Well hello! How was your weekend? It felt like spring around here so that was a bonus. I'm back today with another room reveal in the new house!
If you've missed any of the room tours so far, here's a list:
- Powder room
- Mud room/laundry combo
- Foyer
- My office
- Morning room (saw a similar room called that the other day and fell in love with it!)
- Basement family room
I've shared bits and pieces of our kitchen but wanted to get a few projects finished up before I showed you the whole space. I laugh when friends ask what I'll do with all my time in a new house -- I have SO many projects in mind I can't even tell you. It's a blank canvas and I'm so excited! That being said, the kitchen is the most "done" by far -- I focused on it first.
I've wanted these pendant lights for years and when I discovered we had an allowance for our light fixtures in the house I knew I'd skimp on most of the others. I made it work! Most of the rooms have $20 lights I'll change out eventually (or no light at all for now) just so I could get these beauties:
I absolutely adore them! (I'll link to all items in the room at the bottom of the post!)
Overall I wanted a lighter feel in this house -- I went a little softer with the colors compared to our old kitchen. I went back and forth on whether or not we should do the two toned cabinets (gray on bottom) like I did in our last house but ultimately decided on classic white and a light gray island.
I pulled in the gray island by doing a light gray grout on the backsplash:
Of course I had to add my IKEA bar over the stovetop again! I was terrified to drill into that tile! I mean, literally sweating. 😂 I figured out that I could drill into the grout instead (this doesn't hold a ton of weight) and it worked perfectly! Much easier to fix if I ever need to do so.
I also added this one to the side of the island. I had one on the old island and liked that little detail:
As you can see -- this room has stainless, black and brass finishes and they work together well. Don't be afraid to do the same!
I showed you how I stained and treated the kitchen island here. I knew any forever kitchen of mine would have to have butcher block -- I love the warmth it brings to the space! It's the one thing that EVERY single visitor comments on (even kids, ha!). We just love it:
We had a braided jute rug from the old kitchen but it was starting to wear out. AND it was too tall -- we couldn't open the trash compactor. So I was on the lookout for a new one for a couple months. I found this one on Rugs USA and loved it (I wanted some color!) but it was on backorder. Thankfully it came in a good week before they said it would:
Overall it's a blue/gray, but it has tons of color in it -- navy, pink, red, orange. Love it!
You can see how I hung the shelves in this post. Those are another thing I knew I'd want in this kitchen and I love them!:
Overall we're thrilled with how this room functions. The best part of the kitchen is the pantry, which is still a total disaster. I left the light off in there on purpose. ;)
That pantry has so much storage (will have even more when I get it organized), we keep most of our small appliances in there. I had them add an outlet and I have a plan to make that even more functional -- stay tuned! But I absolutely love that I'm able to keep the counters cleared off.
I just finished decorating the upper cabinets this morning. When I built them in our last house I just had baskets up there to keep things simple. The decor may change over time but for now I'm calling this kitchen done:
I'm still considering adding wood hood over the vent hood but we'll decide that in time. I quite like the way this one looks (I didn't think I'd like it this much):
I hope you enjoyed the tour! A few years ago I completely transformed our old kitchen and was able to add everything I loved -- I pulled so many of those details into this one and we love how it's come together.
I like this room even more at night, so sometime I'll take pics at dusk and share them with you. We have cabinet lighting (like I did in our old house) and it's so perfect in the evenings. I want to add dimmers to everything in here as well -- there is a LONG list of lights that will get them eventually.
Here's a list of the projects and items in this room! (Affiliate links added for your convenience.) If I forgot anything let me know!:
- How to hang open shelves in the kitchen
- How to stain and treat wood countertops
- Island stools, soap dispensers -- Target
- Towel rods with hooks -- IKEA
- Island pendants -- Wayfair (not our source but they seem to be identical)
- Two-tiered stand on counter -- World Market
- Large baking jars -- Walmart or Target
- Chroma Faded Medallion rug -- Rugs USA
- Swing arm sconce over shelves -- Wayfair
from
http://www.thriftydecorchick.com/2018/01/a-tour-of-our-new-kitchen.html
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