One thing that you will notice as you walk through our house is a distinctive “vintage vibe”…that is, everywhere except the kitchen. Thus far, the kitchen is the only room in the entire house that we haven’t touched at all.  When we first looked at the house the realtor told us that the kitchen had been redone recently; the decorating style and fixtures are distinctly modern…and not our taste at all.  We have been anxious to give this room a makeover since day 1.

UGH…more yellow!! This is probably my least favorite color and with our cool color scheme going on in the dining room and living room, well this kitchen just clashes horribly.  Also, what’s up with the fabric covered cabinets?! This shot is taken walking in from the front foyer into the kitchen itself. The door you see is currently used as our catch-all utility closet and gives us access to the back porch.

The door that you see on the left below leads into our dining room. I love that it is a swinging door!

Make sure you take a second to check out the backsplash.  This is a one of a kind feature- it is made from shattered Fiestaware plates.  When the house was on the Holiday Home Tour in 2012 we had the kitchen roped off. SO many people peeked their head in and they LOVED the backsplash. Us, not so much. It was very poorly designed with many rough edges and practically impossible to clean. It’s gotta go.

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Oh, soffit why must you exist?! I can’t wait for cabinets that extend all the way to the ceiling!

At some point the original window/s were removed from this room and we were left with these two, huge modern windows. Although probably more energy efficient they contrast so hideously with all of our other gorgeous leaded windows.

On the plus side, we DO have lots of space to work with.  We’ve decided that when we rebuild everything that we can even afford to make the new island a bit smaller. Also, track lighting…never a good thing. Especially when you can see exposed wires and only half of the bulbs work.

So this is our jumping off point. We have a total kitchen rehab planned- new flooring, new ceiling, new walls, new appliances, new lighting, new layout.

Check back to see our progress in the next couple of months!