Our Cottage {Kitchen}

The day we looked at Oak Cottage with the realtor

this is what the kitchen looked like….

We live in an Acadian Cottage……French Acadian designs get their influence from the quaint cottages found in France’s countryside. Using masonry, wood siding, and slanted roofs they portray simple living at its best.

I guess simple means ‘small kitchen’. I thought I like simple…maybe I’m more complicated than I realize. I know I’m high-maintenance…does that mean complicated? Ha! A post for another day!

In the Acadian design the kitchen, living room, and dining room are all considered separate rooms that conjoin through doorways….this is this particular design and style’s method of designating spaces.

When we first saw Oak Cottage we loved it…

but the kitchen was a bit of a surprise.

It was small, had lots of floor space {we added an island},

very little cabinet and counter space,

and pretty much a non-existent pantry.

Our kitchen went through many transformations….

all cosmetic….for years.

It became a funny joke at our annual Christmas Party.

People would come through the door and ask

“What’s the kitchen like this year?”…

because for about five  years it changed yearly! ha!

Here is what it looked like before our current transformation…

{and it stayed like this for a record 10+ years!}

It had lots of fun artwork, bright colors, and whimsy.

I had fun painting it with whimsical artwork.

We loved it…but a few years ago we were ready

for a change.  So, here’s Handsome beginning

the change with adding white subway tile on all the walls….

Here we are today…..almost finished!

We just need to put in the farmhouse sink,

and Handsome will be pouring concrete countertops. Yay!

{I didn’t style the photos for you guys…this is how it looks everyday.}

Love paper straws…just had to throw this one in here….

Love this view out the kitchen door…

out to what we call The Nook with

the Repurposed Shutter Fence.

Hope your week is going well…I can’t believe it is already Wednesday!

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Blessings~

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