It’s been a few years since I’ve shared one of my favorite things: French Bistro Shelves! My original post is here, and today I’ve rounded up new inspiration for you! I’ve also found a few sources for shelving for your own kitchen!
Here is a modern version of French bistro shelves by Becki Owens
I’ve linked some French Bistro Shelves for you below
I have noticed as I peruse new (dream) kitchens that a trend that has emerged is the double island kitchen. It seems as though the second island is often used as replacement for the former breakfast nook and is used mainly for storage and seating.
This kitchen’s second island is actually a marble table.
Ok it seems The Fox Group is a huge fan of double islands as here is yet another one of their gorgeous kitchens!
Last one… my kitchen! Yes it has a double island. I don’t have a good pic of it with both the islands in it. I’d go shoot another one but that would require me to clean.
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Recently I became obsessed with organizing my pantry. We moved into our house over a year ago, but the pantry was never super organized. I had baskets in it like below but that was it.
Then, with work being so chaotic, I would come home and see chaos in the pantry. I decided I needed to control the chaos that I could, and so I went on a cleaning and organization binge.
I studied beautiful pantries, like ones from The Home Edit. Below is a corner in Khloe Kardashian’s pantry, organized by The Home Edit. I love how organized it is!
Inspired, I headed to the Container Store. I thought I’d mention, this is not a sponsored post. They were having a 25% off sale for these containers. I went to town and bought a ton. As you can see, we love cereal. The containers keep the cereal fresh for a long time! The cereal containers are my favorite.
Pro Tip – Buy more containers than you need in all different sizes, and figure out what works for you. Keep your receipt, and then return the ones you don’t use!
Pro Tip – Not everything needs a container. The containers are not exactly cheap. Some things can stay in their own container, such as the mixed nuts from Costco.
Pro Tip – Use baskets to hold loose items – like bags of chips. Above, the basket holds assorted salad toppers and shaved/chopped nuts.
Now, not all of my containers are located in the pantry. In the kitchen, I have deep drawers that we designed to be deep enough to hold flour. Below you can see our flour/sugar drawer.
To take your organization to the next level, add labels! Now, I had wanted to purchase labels from The Home Edit, however for the longest time they were unavailable (I see today that they are now available, however they are $3 each!)
Pro Tip – Make your own printable labels!
To make my DIY printable pantry labels, I used this clear printable sticker paper. It comes in a set of 8 sheets. I just picked a font I wanted to use, typed up a list, and hit print! Then I cut all the labels out and stuck them on. Easy and way cheaper than $3/label. You could always just hand write on the containers with a Sharpie, but my writing is not neat!
Hope you were inspired by my pantry organization. The containers I used were Oxo. I recommend starting with this set as it has all different sizes. If you join The Container Store’s member program, you get a coupon that I think it was %15 off! The baskets I used were purchased from Pier 1 and Ikea a long time ago.
I love this beautiful kitchen by Kerry Hanson Design. The French stove! The color palette! The wood beams! The hardware!
WOW! That is the first thing that I said when I saw this kitchen. I think we are going to be seeing more black kitchens, FYI. This was featured on a post from Cote de Texas, read the whole post here.
It’s been just over a year since we moved into our house which means there has been a year of wear and tear on our marble countertops in our kitchen.
One of the most common questions in kitchen design is, should I use marble in the kitchen? Here’s my personal tale so far of living with them.
When I was dreaming of our kitchen, the only countertop I ever thought about was beautiful white marble countertops. Yes, I knew about all of the cons. It is porous. It is soft. It seemed like every stone design and contractor kept telling us not to do it. “It will stain! It will etch! It will scratch! Are you sure? We have other products!”
Well, if there’s one thing I learned in life is don’t let people get in the way of your dreams and talk you out of them. So I took their advice with a grain of salt and tossed it out the window!
I was dreaming of a French country kitchen… one where I could bake pastries left and right. Marble is *the perfect* material for rolling out dough. I love the soft buttery feel of it. I love the overall patina that the marble develops with time. It is the perfect look I am going for.
Yes, it has. I have found you have to be quite careful with citrus, tomatoes, tomato sauces, berries, wines, coffee, vinegar, apple cider and even oils!
I am the most careful in catching the drips, however when we throw parties sometimes things aren’t wiped up right away and we get some etching or staining. Do I not throw parties because of it? No, we just wipe it up and move on. We knew it would happen! I have put some pieces (like placemats or linens) on the marble during parties to catch drips from food that I know will etch!
