Y'all, here is the second part of my home tour! You can find part 1
here...it included the back entry, laundry room and pantry.
I am SO excited about today's post for several reasons:
1. The kitchen is my MOST FAVORITE room....I LOVE it!!!
2. It is the room that I spent the most time on...choosing colors and hardware and appliances and tile....etc. I focused more on this room more than any other because I knew this is where we would spend the most time and that this would be the heart of our home.
3. This is the one room that I didn't cut back on. When you build a house on a set budget, you have to choose areas that you want to splurge on and areas that you can cut back on. This was my splurge! I chose what I wanted {within reason, of course} and Eddie knew how important the kitchen was to me, so his usual reply was, "Whatever you want/think." Can't ask for more than that!!
4. And finally.....I'm excited about this post because I got my camera back! Yay! My digital camera has been broken since May and I finally got around to taking it to Best Buy to see if it could be fixed. They sent it off, fixed it and I got it back today! So it was fun getting to use it again.
Warning, this post has a lot of pictures!!!
First, here are pictures from the four corners of the kitchen...
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| Eating area |
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| View from the eating area |
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| View into living room |
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| View from living room |
Now for the close-ups:
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| Pantry area....Closed, and open |
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| Microwave/Spice Drawer above pantry. (The drawer at the bottom of the microwave is a toaster oven. I can cook pizza, chicken nuggets, cookies, etc in there) |
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| Spice Drawer. I love this, too...When we were deciding where to put the microwave, the cabinet builder said there would be space left if we put it above the pantry, so I suggested this. I'm so pleased...it is right to the right of the oven, so it is very convenient! |
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| Area between pantry and stove |
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| Stove wall |
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| I love the way the vent hood turned out!! |
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| My stove...one regular view and one showing the side oven |
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| My backsplash |
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| To the left of the stove...I hope you notice our brand new coffee pot. That is the major comment I have received when people have seen my kitchen before....that my maybe 20+ year old coffeepot didn't really flow with the rest of the kitchen! Well, happy birthday to Eddie. Some sweet friends took pity on him on his birthday! |
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| My canister set. Had these made at a pottery shop in my hometown right after we got married. I love them! |
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| The corner |
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| The shelves. I have to put something in the jar. I had gourds/pumpkins in there. Then Christmas ornaments. I'm waiting for inspiration to strike. I think I'm gonna mod podge some balls to put in there. Maybe! |
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| Inside the appliance garage. Our blender, can opener, extra attachments to our mixer, and coffee supplies. | | | | | |
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| Between the sink and appliance garage |
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| The back wall |
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| The dishwasher |
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| One of my favorite things about the kitchen...the view. I can see the kids playing from here. |
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| The sink |
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| I love my sink...this was the very first thing I picked out for the house. Brown composite granite. Everything else I chose for the kitchen had to match this. Love how big and how deep and how brown it is! |
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| Sink down to refrigerator | |
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| My canisters o' beans |
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| The garbage |
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| I love that it remains hidden |
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| The fridge |
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| Inside freezer/fridge |
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| Island...View 1 |
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| Island...View 2 |
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| I love my big cutting board! It was a birthday present from 2 sweet friends. |
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| Fruit bowl |
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| Quite possibly my most favorite thing in the entire house...my beloved ice maker!! |
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| Ice!!! :) |
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| Pendant lights |
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| Bottom of island...love how the bead board turned out |
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| I got these stools at target.com. I went to the local store to buy them, but they only had 2. So I checked online, and with the sale they had, I got 6 for the price that I could have bought 5 for in the store. Plus it was free shipping! |
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| Our beautiful new table |
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| Our best friend in Georgia made this for us. When he originally said he wanted to make it, I must admit I was skeptical. I mean, he's a pharmacist, not a woodworker. But...wow...I think he missed his calling! It turned out awesome! |
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| The wall behind the table |
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| The other wall...and my favorite artwork in the kitchen. My babies' handprints/footprints all pulled together inside a larger frame. |
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| And finally....a close-up of our floor...just because I love how it turned out. It's just stained pine lumber, and I love all the knots and imperfections in it. |
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PHEW! I am so sorry this was so long and has 6 million pictures. But I didn't want to leave anything out! I guess I could have divided it into two posts...but I didn't!!
Thanks for visiting my kitchen!! Can't wait to show you more of my home later.
