RISD Dorm

My daughter started freshman year at RISD. She moved into the Freshman dorm in a double room.  She was coming from the midwest, so we flew to Providence and had all her things shipped by UPS in boxes which were delivered to the room and there when we arrived. I only had one day to set up the room so here's how we did it.

This is basically what her half of the room looked like when we arrived. She has a skylight above her bed.

This is the desk area.  The room is pretty big and there is lots of storage.

 The closet is pretty small. She brought extra plastic drawers to put more clothes in.

She brought is handy and easy to assemble Raskog cart from Ikea to put additional art supplies in. 

Her bedding is from West Elm complete with a ink blue Mongolian wool pillow! The pencil pillow is Ikea and other accessories are Urban Outfitters.The posters are from the Murakami Show we saw at the Chicago MCA this summer.

She seems right at home!

the big reveal kitchen

The kitchen is the room in the house most true to the original, and yet totally transformed.

Here is my mom in the kitchen circa mid 1970's. This is the way I most remember it growing up. The metal St. Charles cabinets were almond on the bottom and cream on the uppers. The counters were laminate with a boomerang pattern and trimmed in stainless steel. 

By the time I got a hold of the kitchen, things had changed a bit.

My parents had all the cabinets painted cream (late 70's), The cool formica was replaced with beige formica which matches the beige tile floor.  It was a symphony in beige.

I updated the back splash is a modern, but retro look. I put in a new gas range instead of the electric that was there before. I was able to keep the cool hubcap style exhaust fan.

The counter tops are Silestone quartz in expo grey.

All the appliances are new, like this cool Bosch dishwasher which is so quiet that you can't tell it's even on unless the red light on the floor is glowing!   The floors are now a dark grey rectangular tile.   

More new appliances!  A large wall oven ( my mom's was super tiny) and a pantry door frig.

Finally a burst of color with the orange accent wall.  
The new light fixture is a sputnik type chandelier, and the eat in table and chairs are from Ikea.  Yes, they came in boxes and yes, I put them together!

Here is my daughter recreating her Grandma in the kitchen!