Welcome to my kitchen
where I make my daily latte {or 2}
where homework is done
where a meal or two or three is prepared
where you're sure to find a chickadee with their hand in the snack bin
&
our doodle taking an afternoon nap!
Pull up a seat I'm taking latte orders...
Here is my new and improved kitchen island...
My goal was working with what we had...
to save money and still give me the character I wanted for our kitchen
therefore, I focused on the island to create a focal point by adding farm legs.
beadboard and a new granite top just on the island.
I saved a ton by not putting Granite on the remaining countertop.
therefore, I went with a mix and match theme to tie it all together.
My favorite part of this project was picking the Granite slab...
I embarrassed my husband on our outing out,
but let me tell you he is thanking now that I went through so much trouble!!!
He said, here's your budget....
stick to it
I pinky promised him I would!!!
I was on a mission to show him I could do this without changing everything...
So, this is what I did...
The day we scheduled to go select our Granite at the Rock Company
I took a maple door, sample of our existing laminate,
my vintage creamy buffalo china bowl, the paint color I knew I was going to paint the island {it matches my china {creamy white not stark white} and the yellow paint sample in the kitchen.
Oh yes I did!!
This particular day it snowed...
and the granite slabs are outside!!!
It was freezing!!!
i wore the "wrong" shoes
{picture black patent ballet flats with a slippery bottom hee hee}
and there I was having my husband hold the bowl, as i held the laminate sample, maple door and I passed the the paint samples to the lady helping us...
She looked at my husband with a look of "are you kidding me"
He said, "Yes, I married her.... just go with it!"
What can I say, I went prepared!!!
I had a mission!!!
Give me a decorating mission and I'm all business!!!
We walked and walked
sampled and sampled
the last slab we came to
stopped me in my slippery tracks...
I quickly held all the components of the kitchen on the slab and knew we'd found it!!!
It has all the colors I needed to pull the kitchen together in a mix matchy sort of way...
So me!!!
Mixy Matchy
FYI
I made a very important decision....
hold onto your latte cups...
I've decided my island needs some baubles...
yummy knobs to finish it off..
still need to pick them out...
it'll happen...
hopefully soon...
I think I'll need to pick a few and have you help me select the right knobs!!!
With every project there always happens to have a last minute touch added...
it happened here...
I added the
beadboard to the
backsplashto tie it all together
but
still left my chalkboard...
cause I still love it...
one touch I didn't do which I definitely plan to sneak in
is trim out the chalkboard with the trim I used on the
beadboard...
can't believe I wasn't thinking when I did it...
oh well!!
I've also decided i need to add another
barstool...
or stools...
hmmm and changing the fabric on my current ones...
{I'm just saying I'm thinking about in case hubby asks}
I hope you enjoyed your visit...
I loved having you here...
pop on by anytime,
you know where you'll find me!!!
P.S. hubby is leaving tomorrow and I'm moving furniture in the living room...
why?
it's Spring!!
&
I've got the
switcheroo feeling....
&
it's highly contagious!
xo,
It was one of those weeks...
I greeted the arriving parents with apologies...
