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LAUNDRY
KITCHEN
DINING ROOM BEDROOM
BATHROOM
LIVING ROOM BEDROOM
THE FLOOR PLAN The house is only 884 square feet, with rooms running into one another, so a unified palette was key to a cohesive look.
Dining Room
This central room is the home’s main hangout area, so RS set it up with ample seating: industrial stools, plus curvy bentwood-style chairs in metal, to balance the boxy wooden table. Soft neutrals call for a bold rug. This graphic blackand-white one has a flat weave, which won’t trap crumbs. Painted a bright mint green, the kitchen door pops. But the biggest wow factor comes from a lighting switchup: clunky ceiling fan out, gorgeous globe lights in.
BEFORE: DINING ROOM (FOREGROUND) AND LIVING ROOM
TO BUY: Saxon stools by Ampersand, $80 each, bedbathandbeyond.com. Vintage Inspire side chairs by TMS, $135 for two, wayfair.com/RSbentwood. Reade Stripe dhurrie rug, $495 (5 by 7 feet), serenaandlily.com. Brass City Chandelier 7, $295, schoolhouseelectric.com. Go-Cart carbon rolling cart, $129, cb2.com. Limoncello drinkers (on cart), $55 each, glassybaby.com. OXO Good Grips Pro cookware (on pegboard), from $35 a piece, oxo.com. Enamelware kitchen set, $90; and ladle (on pegboard), $30: kaufmann-mercantile.com. The LBA apron, $150, salthousemkt. com. Creo mixing bowls (one shown, on table), $70 for four; Real Simple round dinnerware (on cart), $25 for a four-piece place setting: bedbathandbeyond.com. TO BUY (opening page): Paidge sofa in Blue Stone linen weave, from $1,099; Arrow Border cotton kilim rug by Steven Alan, $749 (9 by 12 feet): westelm.com. MidCentury Modern Balance 3-arm floor lamp, $375, shadesoflight.com. Boja bamboo pendant lamp, $60; Storsele black rattan chairs, $119 each: ikea-us.com for stores. Janlyn pillow, $44, luluandgeorgia.com. Fiberclay prism pot, shopterrain.com for similar pots. Elizabeth Chapman art, etsy.com/shop/MElizabethChapman for info.
POT PEGBOARD
Limited cabinet space? Max out a blank wall by hanging everyday cookware.
COLOR PLAY
It’s better if the artwork doesn’t match the rest of the room. Unexpected hues keep a room from feeling one-note.
DIY TO TRY The homemade dining table uses recycled plywood and other scrap woods. Total cost: $125. For the how-to, visit realsimple.com/ABM.
DIY TO TRY
Giving counters a concrete finish costs less than $200 and takes just a few days. For the how-to, visit realsimple.com/ABM.
FAUCET FLIP
You don’t need a whole sink overhaul to upgrade your kitchen—just trade a dinky faucet for an elegant gooseneck style (from $200 at hardware stores).
TILE TRICK
A mini version of classic subway tile gives the illusion of a larger cook space. Use white grout for a luxe look.
