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Showing posts with label shabby chic kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shabby chic kitchen. Show all posts

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Salvaged Kitchen Cabinets

 Yesterday I showed some of my favorite funky chic kitchens.
Today I'm going to go further and show salvaged funky cabinets and other storage solutions in kitchens.
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I loved some of the comments from yesterday's post. 
Most of you were inspired. A few couldn't imagine working in a kitchen such as these.
One commenter loved the pretty things displayed above the stove but said
that it was impractical because of the kitchen grease that would accumulate. 
I hadn't even thought about that. 
I have a shelf of pretties above my own stove.
I don't have any problem with them getting grease on them...since I never cook with grease or oil.
I might sauté with a little olive oil or butter or balsamic vinegar but that is rare and it does 
not cause a greasy film on anything in the kitchen. 

So, personally I think it's ok to have pretties in the kitchen.
I adore those cabinets above. 
Just adore it. Notice the small electric stove top?
This would by a tiny kitchen in a tiny cottage.

 The black wire spice rack is the star in this kitchen. 
I was inspired by a rack like this when I came up with my own spice rack.
I actually wanted a little wire spice rack but came up with this instead.
It's the perfect size for the space I had available.
It's very handy to have a spice rack right by the stove.
I know many said it was a mistake when I installed it there.
They said spices should be kept in cool dark place but I use them up pretty quickly
 because they are always in sight. 
So it has not been a problem.
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Just look at this row of cabinets and hutches! This makes for delightful kitchen cabinets.
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Here industrial shelving does the trick. I'm really a fan of these shelves anyway.
I used to have some of these in my old office with seagrass baskets on them.
They looked pretty awesome.
Anyway...even though all this stuff is exposed in this kitchen...it still looks very nice. 
Interesting.
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This kitchen really has shelves. Those there at the right remind me of the old metal bins
you used to see at hardware stores. 
This kitchen is too rustic for my own use but I do think it looks divine.
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These shelves look like they'd be super easy to build. 
Love the industrial cottage vibe.
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A pretty dresser in the kitchen is a welcome surprise at Maple and Magnolia.
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A big sideboard makes for an excellent kitchen cabinet.
 This is kitchen of one of the girls of Vintage White Market.
She added the vintage turquoise cabinet to her kitchen.
Her whole kitchen is an amazing hodgepodge of salvaged items.
It includes a vintage stove and fridge which I love...want...need!
This kitchen is created from antique Indian cabinets placed side by side 
with a counter top built over to unify them. 
very nifty
Look how great a wood pallet looks on the wall for a dish cabinet!
Again...too rustic for my actual use but I really like the way it looks.

Just shows kitchens can really be anything these days. 
I love how bohemian and artistic these kitchens are!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

10 Funky Chic Kitchens

Here are 10 of my favorite funky chic kitchens from my
I'm thinking about kitchens because as soon as I get my dining room painted...
I'm moving on to make a few changes in the kitchen.
I love a vintage kitchen and especially one with quirky details like the following...

Do you like a funky unusual kitchen or one with traditional details?

I love a kitchen that uses pieces of furniture instead of cabinets.

The other day the top drawer under my range top came off the track and fell.
I haven't dealt with it yet.
Its just all slanted.
I'm sure the track is bent from the weight of the pots.
I actually really don't think there is that much heavy stuff in there.
I only have a few pots and they weren't even in when it fell.

So I've got to fix that.
I hate having a range top and these drawers below. I'd much rather have a stove. 
Much!

I wish I could just rip the whole thing out and put a stove in now.
I don't want to mess with fixing a drawer that I don't like to begin with.

But its years before I an get a stove...years...so...

I'll be fixing that drawer. 

drat