The marble right around the range gets oil splashes more than elsewhere.
Sometimes though, I smirk at the marks…
Ahh yes, that was from the apple cider. Boy was that good.
Those scratches? Oh that was when I took the piping hot cake out of the oven and the cast iron hot plate underneath was too close to the edge and the cake almost fell on the ground, so I had to scoot the whole thing on the counter. Now I have three beautiful (ha!) scratches to commemorate that. It was while baking this cake!
We have an extra white Carrara marble that is honed. The back splash is Carrara marble too but it is polished. Honed marble will not etch as much as polished marble.
First, just wipe down with water and a paper towel. Then Clorox disinfecting wipes. Seriously. I’m sure you’re not supposed to use it on them, but I do! I haven’t run into any problems with them.
The countertops are higher maintenance than other counters. Could you live with the staining, etching and scratches? You see, I love the patina so I am 100% fine with it. But are YOU fine with it? If you want the look of marble but don’t want the maintenance, there are tons of quartz options (a manmade product) that are less maintenance. They are more expensive than some of the marbles though!
So, a year out, I am still in love with my marble countertops! I just love natural stone! (yes I even put limestone in my laundry room… literally everyone recommended against that!) Yes, they have some etching. Yes, there are scratches. Yes, there are stains. Am I unhappy? No! Would I be happier if it didn’t have those things, yeah, sure, I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t be.
Always use a cutting board. Just keep your eye on the counters when you are squeezing citrus. Pouring red wine. Doing literally anything with tomatoes. Have your towel there to wipe it up! Sure I probably need to seal it again. But would I choose marble countertops in the kitchen all over again? YES! YES! YES!
A Summer farmhouse kitchen. Or should I call it a midsummer kitchen? Either way, it’s a kitchen with sunflowers! Keeping it clean using the sunflowers as a pop of color.
First though, lay the flowers in the sink, take a picture. Then I trimmed them. I love the “flowers-in-the-sink” type of picture with farmhouse sinks! I don’t know what it is… seems so appropriate for a farmhouse sink.
Some faux sunflowers sit high up on the hood range mantel with the roosting ceramic chickens. A Summer farmhouse kitchen.
We had intended to plant sunflowers this year, but we forgot. We’ve been super busy. (That’s also why I decreased the amount of posting on the blog for the meantime and readership is down because everyone else is busy too! )
I thought life was going to be slower since we moved into our house. But then we decided to build a pool and pool house… which isn’t ready yet even though it’s midsummer…. harrumph!!! Oh well, we can wait.
There’s still plenty of work to do inside. In the mean time though, I’ll take a moment to relax and stop to smell the roses sunflowers.
Check out my favorite candles for Summer here.
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A beautiful light blue kitchen and breakfast room is in store for you today! I shared a picture once of this beautiful breakfast nook but now I’m sharing more pictures… And did you know there’s a matching kitchen and butler’s pantry?? Yes!
The kitchen and breakfast room was designed by Matthew Quinn of Design Galleria and decorated by Lauren DeLoach Interiors. Isn’t it STUNNING!?
The check is by Cowtan and Tout.
Antique dining table and chairs.
Brass nailhead details.
Paint colors include Farrow and Ball Light Blue for the cabinets. The walls are Sherwin Williams Alabaster.
The hood is brass.
Beautiful brass hardware!
The bridge faucet is Rohl – I have the same one!
Check out the Butler’s Pantry! Isn’t it dreamy? Love the beautiful E.F. Chapman chandelier here.
Picture sources and information: Style Blue Print, Design Indulgence, Dering Hall, Southeastern Showhouse, Matthew Quinn Collection, Southern Hospitality Blog
Hope you all enjoyed this beautiful kitchen and breakfast room! Check out my other posts about kitchens here.
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I shared my farmhouse kitchen reveal just recently, and now it’s time to share the rest of the kitchen! There is the butlers pantry, coffee bar, and the main walk-in pantry still to be shared!
Below is the bank of cabinets we call the butler’s pantry. We placed a runner on the ground to catch spills – plus I love the color it adds!
It holds the china, serving dishes and warming drawers. As we don’t have a formal china cabinet, this acts as our china cabinet for display as well.
We were initially going to have the bank of cabinets connect all the way to the coffee bar, but decided against it. By not adding the extra cabinets, we were able to get the cute pot rack we had eyed for years! Doesn’t the tea kettle look adorable on it? Now I can enjoy my Staub pumpkin cocotte year round!
