Hello, My Lovelies! Our kitchen renovation is finished.
Well, almost. We are still waiting for our counter-depth refrigerator, but that's okay. I wanted to go ahead and post about it anyway...
We have been working with the Cottage Supply Company, and the decorator who has been helping us has been delightful. She has helped us with the design and implementation of the renovation of our library, kitchen, and primary bathroom. The bathroom should be finished in about six weeks or so.
The inspiration for our kitchen renovation is the kettle in the photo, above. It is from MacKenzie-Child's Wild Rose collection. I love the yellows, browns, and pinks in the pattern, and I think it ties our family room and dining room together since we have an open floor plan.
Our kitchen is on the back of our house, and it overlooks our patio, outdoor kitchen, and fireplace. We extended our upper cabinets to display our MacKenzie-Childs collection.
The limestone and travertine floors are from a previous flood. We used to have hardwoods.
Most kitchen renovations are removing bar height breakfast bars and replacing them with counter height bars. Mr. Bookish prefers bar height counters, so we kept it. It has become harder to find bar height barstools, but we were able to find these at Mackenzie-Childs. Our countertop is distressed walnut.
This large shelving unit is a one of a kind custom piece, and it separates our kitchen from the family room. It holds my cookbooks, a few of my MacKenzie-Childs mixing bowls, and our MacKenzie-Childs mug tree. Finlay is watching from the family room.
Our backsplash tiles are handmade, and have an interesting "motion" to them.
The current trend is to have a backsplash without outlets on them for a cleaner look, especially if the kitchen is open concept. Our designer suggested either installing our outlets under the cabinets or in our Silestone as pop-ups. The pop-ups sounded like a disaster to me, so we went with the under the counter ones.
However, I hate seeing cords, I have cord covers on every hanging light and just about every lamp in our home, so I had to get cord covers for our kettle and toaster because they are always pugged-in.
I really love the color of our kitchen island.
I also love the color of our walls, which have a distinct pink undertone, however you can't really tell from the photos.
Also, our wall colors change throughout the day depending on the light.
We're enjoying our upper cabinetry lighting.
We also like the pretty shades on our French door and window.
The biggest change in our kitchen you can't see. Every base cabinet has a pull-out. It has changed my life! If several of you are interested, I can post about it. Let me know in comments!
Concept and Design: Cottage Supply Company
Shades: Shutterbug Blinds and Shades
Backsplash tiles: Tiles of Ezra Zellige tile in oat
Paint: Benjamin Moore
- Walls: Vintage Taupe
- Kitchen Island: Gobi Desert
- Cabinetry and Trim: Dove White
Cabinet Pullouts: Rev-A-Shelf
Accessories: MacKenzie-Childs Mocha Check and Wild Rose White Collections
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Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
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