{"id":24329,"date":"2014-09-16T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=24329"},"modified":"2014-09-10T09:08:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:08:47","slug":"favorite-room-janette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=24329","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Room- The Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan and I recently gave tours of our favorite rooms over at Savvy Southern Style<\/a>.\u00a0 We thought you might enjoy seeing our faves and taking another look around.\u00a0 I chose the kitchen although the guest room<\/a> was a close second.<\/h3>\n

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Three years ago we moved from the family home in the suburbs to a townhouse in downtown Lexington, KY.\u00a0 We are empty-nesters who travel a lot, and we wanted a place that had less square footage and little to no maintenance outside.\u00a0 We still have plenty of space at 3,000 square feet.\u00a0 We completely gutted the place and remodeled it to fit our needs and tastes.\u00a0 The kitchen was one of my favorite projects.<\/h3>\n

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The room was very dark and had no personality before we remodeled. It measures 14 by 20 feet and has a lot of doorways.\u00a0 The one on the right goes into our hallway, and pocket door that is hidden in the wall will easily close it off.\u00a0 The wall color is stucco by Sherwin Williams, and the ceiling is a soft blue called iceberg, also by Sherwin Williams.<\/h3>\n

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The opening there on the left didn’t exist until we came along.\u00a0 Since there are just two of us now, I wanted the wall removed so that I could talk to Mr. Right who usually watches the news in the adjoining great room while I am cooking dinner.\u00a0 The large doorway also brings a lot of light into the kitchen. We have an antique wooden screen that I put in front of the opening when we are entertaining guests at the great room table. \u00a0 I recently bought those stools on Craigslist and painted them<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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The only thing I hated giving up when we moved from the suburbs was my six burner gas stove.\u00a0 The reality is that with just the two of us, we could probably get by with a hot plate, but I did manage to get my dream stove with just two less burners.\u00a0 We have wooden beadboard as a back splash throughout the kitchen but small honed marble tiles behind the stove.\u00a0 I bought the blue and white transferware plate<\/a> at an auction, the red cannisters while bicycling in Holland<\/a>, and I painted the bowl of cherries oil painting<\/a>.\u00a0 I love touches of red in the kitchen<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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One of the features of the peninsula that we really like is the extra storage on one side of it.\u00a0 We love the wine rack, and the glass cabinet houses some of my Hall teapot collection<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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The peninsula also has these great shelves for some of my cookbooks.\u00a0 When I need a recipe, I just plop down on the floor, and search away.\u00a0 By the way, our floors are not yellow like they are appearing in this shot.\u00a0 The finish is a nice brown called provincial.\u00a0 This room is really hard to photograph because of all of the light sources, and I don’t have the photo skills to deal with it correctly.<\/h3>\n

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Even though I love it, the one thing I would do differently if I were remodeling our kitchen today is to pass on installing this built-in hutch.\u00a0 Today I would place a big and old armoire in that space.\u00a0 I don’t like the idea that this piece is permanent.\u00a0 It stifles my creativity because I can’t move it around.<\/h3>\n

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This is the view of the room looking in from our great room.\u00a0 You can see the farmhouse sink there.\u00a0 We have honed Carrara marble<\/a> throughout the kitchen.\u00a0 I thought long and hard before selecting such a high-maintenance material, but it’s working out fine.\u00a0 Now, let’s take a look as some of the accessories around the room.<\/h3>\n

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I wanted a something big and bold for this small wall at the end of the peninsula and found this clock.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it has stopped working, and will have to come down.\u00a0 Don’t worry, though.\u00a0 I have a plan B in progress.\u00a0 The flow blue platter is the same pattern as some of the dishes my grandmother owned.<\/h3>\n

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I recently found this red egg basket at a farm supply store and created a great centerpiece<\/a> with it.\u00a0 Now it is holding some of my wooden kitchen utensils I bought in France.\u00a0 I used pages of old passports to upgrade this wooden tray<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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My 87 year-old mother<\/a> is quite creative, and she painted this bread box for me using a mailbox.\u00a0 Isn’t it cute.\u00a0 There are certain things in our kitchen that I won’t remove, and this is one of them.\u00a0 It will always be on the kitchen counter.<\/h3>\n

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I love mixed metals in the kitchen and have our copper pans hanging on the built-in hutch.<\/h3>\n

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They aren’t fine copper, and I use them all of the time, so they have a lot of patina.<\/h3>\n

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I have been inspired by Kim to change things around the house to get a new look.\u00a0 These vignettes are constantly on the move.\u00a0 Things might look completely different next week.\u00a0 I have had this scales for years, and I bought the demijohn at a flea market in a small French town.<\/h3>\n

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This dough bowl was an impulse purchase, and it is huge.\u00a0 I joke that it is my row boat.\u00a0 If we ever have a flood, all I need is an oar.<\/h3>\n

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One of the things I love about our kitchen is the adjoining pantry that I also use as my office.\u00a0 You can take a look at it here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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My grandfather loved going to antique auctions, and he found this phone for me.\u00a0 My grandmother used this slate chalkboard when she was in school.<\/h3>\n

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I am sure that by now you have noticed Lulubelle.\u00a0 She is the queen of the kitchen, and she is another thing that will always be in here.\u00a0 She has a perfect view of everything that goes on, and everyone loves her.\u00a0 She is an oil painting that measures 36″ by 36″.<\/h3>\n

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Our kitchen table centerpiece changes frequently also.\u00a0 I like to keep it seasonal.\u00a0 Both the table and the blue bench<\/a>, which I recently painted, were among the first pieces of furniture my husband and I bought as newlyweds.\u00a0 I am always changing out the pillows on the bench and chairs.\u00a0 My brother bought that brass fire extinguisher behind the chair for $1.50 at an auction years ago.\u00a0 I talked him into letting me have it, and he has always regretted giving it up.<\/h3>\n

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The French doors in the kitchen open up into our sunroom<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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Well, we are back to where we started.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed the look around.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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