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Kitchen Tour {All About the Details}

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**Update: There have been a couple questions about my faucet. It is Pegasus Lyndhurst Series by Glacier Bay. We’ve had it from the beginning of our re-model and love it! No problems with it at all!

Ready for eye candy?

I hope so.

Today and tomorrow, myself, along with many other bloggers are showing you our kitchens.

But not just our kitchens.

The details of our kitchens.

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Because we all know: its all about the details.

Details pull a space together.

Welcome to my kitchen tour!

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The thing that catches your eye first could possibly be those barstools.

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Yep, they are pretty fab.

I Rub ‘N Buffed the lower ring.

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And painted on the blue stripes.

The barstools are my favorite thing in the space.

Wait, maybe I have more than one favorite thing.

Because I really love my island as well.

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Kitchen Tour {rainonatinroof.com} #kitchen

You can read more about how we built the island here.

I refuse to ever move because I won’t be able to take the island with me.

They may lay me out on it when I die.

Maybe not, that would be weird.

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I am a firm believer in the power of fresh flowers.

They can instantly add drama and welcome any guest into your home.

I have a full-time gardner who works tirelessly to make sure I have beautiful, fresh flowers like these.

His name is Grunt Labor.

One time, he even planted a huge row of hydrangeas because while reading a magazine one day and drooling over hydrangeas, I said I don’t think I would ever leave my yard if I had hydrangeas like that.

I came home one afternoon to see him planting 10+ hydrangea bushes.

He said he figured if the hydrangeas were there and that meant I wouldn’t leave , it also meant I wouldn’t ever leave him.

Oh, Grunt Labor, you are too valuable to leave.

Who else would put up with my never-ending decor changes?

Back to the kitchen tour, you know, I digress too much.

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I just whipped up this navy and white chevron tray this week.

A super easy and fun project.

There will be a tutorial soon. Hopefully.

When Grunt Labor and I did the kitchen renovation, we kept the original cabinets and just updated them with paint and hardware from Ikea.

We did however, remove one wall of cabinets to allow for some open shelving from once more, Ikea.

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Kitchen Tour {rainonatinroof.com} #kitchen

I love the combination of the wood stained shelving against the subway tile.

I display my “whiteware” on it.

I refuse to pay over $5 for a piece of “whiteware” unless I absolutely love it.

Speaking of subway tile, it is just the best – timeless and classic, it goes great with anything.

Grunt Labor installed it as well – see, I told you he was valuable.

Below the open shelving, sits the fruit basket.

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Which is really an old metal locker basket.

I love these bad boys and anytime I see one for $10 or less, I buy it.

One time, I walked into an old gym locker room and these were all along one wall.

It took every ounce of self restraint I had not to run like a mad woman out of the building with as many as I could carry.

I can see the headlines now:

“Deranged Blogger jailed for Stealing Vintage Locker Baskets”

How much time do you think I would get?

It could be worth it.

Just sayin.

My sweet next door neighbor is moving.

She has given me so many wonderful little treasures like this little vintage coffee holder.

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I’m not really a fan of the K-Cup spinner coffee holders and shelves.

They aren’t very pretty at all.

And I’m snobby when it comes to things like that.

So, when she offered me this coffee holder, I jumped on it like stink on you-know-what.

She also gave me some beautiful vintage mason jars – blue and clear.

Lucky, lucky me.

To store my cookbooks, I use metal locker baskets as well.

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Kitchen Tour {rainonatinroof.com} #kitchen

They have been up for well over a year now and have never fallen.

Go us.

You can see the tutorial on how we hung these here.

To store my cooking utensils, I use an old silver pitcher.

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I found this little gem at Goodwill for $3 one day.

My heart soared, I tell ya.

It adds a little bling to the counters.

Thanks for coming along on the tour with me today.

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I hope you enjoyed it!

If you really want to see how far my kitchen has come (it was a 1960s rancher style), see the full reveal here.

