Ma Maison…the Kitchen

 

Continuing the home tour…

Today, the tour will focus on the kitchen. Though it is ample in overall size and great for entertaining, I find the cabinets and mismatched appliances to be quite sub par. The kitchen is long overdue for a redo. Imagine cypress cabinets to the ceiling. {Dream!} I had gotten quite used to the newness of my Atlanta kitchen, and I think that’s the biggest problem. When you build and get used to a new home, all of the imperfections of an older home(though charming) are hard to forgive.

Since the walls were all ready white as were the cabinets, I decided to keep the room mainly with a clean black & white scheme. I often add seasonal pops of red or yellow.

The kitchen does contain a lot of storage and cabinet space. The one thing it is missing is a pantry. A pantry would certainly be helpful. If I would have designed the present kitchen myself, I would have relocated the washer and dryer to the upstairs master bath and used the space downstairs as an ample pantry.

I have worked with what existed when we moved in back in 2008.

Pros:

• Ample size
• Clean
• Adequate storage
• Granite countertops

Cons:

• View from island to den partially blocked
• Lack of pantry
• Sub par cabinets & mismatched appliances

View from the den

• Barstools, The Plantation Shop
• Pendant lamps, Industrial Chic with Edison lightbulbs

Island

• Apothecary jars filled with wine corks
• Oysteria large bowl

Atop cabinets

• Collection of Oyster bowls, plates, platters, Oysteria
• Vintage demijohns
• Roy Barloga photograph of Audubon Fountain, Hazelnut
• Shell plates, Hill Street Warehouse
• Apothecary jars filled with curiosities
• Broussard’s framed menus
• Pewter flueur de lis platters

Backsplash

• Collection of framed, signed ink South Louisiana iconic drawings by Martin Benoit

Atop countertops

• Cake dome, Williams-Sonoma
• Vintage bread box, Aux Belles Choses
• Oyster ceramic fruit tray, dk clay
• Antler-handled silver ice bucket, Vagabond House
• Vintage Scale, Boxwoods
• Fleur de lis bowl, Abigail’s
• Coffee and Sugar Wicker-covered Glass Jars, Little Miss Muffin

Cafe Curtains

• New Orleans Magnolia toile, Hazelnut

Bar

• Collections of double old-fashioned glassware by Mignon Faget, Ralph Lauren, etc
• Various wine glasses
• Various to-geaux cups
• Pitchers of different sizes

Art

• Large Harlequin Fleur de Lis “Les Trois Roi” painting
• Collection of Mr. B’s Bistro framed menus

Post

• Chalkboard painted (useful for menus, lists, and sayings)
• Post inset-Serving trays from Vagabond House & Silver wine chiller
• Oysteria plates
• Framed Broussard’s Restaurant menu

I hope you enjoyed this tour of our kitchen. Stay tuned for my series of room tours.

You can view Ma Maison Room Tours by clicking on the following:

• The Front Porch
• The Parlor
• The Stair Parlor
• The Dining Room
• The Den
• The Breakfast Room

Tour the kitchen, y’all!

 

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No Minimalist Here for Open House Thursdays

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Fridays

You’re Talking Too Much for Meet Me Mondays

Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesdays