I am super excited to say that we are going ahead with our rustic/industrial/farmhouse cottage kitchen update this fall…wow that was a mouthful. I’ve been such a busy bee getting all the items chosen, sourced and ordered that I haven’t even had any time to blog!
It’s so exciting! I’ve been dreaming of redoing this kitchen ever since I saw it. This is how it looked when we originally purchased the home. (This is the realtor photo)
And how the kitchen looks now:
So you can see that I painted the side panel in blackboard paint (which I love and I’m leaving as is). I added the hanging pendants, due entirely to my hubby’s cleverness. The white knobs were exchanged for the black square knobs and cup handles. And the wood shutters were removed from the windows, they banged into the cupboards and generally, just drove me crazy.
Now, we will be doing a much bigger change to the kitchen, but it is still not a total gut. We are leaving the footprint the same, since it’s a log home, any floor plan or lighting changes are a challenge. I’m okay with the layout, so I’m just doing some fine tuning. But, can I tell you how happy I am to be finally rid of those white track lights, they are definitely on their way out! More on the layout and all the details in another post.
But I will leave you with the kitchen’s mood board. As you can see it has a rustic/industrial/farm house aesthetic together with some blue, of course!
Stay tuned for progress reports!
[…] Onto my lighting choices – I’ve had a hate on for the existing white track lighting, as there is typically only one or two of the lights working at any one time and let’s face it they are just fugly. We added the Pottery Barn pendants when we first bought the cottage and they have certainly helped but I desperately need more light than they can give. (see before pics here). […]