Farmhouse Kitchen – With Love From Kat

I’m so enthusiastic to share our kitchen with you! It is hard to imagine it is previously been a year and a fifty percent considering the fact that we moved into our residence listed here in Fairfield County, CT from NYC. We appreciate residing in this charming section of Connecticut – just an hour exterior the town. When we walked into the residence for the initially time, I remember promptly saying to myself, “Ahhh, this is the just one!” For people of you new close to right here – hi and welcome! I have always had a enthusiasm for inside structure and went to school for it, but never ever finished up pursuing it as a occupation. I started my website With Adore From Kat as a resourceful outlet, and then moved to NYC to work in trend PR. I truly feel lucky that I get to integrate my passion for the two vogue and interiors in my work nowadays.

Farmhouse Kitchen

Kitchen area In advance of

Immediately after dwelling in our property for a few months, I knew I needed to make the kitchen (my favored region in a household – I really do experience that the kitchen area is the heart of each and every dwelling!) far more “me.” The past farmhouse kitchen area was certainly high-quality prior to, but I wanted it to be even a lot more practical and aesthetically pleasing.  It had white cupboards and stainless steel appliances which was excellent, but the appliances had been about 10 a long time outdated and begun to look seriously dated.  The microwave around the stove felt clunky, as did the fridge and cabinetry jutting out on the smallest wall in the kitchen.  The authentic cabinetry did not go to the top rated of the ceiling which built the 9 foot ceilings come to feel shorter than they truly are.  There was one wall in the kitchen area that wasn’t being utilized at all – it was just blank and therefore felt random.  The first kitchen area island seemed cluttered with cutout cupboards and a smaller area for bar stools that we hardly ever made use of.

Kitchen Cabinet Color

I begun designing our kitchen around my desire La Cornue stove (that was so well worth the 8 thirty day period wait!) and a floating marble shelf I fell in like with on Pinterest.  In addition to the La Cornue stove and floating marble shelf I had my heart set on, I genuinely wished a cupboard that was the excellent combine between a taupe, environmentally friendly, gray coloration.  We purchased a number of paint swatches and hung them up on the wall for weeks before selecting.  We went with Sherwin Williams Sandbar a gorgeous color that appears different relying on the lights. In our space, it transpires to give off a lovely, heat taupe/green colour.

Kitchen Fixtures

Our faucet is Rohl Perrin & Rowe in unlacquered brass, our marble counters, backsplash and floating shelf are honed Calacatta Gold with 2 1/2″ mitered edges, our sconces are from a smaller french vendor on 1stdibs, our unlacquered brass knobs and drawer pulls are Rejuvenation, and our cabinets are custom manufactured by this talented nearby seller.  The hood frame was custom designed by our contractor about this hood vent which was then coated by our painter in Venetian plaster.

Kitchen area Layout + Appliances

I understood it would make the largest impression to have the stove centered on the longest wall in our kitchen, which you see correct upon moving into our aspect door.  In buy to obtain a centered stove along this wall, the window necessary to be closed up.  Quite a few people would under no circumstances believe to close up a window, but luckily we have so quite a few home windows and french doors to the right of the kitchen that present enough gentle through the day, I knew it would not be an issue.

I did not want to have to knock down any walls, mainly because it would suggest we would have to redo the hardwood flooring, so I got inventive with the present 186 sq. foot floor prepare.  I closed up a hallway closet, and opened it up on the kitchen side to in shape a Fisher & Paykel integrated panel fridge.  We set tailor made kitchen area cupboard doors on the fridge so it appears fully seamless and blends correct into the house.

We built the island even bigger and positioned the La Toscana farmhouse sink in the centre of it.  I adore that I can stare into my yard though I’m doing the dishes.  We additional concealed shelves inside the island for storage.  This definitely helped since we never have cabinets/storage exactly where the floating marble shelf is.  The dishwasher is also concealed in the island, as nicely as the microwave.  We didn’t incorporate room for bar stools below the island, for the reason that we discovered we did not appreciate sitting down on bar stools at our previous Soho apartment.  They aren’t cozy for my partner who is 6’4” and to be trustworthy, we’ve just never ever been huge bar stool fans.  Nixing the bar stools allowed for the island to glance actually clean and sleek – and we nevertheless have seating in the kitchen considering that it opens up to our dining home.

The stop final result is a kitchen area that feels so a lot greater, extra elevated, open up, and inviting.  It helps make a substantial assertion when you stroll in the door, and is much easier to cook dinner and entertain in.  I am so satisfied with the way it turned out and really like remaining in the space!

Guidelines for Planning a Kitchen area

I very endorse that you reside in your dwelling for many months ahead of producing any important design decisions.  This allows you to really visualize your room and realize what you have to have or want.

My other recommendation is to decide on out your paint shade very first.  This will assistance established the temper for the task.  Deliver your paint swatches to the marble yards to make positive that the tone of the paint matches with the tone of the marble.  We discovered that considering that our paint color was hotter, it clashed with marble slabs that ended up cooler/had extra blue tones in them.

I also advocate determining in which you want sconces, lights or stores to go in the first structure strategy so that you can get the job done with the contractor, cupboard maker and electrician on setting up them before the cupboards or marble go in.  We didn’t do that, and it finished up staying too late (and highly-priced) to open up the wall behind the marble shelf up and operate electricity.  As an alternative, we hung the sconces up and made use of these faux lightbulbs.  These lightbulbs are an straightforward and reasonably priced way to enjoy a non electrical light-weight fixture in a room!

My very last piece of assistance is to make conclusions in your kitchen area centered on your requires, and not what is “customary” or normal.  For illustration, we didn’t get a pot filler mainly because we not often used it in our previous NYC condominium, and I also felt it would be also a lot gold with the gold knobs on our stove.  We also did not install our gold sink sprayer faucet since that was anything we didn’t sense we necessary.

Charlene of Miranda & Co.

As I was sharing my preliminary kitchen style on Instagram stories, one of my lovely followers achieved out to allow me know she was an interior designer and would really like to assist me with our undertaking.  Charlene of Miranda & Co. grew to become an awesome sounding board and advisor all over our renovation.  She labored with us remotely to solution any concerns or issues we experienced around everything from the counter thickness, to the backsplash top, cabinet type, and sconce collection.  She also did all of the elevations for the cabinets and island.  What I Truly appreciated about Charlene, was that she was always readily available to assistance me difficulty solve when issues went incorrect – and factors did go incorrect as they do with all renovations!  Figuring out I could flip to her as an professional gave me important peace of intellect!

Kitchen Renovation Timeline

The kitchen area took about 9 months from commence to complete, with the precise construction long lasting a minor more than 2 months. It could have been a lot quicker if we did not opt for a custom made stove or backordered appliances, but it was very well well worth the hold out! Feel free to depart any issues underneath. For even additional photographs of the kitchen – look at my Instagram for ahead of+following shots as very well as movies of the place, and this short article detailing the renovation on Domino. PS all components can be found on my Kitchen – Favorites website page or in the widget below. If for some purpose they are not linked, it is due to the fact they are sold out/no more time readily available on the internet or classic pieces.