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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 19 2009 : 1:50:23 PM
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Ok, so my boyfriend (soon to be husband, next summer) and I are in need of some decoration ideas for our kitchen. It needs to be painted and a few other things. I'll tell what i have for our kitchen and please give me any input at all!!
Vintage red leather chairs with white top table and red legs(70's style)
Green Country print curtains
Black kitchen aid appliances
Solid wood kitchen island
My kitchen in my old house had old bottles and some of those country style lambs around it.
any cute ideas y'all have done??
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Jul 19 2009 : 4:14:46 PM
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bring in some red handled kitchen utensils.use an old crock to hold the utensils/tie a handspun looking big gingham fabric bow around the crock for an extra "feminine" touch. try to find some vintage farm prints(chickens, cows, etc.) and frame them in either white, black, or red frames.Putting a set of small framed mirrors above your stove adds interest too.Find an old style teapot or coffee pot in a cheery color and fill it with sunny yellow, red or white flowers for your dining centerpiece.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2009 : 5:54:11 PM
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I love the red handled items, i actually have quite a few of them too! I think i will do that, and i'm not sure about the cabinet idea, but i do love it. I may do that on an old hutch that i have. It sounds like it would look great!
Thanks!
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
2306 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 06:22:41 AM
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I swear by vintage table cloths. I have used them for window treatments, door coverings (where a closet had no door), and to hide my ugly avocado green dishwasher that does not work! My favorite farmhouse inspriation? Feed sacks! Contrary Wife has them hung up like curtains in her house.
Lets see....old tins would give it a homey look too! And you can play with the color scheme!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1721 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 7:36:45 PM
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Claudia, I have red green and black in my kitchen. I found some cute material with greengingham and apples made curtains and went around withthat theme. I accented the red in the curtains with red canisters various size apples scattered around. I also took old wooden fence planks cut them into whatever size and painted a cute saing on it. The background of the wood would either be a red or green. I also have black appliences. I like the idea of a vintage looking kitchen.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 7:46:06 PM
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| Hi Claudia, I was wondering if you could describe the curtains a little more. Is your island dark wood or light. I've been giving your kitchen some thought and just had a couple of questions. Do you like the vintage look also? |
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momshopsalotta
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Connie
Hertford
NC
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 8:00:54 PM
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| When we bought our old farm house it had ugly, greasy wooden kitchen cabinets. I saw an idea very much like Alee suggests in a country magazine. My husband cut an panel out of each cabinet front, primed and painted them white then covered the inside with chicken wire. I got two yards of red ginham fabric then HE sewed simple curtians onto each door with two little tension rods. He then installed pewter drawer knife, fork, spoon door pulls onto the cabinet fronts. All spoons for the top cabinets, knives for the waist leval cabinets and forks for the lower cabinets. He also sewed curtians for the windows. Anyone interested in the photos can message me as I could never figure out how to post photos on this site. I am a lucky woman!! Total cost $80 or so. The door pulls were $40.00 alone but the paint, fabric and chicken wire were practicaly nothing. Looks like an entirely kitchen. I also decorated with red accents, primarily red gingham. |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 8:05:34 PM
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my curtains are a dark leaf green color and my island is a light wood. I LOVE the vintage look!!
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 8:13:45 PM
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| Well I was just thinking red gingham curtains would be really cute with your table. The red handled utensils would be great too. Have you thought about wall color? White would be ok, but I just love a soft yellow for a kitchen, especially if you have some sunny windows. Chickens would be great for some decor and lots of them have red tones in the paintings or designs. You could put a hook somewhere and hang up a cute apron or two. I'll keep thinking. |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 07:20:20 AM
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I've got a lot of those colors in my kitchen too. Lots of red and greens, but not to heavy on the black. My kitchen is done in a farmy theme. I have roosters and gingham. Anything that can have sunflowers on it or in it does. :D
I incorporated the red and green from strawberry embroidery that I've done and tied in into the farmy things. It isn't overly decorated, and I used a lot of color from the appliances.
I picked a main focal point and worked my colors around those. I have two John Deere farm pictures. They have the green, red, yellow, and blue (if I wanted to use denim to help it along)
I love the idea of the chicken wire, but I also love the cabinet fronts that are just open. Sometimes you can just hang a curtain there or even aprons along a curtain rod above it, like each set of two cupboards is a window. :)
I'll be thinking on this one. :D
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 8:47:32 PM
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what i love to do is scour the antique/flea markets/thrift stores for tins... i love to put my coffee and tea in them, but you could use them for anything you need alot that can be out on the counter - flour, sugar, etc. also, i like to find mason jars and such, containers that are clear and put dried beans, pasta, stuff with texture that is interesting to look at. at the moment, we have no doors on our cabinets, so to take away the containers food comes in so my kitchen doesn't look like a store, using nice containers gives it a more rustic look!
i'm also in the process of finding country fabric and making curtains for my bottom cabinets rather than using doors... you could also use curtains for the top cabinets rather than doors... the chicken wire idea is also very country and fun!
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 2:50:55 PM
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Claudia, I have hung up pie tins and cookie cutters on my kitchen walls along with the red handled stuff. I also have a 4 shelved rack I hung up and put matching spice jars in it and on the top I put little knick-knacks. It looks really nice. Now if I would only finish my paint job in there 
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2009 : 10:49:39 AM
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If you don't have a lot of light in your kitchen, you might consider painting and off white. Then, no matter what you put on them, they will show off. If you are a farmgirl without a lot of money, consider finding some old farm magazine and frame some of the ads. Sometimes they are black white and red. Choose a theme. In my kitchen I chose a lettuce green wall and my white cupboards. We have a skylight, but I have red barns and farm animals all over the place. Have fun choosing what YOU like!
Bonnie Ellis
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 12:39:38 PM
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Thank you Bonnie! The walls are already an off white and i would love to do some bold colors and some of the ideas you have sugguested!
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
933 Posts
Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
933 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2009 : 3:27:50 PM
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A great thing I have noticed since moving back to the country last year is that yard and flea sales can have some really great vintage finds at great prices, whereas city and suburban sales seem to charge an arm and a leg for what they call vintage or antique, lol!
I have found: vintage tablecloths, dish towels, aprons and napkins that I use for curtains, layered table coverings, just hang on a hook, whatever. Also I love enamel ware! I once got a small red and white enameled double boiler from my great aunt and built my kitchen around that. The old red and white spice jars, enameled bowls and pots, red handled utensils(mentioned before). I find more stuff the more sales I go to! Also, if you are crafty, I've been reading about making rag rugs, and thought how cute a red and white rag rug would look in front of my sink, so will be starting that soon. A small one like that shouldn't take long at all.
You're fortunate that you can paint and/or remove your cabinets, I've always wanted cabinets painted white or cream minus the doors.
Have fun!!! And, post pics when you're done!
Brenda
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