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    Home » Musings

    Kitchen Tour

    Published by Pam Kessler | 433 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. -

    The final part of the tour is the kitchen area. Because let's face it, I'll never have my bedrooms or bathroom clean enough to be photographed. Just not happening.

    And while we're at it, let's talk about cleanliness. I hope you realize that I super duper cleaned and organized my house before taking photos. Just for a typical dinner party, you'll find me cleaning the rubber seals in the dishwasher with a toothbrush and vacuuming behind the refrigerator (people look back there you know). So there was no way I was going to invite 10 billion people on the internet into my home and not clean it up. Just saying.

    Fruit displayed in a silverplate bread bowl.

    Wait, my husband just notified me that there's not 10 billion people on the planet? Oh well, the point is that whenever you see photos of people's houses on blogs, you can pretty much count on the fact that there's been some cleaning and fluffing going on.

    So on to the tour. The kitchen and kitchen dining area are right off the living room. You can stand on the other side of this breakfast counter and look straight back into the living room.

    Bar stools at a breakfast bar.


    And since the rooms adjoin each other, we have the obligatory dog in the kitchen. When he's not staring longingly off into space, he works as a bottle opener.

    Vintage dog bottle opener.

    Yes, I have wooden cabinets.

    Kitchen cabinets with vintage mixing bowls above.

    Yes, I understand that it is not a popular look on blogs.

    Kitchen cabinets with vintage Fiestaware pitchers above.

    I have steered clear of the painting-your-kitchen-cabinets-white blog trend, because honestly, I like my cabinets and they are still in excellent shape. I just can't personally see me painting them. Just being honest. I know that a lot of people love the painted cabinet look and I do too, but just in other people's houses.

    Vintage green McCoy mixing bowl.

    I love putting stuff on top of my cabinets. I don't know what I'd do if we had a soffit up there.

    Vintage Fiestaware pitchers.

    I mean, where would I keep my croquet box?

    Eclipse Croquet wooden box.

    Or rusty scale?

    Vintage black kitchen scale.

    This round wooden table is from my Mother's kitchen and the black chairs were ridiculously cheap from the Penney's Outlet.

    Kitchen dining room area.

     

    Vintage chalkware chicken figurine.

    Everyone thought I was nuts for buying chairs that didn't match the style of the table, but I like the look of mismatched chairs. Like the set was multi-generational. Which it is.

    Black chairs with an oak pedestal table.

    I hope you enjoyed the tour of the house. I'll be back this weekend with some Christmas posts, because rumor has it that the holidays are just around the corner.

    If you're interested, you can check out some of my other room tours:

    Living Room Tour
    Dining Room Tour
    Home Office Tour

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    1. Cranberry Morning

      November 30, 2012 at 9:29 pm

      First off, I love your Fiesta Ware pitchers!! My cabinets are the same as yours, and I've often pondered the idea of painting them white. In my case, however, I just hate the thought of going to all that work for something that may turn out to be very dated in a few years.

      I love your dining alcove, and the mismatched chairs give it charm. Nice tour!

    2. Carlene @ Organized Clutter

      November 30, 2012 at 7:59 pm

      We collect a lot of the same stuff. I love bowls. The croquet box is awesome. I love the mismatched table and chairs (I do that too). The windows in the dining area make it so light and bright.

    3. Ellie VanCaster

      November 30, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      I love the look of the painted cabinets-so pretty-but I love my wooden cabinets. It just seems warmer and more natural for me-everytime I see pretty painted ones
      I want to do it but I know I never will. Love the mismatched chairs, it makes it more interesting.

    4. Ellie VanCaster

      November 30, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      I love the look of the painted cabinets-so pretty-but I love my wooden cabinets. It just seems warmer and more natural for me-everytime I see pretty painted ones
      I want to do it but I know I never will. Love the mismatched chairs, it makes it more interesting.

    5. Linda@Coastal Charm

      November 30, 2012 at 5:35 pm

      I am so glad that you invited us on a tour...now I love how you put the table and chairs as a set (instant charm).

      Blessings,
      Linda

    6. vikki

      November 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm

      I used to have cabinets with space on top to put stuff like you do, I sure miss it. In my house now I have soffits. Of course I don't have to dust, but I sure love the look of it and yours is very pretty. I too have natural oak cabinets. I just painted the island black and love the look of that against the oak. I love your chairs and table. Wish I could do that, but I am stuck with a huge table that was outragously expensive (before blogging and DIY) so I will die with it. Thanks for sharing.

    7. Kim K.

      November 30, 2012 at 5:07 pm

      I wish our cabinets had space on top for collections. Your mismatched chairs are perfect with that table. I seriously think I want to do the same thing when we finally replace our dining room set. Great tour, Pam.

    8. Joanne Noragon

      November 30, 2012 at 3:22 pm

      Our kitchen has the same cabinets, except maple. The soffit area is more little doors with glass fronts and thet's where the pottery goes. Your fiesta pitchers would look nice in our kitchen!

    9. Nancy

      November 30, 2012 at 11:38 am

      Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I have (almost) exactly the same kitchen cabinets - and I LOVE how yours look with the dark countertops & appliances! I've been wondering how that would look - now I know what we're doing to our kitchen! Seriously - thank you!
      I, too, love your mismatched table & chairs - and, how'd you steal the porcelain-top cabinet from my basement? I swear I saw it down there just yesterday! Again - thank you for the decorating idea as I've been wanting it upstairs, somewhere.
      My kitchen, sadly, has soffits. Hate 'em. A LOT. What WAS I thinking???
      Thank you for sharing your home with us all!

    10. Into Vintage

      November 30, 2012 at 11:32 am

      Perfectly clean can be overrated. And time consuming. 😉

      I love the mismatched look, especially for tables and chairs. I also love when there are multiple styles of chairs. Mix, mix, mix!

    11. The Summer Kitchen Girls

      November 30, 2012 at 11:26 am

      Your kitchen is darling...love the top of your cabinets...so cute 🙂 Also LOVE LOVE LOVE the mixed table and chairs....very nice!!

    12. Olive

      November 30, 2012 at 10:53 am

      Pam, I love the table and chairs. I hear you about the cabinets. The yellow house came with white ones and while I appreciate the look I cannot keep them clean. Drives me craziER. Love your collections on top of the cabinets (I have a soffit ugh). You are awesome for doing all that cleaning. I am at our dirty old house and really should get up and clean something. Anything. hugs, olive

      P.S. am going to throw sticks to Shelley instead of cleaning

    13. Robin

      November 30, 2012 at 10:51 am

      Pam your posts are always so much fun to read!

      I love that your embracing your wood cabinets, they have a great color on them and look amazing.

    14. Debby

      November 30, 2012 at 10:15 am

      I have wooden cabinets and they are old. They are not pretty like yours but I like the warmth of them. A while back I changed the hardware..
      I heard from Polly that you were at her shop. How cute it was. I didn't take a pic of the cookies....did you. Lots of others that I will post. Are you going next Friday. Not excited about it being at night.

    15. Sandy aka Doris the Great

      November 30, 2012 at 10:02 am

      My cabinets are wood as well and I long for white cabinets because I have such a small kitchen in a shaddy house. But I don't know if white cabinets will ever happen. C'est la vie!

      Your kitchen is darling. I love the mismatched chairs and the fiesta ware above the cabinets.

    16. Sweet Posy Dreams

      November 30, 2012 at 8:49 am

      I love the look of white cabinets, but ours are wood, too. The wood is warm and, let's face it, if you don't paint your cabinets, you don't have to repaint them! I like your kitchen very much.

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