Hi Friends!
Today I’m sharing one last space in my home decorated for Christmas – the kitchen and dining area. You can see the holiday decor in our den here and living room here. I’m linking up again with Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday Housewalk Link Party. Her Christmas blog tour is one of my favorites, and I highly recommend you paying her a visit for some holiday inspiration.
Our main floor living space is open, so the dining room is really just the space between the living room and the kitchen. I’ve kept the dining table simple and uncluttered with a gorgeous silver vase I found at the Goodwill. I filled it with white lilies, eucalyptus and a bit of cedar – it smells amazing and has lasted so long. I gave our dining table a makeover recently, and I am really happy with how it is functioning in our small space. You can see the before and after here.
Kept clear, the table makes a great gift wrapping spot.
The kitchen is the hub of our home, and a total workhorse. I didn’t go overboard with holiday decor in this space, just a few festive touches. I added blue ribbons to the pendant lights over the island. The clear glass globes remind me of Christmas ornaments. It’s just a simple small touch, but kind of fun.
I picked up a few faux pine trees from Hobby Lobby this year. I placed one in an old trophy cup vase that I have had for at least 20 years. It’s one of my old standbys.
I hung a faux boxwood wreath on the vent hood. Command hooks work perfectly for this. I switched out some of the decor on my open shelves. Nothing crazy, just a few sprigs of fresh greenery and some bottle brush trees.
This old scale is one of my favorite Goodwill finds. I’m sure it spent many a year weighing packages just like this.
Baked goods on our island are always welcome in my home. We made some sugared cranberries with our left overs from Thanksgiving. They look so pretty, and my kids liked snacking on them, too.
Thanks so much for taking a look around my home. I hope you have enjoyed my simple Christmas kitchen.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Thank you for sharing with us and God bless and Merry Christmas to you and your family
I love your style! Can you please tell me what type of stove that is?
Thanks, Sarah! The stove is a BlueStar.
Great kitchen! Can you tell me what brand the cabinets are ? Thanks!
Thank you, Bill. Some of the cabinets were already in my kitchen when we purchased our home (and I’m can’t recall the maker), and some are custom cabinets we added to match when we remodeled. They are painted maple shaker cabinets.
Hi, I’m redoing my kitchen with a very similar look as yours…can you tell my type/names of your counters and island? Also, I love your light above the dining table, can you tell me where you purchased it? Thnx
Hi Karen – The perimeter countertops are quartz Caesarstone and the color is Concrete. The island is honed carrara marble. The light fixture over the dining table is a vintage piece I found on Craigslist, but if you search “wood bead chandelier” you can find several similar new ones. Good luck with you kitchen – it is a big job, but so wonderful to have done. Susan
Thanks Susan! I lime your darker knobs and pulls too…what is your opinion on making the grout between your subway tiles a medium gray color? Too busy or distracting or A good kption?
Hi Karen! I like the idea of a medium gray grout – it can look really great. It will make the tile more of a feature in your space, if that is the look you are after. I used a light gray grout so that the tiles would stand out a bit, and I definitely prefer that over a white grout. I originally had nickel pulls and knobs in my kitchen and switched them out for oil rubbed bronze. That’s the fun part of hardware – it can be easily changed. Susan
Love your kitchen!! Do you know the paint color of the cabinets and walls?
Hi Stephanie! The cabinet color is custom, but very similar to Benjamin Moore “Cloud White.” The kitchen paint color is Benjamin Moore “Silver Satin.” Thanks so much! Susan
Great find on the scale at GW! You mentioned the pulls and knobs are oiled rubbed bronze, where did you find them? They don’t appear to be to dark like others and look very nice!
Hi Tricia – That scale is definitely one of my favorite GW finds! The knobs and pulls in my kitchen are from D Lawless Hardware. They have a great selection of hardware (I use them all the time for my furniture makeovers) and they are really affordable, too.