Yes! Thanks, Carole, for the photographs. Here are two more views of my kitchen.
This is looking through to the dining room.
And this is looking through the dining room arch into the breakfast nook. There used to be window looking into the backyard before previous owners added a bedroom in the 70s. Before our renovation, the window frame had glass shelves and a fluorescent light that I hated. We made it into a false window by adding a mirror and framing it like the rest of our windows. I was worried that the mirror might look a little swanky, but I think that it turned out pretty good.
9 Comments
November 21, 2006 at 10:48 am
Is this for real? (pinch me) After the Charleston kitchen and then on to an Altus kitchen I am stunned speechless by the beauty! The refrigerator is lovely! It couldn’t have happened to a better person!! ENJOY!
November 21, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Just lovely. The tile is awesome and so is your arch doorway. We need a kitchen floor so bad!
November 21, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Well, I’m so glad I FINALLY got to see picutes. BUT did they have to come two days before I get to see it in person! It looks great!
November 21, 2006 at 7:20 pm
At least this way you got to see it clean!! It may be the only time.
November 21, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Has the earth stopped spinning??? Is that a MICROWAVE I see in your kitchen? What about cancer? You don’t do something crazy like make instant mac and cheese in it, do you?????? Next thing we know your children will be eating chocolate chip instead of carob chip cookies! Gasp! All in good fun……
November 21, 2006 at 8:39 pm
Only gluten-free, organic rice flour, extra dark chocolate (full of antioxidants) chip cookies made with free-range eggs, thank you very much! Delicious with soymilk!!
January 19, 2007 at 11:45 am
[...] The biggest change we made was to open up the kitchen to the rest of the house. The kitchen was an old-fashioned “servant’s kitchen”, closed off by a swinging door to the dining room. We had Fidencio remove the swinging door and enlarge the opening to match the archway in the kitchen. The stove and refrigerator switched places. The granite speaks for itself. My tile is a gorgeous saltillo-looking porcelain. My sink is fabulous. And yes, I do love the hot water dispenser. It really does make things so much quicker in the kitchen. Probably my favorite function is the luxury of getting my coffee cup really hot before I pour my first cup in the morning. We were still able to maintain the 1930’s charm without the 1930s kitchen drudgery. (For more pictures from a later post, click here.) [...]
October 12, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Placing that mirror in the window frame along with making it into a false window by framing it like the rest of your windows is ingenious! I’ve been trying to come up with a way to place a mirror in my breakfast nook to make it look more spacious but I didn’t want the mirror to look awkward.
Thanks,
Katie
August 15, 2008 at 4:38 am
There’s nothing nicer than decorating your home so that you can enjoy it later. It’s well worth all the research and effort.