Below is the coffee bar. In the cabinets are various teas, coffees, teacups and mugs! 
The under cabinet lighting helps lighten the otherwise dark corner of the kitchen. Did I mention we absolutely love our Nespresso machine? I use it several times a day (yes I love making my own lattes and cappuccinos at home!).
Initially I was going to use the icebox latches here on the uppers cabinets. However, we went to install them and… oops! They can’t be used because there is no center divider! So they were moved over to the baking kitchen area. Even though we spent so many hours designing the kitchen, sometimes you forget things!
Just to the left of the coffee bar is the walk-in pantry! Plenty of storage for anything and everything! We had debated about putting cabinets vs shelving. To save on cost, we went with shelving. We actually just used MDF and painted it – a great way to get a large pantry for a fraction of the cost! Below is the before.
And here is the after! The little mini fridge at the end is the drink fridge (that’s been following us around since college dorm days). We did make the shelving large enough for a full size fridge should we ever need it.
We had plenty of plugs installed so that way we could store all of the countertop appliances. We eventually will have a proper countertop made for the appliances but for now the MDF will do.
Also, on the top shelf I have put my shopping bags from various pastry shops like Angelina’s and Laduree! 
To fake a countertop, I placed a few pieces of marble that were scraps from the counters in the kitchen. When you are having your marble cut, just ask your fabricator if they can make a few hot plates for you. They are great for actually using as hot plates! You can see one of them in the bottom left of this picture below.
While the pantry is the simplest part of the whole kitchen, I think it is most people’s favorites! One thing you cannot see is that we actually put a motion detector light here as opposed to the regular old light switch. That turned out to be a fantastic idea – the light just turns on and off automatically. It’s great when your hands are full! It’s also great when you forget to turn it off (like I did, nearly every single time I left!)
If you missed it, I wrote about designing the kitchen in this post. The main kitchen reveal is in this post.
Sources (affiliate links)-
Hardware:
Hardware pulls: Jeffrey Alexander
Hardware knobs: Jeffrey Alexander
Finishes:
Kitchen cabinet paint and room trim paint: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Kitchen island cabinet paint: Benjamin Moore Silver Song
Kitchen wall and ceiling paint: Benjamin Moore White Dove
Pantry shelving paint: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Sink: Reinhard Apron Farmhouse Sink
Countertops: Honed Carrara Marble
Backsplash: Marble Subway Tiles
Brick Floor: Smooth Brick by Arto Brick in Creme Fraiche
Styling Accessories:
Pot Rack: Similar here
Espresso Machine: Nespresso by Breville
French counter bar stools: Cost Plus
Faux Succulents – Similar here and here
Chandelier – Restoration Hardware, discontinued (similar here)
Towels – Williams Sonoma
Black and white check tray – similar here
Teapot with words – Emma Bridgewater
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It’s finally here! I am sharing my farmhouse kitchen reveal with you all today! I wrote about designing our dream kitchen here and now I’m so excited to walk you through the details of my kitchen.
Our kitchen has several areas – the “main” kitchen and the “baking” kitchen. Below is the main kitchen. The island below is countertop height and we love sitting here for dinner. Many islands require taller bar stools – I like having them at countertop height. The microwave is in the island. The microwave drawer slides out (as opposed to the door swinging open). It took some getting used to but I love it now. Plus, it kind of hides the microwave (face it – microwaves aren’t pretty!)
Below is our freezer and refrigerator. We had custom wood panels made to mimic the rest of the kitchen. We had the two door panels made to look as if it were 4 drawers and 2 doors.
The 14 foot ceilings are accentuated by these beautiful beams. The beams were custom stained by my mom! She did an incredible job. We kept telling various contractors what we wanted with the stain and no one could understand – so finally just did it ourselves.
We decided to put brick in between the range and the sink – the area we have called “the splash zone”. I wish we had put brick through the whole kitchen in retrospect – it is more forgiving with spilled food!
I was looking for a pretty French blue/gray color for the islands and eventually settled on Benjamin Moore Silver Song. I love how it looks with the Carrara marble.
The island has a ton of storage – below you can see that there are doors below the island on the seating side. I have seen so many kitchens where they just put panels here and I think about all of that wasted storage space!
We absolutely love our double ovens and the French cooktop on our range. I also love our pot filler! I had not initially wanted a pot filler, however the night before the plumbing was finished in this wall I had a dream about using a pot filler. Now I am so glad we have it! 
One of the cool things about our kitchen is that we have hidden spice racks next to the range! Next to the ovens we also have pull outs where we store baking sheets and our pizza peel.
We *love* our apron sinks. I love how they hold our pots and pans. I also love how pretty they look with flowers! These are the Reinhard apron sinks. We liked them better than the Shaw apron sinks because the drain is in the middle and the profile is a little slimmer. Did I mention they are also a bit cheaper than the Shaw sinks?
I always knew I wanted a bridge faucet. I loved the profile of this one. I love how easy it is to clean under the faucet. We went with polished nickel finishes in the kitchen as we felt it was the most timeless.
In this photo, you can see the main kitchen and baking kitchen – we dubbed it “his and hers”. My husband is the Chef de Cuisine (head chef) and I am the Pâtissier (pastry chef).
At the end of each island we have a little bookcase for our cookbooks.
We can’t share sinks you see – so another sink is in the baking kitchen! Just kidding about not sharing – it’s nice having two sinks.
The marble counters are perfect for rolling out dough. I had known about all of the bad things about marble counters, but couldn’t care less! I am in love with them! I had mentioned in my designing a kitchen post that we chose Carrara marble. The Calacatta marble is a bit warmer in color, but as you can see we needed a lot of marble and that was way too costly. So we went with an extra white Carrara marble – same look, a fraction of the cost!
We have a little table on this side of the kitchen – the breakfast nook is what most would call it. But in reality it is the puzzle table! We had debated about doing open shelving next to the windows, but decided against it. I don’t like dusting, plus now I have more room to hang things such as this French Faience platter.
The white cabinets are Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace. We had to choose a white that would not make the Carrara marble look too grey. Any whites with a cream undertone made the marble look bad. The trim in the room is the same as the white cabinets – if your cabinets are a white/cream color, the trim in the room needs to be the same color!
The chandeliers are from Restoration Hardware. I had debated about pendants vs chandeliers. There are so many beautiful lights to choose from, but ultimately I decided I liked the rustic and European vibe of these.
Again, brick is in the splash zone. That appliance is another oven. A steam oven for this baker! I still need to make my baguettes but there has been no time! Ample storage for baking – I receive many baking pans for gifts and now I finally have some places to store them! Yes, you counted correctly – 3 ovens. Why so many? Well it’s really nice when we host parties and cook for 30-40 people!
The cabinet hardware on the upper cabinets is different here – I went with an icebox latch. Since this is its own little corner in the kitchen, I decided I could do some different hardware here. What rules? 
We went with large pulls for the drawers. We felt it was easiest to open a drawer if we had a big handle. Also, you can see where we hid a plug on the side. We had to have one by the sink for building code and stuck it here as opposed to in the counter.
I just love this area of the kitchen. The kitchen sink is bumped out with little furniture feet. The sink looks out on the country with cows grazing – hence the little Staffordshire cows by the sink. Charles Faudree would be happy! Let me tell you also – it was not an easy task building the house so the window sits flush with the countertop! Another story for another day. 
I hope you enjoyed the tour of our farmhouse kitchen. We love our kitchen and have been really happy with it. It is very big but we love hosting parties and it is certainly meant for entertaining! And guess what?! There’s more. I didn’t even show you the pantry. Update – Now you can check out the pantry, butler’s pantry and coffee bar here.
Here are all of my sources.
Sources (affiliate links)-
Hardware and Faucets:
Kitchen Bridge Faucets: Rohl Perrin and Rowe
Pot Filler: Rohl
Hardware pulls: Jeffrey Alexander
Hardware knobs: Jeffrey Alexander
Icebox latch hardware: Top Knobs
Finishes:
Kitchen cabinet paint and room trim paint: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
Kitchen island cabinet paint: Benjamin Moore Silver Song
Kitchen wall and ceiling paint: Benjamin Moore White Dove
Sink: Reinhard Apron Farmhouse Sink
Countertops: Honed Carrara Marble
Backsplash: Marble Subway Tiles and Wavy Marble Mosaic
Brick Floor: Smooth Brick by Arto Brick in Creme Fraiche
Styling Accessories:
French counter bar stools: Cost Plus
French dining chairs – exact similar here and here
Chandelier – Restoration Hardware, discontinued (similar here)
Wall sconces – Restoration Hardware, discontinued (similar here)
Blue pot on stove – Staub, rooster knob
Towels – Williams Sonoma
Black and White Check Candlesticks – Mackenzie Childs
We all have our own dream kitchens in our head – but I am lucky enough that I was able to build mine! I’m going to go through the process of building and designing our dream kitchen today.
So, let’s start with this question that I had to answer: What would YOU do if you could build your dream kitchen?
Image from Segreto Secrets
First, my husband and I made a list of what we wanted in a kitchen. Then we asked friends and family of what they would want.
We studied design magazines. We studied Pinterest. We studied Houzz. We went and toured the brand new expensive houses being built in Southern California. We took pictures, and more pictures, and more pictures! Tons of Pinterest boards and Houzz boards. Hours of studying. Years of planning! Seriously, years!
We decided on an eventual layout after we were inspired by this kitchen that we toured in SoCal.
We walked through this kitchen and loved the feel of it. Loved the two huge islands. Now this is dreaming, we thought!
We did not do a huge refrigerator wall, but you get the idea.
The other cool part about this kitchen was the right wall opened up with Nano doors. Total California living!
One of the first things we did when designing our house was to actually pick our kitchen appliances first. This was one of the smartest things we did – that way we knew exactly what our electrical and gas requirements were from the get go.
We then built the kitchen around exactly which appliances we were picking.
Even though it is our dream kitchen, you can’t have *everything* you dream about. You have to make compromises.
I will say, I am not in any way complaining about my kitchen. But I was dying over having this range. Um, but it is the price of a small luxury car! Okay, never mind!
Image from Clive Christian Interiors
Sharing a few progress pictures from last year. Below is what will become the wall with the range. This was taken about a year ago.
Next was choosing what type of cabinets. The shaker cabinets are so incredibly popular right now, but I thought they were too boring for this big of a kitchen. Open shelving vs not? I almost went with open shelving in some parts of the kitchen, but then remembered that I hate dusting so went with some glass cabinets instead.
I went with a raised panel door on the right. The right one we were playing with staining but decided against it.
Next came the actual cabinet design, as to where do you want your trash, where do you want to put your spices? Hours and hours were spent thinking about this. I knew I wanted a mantel over the range a la Kris Jenner of the Kardashians so I could put a pretty garland on it below! I see my teapot on her range!
Now as for the countertops – I always knew I wanted marble, just like pastry counters in Europe! Calacatta marble was our initial thought – then we saw the price. So we went with an extra white Carrara. Got the look for the fraction of the price. Considered some marble alternatives also, but I knew I would always know it wasn’t the marble I dreamed of. Below, one of the many marble slabs we looked at. It is a Statuary marble.
I had heard about all of the negatives of marble – yeah yeah, don’t care. Most of the problems with marble occur with the polished marble. We went with a honed marble. Yes, we have had a few scratches and citrus etching since we moved in. The first mark bothered me. Now it doesn’t. The house is supposed to feel French Country… uh, have you seen the patina in French country kitchens?
Next up, paint colors for the cabinets. What an angst producing dilemma. Eventually settled on white (ha, now what shade of white? THAT is the question!) An extra bright, one that would not make the Carrara look grey! Went with a French grey/blue for the islands. All white would feel too sterile in here. Below, one of my inspirational kitchens.
I like the white because we are out on the country – adds to the classic the farmhouse feel. Did consider Martha Stewart green, other greiges, even black (briefly!), wood colored. Really wanted Cerused oak like below, but no one in the area could figure out how to make it.
Below, the “main” part of our kitchen in progress.
Below, the “baking” part of the kitchen aka my side of the kitchen. I can’t scramble an egg but I can whip up a meringue!
Tired of this post yet? Should I make a second post? Nah, let’s power through.
Some of the backsplash ideas… This is more of the fun parts of the design process, in my opinion!
Waterjet is so beautiful.
My DREAM backsplash… you would die at the price per sq ft. But it is beautiful!
Ultimately went with the wavy marble one below behind the range which I love! Subway marble tiles went on the rest of the backsplash areas.
Ok, choosing our finishes.
I love the warm look of the unpolished brass right now. However, in the back of my mind, I kind of cringe when I think of the brass of the 80s. So we went with polished nickel. But I did love this kitchen from Christopher Peacock that I wrote about here.
I was considering the ribbon and reed pulls and knobs, but ultimately chose something else. I recommend going into the hardware store and actually feeling the pulls and knobs. Don’t just buy it online without feeling it first as you may end up disappointed!
Okay, so what does our kitchen look like now??
Yes, it’s big. A bit of an understatement. However, we host parties and are able to cook for and accommodate a lot of people! 
