The starting point of this elegant cottage kitchen was the idea of living simply. The desire to keep it simple led interior designer Melanie Pounds and her husband to purchase a small 1920's cottage. Then Pounds designed the kitchen around their first joint purchase -- an antique worktable the couple planned to use as an island. The room is full of visually heavy pieces, yet … [Read more...]
Ivette’s Cherry Counter Kitchen
Our pal Ivette's English style, cherry counter kitchen has it all. And, it's a DIY too! Cherry has just enough color to warm up this elegant white cherry counter kitchen, which was a DIY labor of love by a talented couple, my friends Ivette and Joel. The counters were stained, sanded and repeatedly oiled by Ivette to give them a satiny sheen, then set off by big … [Read more...]