what's your kitchen theme? - Page 3

[jimblejamble]

Sunflowermommy, can I steal your kitchen??? Pleeease!!!

[annekevdbroek]

Mine has no theme. Our kitchen was updated by the former owners with boring light wood cabinets, fake granite (forminca) counterops in an awful kinda of mauve color, "brass" drawer pulls, white appliances, and bright white tile backsplash with bright blue turkish tiles as accents. The bright blue tiles clash with the pink countertop. I hate the "brass." I'd love to replace the countertop and get stainless appliances, but it isn't in the budget.

Our kitchen is also quite small, so my theme is "minamalist' - I can't stand having stuff out on the counter.

[jillyofthevalley]

Originally Posted by JessicaRenee

Sunflowermommy, can I steal your kitchen??? Pleeease!!!

LOL I wish I could have packed it up and taken it with me when we moved last year. I miss it terribly. We planned that kichen ourselves and picked every last detail. It was my baby. Our kitchen right now is awful with cheap falling apart cabinets and hideous green and copper swirly countertops. I can't wait until we have the money to renovate it.

[PNWmama]

fun thread!
My kitchen has a yellow and turquoise theme. Our cabinets are painted a vanilla color and the walls are a butter yellow. I have all yellow and turquoise fiestaware dishes and my mom has gifted me many additional yellow and turquoise fiestaware pieces (teapots, butter dishes, etc.) I loooove them .
I've got a turquoise teapot, antique blue ball jars on the window sill, vintage yellow and turquoise crochet potholders on the wall. My kitchen is still a bit of a work in progress (cabinets are in the process of still being painted, we need curtains), but I love my bright and cheerful kitchen!

[Pinoikoi]

Ok- my mom came over and...

we redid the chairs. Sanded, painted, put new cushions and reupholstered.

Once they are dry (we did 4 out of 6 so far) I will reattach the cushions and post some pics! Because they aren't ALL done yet, I think I can do some "before" and "after" shots.

[mamaluvspirates]

Pirates!!!

No, actually...I wish. My husband won't let me lol. The bathroom is pirates, and he says one pirate themed room is enough. Drat.

My kitchen is french chefs, in lime green with black and white checkered accents. I love it.

[Pinoikoi]

Originally Posted by mamaluvspirates

Pirates!!!

No, actually...I wish. My husband won't let me lol. The bathroom is pirates, and he says one pirate themed room is enough. Drat.

My kitchen is french chefs, in lime green with black and white checkered accents. I love it.

Although that would be fun, I have to say I wouldn't be up for pirates in the kitchen for the same reason that I won't stand for chickens in my kitchen..

Have you EVER known a pirate to wash their hands?

[Adamsmama]

red and tan/yellow

[Pinoikoi]

I hope this works!

damage on chairs (before) worn/stained fabric and chipped paint

Check out the monkeys on the new fabric!

I have to admit, I have had the fabric sitting around for quite some time, and I somehow thought the leaves/foliage were greener than they are, but I love it as is!

Before/After

I hope all those links work!

[Pinoikoi]

Originally Posted by Chamomile Girl

I like my kitchen to be as colorful as possible, and since I rent all the color has to come through my stuff. So...

I have a red mixer, green blender, blue food processor
I have a 12 person set of fiestaware in 12 different colors, plus fiesta accessories also in random colors.
I have a red hutch that displays my collection of polish pottery.

I doubt this is unique, but it looks cool.

My bff took a set of plain farm chairs and painted them each a different color. There's a yellow one, a blue one, a purple one.. they look great in her (also) very colorful kitchen.

[kis95]

Originally Posted by BetsyS

I have to say, it's cracking me up that roosters are gross in a kitchen, but monkeys are okay.

As someone with a Rooster kitchen, I had to laugh at the monkeys, too! I get it though; I could care less about roosters, but I came across so many of them at yard sales and such last year, I just can't stop collecting them now. Just before Christmas, I found a beautiful stained-glass rooster wind chime for in front of my kitchen window. I love it! Anyway, monkeys are cute, too. I'd love to see pics of all these lovely-sounding kitchens!

[EarthyMamaofDaisy]

I have medium olive colored walls with natural color birch cabinets and brown ceramic tile. It has a very earthy feel.

[CariOfOz]

My kitchen theme is 'boring' But I do have a GREAT cookie jar (edge of the lid is cracked so it's just decorative now, but I LOVE it too much to get rid of it!) that is a fat cat that is orange and turquoise I have a set of potteryware (big fruit bowl, platter and utensil crock) that have bright Italian villa scenes on them that oddly enough coordinate fairly well with the cat And a few months ago I picked up oven mits and an apron at Ikea that are bright stripes in those colours as well. So it's coming along slowly.

We rent the house we live in, so arent' supposed to put nails into the walls (but have gotten the ok for a few) so I want to get some cool decorative tiles to put on the soffit above the cupboards. 3m velcro picture hangers are a renters dream come true!

[serenetabbie]

What a fun thread!

I used to have an awesome 1950's kitchen in my old house, and I really miss it. Our current kitchen is lovely 1972 particle board, fake brass and ugly gold/white "marble" formica. It used to have black trim, brown panneling and very dark green walls with an ivy wall paper "chair rail". We painted the walls yellow like Sunflower's kitchen, the trim and panneling white. While it is not what I would want, it is so much better! Our accessories are colbalt blue or white.

[Honey693]

My kitchen is painted white and has red and white appliances and a cafe theme. The border is a series of 3 coffee house prints repeated and then I have the print in a larger size hanging on my wall. The table runner matches those. I have a hanging coffee mug rack on the wall with red and white mugs too

[HeatherAtHome]

My kitchen is green and white with a "homey" theme. It's not really done yet but we got a good start. Totally done on the cheap but I love it. Pics here.

[jillyofthevalley]

Originally Posted by HeatherAtHome

My kitchen is green and white with a "homey" theme. It's not really done yet but we got a good start. Totally done on the cheap but I love it. Pics here.

I love your kitchen! The green you chose is so beautiful and calming. Isn't it amazing what a couple cans of paint can do? I love older cabinets. They last and all they need is paint every once in a while. Our new house is 13 years old and the junky cabinets they chose for the kitchen are already falling apart. Paint wouldn't even help them because they have the laminate on them which is all peeling back and breaking off. I miss old school real wood cabinets.

[FoxintheSnow]

My theme is "Key west" My husband is not a fan of anything tropical and we even live in florida but I consider the kitchen my territory so I made it how I want. Let me see if I can dig up some pics.