; replaced the door at the bottom of the stairs; painted, painted, painted... with oriental carpets, reasonable furniture and linen drapes it's beautiful now, except for this monstrosity in the middle of the living room.

stairs

via flickr

via apartment therapy