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| Panoramic View |
Ann reporting.
Elyzabeth and I had a vision of what we wanted our kitchen
to look like. We wanted a kitchen that
was light, airy, comfortable, and, above all, a kitchen that was useable. We do cook, can, freeze, make most things
from scratch and even smoke our own bacon.
In other words, we did not want a do-not-touch-me showplace
kitchen! BUT, we did want it to look
nice.
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| Warm and Welcoming |
In order to achieve the look we wanted we used quite a few
design elements from French country kitchens.
These details include such items as using a different surface for the
island versus the other countertops, the
placement of the free standing cabinet (which really isn’t free standing) to
eliminate wasted space, the hanging pot rack, and leaving appliances we use frequently on the countertops instead of
storing them in an appliance “garage”!
We left the interior of the upper part of the free standing cabinet
natural to blend with the natural butcher block top of our island. We felt we needed some warmth to counteract
all the other black and white elements in the room.
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| Lobster in the Sink |
We
decided a white sink would be much too glaring to plunk down in the middle of
that long expanse of black countertop so opted instead for a black acrylic
one. It is a double sink – albeit not a
standard double. One side is larger and
deeper to accommodate large pots and the other is smaller and shallower making
it very convenient for cleaning vegetables.
The addition of a gooseneck faucet in the same black and copper of our
cabinet hardware just pulls the entire look together.
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| Bistro Table |
To totally pull off our French Bistro look – we added a bar
height bistro table (in black, of course) with bar stools in the bay window
eating area of the kitchen. As a touch of whimsy – the barstools are
covered with fabric that extols the virtues of Cajun food. We really don’t want to take ourselves too
seriously, right?
And, as the pièce de résistance, the two signs in French
pictured below. I think we really pulled
it off – don’t you???
If you haven't read them before, check out our previous kitchen blogs, from March 6th, 10th, 11th and 14th, for some before and during pictures. Then, please drop us some comments below to let us know what you think of the new kitchen. We are hoping you will like it as much as we do.
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Ann
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