I have kept this issue of Country Living for one piece - the home of Theresa Smith in Kentucky, who transformed a double wide (28 x 72 foot) mobile home into a fabulous home. Not only is the kitchen nothing like a cookie cutter kitchen, she painted the whole place white with the exception of her office done in bright red. I love it when people take something so ordinary and turn it into extraordinary. I have photographed the best here and still love to look at this piece for inspiration. You will too -
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| Issue from June 2007 |
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| Who needs a McMansion?? This has 4 bedrooms and is 2,016 square feet - Theresa ordered it with as few walls as possible to keep it light and airy |
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| I still can't believe this is the living room! Fabulous! Theresa's ingenious use of wood, lino, crystal, metal and marble is unlike anything I have seen -and the pediment is so unusual here above the sofa instead of curtains. None of the windows have curtains, they have metal swirly things (I have no idea what they are called!!) Theresa is the master mixer of textures - |
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| This kitchen is so unique - Theresa Smith had all the standard cabinets taken out and put in her own idea of what would work here such as a retail shop table and antique vintage cabinets-on the right shows her collections of white antique ironstone and the industrial sink and faucet - notice the metal all over mixing with the wood (note the window above the sink and the decorative metal accent used as 'curtains') |
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| Close up of the fab kitchen details-she also added an outdoor wire metal table with glass top and chairs for eating |
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| The red office and details on the left of the sun room on the above right; note an actual front porch here!! So cool - |
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| The master bedroom in all white with superb use of textures here giving the room a truly vintage feel - metal, glass, pearls, marble crystal and her grandmother's collection of beads, pearls, hats and bags |
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| Theresa's husband Craig makes and sells candelabra's like this one shown - so unique |
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| Close up of the bed and side tables |
(all images photographed and edited by me)
(original images Keith Scott Morton)
(original article written by Jill Kirchner Simpson)
Would you do a transformation like this? Could you?
I would LOVE to live here - what are your thoughts?
Design DO or DON'T?
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