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  6. KATHYSUE says

    Jenna, I am in love with your kitchen and all of its special touches. You have added so much character to your home with your functional and darling kitchen. I love it when a homeowner puts their personality into a space and your kitchen has so much personality, Thanks for sharing,
    Kathysue

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  9. Jamie says

    GORGEOUS Jenna! Love seeing all the details in your fab kitchen and yes, I’d be rolled out on that island too if I had it 😉
    Hugs,
    Jamie

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  11. Selene Galindo says

    Hi Jenna! Thanks for sharing all the little (and fun) details of your kitchen! I especially love your metal locker baskets used as shelves, your open shelves and your bar stools! You know, I just like your whole kitchen and would be willing to trade anytime you’d like! Ha! Yeah right, huh?

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  12. Lindsay says

    Awesome kitchen! Looks like a place I’d love to sit down and have some pizza and a beer. 🙂

    As long as it isn’t Peroni…

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  14. Jane H. says

    Thank you so much for the link to your before pics, as well! Your “old” kitchen looks almost exactly like the one I have just inherited in our new (to us) home! You have given me some great ideas of how to bring it into the new millennium! So far, you are my favorite kitchen on the tour!

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  15. Amy of while wearing heels says

    Your details BEAUTIFULLY pull every aspect of your kitchen together. My goodness, there are so many beautiful things to take in, look at and appreciate. The island, I die…knowing that you used some of your grandpa’s barn wood…love it even more! And, I think it’s brilliant how you have your cookbooks stored and displayed.

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  18. Michele/Finch Rest says

    Oh, my goodness- I enjoyed this post so much I re-read it out loud to my hubs sitting next to me working on HIS pc.

    I love your humour and truly enjoyed your wonderful kitchen details!

    I posted my first kitchen tour today too in celebration and inspiration from all of you! Thanks!

    Have a wonderful weekend. ~Michele

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  20. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    What a wonderful and creative Kitchen, Jenna! I love your baskets that hold your cookbooks and the open shelves!!! And you island!!!! Such a fabulous piece to pull the whole room together!
    Thanks for sharing your beautiful kitchen!

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  21. Kathy says

    Your kitchen is fabulous! I am a big fan of subway tiles! Love the green of your bar stools – marvelous – beautiful detains in the baskets and in the island – wonderful kitchen,
    Kathy

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  25. Shar says

    Your kitchen is soo my style! We are currently working on our kitchen to change out some stuff we “inherited”. I would love to know what brand & color your faucet is. Replacing ours is on the to-do list.

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  27. Dria says

    Jenna, I LOVE your kitchen! I want your island that is so gorgeous and am in love with your bar stools. Your kitchen is so beautiful!

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  28. Suzy @ Worthing Court says

    Hi Jenna. I hope you already know that I just love your kitchen. It is what first caught my eye on your blog and a big reason that I asked you to participate in House Snooping. I’m so glad though to get a closer look at many of the details. Yeah – that Grunt Labor is a keeper for sure and something tells me that he’s pretty crazy about you too. 😀

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  32. Krista @ the happy housie says

    I love all the details in your kitchen Jenna! We have plans to redo ours in some way this fall/winter/spring – well, one of these days. Such a big DIY job! Thanks so much for all your inspiration… I love the eclectic feel of all your details.

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  35. Diana W. says

    I’m your lastest follower after finding you on Blogger Homes! Loved your home tours and project list but loved how you ‘talk’ to us more! Thanks for sharing and the hard work that goes into that sharing. I look forward to following along with you and Grunt Labor as yall toil along while making your dreams come true. (Yep, I’m a Southern Belle also, though surely the ‘yall’ gave me away….)

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  37. Lisa says

    Your kitchen is so cute! I love the combo of black/white/wood and those barstools are FANTASTIC. They are my new goal of barstool hunting.

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  40. Catherine says

    HI Jenna, I love the wire basket fitted to the wall and am thinking of doing somehting similar in my hallway…up towards the ceiling. You seem to be using some round brackets to fix the wire baskets to the wall….what are they? thanks Catherine

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    • Jenna says

      They are actually large washers. I used a combination of sizes to mount the baskets to the wall. This post shows an up close image of them: https://rainonatinroof.com/basket-shelving/ I also did mounted wall baskets in my laundry room using cup hooks. With those though, the basket opening was up top as it normally would be, rather than on the side. Hope all that helps!

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