High or Low
High/Low: Beautiful breakfast nook
Image: Michael Nangreaves | Producer: Andrea McCrindle
High or Low
High/Low: Beautiful breakfast nook
Grounded in earthy tones and natural textures, this breakfast nook was designed on both a dirt cheap and a rich soil budget. Can you tell the difference?
High $10,690
- Glass bowl, $299, theartshoppe.com.
- Fred Segal rope pendant light, $369, cb2.ca.
- Framed small moments artwork by Virginia Mak, $2,700, bau-xi.com.
- Ceramic vase, $149, theartshoppe.com.
- Oak Malmo dining chair, $413, toncanada.com.
- Caned beech dining chair, $354, toncanada.com.
- Kate Spade New York Calypso cabinet, $4,998, theartshoppe.com.
- Beech bentwood Banana dining chair, $227, toncanada.com.
- Oji Masanori Susumuya Bobin teapot, $320, mjolk.ca.
- Kyoko Uchida pitcher, $775, mjolk.ca.
- Garrido side plate, $86 per 6-piece set, eq3.com.
Low: $1,418
- Mirage bowl, $40, eq3.com.
- Industrielle pendant light, $40, ikea.ca.
- Framed print, $130, homesense.ca.
- Lulu vase, $39, structube.com.
- Tami dining chair, $229, eq3.com.
- Birch bistro dining chair, $89, structube.com.
- Sektion cabinet frame, $398; Hilver legs, $20 each; Eneryda pulls, $8 per pack of 2; Knobs, $6 per pack of 2, ikea.ca; Octagonal cane sheets, $13.50 per linear ft., leevalley.com.
- Houston dining chair, $79, structube.com.
- Botra teapot, $70, eq3.com.
- Portland pitcher, $49, potterbarn.com.
- Attica side plate, $99 per 16-piece set, structube.com.
CREATE A ROOM LIKE THIS NO MATTER YOUR BUDGET WITH A FEW SIMPLE DESIGN TIPS:
1 Choose artisanal dishware.
The imperfect finishes and fluid shapes of artisanal stoneware are captivating, but the handmade pieces come at justifiably steep prices. Can’t afford to dish out for the real thing? There are tons of mass-produced look-alike dinnerware sets on the market, including our High and Low selections, as well as the options below.
- Baum Grayden dishware, $80 per 16-piece set, bedbathandbeyond.ca.
- Highland Dunes Abree Artisan dishware, $220 per 16-piece set, Wayfair.ca.
- Welcome II dishware, $215 per 16-piece set, crateandbarrel.ca.
2 Add unexpected touches.
Though it reads as light and earthy, our feature breakfast nook is peppered with dark city-chic pieces, so swapping an organic element or two with standout sleek versions could tip the scales in a metropolitan direction. Case in point is this reflective charcoal-toned globe fixture, a rock-and-roll alternative to the woven High and Low pendant lights.
3 Ditch symmetry for mix-and-match chairs.
Varied dining chairs give the room a relaxed collected-over-time appeal. Beyond just styles, you can blend price points. Assess each piece’s details and choose what speaks to you most. If you splurge on one, you can save on the rest – or vice versa.
- Beech bentwood Banana, $227, toncanada.com.
- Houston dining chair, $79, structube.com.
- Caned beech 20 dining chair, $354, toncanada.com.
- Tami dining chair, $229, eq3.com.
- Birch Bistro, $89, structube.com.
4 DIY.
How sweet it is to see traditional caning make an appearance on a contemporary cabinet. Here’s how we made our Low version.
Materials
- IKEA’s Sektion cabinet frame with Maximera drawers in White and Grimslöv doors
- 4 desk/table legs
- 4 pulls
- 2 knobs
- Kraft paper
- Pre-woven cane sheets
- Utility knife
- Hot glue gun
Directions
- Assemble the cabinet per the manufacturer’s directions.
- Attach the legs to the base of the cabinet per the manufacturer’s directions.
- Measure, mark and install the cabinet pulls and knobs.
- Carefully press the kraft paper against the glass pane of one of the cabinet doors to make a template of the opening. Trace the template onto a cane sheet and cut out with the utility knife. Repeat to create two cane panels. Using a small bead of hot glue in each corner, secure each of the two cane panels behind the glass of the two door openings.
- For stability, attach the cabinet to the wall with the supplied cabinet frame hardware.
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