Red and White Cozy Cottage Christmas Kitchen 2019

I took a little blogging break, but with the holidays here I'm ready to start sharing again! Sometimes we just need to step back and refresh. To kick of our home decorated for the holidays, I thought I would start with the heart of the home, the KITCHEN!

I wanted to go with a more traditional red and white Christmas theme, with a playful side for the kids. Red just feels like Christmas, but I don't like too much red. 

By shopping my china hutch in the dining room, I gathered all my white pitchers, creamers and even a gravy boat for the open shelves. Sticking with my love for vintage, country style I tried to carry the French linen red stripe theme throughout the kitchen. That way it's a soft touch of red.

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Red and White Cozy Cottage Christmas Kitchen 2019

Spring Styled Open Kitchen Shelving

If you feel like you're wanting a little change in your décor this time of year, I feel the same way! I like to choose small areas of our home to change out & the open shelving nook in our kitchen was ready for a change! Hard to believe I hadn't switched out the shelving décor in over a year! I went a little bolder this year with color by adding in some yellow. I knew I wanted that mint green again, so I gathered up my jadeite plates, kitchen scale and my favorite of all, the vintage wire egg baskets! I got those a couple of years ago at an antique fair. 

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Spring Styled Open Kitchen Shelving

Fall Kitchen Refresh with Bloomr.com

The  first day of Fall is this Saturday, September 22nd! I've already done Fall décor around the house, back patio and our front porch. I don't usually freshen up the kitchen, but when Bloomr reached out to try some of their luxury faux florals I thought they would be perfect for our kitchen! Flowers in the kitchen always make it feel more alive and cozy. You don't have to use the traditional Fall colors either to make it feel like Fall. My style tends to lean towards softer colors. More of a feminine feel.

I chose neutral colors and mixed in greens, copper, natural pumpkins and warm tones.

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5 Tips To Creating A Farmhouse Kitchen

I get asked a lot how to get that farmhouse kitchen look in a builder grade home. When we moved into our home a little over a year ago the kitchen was a real eye sore! Our home is 23 years old and everything was original in the kitchen, most of it still is! We had to replace the dishwasher about four months ago because it wasn't cleaning the dishes....they were actually coming out dirtier! For now, with small children we decided it was best to hold off on new appliances since one of them literately took a small hammer to the front of the fridge! I wasn't going to let old appliances hold back adding farmhouse charm to our kitchen though! 

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Faux Marble Countertop {Part One}

I was scrolling through Instagram one day and happened to see a post by Instant Granite with vinyl coverings for countertops that look like marble & granite! I recently finished painting our cabinets and giving our kitchen a mini makeover but the dated yellow laminate countertops just made the space feel incomplete. After watching several videos online I was ready to give it try! Anything was better than the cream yellow! 

Instant Granite was amazing to work with and I received the material within a week of giving them my kitchen measurements!

Here is what the countertops looked like before. I did this project in the evening when our little ones were sleeping so the during pictures aren't the best. A lot of our big projects are done in the evenings around here!  

I'll be doing another blog post with more details on the painted cabinets and ways to update a kitchen on a budget!

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Faux Marble Countertop {Part One}