Scandinavian Designed Kitchen

Now that I sold my builder grade home so quickly, I am thinking about what I want to do next. I know I want a place I can make my own, with design that feels like home to me.  Like everyone lately I do love white kitchens but this khaki and black kitchen is so appealing.  The lighting, the cabinet color and the black storage cabinets all go so perfectly.  Who wouldn't love to cook this kitchen and eat at that cute breakfast nook.  The ideas in my head for a new home are running ramped. 





    pictures via My Paradissi

Black Subway Tile

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I am kind of obsessed with subway tile back splashes, but who isn't right now.   I think I prefer a white tile back splash but I have been seeing a lot of black or blackish tiles lately and they are so sharp looking.  They make the kitchen pop.  I prefer the monochromatic look like in picture three, which I think is a more classic look.  I really like the black tile with black cabinets and white walls.  I can not stop thinking of how I want to buy an old fixer upper and make it just what I want.  There is just something so right about making a space your own. 

Subway Tile

I can't stop thinking about kitchens, white kitchens to be exact, they are so beautiful and classic.  I know I want subway tile and I always thought I wanted white subway tile with white grout but then when I saw this kitchen on Domaine something about the grey tile with white grout is so stunning.  I wonder if grey tile will date a kitchen?  Grey is so popular now but I'm sure the trend will change.  However, white on white is so classic I don't think it will ever go out of style but I think I still prefer the grey anyway. 
 


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Grey and White Kitchen Love

I love grey and white kitchens, who doesn't?  I wonder if in 20 years these kitchens will seem dated or just classically chic?  I think white subway tile and marble will always look incredible and be in style, at least in my world.  

 

 

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House Envy

Did you see Jessie Webster's house, she blogs at Sweet Thing Blog, on Design Sponge?  I really want to live in a space like this, it is so beautiful.  It's warm and cozy, yet modern and well styled.  I just love it. 

Barefoot Contessa's Salted Caramel Brownies

I was watching Ina Garten Saturday morning and she was making these unbelievable caramel salted brownies. They looked so good, I have a severe weakness for the salty/sweet combo, that after watching, I gathered all the ingredients and went to work. These brownies are so amazing that we not only ate them for dessert Saturday night, we ate them for breakfast Sunday morning too. These are to tempting have in the house.

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Mine, maybe I over did it on the caramel sauce?  Plus I only had Coffee Caramel Sauce on hand and man was it good. 

DIY Fabric Roller Shades

I came across this DIY fabric covered roller shades on A Well Dressed Home.  I was totally surprised how easy they look to make, how reasonable they are and how simply beautiful they look.   Of course, I'll take the whole kitchen please. 


These DIY Shades on Cottage and Vine look awesome too with easy step by step directions. 



I have been thinking about this Striped Cordless Roman shade from Pottery Barn.  It is so clean and classic looking but at $249.00 for one, I think I can get the same look by making my own fabric roller shade.  I think I will try to make my own and see what happens.  I'm not very good at DIY stuff but I have 5 windows in the kitchen alone so it would be well worth it for me to finally purchase the ever popular glue gun. 



Now I just need to find the perfect fabric...

My Weekend

I had one of those weekends were I accomplished a lot, i.e. painting and more painting.  However, it was good because I love that feeling you get when you actually finish something that you have been wanting to do for a very long time.  My kitchen is finally coming together, as much as it can on my extremely tight budget. 
I can't stop thinking about these Julia Child prints above from Pot + Pantry.  They would be perfect in my kitchen.  Also, I scored what I hope to be the most perfect chairs a girl could ask for from Restoration Hardware.  At $39.00 each I could not pass them up.



There was a little time for some baking for a special birthday.  I bought these large baking cups awhile ago from The Cupcake Social and I was surprised how much I liked them.  They are jumbo size so they do make big cupcakes but they fit in a regular cupcake pan, are so easy to use and come off the cupcakes really easy.  There is nothing worse then losing part of your cupcake in the bottom of the wrapper.

Kitchen Shelves Styling

I already have a stainless steel kitchen rack that I want to put in my kitchen, once I finally finish painting (hopefully this weekend). So I have been going through numerous pictures getting ideas and trying to figure out the look I want. I don't want anything to cluttered or too colorful. I want things white, simple and practical. I would like to actually use the stuff on the shelves. I love the look of white dinnerware and serving pieces and baskets to warm up the coldness of the stainless steel and white. I am not good at styling a space so I need all the inspiration I can find.

 

The majority of these pictures are from Restoration Hardware.