Modern Country Kitchen Inspiration


  Today I’m sharing with you some Kitchen Decorating Ideas. If you like this post you may also enjoy this article on Guest Bedroom Decorating Ideas. 
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Do you ever feel like your house is just one stream of never ending projects?  You finish one and then you’re on to another. Once you work your way through the whole house it’s time to go back and start again!  One of the big projects we’ve had on our list for about 3 years now is to paint our kitchen cabinets white.  It was supposed to be our project for the Spring, but then we decided to paint the Guest Room instead.

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This is what our kitchen looked like the day we moved in.  Not bad, it’s big but was definitely lacking personality and charm.  It’s been my dream to have a white country kitchen, so we decided to paint the kitchen cabinets when we moved in 7 years ago.  I know that painting over wood is a touchy subject for some people, but I don’t like that shade of wood at all.  I think it’s too dark and pulls light out of the kitchen.

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The first phase was to replace the microwave above the stove with a vent hood and to replace the electric cook top with a gas cook top.  We bumped up the cabinet above the stove to give a bit of height and interest to the kitchen.  This we did about 5 years ago but have yet to fix the crown molding that we pulled off. Sometimes I forget it’s missing *wink* tile-backsplash

The next step was to tile the backsplash. I found a green glass backsplash tile that I LOVE and had it installed.  We are big DIY’ers, but I recognized that this was a project better left to a professional. I love the sparkle and finish that it gives the kitchen. Now onto the cabinets.  Since we aren’t going to be making any big changes, we are looking to make small changes that will have a big impact. Painting the cabinets is one of those changes. I picked a nice ivory color for the main cabinets, but have yet to pick a color for the island cabinets. Anyone have any suggestions for me? We’ve gone back and forth between, white, light grey and dark grey. I even painted some samples ON the island but have yet to settle on a color. To help me get an idea of what I want, I created a Pinterst board and started collecting images of what I think my Signature Kitchen would look like. My Signature Kitchen Pinterest Board  

I am definitely drawn to kitchens that are bright and clean with little pops of color.  Right now I’m leaning towards a dark charcoal gray for the island cabinet color, but like I said, I’m open for suggestions! Pop on over to the Pinterst board and let me know which is your favorite cabinet color.

Kitchen Decorating Ideas

Drawing from the ideas on my Pinterest board, I created a mood board to help me going forward with the kitchen refresh.   Working with the elements I already have in the kitchen, the green glass tile backsplash, black decorative elements, dark countertops and stainless steel appliances, I picked a few other elements to introduce to give the kitchen some charm and personality.

Modern Country Kitchen Inspiration Board

(Items in board: Flag Wall Art from Pottery Barn, Depression Era Glass Knobs from Anthropologie, LG Studio Refrigerator, LG Studio Double Ovens, Clock from Sundance Catalog, LG Studio Cooktop, Barstool from West Elm, Pie Sign from World Market, Stained Glass pendants from Quoizel, Rug from West Elm)

Since I’m painting the cabinets, I want to make a conscious effort to include more natural wood into the room. I love the idea of the wood barstools to bring back a little bit of the feel of the wood. I also would love to replace (someday) our kitchen table with a large reclaimed wood farm table; we’ll just add that one to the ever-growing “wish list”. kitchen-table

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4 Comments

  1. I love that green tile!! I vote doing the island cabinets with the dark gray (an almost black slate color perhaps…) I think it will really help to ground the kitchen since you’ll be lightening up the rest of it so much. AND with a bar height island it will help to hide any little scuffs from swinging feet or pushed in stools.

  2. I think I’d go with dark grey on the panel insets and the cream color on the outside (does that make sense?) to anchor the island but not make it pull down the whole room.

  3. I agree with the Dark Grey!!! That’s what I was thinking before I read you were leaning that way… I think any medium/dark grey would… I personally wouldn’t go too dark on the grey for dust/cleaning purposes and it being in the kitchen where things always get a bit messy. It will help divide the brightness and calm it down once you do paint the cabinets.

    I also love the bar stools you have now but agree with a reclaimed country farm table would be the last big pop to give it the “country home feeling” you are going for. 🙂

  4. I painted my cabinets- but used a sprayer- taped the big plastic around and covered the appliances- they looked like they were professional- big difference from paint to spray and you have alot of cabinets! I love dark grey! What about a yellow. Pop of color. There is a Benjamin Moore color that is called gold ??? I said eeuh at 1st glance but it my fav.

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