Open for Business: The Milkbarn Kitchen

Our Milkbarn kitchen is complete!

Well, almost...

Because nothing is truly done when you build or remodel your own home with your own hands. 

Our hands are getting pretty tired (:

and we just want to take a break! 

We went for GE slate appliances.

I've had enough of stainless.

 Four kids means like 57 fingerprints on it daily.

I can't go there.

So the slate is my first choice, plus I believe in magnets.

Magnets are a must.

 Every kid needs to see you like their artwork or quiz or paper or tiny notes saying, "dear Mom".

This is a Delta fixture I purchased online.

We went with a giant stainless steel under-mount single basin sink. I LOVE it. 

It hides dirty dishes really, really well.

I fell for this tile we used for our back splash.

 We purchased it from Daltile. I mean, I could not live without it. It's bone colored and it costs way too much but the labor is cheap so you know....sold!

My sister Marcie told me I needed to buy a light fixture that seemed like jewelry for the room. She turned me on to a couple of websites that were just so hip and cool. 

 Dot and Bow was one of them. Check them out!

 Instead,  I kept looking at this Restoration Hardware piece.

I got sick of looking at it and bought it.

I get sick of myself a lot.

Best decision.

All the textures and materials were working between the slate, the steel on the light, the cream and our counter top.

I went with a quartz counter top called Delicatus Ice. 

The more I look at it, the more I like it each day. It ties in the cabinetry we bought at Lowes. The cabinets are a shaker style, "Dover" on top and "Storm" on the bottom.

When we first talked about the kitchen,  I wanted white.

White all the way. I was not budging.

Dreamy dreamy white.

And then as we lived in the space(gross version of the Milkbarn) and I took our house on as a designer rather than a woman who only wanted a white kitchen...my mind expanded and I needed something that would flow and look organic in the space we were creating. 

So I put the kibosh on that white kitchen.

This is what we came up with.

I chose some oval shaped dark bronze knobs for the cabinets to soften all those angles out. 

Bin pulls for the lower cabinets

We did a crown molding on the cabinets to give the kitchen a nice finished look. It does make a difference!

Can you see magnets on the side?

The unfinished backsplash!

But the counter top makes up for it.

More unfinished business...

A week of living in it, not so styled now (:

The view over my kitchen sink.

We're putting the kibosh on those sheds too next summer.

A look back on what we have done...

 3 months ago

6 months ago

1 year ago

2 years ago

this extra seating does have a certain

 remodeling ambiance 

Upon move in (pre - horror plumbing story)

Our old bedroom, 

transformed into the kitchen we adore!

First meal in the new kitchen.

Everyone looks like they really wanted that celebratory photograph.

We did celebrate!

We hung up our Christmas lights with Grandma and Grandpa in town

 for a Thanksgiving break visit.

Clay made a plethora of pies.

Banana Cream was in the fridge.

Setting the table for Thanksgiving.

I should get place mats or chargers, that table looks a little naked....now I get why they are so unnecessarily necessary.

Clay smoked a turkey, this was the best foodie shot I got. 

Uh, smoked meat doesn't photograph well but it was delish.

We had 19 total for dinner. So in other words, 

we baptized this kitchen!

Grandma and Grandpa, good friends, super cousins 

and my Aunt Joan.

It was wonderful!

Anders and Maret

Maret taught me how to use this ridiculous option on my phone 

for photos.

mi familia

The day after we took Grandma to the Boulder Ballet Nutcracker performance. It was cold and snowy and it was magical. 

We are going to take a little break for Christmas, 

maybe LEGO Clay can get some work done.

Let's all slow down and enjoy the season!

and thank you for following this journey with us...we aren't done yet!