Below you can see a better look at our baking kitchen and the “regular” kitchen. We joke – his and hers!
The baking kitchen below. The marble is fantastic for rolling the dough on!
And that is the shortened story behind our dream kitchen. We love our kitchen and couldn’t be happier. Thank you all for following along.
UPDATE – You can now check out our Farmhouse Kitchen Reveal here.
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Welcome to my Christmas kitchen! In the kitchen, I have placed most of my traditional German Christmas decorations.
Below is a Christmas pyramid spinning like mad! I purchased it from Kathe Wohlfahrt on our most recent trip to Germany.
A band of angels surrounds the pyramid. I love these little figurines!
Below is my chef tree filled mainly with handmade German wooden chef ornaments.
These ornaments are made by Steinbach and Christian Ulbricht – found at local stores and on the internet. I love the chef tree! It sits in the corner of the kitchen!
Now just behind the kitchen sits the Steiff animal tree. Steiff is a German teddy bear maker, if you have never heard of them before. My mom and I collect these little ornaments – again, all handmade. Most of these are made from mohair. She put her collection the tree too – I forget which ones are mine and which are hers!
Some are ornaments, some are little miniature animals that we just tucked into the tree. We have been collecting them for years as well and purchase them on our travels to Europe – and also on the internet! My favorite is the kitten in the mitten bottom left. Here is the Steiff tree last year.
Here is the main part of the kitchen decorated for Christmas. I added the Juliska cookie jar in the center.
Small smokers sit next to the jar. Smokers are a great alternative to nutcrackers as they are quite a bit smaller so you can tuck them pretty much anywhere!
I love the vintage style wreaths that I placed around the candles. The spice topiaries are handmade from Salzburg, I wrote about them here.
The German Christmas nutcrackers sit on top of the fridge. Hmm, I kind of like them there!
Below, some more smokers sit on a cookbook shelf.
The dairy barn sits in the kitchen too. I love this little scene – had it since my childhood!
This part of the fireplace faces the kitchen.
Pomander garland adorns this more rustic mantel. This garland was also over the hood in the kitchen!
That concludes my tour in the kitchen! If you missed the rest of my Christmas home tours, check them out here: Part 1 and Part 2!
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In this post – looking at polished nickel and unpolished brass hardware
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I have to pick out my kitchen hardware soon and I am having a hard time deciding between polished nickel and unpolished brass hardware! I like them both!
Pros – matches my sink faucet, classic and seemingly timeless
Cons – with an all white kitchen it can be seen as a little “cold”, but it is warmer than polished chrome. Also, it is quite common (does that matter? nah.)
Pros – has a nice warmth to it, and is something different then what I am used to
Cons – possibly too trendy, difficult to match the exact finish unless all hardware is from the same company
Below is kind of how it would look in my kitchen – I have the exact faucet with an apron sink and marble counters… although it looks like the hardware is gold to me and not brass!
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So, which would YOU choose?
I think I know what I am leaning to now. I think.
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In this post – house updates for June!
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The house has slowly been moving along. I have had to pick out paint colors as we start painting this week.
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We are doing honed carrara marble counters in the kitchen.
I love the all white kitchen, but my kitchen is rather large so I will be doing the two tone – island one color and the remaining cabinets another color.
Benjamin Moore’s Chantilly Lace will be the kitchen cabinet color.
Benjamin Moore’s Silversong will be the island cabinet color.
Benjamin Moore’s White Dove is the wall color for the majority of the house.
Benjamin Moore’s Classic Gray will be in some of the rooms.
Yes, this is such a pretty picture… haha! Trying to determine the size of our wood beam fireplace mantel with a piece of cardboard and outlines of the sconces that will go there!
A bunch of pictures at tile stores looking at possible backsplashes for above the stove in the kitchen.
Although I confess I do not know if any of the above are in my price range! I just liked them!
And below, considering different tiles for a powder room floor…
Hmmm… considering this toile for dining room drapery.
Alright, I hope you enjoyed the latest house updates!
I love the look of cerused oak, don’t you?
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What is Cerused Oak?
It is a special technique of applying essentially a lime-wash onto quarter swan oak cabinets. It is an old French technique – which is why I think I like it!
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Here is a close-up for cerused oak.
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As you can imagine, cerused oak is very expensive. First you have quarter sawn oak (expensive) + then lime wash it (expensive) = $$$
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See my original post on cerused kitchens here.
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