Kanawha Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia
Welcome to Kanawha Avenue today in Charleston, West Virginia. This house has a scenic view overlooking the Kanawha River and the majestic West Virginia State Capitol Building, the tallest building in the state.
{Google Maps}
Kanawha is Iroquois for "water way" or "canoe way". I knew you'd be curious.
The home was built in 1910, so I believe the pocket doors off the foyer are original, although probably not originally painted:
I found it hard to suggest improving on the existing pretty runner and tone on tone striped wallpaper. Instead, I looked for coordinating schemes and found this:
{Ashley Whittaker}
Blue and white touches for our home would be classic and a nice compliment to the river view.
Here is the living room we glimpsed above:
Pretty, but a little bland. We could add architectural interest to the far wall, like this:
3 words. Blue leopard ottoman. I also wanted to add some weight to that far wall, because directly across the hall is this room:
I'm not sure if it was previously used as an office, but I'm going to suggest a dining room, like this:
Imagine the mirror where our window is, and the built-ins painted and remodeled into a buffet.
The kitchen has obviously been updated recently, and quite well:
Let's just add some blue and white accessories and reconfigure the pot light over the island to a pendant:
{Downsview Kitchens}
Oh yeah, and add those sleek barstools that match the island so well.
As for the laundry room, it makes a pretty before picture:
However, the finishes below would suit our scheme much better:
{Kerry Hanson Design}
Moving on to the master bedroom...
{Christina Murphy}
...beautiful linens repeat our scheme in a crisp and classic way.
Finally, here's an idea for this cute upstairs landing, which features the same finishes as the foyer:
Speaking of porches, check out the awesome black & white striped awning on ours:
Fortunately for us, blue and white will mix very nicely with that :
{Mary McDonald}
To wrap things up, it seems only appropriate to include a little more Waterlogue of our "water way":
Have a wonderful week, friends!
