Wednesday, June 2, 2010

kitchen & dining

we havent even moved in yet, and i cant stop thinking about the dining room and kitchen. i am a big fan of farmhouse kitchens and huge stoves. i love this one, especilly the stove and hoosier cabinet,

(sorry, i cant remember where i pulled this image from, if you recognize it please let me know, id love to give the proper credit where its due!)


... but our new kitchen is impossibly small!

our kitchen, looking towards the dining room


the "business end" of our kitchen, currently equipped with 2 pint-size refrigerators, a countertop stove and a microwave/toaster oven. clearly a design challenge the former occupants couldnt solve!



i'd love to see if one like this could fit into the existing nook (and put a handsome refrigerator in the dining room, but we'll have to chat about the fridge options later, mkay?) to alleviate some of the cramped feelings of such a small and poorly organized kitchen:
(image from goodtimestove.com)


but if the nook is too small, and i HAVE to put a stove in front of the window, i might go for something with sexier lines, ooh la la! isnt she a looker?:
(image from noreast1.com)


since my kitchen is so small, i'll definitely be using the adjacent dining room to enlarge the usable area. im *all about* a huge table between my fireplace and future large sideboard buffet & refrigerator wall. can you just see it?

i love this example, from lolmo.com: