I'd definitely have to change the fireplace somehow I think. Don't think I could live with those pink tones. If you white washed it, would the pink still peep through a bit? Am so loving seeing all the progess - you have a gem in Chris! Tommy is coming back next episode - YAY! You two together are a great team. Thanks for sharing Sarah. Cheers, DEB T (NZ)
I love the stone element! If you're not crazy about the pink tones of the the granite, do what you said and pick a colour of wall paint that tones down the pink. When you showed that the family will have a mudroom, I thought it would be nice to do the open closet at the entrance and have it just for guests to hang their things and to have extra hats and mitts and slippers by the door. Just a thought : ))
We had the exact same fire place in our cottage in Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay. So many wonderful memories around that fireplace....I can't give you an objective answer...I adored it. Ours was surrounded with old copper fire utensils and hanging horse bells. I say bring in some red accents like old skis, tan and grey furry blankets, some black and white family pictures on a light grey wall colour with down lighting. Silver would be a better accent metal.
I love these youtube videos more than your hgtv shows!! I am with several other people about the logic of having the fridge on the other side of the counter(not that you asked)...and I vote do absolutely something else with the fireplace, anything else cover it, paint it, rip it out :) . We love Sarah!!!
I'm so happy to hear you're loving the series! Thank you for watching and thanks for your input - I'm always looking to see what my viewers are saying, even if it's something that disagrees with what I've done.
I would take down the upper part of the fireplace and leave the lower. Then it may not be so overwhelming and then you could enjoy the natural beauty of the stone. Love everything you do. Thank you
I don't love the granite but I'd try to work with it by adding an awesome mantel that would break up the granite. The mantel is in keeping with the chalet vibe and also a great landing spot for seasonal displays ie holiday stockings, big candle sticks, garland etc.
Okay, if you find the granite from floor to ceiling overpowering, maybe you could clad the upper part in barn board or drywall and leave the stone on the lower part of the fireplace. Good compromise? : ))
Since tearing out the stone would be expensive and time consuming, I would build a box around it and hang a new fascia (tile, better looking stone, etc.) because I agree - the pink isn't looking good... Since building a frame around the large stone will create boxy space on each side - I would then design some sort of cool open shelving for each side. On another note - I love what you're doing here! I'm loving your vision and can't wait to see how it turns out!
I have clad over all my fireplaces with traditional wood painted white. I don’t love painting stone or brick but what about using white cement to tone it down and make the stones less obvious. Leanne Ford from HGTV’s Rock the Block did a kitchen wall made from brown stones but used cement (I believe) to tone down the stones - it looked amazing.
What about staining the rock on the fire place? can this be done? Also, there is “fake” stone that actually looks really good that can be placed on top...which could be an option? Or Wood the top & lower sides. Or German Schmear technique. You will figure it out Sarah...you always do...and we are always WOWed by your ideas. This is definitely a challenging home to re-design. Your crew is doing an amazing job translating your ideas into completed work. Bravo to them for their hard work. Looking forward to the end tour.
Hey Jan! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the series so far! I'm also always amazed with the work my crew does! I'm looking forward to sharing what we do with the fireplace and more of my Design Life with you!
@@SarahRichardsonDsgn love this series with real issues in a home to redesign. Everything on the home & garden channel is all “Flip” homes...I prefer watching this type of series that shows you how to remodel & live in the home. Thank you again for filming & sharing all your projects with us.
I’m tempted to say ‘work with that bossy fireplace’ cause I’m interest to see what Sarah would do to make it less prominent. BUT if it were my place, I’d either paint it in a hot minute OR I would clad it in barn board/ship lap, something that could be painted thus preserving the pink granite for a time in the distant future when pink granite is what every one wants ! Lol
Actually if the fireplace was clad then the shape could be changed - I’m not wild about how much narrower the top is compared to the base - I would prefer it to be more of a rectangle
Love your show!!! Why you don't think to cover the fireplace with sheetrock is a surprise to me...maybe the hideous color of the granite is distracting you! Also, I got a kick out of your trip to your contractors location with all the beautiful tractors. My grandmothers name was Allis Chalmers!
Work with the granite. Use the palest of gray tones to minimize it, both on the walls and ceiling. Then, use furnishings that have some rusty and gray tones in the pillows, leather, etc. that pull out some of the other colors in the granite besides the pink. But I'm sure you're going to end up painting it because I know from 100 years of watching you that if something bothers you at all, you won't be happy until you fix it:)
A German schmeer, covering the pink and exposing the black and grey rocks. I have the same fireplace and I feel the same about pink granite, so let’s collaborate!
