Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Kitchen Dreamland


Nothing makes me more excited than this new kitchen, which means I am officially old.  But seriously....how could I not get excited?  I had 22 feet x 23 feet to do whatever my little heart desired in what is essentially going to be the heart of our home.  Well, not exactly whatever I wanted, since kitchens are expensive, but I could dream.  Since it was such a big space, we are incorporating a sitting area - Brian thinks he's also putting a 42 inch flat screen on the wall.  

Now he's the one dreaming.

Most of the inspiration came from pictures like these - and funny enough, our interior designer labeled them all coastal casual, which pretty much describes me.  Stuck in a landlocked state.  Oh well.  At least my kitchen will be reminiscent of the water.


The farmhouse apron sink was the first thing picked out


 The blue-ish turquoise island was the next must do


White perimeter cabinets and glass-front uppers came from this


Gray/white subway tile for the backsplash


And this is the last decision - super white granite for easy clean-up even though I don't love granite, or carrera marble because it's fantastically beautiful but stains?  Still thinking on that one.  Either way it will be white.

An amazing perk of working with a kitchen designer are the visuals that they can create for you - this is what our kitchen layout will actually look like.  The doorway on the left is a walk-in pantry and the all-freezer and all-refrigerator are on opposite sides of the back wall. 


Visual from behind the island

Behind the island looking out.  Many family dinners to come!

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