My new kitchen!

So excited to show you my new kitchen today!  {Squeal!}  Ok.  First I have to tell you that the reason you haven't seen more of my kitchen is because it still isn't finished yet.  There were a lot of loose ends with our cabinetry when we moved in and now that all of that is finally wrapped up I have painters in my house for the next two weeks doing touch up work.  I could seriously write 100 posts on this kitchen alone.  All of the decisions made in the planning stages, all of the sources for appliances, sinks, fixtures, hardware, paint, and of course loads of posts about what's going on inside the cabinets - the magic details that are helping me to keep things organized.  FUN stuff.  I could also tell you exactly how many hours of planning went into this kitchen along with how much sleep I lost over this kitchen (more than I want to remember!).  But for now this post is just a picture dump of what my kitchen looks like.  I'm so excited to show you!  Are you ready?  Me too!  :)

I've been dreaming up this white kitchen in my head for years!  I know this look isn't everyone's taste, but like my house, it is a combination of everything I love.  It seems surreal to finally have it finished.  We still don't have a light over the kitchen sink (ordered that yesterday) and these barstools are temporary.  I bought them before I decided to paint my islands grey and now it's a bit too much grey!  I have new kitchen barstools on the way and these grey barstools are going to go in my office.  

I ended up going with double islands and I'm so glad I did.  One acts as a prep area and the other a serving area.  I love that my kids can spread out their homework and snacks away from where I'm making the food.  I tend to be messy when I cook!  Probably a lot of the reason I don't enjoy it much.  :)

Carrara marble subway tiles for the backsplash.  I know marble countertops on my islands would have looked so good!  But I just couldn't go there.  I'm so happy with my quartz.

 My oven hood went through multiple transformations.  It was hard for me to explain exactly how I wanted it!  So happy with the end result.  I'm excited to find something fun to display on the shelf.

We have our old dining room table in the nook and I'm looking for a replacement for that too.  This table has been great - we've had it for years - but the kids have beat it to death! 

The ceiling treatments were so fun for me to design.  I just ordered the light fixture for this space yesterday too.  I was so overwhelmed with the new house towards the end of building that I waited on a few light decisions until I had more time.  Plus it helped to live in the space for a bit to decide what would work best.  

This side nook was one of the first things I told our architect I wanted when we sat down to plan the house.  In our last house our dining table was in between the kitchen and family room.  It was a tight space and we were always bumping into the table and chairs.  I wanted the table off to the side so that it was out of the way of the kitchen/family room traffic flow.

I originally had a banquette here - built-in bench seats but then decided to take them out.  I think they're so fun!  But I didn't want everyone to have to slide in and out for one person to get in and once we decided to put french doors on the right side of the nook instead of a window I thought a table and chairs would work better.

When we entertain outside we can open these doors and have food spread out on the table.  

I always pictured a round table in this spot, but after we put our old temporary table in we started thinking a rectangle table might work better after all.  I'm excited to find a fun rug for this space to cozy it up!

 I decided to make our kitchen counter and cabinets wrap around and into the nook.  Creates some extra storage and it will be a fun space for a pop of decor.  I adore the three little drawers in the middle.  :)  Perfect for random things like napkins.

 If you look back to the far left of my kitchen you'll see one of my favorite parts!  

This is the butler's pantry.  It connects my pantry (on the right) and the formal dining room (on the left). I love this space!  I had so many ideas for it that I had a hard time choosing how it should look.  Originally it was just closed glass shelves.  But then I decided to go with open shelving.  And of course in my opinion everything is more fun with some wide planks behind it.  :)  I'm also a huge fan of corbels (they are on the outside of the house too) so I added some under the shelves.

The bottom section is just cupboards and drawers for more storage.  You can see our pantry door to the right.  Pantry is a post for another day!

I'm so excited to decorate these shelves!  I haven't had time yet, but I know they will be a fun place to bring some color into the kitchen.  Want to see one more thing I did that makes this my favorite spot?  

 Lights inside the shelves!  It looks so pretty at night all lit up.

I will share more details soon!  Most likely in January when the paint work and Christmas are behind us.  SO so excited and grateful for my kitchen.  I know we will enjoy many happy years in this space.  I wish I could have you all over!  It would motivate me to use my new ovens.  

They intimidate me just a bit.

:)