Ok I may be going too deep on this but its granite..granite comes from mountains...its a ski lodge so keep the granite..would a grey paint on the walls tone down the pink? BTW changing the name from pink to mountain sunset might help..lol
Ohhhhhhh YES! Barn doors for the front entry closet! The barn board cladded mud room will be awesome! That fireplace, clad the top of it, and work with the bottom. I personally don't like huge stone fireplaces. I don't like the pink at all. I like grey. About the closet doors that would have a problem with bar wood, couldn't you do a barn wood look stick on floor vinyl (or faux paint it)? Sarah, are we going to see any of your other 2 projects? PLEEEEEEEZE????!!!!!
Hey Jan! There's a lot going on in my Design Life all at once, but don't worry - we will share progress from all of our projects as soon as we can! Stay tuned :)
@@SarahRichardsonDsgn I always stay tuned for you Sarah. I can't miss any of your projects. And yes, you sure DO have a lot going on! I just don't know how you do it. More power to you, Sarah!
Personally I find the peninsula splits the kitchen and having to always walk around it, and the stools that will probably be there, to get to the fridge a pain. Could you not put a sink under the window instead and leave some open area? I would keep with and work with the pink granite fireplace as well. It would look great with the right paint colour and possibly even built-ins on either side? Looking fantastic!!
I think you should take the flat stock that was put up on the ceiling between the beams, and add it to the closet doors. Put it around the edge of the face (like it is on the ceiling) and then use the extra and make large 'x's in the center. It looks 'barn-like' without too much bulk. My two-cents from Vermont! Cheers!
It's a country chalet, I don't mind the granite fireplace. It's rustic-ish. But if it has to go just drywall over it and do a beautiful tile. Leave the mantel if there is enough of it left after drywall and tile ; p
I don’t have a problem with the pink granite. I just wouldn’t do anything in the room to call out more pink. The gray sounds like a good compromise. I really question the placement of the fridge in the kitchen. With any traffic flow I can see where that will be awkward. Not a very good work triangle.
I KNOW ITS TOO LATE NOW (and so happy you kept the fireplace natural!) but what about that stain stuff on the outside of your house? Thin it down to a wash, then dab it on those dreaded pink rocks? Might that have worked?
Patrick Lilly. If the peninsula were a smaller island, one could walk around either side to get to the fridge. I wouldn’t want to have to make a longer trip. That being said, SR is pretty good at these things.
STAIN THE GRANITE! It is possible with iron oxides (and other durable concrete stains) to stain stone and brick. There are TH-cams about it. Easiest tactic: wash everything in the stain (possibly under-staining the worst of the pinkies with green to cancel it out first) then tuck-point a thin layer of new grout so that the mortar joints don't give the game away (which I did to rescue a disgusting yellow brick fireplace). This will not be as durable as say staining concrete or brick and the color payoff will be much less since granite is less permeable than concrete, but it's worth a try. I would much rather look at a dark gray bossy fireplace than a pink one! Love your content - hope this helps!
Frame out the top of the fireplace and keep the lower granite. Connect the colour of the granite to the colour of the floor, via stain perhaps, and minimize the impact of the granite in the room.
I like the dry bar idea but not envisioning the proposed counter across from it. Would it really be used? I can't imagine sitting over there having a drink or working on a laptop. People naturally gravitate to the kitchen area or living room. As for the area across from the bar, it would be stunning with a sculpted glass panel assuming it met code.
I totally agree that the peninsula breaks up a space that is already totally broken up by the staircase. A u-shaped kitchen is called for in this instance.
Yes... paint or cover the PINK fireplace! I know some love that and it does go with the “Chalet Ski Lodge “ feel... but ........ it is making you keep everything almost the same. So my question would be “why did they want to renovate or update if they keep it the same? “.....LOL!!!! What is the “back splash “ made of. That is pretty! And oh my...LOVING THE BATHROOM TILE! I think one of your workers want that “Cowboy Boot “ ottoman! LOL!!!
Work with the pink! In this case , think Swiss or Russian chalet painted design on the Beams / Purple / Rust / Mustard . Fabric - only ONE Pattern - Bold IKAT for everything ! Have Fun. Bet it will put smiles on every face ! It's about a GETAWAY , forgetting. Normal !
I’d paint that pink stone and not even look back. I do wonder though, does that masonry stain that you used on the brick at the back-split house work on stone? Because if it did, you could neutralize the pink, and keep it looking like natural stone.
