kitchen sources

The kitchen was one of our very first projects to tackle when we moved into our home. Okay, well… it took us a while to actually get to it, but when we decided to be brave about some things… this was one of the places where it all began.

Down with the brown and hello farmhouse kitchen… It was a lesson learned in going for what you want, and how to stop pining away, already. Because we believe there’s no such thing as a dream house.

Last week, we shared a fun kitchen refresh with all of you guys, and today I wanted to run through a few of the old how-to’s, as well as the new kitchen sources, so that we have them all in one place.

If we begin at the very beginning, we’ll talk about all the paint. You can read more in our tutorial here {including that island chalkboard} but breaking it down, the cabinets are BM’s Chantilly Lace, the walls: Whispering Spring + The island + pantry walls: Medici Malachite.

The fridge is a big chill, and you can read all about that story here along with a how to for the magnets. Totally. Worth. The. Wait. {RIP Lazarus. RIP.}

The vintage jar is one of my favorite finds from Perfectly Imperfect.

We tore down the old florescent light a few years ago {best move ever} and did some vintage schoolhouse lights instead that we found on Ebay. They’re still some of our favorite additions over that island. The chandelier is from Pottery Barn {purchased on sale}.

The bench was an old park bench {a flea market find} that actually converts into a half table and it’s perfect for the kids. We painted our table {the how to here- but fair warning – let it cure for at least 30 days and make sure you buff the wax well}.

A great way to display photos in your home with this cork board, here. 

These curtains and ties were sewn a long time ago by me, and the fabulous runner is actually fabric from the wonderful online fabric store via here {I am smitten} – they’re our go to for our favorite finds!

We’ve added a hodgepodge of plates and layers over the years, our most recent addition these fun vintage goblets we found by searching Etsy. {Buyer beware: be sure to read the fine print – a few of ours showed up as shot glass miniatures – though that could be me, since I was actually looking for goblins at first… if you remember it was my “push present” after surgery and I may or may not have been happy on pain pills. Ya win some… ya lose some.} Facepalm.

All of our chairs had snapped from the kids taking tumbles when they were younger, so we were excited to add this look with these awesome birch lane chairs now that they’re older.

The art from left bottom clockwise: Clock – full how to and template can be found in our book, Handmade Walls, Tickets – free printables here. + Giant envelope – how to here. 

We hand cut the letters over the cabinets, {Ps for those of you asking us how we made the 5 in our entryway, the same instructions apply-just mount them to a block of stained wood!

The island got a makeover with a heart pine wood top, from a local artisan near us.

We dislodged a few of those old tiles to see where it was bolted down underneath, and when that one was removed we added this one. The beauty of this wood is that we really don’t have to do anything to it… it just gets better with age. He even showed us a table made from the very same thing and treated the same way that he’s had in his home for ages, and it looks just as beautiful and new. When it’s cleaned, it smells like a burning fire… the good kind in the fall. Winning.

We scooped up some fun affordable hardware and traded them out with the old milk glass knobs for the island here {pulls + knobs} – and are in love with their aged simplicity.

The little rug under the sink is a scoop up buy from Target… we can’t find it online but it was Threshold brand. We love having something under our feet there.

The farmhouse sink is Ikea, along with a few of the baskets you see in our cabinets. One of our all time favorite additions.

That super fun rooster is found here!

The pantry has been a total game changer. This may be the area you were waiting for us to share… so I decided to label everything for easy finds.

I’ve had this pantry redo on my radar for a long time… way before the bathroom/bedroom project (that took nearly a year to complete) happened. So we gradually collected containers from different places over time, because a. they can be expensive, and b. we wanted to buy wisely and think through our purchases.

1. These giant jars from World Market for the things we don’t grab every day, but sure are amazingly beautiful while doing their job well. {Also where the big red mixing bowl on the counter is from}

2. The cereal boxes are finds from Ikea, but if I’m being really honest, we will not purchase these again. The nearest Ikea to us is in Atlanta, so we scooped up all of these on a shopping spree there, before knowing much about them. Top heavy + they don’t even hold an entire box of cereal = not our favorite.

3. The catalog holders are from here, and we put little labels in each one, along with the chalkboard stickers you see. Those were a scoop up on a whim a few months ago at our Hobby Lobby, and chances are they still have them.

If not though, similar ones can be found here.

4. We love these jars for our dry goods, from Ikea.

5. These are the standard crates you can scoop up at your local hardware/craft store. We just stained them, inside + out, and then did a dry brush with white paint on top.

6. These containers from the container store rock my world because they’ll {the big ones} hold a whole package and more… and the kids can get to them and use them easily on their own.

7. The little snack jars from Ikea are the perfect size as well

8. These little jars are so awesome, I, uh I mean, the kids keep taking the lids off just for fun.

Oh! And in the art section that you see for the kids, those canvas boxes are old containers via The Home Depot – we purchased them a few years ago and I think they were a part of the Martha Stewart collection.

Found ’em. BAM. 

I have no idea where the basket light is originally from, as it was also a flea market find. I’m one of those people who scoops up lights when she falls in love, even though she has no idea where they’ll go. But few people on instagram commented that they had the same one, so if anyone has this light from the original source, let me know!

To read all about how we made our screen door {A great way to add major character to any blah door} be sure to check out our tutorial here. 

I think that covers almost everything… we have tutorials coming up for the shelving and ice cream sign above the pantry, so stay tuned!

Let us know if you have any questions or if we left something out, or if you’d like for us to cover something in particular. We love our little character-full kitchen!

Have an inspired day!