Ok, so I’m a little behind on my blogging these days. We’ve only had a ton of stuff going on though (including the addition of our new little pup, Cooper)!
Last week we had the last of our appliances delivered and installed. Behold our new over the stove microwave (with hidden vent system), and our new dishwasher.
We now almost have a fully functional kitchen! A guy that I work with is coming out this weekend to finish up the ductwork for the microwave and then I’ll be able to cook till I drop!
So that’s about it for Project Dos, but while I have your attention, I’ll go ahead and talk more kitchen stuff! You may have noticed that the new cabinets don’t match the old cabinets in color…after giving it some thought, I decided to paint all the new cabinets to match the old cabinets for several reasons. 1. I have to buy less paint that way. I know, we’ve already put a lot of money into the kitchen, why not go ahead and paint it a brand new shade of bright white to accentuate the new appliances. That brings me to point number 2 – I believe that cabinets being bright white may take away from the aged look of the room (aged architecturally, not as far as the appliances go). I love our old house. I love the fact that it looks old. I’m trying to stay away from anything too modern, with the exception of appliances, to be consistent with the feel of the house. The other rooms in the front of our house are relatively traditional and all the trim in the house is ivory, not white. Which leads me to number 3 – I want to keep the overall color palette complimentary. That’s not to say that white is not welcome in our home, but just like with my wedding dress selection (I really wanted white until I started trying them on), ivory is a much more warm and inviting color. So, color dilemma solved, cabinets => ivory.
Plus, ivory cabinets will match my small kitchen rug next to the sink. I haven’t shown you a picture yet, but I got this rug from Home Depot recently that perfectly matches the colors in the kitchen thus far.
It feels super soft so it’s a great cushion when Trey and I choose to wash dishes by hand.
After reading about their soap holder over at younghouselove.com, I was obsessed with getting something similar! It looks so much better than just a bottle of Dawn and hand soap sitting on the side of the sink. I found this at Williams & Sonoma,
but at $40-$50, it wasn’t going to happen. While walking around through Target, Trey and I spotted this beauty,
at only $20. Honestly, purchasing all three of these types of products (hand soap, dish soap, and counter cleaner in a fresh grapefruit ginger scent) independently of each other probably would have been the same price, but now they all match and come in a cute carrier. Plus, they have given me inspiration for the splashes of color I have wanted to add in my otherwise ivory, grey, and black kitchen – pale/bright (haven't figured out which yet) yellows! I’m hoping to find a way to do that with the backsplash that we are going to wrap around most of the new quartz countertops that we are planning to having installed by the end of the year.
We're over halfway there getting this kitchen to where we want it to be and I can't wait to see what it will look like when we finish!