Fireplace - I'd clad the top in wood or dry wall and paint it to compliment the wall colour and keep the lower half as is. Maybe shelving units on either side to tone down (distract from) the stone. What looks dated now might be new and refreshing in ten years so I would not paint the granite.
Walking around the island to get to the refrigerator , is that really going to work?? Fire place, work around the granite. I know it’s pink!!! Pull the gray out. Other option for fire place would be to Schmeer the fireplace.
I would paint it. I love pink. I do not love pink granite. Once painted, or stained (is that even possible?), maybe a big rustic, thick, chunky wood mantel (but not orange knotty pine ;) ). IMO, one way or another, the pink/peachy tones have to go. I am sure you will come up with a fantastic solution.
A peninsula in the kitchen? Pretty, but impractical; you’d have to go out of the kitchen to get to the frig. Why not an island (albeit small) instead? You would also get more than two stools surrounding it. You’re brilliant, Sarah, so I’m just curious.
The fridge on the opposite side of the peninsula seems very inconvenient! Especially with stools on the end of the peninsula meaning you’ll have to be walking around your guests to get things out.
Paint it! For sure-it’s going to be pulling down all the wonderful stuff you’re doing!
I'd definitely have to change the fireplace somehow I think. Don't think I could live with those pink tones. If you white washed it, would the pink still peep through a bit? Am so loving seeing all the progess - you have a gem in Chris! Tommy is coming back next episode - YAY! You two together are a great team. Thanks for sharing Sarah. Cheers, DEB T (NZ)
I'm happy you're loving my Design Life Rod (or is it Deb?)! I've got a lot more in store so stay tuned!
Keep the granite. I have faith in your decor chops! It will be great.
The wax room is gone!!!! I could cry... a favourite and needed space... Love the fireplace - keep it and work with the pink.
Cannot tell you how much I enjoy these videos!! And I would definitely “refresh”, read paint, that fireplace!!😄💫
Thanks Sharon, I'm so glad you're enjoying my Design Life! Stay tuned for more videos (and find out what happens with the fireplace!)
I love the stone element! If you're not crazy about the pink tones of the the granite, do what you said and pick a colour of wall paint that tones down the pink. When you showed that the family will have a mudroom, I thought it would be nice to do the open closet at the entrance and have it just for guests to hang their things and to have extra hats and mitts and slippers by the door. Just a thought : ))
We had the exact same fire place in our cottage in Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay. So many wonderful memories around that fireplace....I can't give you an objective answer...I adored it. Ours was surrounded with old copper fire utensils and hanging horse bells. I say bring in some red accents like old skis, tan and grey furry blankets, some black and white family pictures on a light grey wall colour with down lighting. Silver would be a better accent metal.
Yay! Tommy's coming shopping!
"Coconut RUM??? Ullghh" 🤣😄😅😂🤣
I love your genuine reaction Sarah. Love your work too! 😉
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love the ping granite, please don't change it, it looks natural!!!
German smear around the neutral stones and cover those pinker tones!
Ooooo I love that hexagon floor tile at the end of the video...so pretty! Can’t wait to see it installed!
Ooop's. Guess that's not in keeping with the contemporary look u going for ! But Yes keep Pink. You'll knock it out of the park !
I agree with you, paint the fireplace!!!
I like how you ask us questions :) I would change the look of the fireplace.
Thanks Hope! I want to know what you guys would do if you were in my position!
You’re Sarah Richardson, you can make the pink work.
I love these youtube videos more than your hgtv shows!! I am with several other people about the logic of having the fridge on the other side of the counter(not that you asked)...and I vote do absolutely something else with the fireplace, anything else cover it, paint it, rip it out :) . We love Sarah!!!
I'm so happy to hear you're loving the series! Thank you for watching and thanks for your input - I'm always looking to see what my viewers are saying, even if it's something that disagrees with what I've done.
Thank you Sarah, for taking us along on your design jobs.
Thank you Tanya for coming along!
I remember you and Tommy did some pink accents in a house. It really looked great. Can't wait to for it all to come together. I'm excited.
I would take down the upper part of the fireplace and leave the lower. Then it may not be so overwhelming and then you could enjoy the natural beauty of the stone. Love everything you do. Thank you
I thought that too but didn’t comment to that I agree with you!🙏🏻❤️
I don't love the granite but I'd try to work with it by adding an awesome mantel that would break up the granite. The mantel is in keeping with the chalet vibe and also a great landing spot for seasonal displays ie holiday stockings, big candle sticks, garland etc.
