Kitchen Inspiration

We have lived in our house for 12 years. We bought it new and picked out all of our upgrades. We still get a lot of compliments on our cabinets. They are maple with an ivory glaze. They are pretty and they go well with our flecked granite, tan backsplash and black appliances. I will say though, I have the itch to remodel. Of course this is a complete want and not a need. Everything is still very functional and doesn’t look that old but I love decor and design so I want to change all of it. All.Of.It. BUT my hubby says no. Ha ha. Plus I can think of so many other things to spend money on like family vacations, etc.

If money wasn’t an issue, I’d change everything. Starting with my hardwood floors. It’s called rustic pecan so it is much more of a light golden brown which works with the carpet and walls in the house. Everything was tan 12 years ago. Today things are gray. Oh how I love gray. I’d change my floors to something either darker or with gray tones, the cabinets would get painted crisp white, I have the perfect granite picked out, the backsplash would likely be a fun pattern in white, I’d do a farmhouse sink and the appliances would all get switched out to stainless {which I couldn’t stand 12 years ago … funny how taste can change eh?} I’d also change some of the layout to create a walk in pantry and a built in desk in the kitchen. It’s fun to dream, right?

I am drawn to the farmhouse look with a touch of industrial thrown in. I mean, I do <heart> Joanna Gaines after all but I don’t have a farmhouse. I have more of a tuscan style home. I’d love a farmhouse but that is a whole other investment. My kids are growing so fast and time is flying. I am so aware of that and how fleeting time is. I know that in 5 years, I will have one son graduating. WOW. Five years? For real. So if twelve years flew by then I can only imagine how fast 5 years will go. Then in 7 years, our second son will graduate. So I foresee lots of change after that and I don’t know exactly what that entails but I imagine it would mean downsizing. It’s so weird to think ahead like that but again, time is flying! I just don’t know that I want to sink money into this house when it isn’t our forever home. You never know though .. in a year I could completely switch gears and remodel all of it 😉

Here are some fabulous fines for kitchen redos. I’ve included links to the original source if there is one.

I love the open shelving in the kitchen at Our Vintage Home Love. The gray cabinets are fun too.

I love everything about The Sunny Side Up blog. Her kitchen looks so crisp with the white cabinets and of course has that farmhouse sink that I swoon over.

Pinterest is full of the good stuff. I can’t find the original source for this one but Wow. Look at all of this storage! I change out some of my glass front cabinets with the seasons. These would display my stuff {as well as store it} beautifully.

Yellow Prairie Interiors knocked it out of the park with this kitchen. Barn door, chalkboard, huge pennant lights, sea grass barstools. I am kinda in love over here. Like googly eyed kinda love.

Here is another Pinterest find without an original source link. I really like the wood beams and the framed windows. They just add a pop to the kitchen.

I love organization. I mean really love it. There is such a sense of accomplishment if I can organize something. This pantry over at HGTV is all kinds of dreamy. Those shelves and baskets? Love.

I really like this backsplash at Walker Zanger.

I really am a fan of hardwood floors. We have had them for 12 years and they are showing wear in some areas but they really are hardy and not hard on the feet like tile can be. Plus they don’t have that cold feeling. That being said, I know that I don’t love the color we chose. It is a bit golden brown for my current taste. People say the dark wood shows everything but I feel like my floors show everything. I think I’d pick something with less of a sheen though. That could help it from showing everything. I also really like the look of wide planks. This one over at HomeTalk is pretty perfect if you ask me.

So there you have it. An insight into what I would do if I were to remodel my kitchen. Thanks for stopping by. Hope your Sunday is fabulous.