Kitchen corners

Hi there, friends and neighbors!

One of my favourite parts of blogs are the pictures. I get so inspired by seeing what cool stuff other folks are doing in their homes (and being jealous over their vintage finds and family heirlooms!). Now I'm not saying that any of my pics will inspire you, but its great to join in the fun of sharing :)

Tallulah's kitchen has been one of the hardest rooms to decorate because:

• it's a galley kitchen, not my favourite style though it has grown on me
• hunter green countertops-- I didn't want hunter green *sniff*
• it ran the risk of feeling more like a hallway than a kitchen

In my war with the hunter green countertops, I painted the walls three times before I decided that the countertops were going to keep winning every time :) I surrendered and painted the walls white, which I really like, though you should have SEEN the number of paint chips at which I looked. I didn't want a cold, blue-white, and ended up with a warm, creamy white that I really like. I ultimately embraced the white and green, but added purple as an accent colour-- nothing crazy, just little touches of here and there. But enough chatter!

Here are a few corners of my kitchen:

The window, with a bit of the sink thrown in (who can identify the things on the sill?)




To the right of the window:




A closeup of the Treat Jar, revered by the canine denizens of Tallulah House. Its importance entitles it to a pedestal of Jadeite ;)




A painting I bought several years ago, entitled "Louisiana Irises"




Both my husband and are of Irish extraction, and we got a kick out of this plaque, a wedding present from one of my aunts:




The plaque and my aprons (at which some people snicker disbelievingly: "You wear APRONS??" "Yep," I reply, "after I ruined a couple of shirts with olive oil I got smart. Hmmm, I guess you don't do much cooking, eh?")




A view of a counter that holds my silver (such a horrible way to display it!), a stack of my favourite platters and sugar bowl, and an aloe plant:




A closeup of the sugar bowl and one of my favourite spoons:




The view out of the kitchen door:




I know that it's wrong to love an inanimate object... I know it's wrong, but I do anyway!! This is Happy, my Francis!Francis! espresso maker. Happy was a birthday present from Chris, for which I am still thanking him two years later :)



Hope you enjoyed having a look around the kitchen at Tallulah House!
Kimberley