Okay, if you find the granite from floor to ceiling overpowering, maybe you could clad the upper part in barn board or drywall and leave the stone on the lower part of the fireplace. Good compromise? : ))
Sherry, I said exactly what you said without reading your comment, first. Didn't intend for that. I agree with your idea!
I agree with this. Don't paint the stone.
Yes, I would celebrate the pink granite! By balancing it up with cooler greys.
Do it...do it...do it...! Paint that fireplace.
I am so impressed by your work on this chalet. Hard job.
Thank you Diana!
Boots and barn wood would look so good together!!
Since tearing out the stone would be expensive and time consuming, I would build a box around it and hang a new fascia (tile, better looking stone, etc.) because I agree - the pink isn't looking good... Since building a frame around the large stone will create boxy space on each side - I would then design some sort of cool open shelving for each side. On another note - I love what you're doing here! I'm loving your vision and can't wait to see how it turns out!
I am with you Sarah!
I have clad over all my fireplaces with traditional wood painted white. I don’t love painting stone or brick but what about using white cement to tone it down and make the stones less obvious. Leanne Ford from HGTV’s Rock the Block did a kitchen wall made from brown stones but used cement (I believe) to tone down the stones - it looked amazing.
Embrace the Pink granite. Paint the walls a grey tone or......add barn wood on that wall. Making a “ boulder” statement!!
Sorry... couldn’t resist 😉
What about staining the rock on the fire place? can this be done? Also, there is “fake” stone that actually looks really good that can be placed on top...which could be an option? Or Wood the top & lower sides. Or German Schmear technique.
You will figure it out Sarah...you always do...and we are always WOWed by your ideas. This is definitely a challenging home to re-design. Your crew is doing an amazing job translating your ideas into completed work. Bravo to them for their hard work. Looking forward to the end tour.
Hey Jan! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the series so far! I'm also always amazed with the work my crew does! I'm looking forward to sharing what we do with the fireplace and more of my Design Life with you!
@@SarahRichardsonDsgn love this series with real issues in a home to redesign. Everything on the home & garden channel is all “Flip” homes...I prefer watching this type of series that shows you how to remodel & live in the home. Thank you again for filming & sharing all your projects with us.
I’m tempted to say ‘work with that bossy fireplace’ cause I’m interest to see what Sarah would do to make it less prominent. BUT if it were my place, I’d either paint it in a hot minute OR I would clad it in barn board/ship lap, something that could be painted thus preserving the pink granite for a time in the distant future when pink granite is what every one wants ! Lol
Actually if the fireplace was clad then the shape could be changed - I’m not wild about how much narrower the top is compared to the base - I would prefer it to be more of a rectangle
Paint the fireplace for sure!
Love your show!!! Why you don't think to cover the fireplace with sheetrock is a surprise to me...maybe the hideous color of the granite is distracting you! Also, I got a kick out of your trip to your contractors location with all the beautiful tractors. My grandmothers name was Allis Chalmers!
It's granite ... keep it!
Work with the granite. Use the palest of gray tones to minimize it, both on the walls and ceiling. Then, use furnishings that have some rusty and gray tones in the pillows, leather, etc. that pull out some of the other colors in the granite besides the pink. But I'm sure you're going to end up painting it because I know from 100 years of watching you that if something bothers you at all, you won't be happy until you fix it:)
There once was a fireplace in pink...but it got painted so it wouldn’t stink...a good choice I think....
Paint it!
A German schmeer, covering the pink and exposing the black and grey rocks. I have the same fireplace and I feel the same about pink granite, so let’s collaborate!
You need to try Drambuie on some steel cut oatmeal with cream and brown sugar. Delicious!
You could do a whitewash on the stone fireplace.
I like your idea of whitewashing and maybe not painting...
I like the idea of whitewash.
But would it cover the color enough???
@@diane8885 My thought, Diane, is not necessarily to cover the color enough but to at least blunt it some...
Ok I may be going too deep on this but its granite..granite comes from mountains...its a ski lodge so keep the granite..would a grey paint on the walls tone down the pink? BTW changing the name from pink to mountain sunset might help..lol
Ohhhhhhh YES! Barn doors for the front entry closet!
The barn board cladded mud room will be awesome!
That fireplace, clad the top of it, and work with the bottom. I personally don't like huge stone fireplaces. I don't like the pink at all. I like grey.
About the closet doors that would have a problem with bar wood, couldn't you do a barn wood look stick on floor vinyl (or faux paint it)?
