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A Farm of My Own:  Your kitchen tells your story  |
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dg7954
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
Diane
Doylestown
pa
USA
129 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 07:10:58 AM
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| This is another way I "read" clients. The kitchen of their house reveals the most about a client than any other room. If it has warm, active energy, where you get the impression it is the most used room, I know alot about that person already. I know that she is a homebody, a nurturer, and needs warmth in her enviroment. It doesn't matter if the kitchen has a cluttered, vintage feel to it, or is urbanized to look like a laboratory, if it is used frequently, there is a need for warmth in there somewhere. If the kitchen is not used frequently, I know that the client eats out a lot, is busy outside the home, is not a nurturer and wants a space that is easy to keep up with, and doesn't require warmth, prioritizing efficiency instead (more like a hotel). But, getting back to the well used kitchen, this room is the most telling room about a person if she is in the kitchen a lot. I find that people use their kitchens to display their "souls" the most. They put the things in it that are nostalgic, sentimental, and reveal their true nature and identities through the country or culture that is represented the most (Italian,American, Asian, Irish, English, French, etc) that speaks about this life or past lives. I think the color that one chooses in the kitchen is the closest to who they are. In other words, people display their lives and true identity in their kitchens... what they want the world to see and what they need around them everyday. The kitchen is the "heart" of the home and tells the world where your heart is your life. I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with you. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 08:02:55 AM
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I love that..and I do care most about the kitchen..more people come to my back door...straight into my kitchen and hang out there with me than the front door..and I am in that room, like you said more than any other. I never really thought about it before.
Jenny in Utah
Put all your eggs in one basket..and then watch that basket!! Mark Twain |
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
607 Posts
Kristi
Texas
607 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 08:18:51 AM
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| I've never really thought about it before either. The way my house is set up everyone still comes through the front door but we almost always hang out in my kitchen. I've got a little bar so people sit there while I do my kitchenly things. The house that we are moving to though (my parents currently live there), the front door will be kinda out of the way and everyone goes through the garage or side door and both doors are straight into the kitchen. Both of the kitchens are cozy and relaxing though. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 08:36:39 AM
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The way my house is set up, both the front and back doors enter into the same "dogtrot" hallway. A person has to walk purposely into the kitchen - a tiny kitchen by standards of today. But the floors are antique heart pine, and the wallpaper is from 1986 and I have a round oak table in the middle. We laugh and say it requires a "ballet of bottoms" to have two people working in there at once, but invariably when people come over, we all crowd into the kitchen and stay! It amazes me that no one seems to mind the smallness.
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Oct 10 2005 08:37:34 AM |
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1836 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
1836 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 08:48:44 AM
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the taste of home always shows peoples kitchens and collections and themes. I think that is always interesting to see. I have a bird house theme with curtains and pictures and little bird houses that everyone gave me a gifts. My husband does not like flowers so when we remodeled our kitchen theme needed to be something we both could live with. I am thinking of changing it again though as I need to do something different.
We both like doing things to bring the outdoors inside.
any suggestions? I would like to know what other people have done with their kitchens. |
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dg7954
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
Diane
Doylestown
pa
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 10:18:44 AM
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| Marlene, the easiest way to bring the indoors inside is to open a window. By that I mean don't cover the window with a curtain that doesn't allow you to see outdoors. In my living room, which faces the woods, I have no window treatments at all. I can watch the seasons change and use them as part of my room. If you have a privacy issue in your kitchen, go with as little window treatment as possible. Something sheer will still allow you to be in touch with what is going on outside. Another trick is to use a long, real tree branch for a curtain rod. I found two about the same size from my woods, and hung two simple, cotton cream colored curtains (say that fast) in my bedroom for years. It went with the twig pieces I had and continued the theme. Another thing to do, if you have a sunny window (lucky you) in your kitchen is to have an herb garden. Unless your husband can't stand it, it brings the outdoors in and is functional as well. Color again can be a tool if you choose a color that reflects the outdoors like green, yellow (sun) or even cream (which still creates a sunlit effect depending on the lighting. Which reminds me, I haven't posted a topic about lighting. I think I will soon. Hope this helps. |
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1836 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
1836 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 1:21:07 PM
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| hi diane, thanks for the ideas. I will look for 2 branchs to put up curtains. My kitchen patio door and windows look over the backyard and the woods behind our house. I hate to cover that up and it is up on the second floor so really no issues with privacy. Especially in the winter it is neat to watch it snow and in the fall watch the leaves. We have squirrels and tons of birds in the trees. |
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Debs
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Debs
Wellington
New Zealand
100 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 2:08:04 PM
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I think when we first looked at our place, the kitchen is what sold it to us (that and the garden). It has a lovely wooden bench-top and tiles along one side with a French village square theme. In the past 3 years we have been here, I have actually learnt more recipes and cook more interesting dishes and bake more than ever before - because the kitchen is so inviting and comforting to spend time in, I want to spend more time in it!
And interestingly enough we have a display cabinet in the kitchen and one of the items in it is a little Kiwi bird - and I am from New Zealand! I guess I am showing a little bit of my identity in my kitchen! I also have a laminated poster of rural scenes in France, which goes with the tiles mentioned before, but maybe that ties in with the 3 months I spent in France - I still identify with that lifestyle. |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 5:23:40 PM
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right on the money! I totally agree, although I never really thought about it. I use my kitchen more then any room and I'll remember that the next time I take a loaf of bread out of the oven. Michele
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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hapyhrt
True Blue Farmgirl
129 Posts
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2005 : 12:21:45 AM
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I so agree with Patricia about our kitchens telling our story. Right now our kitchen has a blue/white gingham wall border which has pitchers, eggs, apples, recipes and things that conjure up the feeling of "grandma's kitchen". Most everyone who visits comes through out side door which leads straight into the kitchen area and so I try to decorate in a relaxed country bakery style.
Okay, now be gentle but truth is I don't have a knack for cooking and so don't enjoy it one bit, sorry.....I'm happiest in my craft room and that room is also blue though with plaid accents.
Just like my grandmother I can create most anything from imagination or picture without using patterns but in the kitchen any ideas of what to throw in the pot for something yummy is a major hassle. Thankfully, hubby enjoys cooking and so does most of it for us and I'm on clean up duty afterwards, seems to work out well for both of us this way! LOL
Anyone else absolutely hate to stand in front of a stove stirring a pot and yet can sit and quilt stitch after stitch and never get tired or bored??? 
"Think happy thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 09:09:57 AM
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| The 'kitchen' is the heart of the home! I'll have to try and figure out a way to post some pics of mine. Frannie |
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prairiemaid
True Blue Farmgirl
200 Posts
Margret
Canada
200 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2005 : 7:57:14 PM
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I feel like I have a secret to knowing people...lol! It's very true that we can read a person through their kitchen. I hadn't thought about it before but if you see my kitchen, you will know me! wow, that's so cool!
Call me old fashioned. |
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teresa
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
teresa
marysville
wa
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2005 : 8:54:58 PM
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This is a new idea to me but oh so true! I love it!!! My kitchen is my happiest place...I sit every morning with my coffee reading and watching the sun come up through the big window that overlooks the back yard. My kitchen is done in the wonderful warm colors I love best...yellow, sage green and red! One of my husbands co-worker came by for the first time and commented that this was a "happy place" referring to the kitchen. I took that as high praise since his wife is a great artist and her home is beautiful. Anyways...I will be more aware of kitchens of others from now on!
The best is yet to come! |
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