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Showing posts with label Kitchens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchens. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

My Kitchen Tour - Everything and the Farmhouse Sink!


When we bought this run down house, I was thrilled with the prospect of being able to create my dream kitchen!
Ceiling high white cabinets (they are actually gray for a warmer feel but look white), marble counters,
a fun red stove and a farmhouse sink were on my wish list.  
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Here's what I was working with - scary!
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I desperately wanted a glass front fridge but didn't want to stare at pizza boxes and ketchup containers
(hey, I'm no Martha Stewart!) so I got the look I wanted with a Liebherr glass wine fridge with a freezer underneath and the fridge remains behind closed doors.  Cheers!
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Honed carrera marble for the counters.
They get better with age but perfectionists be warned  -  stay away since anything acidic leaves etch marks.
Go straight to the fabricator and you'll save tons of money.
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I love the look of open shelving but didn't want to deal with the constant clean up so
I added a small amount to display my collections.  
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I worked directly with a custom woodworker - no middleman involved which saved tons of money.
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Thrift shop Japan creamer collection includes a kitty, pig and cow.
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The pantry is behind these cabinet doors which have slide out drawers so everything is easy to reach.
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My friend had a yard sale and her hubs put this out without her knowing - she let me buy this seƱorita anyway!
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Choosing lighting for the house was one of the best parts of the reno.
These wine jug lights (called demijohns) are my absolute favorites!
They remind me of the collection of vintage demijohns in my dining room (see them here).
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Instead of a red convertible, I prefer a red oven!
This BlueStar is ready for work with six burners, a griddle and two ovens. 
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Vintage cast iron toy mold and a bell the kids love to ring and say "dinner's up"!
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Bet I could wash a small child in this deep farmhouse sink!
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A huge restaurant style faucet for a fun mod touch.
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Found these glass milk bottles buried in the garage at an estate sale.  
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One day I'll get around to a window treatment but in the meantime, this old landscape adds some color.
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My $1 estate sale Cosco step stool holds a vintage candy jar.
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The Hubs old baby scale holds kitchen essentials - yes, we go through lots of garlic in our house!
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Kitchen necessities:  fresh flowers and music (with built in speakers throughout the first floor).
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I used three types of hardware - vintage look latches, cup pulls and knobs look great together.  
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Carerra marble tile (bought on Ebay!) up to the ceiling and around a doorway.  
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Vintage feel to the island faucet.
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An old paper cutter is the perfect kitchen tray!
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The Kitchen Deets:
Cabinets - Custom, Afton Interior Woodworking
Cabinet Color - Nebulus White (Sherwin Williams)
Demijohn Lights - Bobo Intriguing Objects
Red Stove - BlueStar
Fridge/Freezer/Wine - Liebherr
Farmhouse Sink - Shaws

I'll be adding more room tours so stay tuned!

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Exceptionally Eclectic - Farmhouse Kitchen


Since I will soon be showing you my kitchen, I thought it would be fun to show off one that has a lot of pizazz!  Diana at Our Vintage Home Love lives in a 1905 house and created a great vintage feel in her kitchen.

Check out that amazing double towel rack on the island.  She loved the rack so much, she built the island out of old barn wood for it!

While out on a leisurely bike ride, Diana found the white cabinet (it used to be yellow) sitting curbside.  I am still trying to figure out how she got it home!  A bit of barn wood behind the cabinet is a great backdrop for an old rolling pin collection and check out those breadboards which she makes!
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Love the open shelves for showing off all things white.
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It may look like an old ladder turned pot rack but Diana actually built this!  Click here to find out how she did it!
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Diana created the wall art for her hubs to resemble a 1950's baseball concession stand menu.  
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These old stools were faded red vinyl with a high back (see the before pics here) and were transformed into these beauties.  
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The rest of Diana's house is equally fabulous - check out her living room here!
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So head on over to Our Vintage Home Love and see her whole house in all it's vintage glory!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Kitchen Collection - Display What You Love


Here's a peak at my kitchen.  She needs a full spa treatment before she's ready for her photo shoot!  So while I'm busy getting her ready for a close up, here's a small (clean) area I can share for now.

The open shelves in my kitchen are filled with my collection of vintage silver, glass cloches and cake domes, shells and coral.  Much of this was used as my centerpiece in my dining room recently (see here).  Since I like to constantly move things around, who knows where everything will be next!

Blue mason jars sit behind glass cabinets with a vintage inspired latch.
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The full kitchen tour will be soon so stay tuned.

In the meantime, I'm still up to my eyeballs in dust and tchotchkes in my basement trying to get ready for the January 31st reveal for the "Imagine the Impossibilities Challenge."

 
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