Sarah, are we going to see any of your other 2 projects? PLEEEEEEEZE????!!!!!
Hey Jan! There's a lot going on in my Design Life all at once, but don't worry - we will share progress from all of our projects as soon as we can! Stay tuned :)
@@SarahRichardsonDsgn I always stay tuned for you Sarah. I can't miss any of your projects. And yes, you sure DO have a lot going on! I just don't know how you do it. More power to you, Sarah!
Personally I find the peninsula splits the kitchen and having to always walk around it, and the stools that will probably be there, to get to the fridge a pain. Could you not put a sink under the window instead and leave some open area? I would keep with and work with the pink granite fireplace as well. It would look great with the right paint colour and possibly even built-ins on either side? Looking fantastic!!
Closed storage in the entrance foyer for sure
I vote for painting the fireplace! Possibly grey or white? I am wondering why you are installing a peninsula instead of an island?
Sara can you stain the stones? We have a huge fireplace and the stones are blah. I wanted to stain then somehow .
I think you should take the flat stock that was put up on the ceiling between the beams, and add it to the closet doors. Put it around the edge of the face (like it is on the ceiling) and then use the extra and make large 'x's in the center. It looks 'barn-like' without too much bulk. My two-cents from Vermont! Cheers!
The two-cents are appreciated! I'm excited to reveal what we've done to the closet doors so please stay tuned!
It's a country chalet, I don't mind the granite fireplace. It's rustic-ish. But if it has to go just drywall over it and do a beautiful tile. Leave the mantel if there is enough of it left after drywall and tile ; p
I’d vote to do the Sarah thing. Paint it. She’d white wash it. It would look fabulous. Boy, he’s a cutie.
I don’t like the fireplace but I do love dusty rose pink, rose gold, bronze, various shades of gray, cognac leather, etc.
I have the same granite fireplace in my cottage and I hate the pink! Please paint it so I can see what I should do with mine!!
I don’t have a problem with the pink granite. I just wouldn’t do anything in the room to call out more pink. The gray sounds like a good compromise.
I really question the placement of the fridge in the kitchen. With any traffic flow I can see where that will be awkward. Not a very good work triangle.
I KNOW ITS TOO LATE NOW (and so happy you kept the fireplace natural!) but what about that stain stuff on the outside of your house? Thin it down to a wash, then dab it on those dreaded pink rocks? Might that have worked?
don't you think the refrigerator placement on the other side of the peninsula is a bit awkward?
Patrick Lilly, I must admit I wondered that too. 🤔 But I’m sure Sarah has a good reason as to why she’s doing it that way. 🤗
And the downstairs fridge behind the door that opens into it....#dentcity 🤔
Patrick Lilly. If the peninsula were a smaller island, one could walk around either side to get to the fridge. I wouldn’t want to have to make a longer trip. That being said, SR is pretty good at these things.
This was my thought too, not very convenient when you are cooking and need to grab something from the fridge.
Work with it!
STAIN THE GRANITE! It is possible with iron oxides (and other durable concrete stains) to stain stone and brick. There are TH-cams about it. Easiest tactic: wash everything in the stain (possibly under-staining the worst of the pinkies with green to cancel it out first) then tuck-point a thin layer of new grout so that the mortar joints don't give the game away (which I did to rescue a disgusting yellow brick fireplace). This will not be as durable as say staining concrete or brick and the color payoff will be much less since granite is less permeable than concrete, but it's worth a try. I would much rather look at a dark gray bossy fireplace than a pink one! Love your content - hope this helps!
Can you use a stain on granite? I would want to try that before painting it.
I love pink and grey and would use it.
What about putting grout over it? Like LeAnne Ford did to the rock kitchen wall in "Rock the Block"? Sorry for the reference, but it was pretty cool.
Celebrate its pinkness!
Frame out the top of the fireplace and keep the lower granite. Connect the colour of the granite to the colour of the floor, via stain perhaps, and minimize the impact of the granite in the room.
Rip out the pink granite and put something modern - cream ledger cut stack stone? Some slick new tile? Something. Anything.
Can you stain the stone? The way they stain old brick houses that would be better then paint in my opinion.
The pink granite fireplace looks like hardened bubblegum from under a school desk. Can it be "stained" darker?
paint or clad in that barn board you scored.
Paint the pink granite for sure.
I like the dry bar idea but not envisioning the proposed counter across from it. Would it really be used? I can't imagine sitting over there having a drink or working on a laptop. People naturally gravitate to the kitchen area or living room. As for the area across from the bar, it would be stunning with a sculpted glass panel assuming it met code.
