Before and after hallway... Added juniper logs, cut out niches, slate flooring and venetian plaster walls. The large juniper log we placed at the right of the staircase really changed the previously very contemporary looking angle of the stairway.  Juniper logs are used extensively in southwest decorating and we added several.  The walls were all treated with a latte colored venetian plaster, the floors are random slate and the baseboard is live edge juniper.  We purchased the live edge juniper from a local millwright for $1 per linear foot, put some clear stain on it and my husband installed it himself.  He used small vertical pieces of the saguaro ribs for all the corners - very creative.  He and I built the niches you see in the after picture and the spacing and placement of them was determined by the electrical wiring in the wall.  We tore the wall out about 7" deep, which is how far it was to the side of the linen closet which opens up around the corner from the niche wall.  We are still trying to find another area where we can add some more niches.  All the homes in St. George Utah at the 2002 Parade of Homes had the southwest niches and some were as long as the hallway. 

Love my kitchen remodel -  Kitchen remodeling can be a real hassle - but oh so worth it.  We turned our very functional, European style, extremely white kitchen into our dream southwest kitchen.  We finally have our Verde Fuoco Granite counters we have drooled over for years.  And I did not know how easy granite is to take care of!  We did keep the sub zero fridge and just bought the stainless steel panels for it.  We replaced the cabinets and all the rest of the appliances.  We put at 48" downdraft Jenn-air where the 30" one had been and a Jenn-air 28" warming drawer next to it.  A warming drawer is like a microwave - once you have had one you will always need one.  Couldn't even remember to use it at first and now I don't think I could prepare the huge meals for playoff games and birthday parties without the warming drawer.  We replace the one oven with a Jenn-air double oven and have used it a ton!  We put two copper sinks in the kitchen - one a farmhouse front and one and under mount round bar sink.  The bar sink is in the island which we built a little lower than normal to make it easier for me to use.  We have two garbage disposals and two soap dispensers so it is the kind of kitchen where everyone can help cook and help clean up! 

Pictures from above.  This is my favorite view of our kitchen - from the loft.  The remodeling of the kitchen was a huge project.  We took everything out - track lights, floors, counters and cabinets.  We left the sheet rock but we had venetian plaster applied over it.  We did not change the layout a lot, but where you see the desk area just right of the window we now have a double Jenn-air oven.  We used the Verde Fuoco Granite for most of the countertops with a copper countertop on the long counter under the window.  We found copper faucets, copper soap dispensers and a copper hot water dispenser.  Our copper sinks include a copper farmhouse sink and a round under counter mounted bar sink in the isalnd.  Purchased new stainless steel Miele dishwasher, a stainless steel Jenn-air warming drawer and bought new stainless steel panels for the Sub-Zero refrigerator.  We were going to buy a new one since everything else was being replaced, but our very hones salesman took the model number of this one and told us they had not changed much.  Since the same Sub-Zero fridge was going to be $6000 we kept this one.

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