The Kitchen

Now that you have made it in the front door you might as well come on into the kitchen.   First a couple of disclaimers.  The kitchen is still a work in progress.  Tile backsplash isn’t in yet, not all of the baseboards are attached.  Crown molding hasn’t been caulked and painted.  And for some reason my camera is making the colors a little wonky.

The floors are natural Brazilian cherry with a low gloss finish.  The cabinets are painted the perfect creamy white – Dunne Edward’s Swiss Coffee (as will be the trim work when we get around to it).  The walls are Dunne Edward’s Winter Light (or Lite, I can’t quite remember) which is a French vanilla color.  The counters are a slightly greyed green.  There ~ you should have your color reference now and can make mental adjustments when you look at the pictures.

This is standing in the doorway and looking towards the eating area (that’s the laundry room back there too).   And my laptop at the table.  If I’m not sitting there then I’m sitting on one of the loveseats by the fireplace.  I love wireless.  See the big gaps between the ceiling and the crown molding?  We have quite the wavy ceiling.

This is standing in the opposite corner looking towards the entrance way.  Look out the window – don’t we have the world’s ugliest front door?  It’s on our to do list.  We also would like to put a pair of double hung windows there (like we have over the sink).  That’s my April quilted table topper on the table – made by my lovely sister Nicole.

Okay this next picture isn’t all that interesting but you can get a better idea of the counter color.  I really like how the counters turned out.  I was so afraid they were going to be a bluish green.

You can also just get a teeny peak into the dining room.  Let’s head on in there now.

Here the pictures really stink because I have light coming in from two sides.  But here is the dining room.  I just realized how dorky my curtains look.  A bit short, wouldn’t you say?  The walls in here are painted a very soothing green.  Also Dunne Edwards paint (our painter loves Dunne Edwards and will only use their paint) but I don’t remember the name of the color.  We really monkeyed with it to get the shade just so anyway.

Looking back towards the kitchen.  That big white spot on the wall behind the green chest is where we had to hack a big hole to get at some electrical wiring. 

Well there you have it – if you want to see the befores you can look here and here.  Just keep in mind that the pictures were taken before we bought the house.  Lest anyone think I picked out that wallpaper.

And if you want to see inside my refrigerator head on over The Wine Maker’s Wife.