So today, I helped the kitchen progress along by going to my favorite lighting store, Omega Too Lighting, and picked out a pendant for the sink while the electrician came and moved the wiring and outlets around. I had to snap some photos of the great stuff going on at this store.
Omega Too is owned by Mark and Vanessa Bell. Mark does most of the fixture building and he and Vanessa design them. As Vanessa told me today, there’s almost nothing Mark looks at and doesn’t see how it can be a light fixture…
Look at this giant whisk! I think it really was a factory whisk at some point. Love it!
This pendant is parts of a vintage toaster.
Can’t remember what these were made of but wouldn’t this galvanized metal look great over an island in an industrial loft? Or even something more rustic.
These globes hanging from the antique pulleys were probably my favorites. I love the juxtaposition of the beautiful glass with the wood and iron of the pulley.
I love these fan pendants with the coils around the neck.
And this pretty little cage fixture–
This is of an antique gas fixture turned upside down to made a pendant. You can see behind all the beautiful choices of glass shades.
Some less industrial pendants–a sparkle from the chandelier inside an iron sphere.
And some lovely tripod lamps with beautiful glass globes.
Omega Too also has antique and vintage fixtures and newly made traditional ones as well. If you are restoring a Victorian or Craftsman and want the period details this is a great resource. Also, they carry bath plumbing fixtures and fittings too.
I ‘m not going to show what I bought today because I want to surprise you all with the lighting I chose so that will be part of the big kitchen reveal when the job is done.
No pictures of the house today but if you follow me on Twitter you can see what the kitchen is looking like. We did get a light in the pantry–yea! Tomorrow the wood for the floor goes in too.
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What a great shop and some creative people!
I am so excited for your kitchen renovation…it’s so fun to read your daily posts than to actually live through a renovation. We did our kitchen a few years ago and had everything in our living room too. Our kids loved being able to open the refrigerator, pop something in the microwave and watch TV without getting up from the couch! It’s all worth it and I can’t wait to see everything all together.
Tery
Thanks so much Tery! I am definitely anxious to get it done. If you have any tips on how to survive a kitchen reno, I am all ears! Luckily, my contractor seems sensitive to the fact that we have 3 little ones to deal with and she wants to get us back to normal ASAP. Having said that, I am prepared for the fact that they usually run long. Of course, I would love to see pictures of your reno too–was it a major one or just a facelift?
Lane-
It was a major reno….everything gutted down to studs…plaster walls removed, layers of floors removed, joists repaired…basically everything new. My house is a 1920 “oystermen’s house” in Annapolis, MD. It’s the youngest house on a street of basically “row houses” that oystermen or watermen lived in. My house was once a home, turned into a rental and abused and neglected plus repaired the quickest, cheapest way possible. We have lived here almost 8 years and have slowly renovated each room….still aways to go but we do a little at a time.
Our kitchen we thought would take 2 months, maybe 3….it took about 8 months. Once you open old walls you never know what you will find. For us we usually find trouble. Plus we were doing some of the work. We had the cabinets installed by the kitchen fabricators, electrical and plumbing were done professionally and the floors were done by a friend in the business.
I went with Carrera marble countertops too. Square edged too. I LOVE it! My edges have a few chips from plates hitting it but it’s not noticeable and it adds character. I wanted a kitchen hat looked like it was original to the 1920s …or at least close.
I will send pictures…got to get to the computer and look for them.
The only kitchen budget savers I got were the subway carrera marble tiles for our backsplash were on sale/discounted and my school house ceiling lights. The lights I wanted were from Circa Lighting for about $275 each-we needed 5- my husband said no. I found ones very close at Lowes for $35. Yes they are not the same quality but they have the oil rubbed finish I wanted and they are on the ceiling no one can tell.
It looks like you are making great progress and I hope it continues for you! Everything looks great. Your chair post has me intrigued….love the fabric.
Tery
Tery this is wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing this and I got your pictures and will post them tomorrow. Thanks so much for sending them. Your new kitchen is beautiful and your house sounds full of charm and character. I love that you love your carrara marble! Everyone else says I am crazy but I want what I want. : ) Our house is very similar to yours in that it had been converted to apartments and then converted back and much had been done cheaply and poorly. We are trying to revive it little by little. I love your kitchen story and will share it in a post tomorrow. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks! Although my pictures are not staged or professional, by any means, they do show the reno process. What I forgot to tell you was when we took the floor up and made it more structurally sound we found 100s of oyster shells in the dirt. We think that the kitchen must have been a porch at one time. My daughter had fun digging for treasures mostly oyster shells, a few broken bottles and trash.