Kitchen, Glamourized

Is this Heaven?

No, just a gorgeous kitchen.

But I could exist for eternity in this space.

I happened upon this kitchen over at The Kitchn

Wow! The over the top glamour of this place!

I love everything about this kitchen.

I go along thinking I'm pretty happy with my own little galley kitchen and then I see a kitchen like this

and suddenly my own seems so dreary and small.

Doesn't hurt that it's open to a family room.

I love the wood floor and the rustic beam above and of course the chandeliers, carrara marble.

Notice the pair of lamps flanking the sink.

Oh...doesn't that look great? 

This is the before...hard to believe it's the same space.

The owner, Shawna had the brilliant idea to take the space underneath the stairs and turn it into a pantry!

Here's that heavenly shot again.

See more photos and read all about this kitchen over at

http://www.thekitchn.com/shawnas-glamorous-custom-kitchen-194453

There are lots more kitchen tours on that site.

I was lost inside the site for a good hour looking at kitchen tours.

I just love a good kitchen tour!

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Silver in the Kitchen

Silver Where? 

I'm a nut for anything silver in the kitchen.

I'd love to have some stainless appliances. 

I go back and forth between white and stainless

I like white because it's so traditional but then stainless looks so good and shiny.

Ideally, I'd have a vintage stove but if I can't have that, a big stainless one will do.

But I absolutely hate black appliances. Loath...disdain.

I think I'd rather have harvest gold. (ok maybe not, but almost)

I try to make my black appliances a little more appealing by mixing in lots of white and silver.

And many of my favorite kitchens that I've pinned have lots of silver accents too.

Jennifer Rizzo's Kitchen

now famous because of Country Living

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Loving that white and silver stove and the mirror behind the stove.

I tried a great antique mirror behind mine but it just reflected the ugly black stove top too much.

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That stainless range is really the focal point of this kitchen. 

Marble topped kitchen table is not too shabby either. Or rather it IS very shabby but in a good way.

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A whole tray of silver on the countertop.

See, it can't be over done.

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I sure could so go for this salvaged silver kitchen island.

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Another silver tray behind the stove.

 (dear silver kettle....I must have you)

And yes, I have a silver tray in my own kitchen...but it is not a very nice one.

I often leave silver cook pots out on display. 

I'm trying to cover as much of that black stove top as possible.

This little silver tray was better than nothing but I really wanted a larger and better one.

A couple of weeks ago, I found this one on Ebay at the right price.

I'd been bidding on auctions for silver trays all spring and summer and finally I won one for 

just under $20! And its big! I searched specifying large silver tray.

These are the auction photos and obviously it's tarnished.

It was delivered on Saturday and I'll show it to you in all it's glory all polished up and behind my stove tomorrow...

provided I find silver polish today.

Anyone have a good recommendation for silver polish?

This thing is soooo heavy. 

I'm super happy...yes there were others I bid on that I liked more...

but they also ended at like $150...so this one will do just fine.

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