Showing posts with label shaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shaker. Show all posts

Splash back uncertainty!!!

Well my dream kitchen is all on the drawing board & the floor tiles chosen...

hhbradys ideabook kitchen eclectic kitchen

Turns out I have expensive tastes, with Shaker style being in the expensive choice range, Oh well!!!


The kitchen guy was fabulous, the tile guy was extremely helpful & my dream guy was so well behaved, Ive never loved him more xxx


I am hoping to have sea grass or bamboo blinds in my kitchen, something like these ones...

Images via Cotedetexas

My dream guy loved all of my ideas & added a few very good suggestions of his own. We selected tiles for inside & outside, designed a kitchen, laundry & vanities, without one single disagreement.
AMAZING!!!!

The colours aren't so good in this image, but this is a sample of our floor tile, wall colour, kitchen door colour & ceaserstone bench tops.
 I want to paint my walls with
 Dulux-Hogs Bristle in quarter strength
The bench top is
Ceaser Stone-Ivory
The Shaker style Cabinets are a
 Classic White, semi gloss
The floor tiles are a shade darker than the bench top,
a sandy colour
I love the look of a white subway tile in a shaker style kitchen, BUT, I have gone for a 30cm x 60cm rectangular floor tile to be laid in a running bond or brick style pattern, essentially it is a giant subway tile on the floor & I feel it would be overkill to do the same on the back splash.
 I am thinking of perhaps just a plain glossy white square tile 10cm x 10cm, but I am unsure.
What do you think would look awesome. I want to do it in tile rather than a glass panel or matching ceaserstone  so I add some extra texture, hence the choice of a glossy tile. I have such a limited colour scheme I need to add some interest with the different textured finishes.

HELP!!!
Okay my fabulously stylish blog friends, your opinions & ideas are seriously required :0)

CHEERS
Trish xxx


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Dream kitchen Inspiration

Whilst I'm still in the planning stage of my dream house I am putting a lot of thought into what I would like my dream kitchen to look like. The kitchen in my last house was very nice, but dark for my liking. It was made of Tasmanian Black wood with Black granite bench tops.
  Our last house had already been fully renovated when we purchased it & although it was a very nice home, it was decorated to someone else's tastes. Changing major elements would have been over capitalising for the market it was in.
This is why building from scratch is so stressful  exciting, its all about ME & I can have just what I want(within budget of course)



Sorry about the quality of the images, I hadn't even heard of a blog when I took these pics...

As you can see, its a little dark


 This is an appliance cupboard, we kept our kettle & coffee & tea here & the cups  above.


The fabulous wine rack that i never managed to completely fill....

Now for my inspiration:

I love  beautiful white kitchens
I love island benches
I love pendant lights over the Island bench
I love walk in pantry cupboards
I love overhead cupboards that reach all the way to the ceiling
I love shaker style doors
I love double bowl sinks


Home Beautiful


Great overhead cupboards. The marble with white & stainless steel looks fantastic


A little pantry love here...


Is this every bodies favourite, its just perfect in every way....


What a nice coffee making set up, perfect for the connoisseur...


This is pretty close to what I would like....


Great industrial looking pendants...


These bamboo roman blinds add great texture, I think I will have these in my dream house kitchen
for sure!!

I couldn't resist adding this one because I LOVE that clock!!!


 This is a gorgeous idea for along the window side of my dream kitchen...

Colour Me happy
This one looks like it has a tile floor in the colour I would like in my dream house, makes me feel I made need to go for black bench tops....

Home Beautiful
These baskets add a nice touch, giving this kitchen a bit of a country feel.

I am having a tile floor in my kitchen, probably a sandstone colour, I really like warm whites.
Do you have any suggestions for the perfect bench top colour to go with my white cabinets & light tile  floors?




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