In this article, I would like to share how I have been working on my kitchen to make it you-niquely mine! :) My present design is French Country with roosters. It wasn't a planned design, but I kind of grew into it by buying things I liked. It started when I found a cute set of limoge dinnerware at a local thrift store. I fell in love with the colors and design. Then a few months later I found this border that coordinated nicely with the dishes. This you can see in the following photo. I also had a collection of blue and white dishes that I was using along with this. I was pretty happy and satisfied with the look for awhile. LOL!
Until I went shopping at a local fleamart and I saw this beautiful large ceramic rooster. I had to buy it. The feathers had all the colors I loved. Also, it had cobalt blue in the plumage which matched the blue and white dinnerware I had on display. From then on I started collecting roosters that coordinated.
Now the look is more predominantly roosters, which reminds me more of what a french country kitchen would look like! Eventually, I removed the border and did a paint treatments on the wall, as seen here.
Since the room opens onto my livingroom, I will be using the same golden yellow colors in the kitchen to tie the rooms together. I will continue the burnt orange paint treatment above the sink and around the sliding door that I used on the wall with the brick bottom. This lightens up both rooms and makes the kitchen wall seem to move further back and the room look larger! I have a large checkered fabric in tone on tone yellows that I plan on mounting above the sliding door as a pelmet/cornice.
I've accumulated enough of a collection now to have a grand time accessorizing. :) But of course, there is always room for one more piece!
You can find a few photos of my kitchen in progress here!
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