Why I love blogging....with kitchen photos....

Prior to moving into our new 'cottage' we did a fair amount of "tweaking"....

I use the very technical term "tweaking" because what we did not involve any sort of gutting 

of nor construction in the spaces we made changes.  Rather our "tweaking" required lots

of paint, gallons and gallons of paint, stain for the floors and new carpet for the upstairs.

By far, the biggest tweak was painting our kitchen cabinets Benjamin Moore's

White Dove.  

And because I am a blogger and a lover of all things vintage, I wrangled with

ideas to make my 7 years young kitchen into the vintage kitchen

of my dreams!

Turns out,  I found kitchen inspiration when visiting my friend and beautiful blogger

Suzanne of Privet & Holly at her home in Minnesota just prior to our move.

Suzanne has a wonderful butler's pantry with plate racks and the kind of open

shelving I knew I could incorporate into my new/vintage kitchen.

My Suzanne-inspired open shelf!

I snapped a photo of Suzanne's butler's pantry shelf with my iPhone and

sent it to my contractor, who already thought I was a bit kooky in the head after

suggesting removing this bank of cabinets altogether and replacing them with open shelving.

{oh, and for the record - I am NOT crazy about the grandma-like corner shelves!}

In the end, we removed the cabinet doors, backed the interior with bead board 

and added the plate racks to the bottom.  For now, the holes for adjusting

the shelves remain but after I decide EXACTLY where

they will stay, I will fill in the holes.

My contractor charged me $200 to customize this cabinet.  I am

thrilled with the results!  Plates are easy and accessible both for use

and to put away after the dishwasher has run (which sits just 

below this cabinet).

Yesterday, Suzanne visited me at our new 'cottage'!  Here we are in a photo

taken in front of my Suzanne-inspired kitchen cabinet!

And while I appreciate blogging for the inspiration I find in the

beautiful images posted daily.......

Blogging ROCKS for the beautiful people it has brought into my life!