6/28/2023 0 Comments Timeless kitchen designIt was love at first sight! I didn’t want to replace all of my vintage saddle-back Windsor chairs so I ordered just two of the Arichat chairs and I think they compliment the space beautifully. One of my favorite things that we added to the breakfast nook is these gorgeous upholstered chairs from Birch Lane. I love sitting down in the afternoon with a cup of coffee while the sun streams in. Our breakfast nook is one of the sunniest rooms in our home. It provides more storage space and functions much better now. We decided to transform the desk area that we never once used into a built-in shelf to house the microwave and my cookbooks. I decided to leave this side of the cabinetry open for displaying some of my favorite dishes and vintage copper. They’re such a joy to work with and their tile options are top quality. The Builder Depot is local to us but they do have other locations and they ship all over the country. It’s such an understated elegance that will remain timeless. I really couldn’t be any more obsessed! I love that it has a honed finish. It’s a honed subway tile that measures 4″x8″, which is larger than the size of a traditional subway tile. One of my favorite touches in our kitchen is the Carrara marble backsplash from The Builder Depot. It’s got women weight to it and it’s unlacqured, so the finish will only get prettier over time. Friends, it’s even prettier in person! I’m a sucker for brass and after installing a similar faucet by Kingston in our powder room makeover I knew it would be the perfect choice for the kitchen. We installed a traditional apron sink with a classic Kingston brass bridged faucet from eFaucets. We left the existing dishwasher and opted to paint it instead of replacing it. Josh built a custom hood above it and a small shelf for cookbooks and spices to cap the stove off. We took the stove top out of the island and replaced it with a free standing range that went in place of the old refrigerator. A year and a half later I finally swapped it out for these beautiful brass pulls and knobs. I had originally used rubbed oil bronze hardware, which looked fine but my heart stilled dreamed of brass. We painted the cabinets and replaced all the hardware. You can read about the countertops and how we sealed them here. We installed butcher block counter tops and they add such a warmth to the space that I really love. We planked the ceiling and changed out the light fixtures. We stripped the wallpaper, installed board and batten and painted all the trim. The cabinets are solid wood so we opted to keep them, order new doors and paint them. It’s been almost two years and lots of sleepless nights, backaches and a few tears but here’s where we are today! Only one eye of the stove worked and the smell was enough to make you run for the hills! Let’s take a look at what the kitchen looked like the first day we stepped inside in to start working.Īside from the mess, there were eight cabinet doors missing in total. Imagine everything in a home being broken and you’d nail our colonial on the head! We fell in love with the neighborhood and knew that this old place deserved a new life. It’s no secret that when we purchased our home it was in major need of some love, the unconditional kind. My goal for our kitchen was to create a classic and elegant space. Our home is a four-sided brick colonial and it has a very traditional look and feel that I adore. I’ve found that I’m moving away from heavily decorated spaces and more towards simple, timeless spaces. My heart has really been longing for simple these days. You can look at all the before photos here. It’s been two years since we bought this fixer-upper of ours and I can’t believe how far we’ve come in such a short time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about home renovations it’s that they’re never over soon enough! I say marathon because when you’re not hiring work out and you’re working within a small budget, time is your best friend. I have felt like a marathon runner for months and months, just hoping for a sprint kinda renovation. I can’t believe today has finally arrived. This post is in partnership with The Builder Depot, eFaucets and Birch Lane but all thoughts are my own.
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