Motherhood and My Favorite Presents
We talk a lot about work and motherhood in our family. I saw Sister work tirelessly and come home exhausted many days. I also saw her exhilarated by what she was doing. There are SO...
Kitchen Renovation Cont.
Over Memorial Day weekend, we will trek to Maine where spring will finally be creeping onto the island and I can do another kitchen check-in. Photos between Ethan and me have been flying, but I haven't seen the raised ceiling in person yet. I will be bringing my Godfather makeover chair for the new kitchen and a box of unlacquered brass hardware for the cabinets from an Etsy shop in India. Along with cabinet knobs and pulls, I also ordered unlacquered brass racks to hang pots and pans since our peg board is now dead and buried.
Godfather makeover chair (I used 7 yards):
Taking a lot of inspiration from the DeVol Kitchens team, I have been scouring their NYC showroom and their book, and I've become obsessed with their craftsmanship. I watched the whole season of For the Love of Kitchens on HBO! I cannot lie, kitchen makeover content is my valium. Because my vision is for the kitchen to resemble a living room with cooking included, rather than the typical luxury ice chamber, all of these finishes matter significantly. We will be putting back our old bookcase overflowing with cookbooks and three tole plant stands filled with geraniums under the windows. One absolute luxury we have is a kitchen garden by the enty door with a raised bed of herbs, thanks to my mother. Finally, the decision regarding the wallcovering, which received much thought, is our newest raffia, Sister. This solid raffia, the color of dark straw, will wrap every wall surface, including the ceiling.
My evolving vision for this living room with cooking kitchen is a cozy potting shed (Bunny Mellon style) filled with copper, unlaqued brass hardware, an off-white painted floor, off-white painted beams with potted geraniums, books a go go, my mother's ceramic collection, and a dark straw color for the raffia backdrop. The lighting, of course, DeVol pendant lamps coming from the raised ceiling. What I have learned from our kitchen "journey" is that the kitchen truly is the heart of the house and even if you have a tiny galley in NYC, all of the love of color, finishes, ceramics, and fabrics must be continuous from the public rooms to this beloved space where everything happens on a daily basis.
Some of my kitchen inspo below from former Maine homes and Sister projects:
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