Omg...PAINT IT! 😮
Blocking the fridge with the peninsula? Rethink time, perhaps.
Clad the stone fireplace or celebrate the pink...
My thoughts exactly concerning the fridge......not just the peninsula but chairs/stools too!
I totally agree that the peninsula breaks up a space that is already totally broken up by the staircase. A u-shaped kitchen is called for in this instance.
Paint the fireplace! 👍🏻
The pink granite reminds me of my grandparents' headstone. It's got to go.
You nailed it. That's what it reminds me of.
Would the fact that the peninsula stands between prep space and the fridge be annoying after a while?
I would white-wash the pink granite stones, first. See if that tones down the whole stack before painting the whole thing.
Maybe a light gray thin stain/wash on the pink granite
Yes... paint or cover the PINK fireplace! I know some love that and it does go with the “Chalet Ski Lodge “ feel... but ........ it is making you keep everything almost the same. So my question would be “why did they want to renovate or update if they keep it the same? “.....LOL!!!!
What is the “back splash “ made of. That is pretty!
And oh my...LOVING THE BATHROOM TILE!
I think one of your workers want that “Cowboy Boot “ ottoman! LOL!!!
Im happy to see you're enjoying the series Jayne! The cowboy boot ottoman has officially been given "the boot!"
Sarah Richardson LOL! So “these boots are made for walking”.... become truth! LOLL!!!! Bye , bye ottoman! 👍
I think once you paint the ceiling is won’t be as pink. I watched the segment over again without audio and the pink colour just didn’t pop as much
Paint the fireplace! German smear!
That pink granite is hideous. If this were my home, i wouldn't be able to live with it. I vote PAINT IT!
Light Grey ceiling and medium dark Grey on the walls.
Work with the pink! In this case , think Swiss or Russian chalet painted design on the Beams / Purple / Rust / Mustard . Fabric - only ONE Pattern - Bold IKAT for everything ! Have Fun. Bet it will put smiles on every face ! It's about a GETAWAY , forgetting. Normal !
Does Sarah ever get tired of always using grey??
I’d paint that pink stone and not even look back. I do wonder though, does that masonry stain that you used on the brick at the back-split house work on stone? Because if it did, you could neutralize the pink, and keep it looking like natural stone.
Pink granite makes me break out in hives. I would paint it so fast it would make your head spin.
Assuming you are North ON ....honour the North and keep the pink granite.
I would remove the granite and replace with alternative. Pink granite: bleuch.
Fireplace - I'd clad the top in wood or dry wall and paint it to compliment the wall colour and keep the lower half as is. Maybe shelving units on either side to tone down (distract from) the stone. What looks dated now might be new and refreshing in ten years so I would not paint the granite.
Walking around the island to get to the refrigerator , is that really going to work?? Fire place, work around the granite. I know it’s pink!!! Pull the gray out. Other option for fire place would be to Schmeer the fireplace.
Karen Berry maybe use fridge drawers in the peninsula rather than an upright fridge
Every trend comes back, work with it pick a vibrant neutral like a deep aubergine and grey for the ceiling.
I would paint it. I love pink. I do not love pink granite. Once painted, or stained (is that even possible?), maybe a big rustic, thick, chunky wood mantel (but not orange knotty pine ;) ). IMO, one way or another, the pink/peachy tones have to go. I am sure you will come up with a fantastic solution.
Paint treatment for granite with wood mantel.
take the table cloth in the grey checks and cover the ottoman
That pink stone is hard to work with. Hopefully they’ll change there mind
Cover that pink granite. Pleeeease!
Paint the fireplace!!!
A peninsula in the kitchen? Pretty, but impractical; you’d have to go out of the kitchen to get to the frig. Why not an island (albeit small) instead? You would also get more than two stools surrounding it.
You’re brilliant, Sarah, so I’m just curious.
Sarah, I know what you should do with that ottoman...ship it on down to Junk Gypsy! They'd probably get a kick out of it.
Get a "kick" out of it? How punny of you!
Since it is a chalet I would keep the stone as is and play up the grays and ignore the pink.
What about a whitewash over the stone? I would do something dramatic and change the pink
What do you do with the items that you don’t keep? Like the ottoman, do you give them to charity, sell them or junk them?
The fridge on the opposite side of the peninsula seems very inconvenient! Especially with stools on the end of the peninsula meaning you’ll have to be walking around your guests to get things out.