Congratulations. Beautiful, awesome and such cool lighting. Love the blue ceiling...you definitely put a lot of personality into your kitchen. I'm extremely jealous of your gorgeous windows looking out into all that green!

Enjoy!

What coast might this be? may I ask. I notice the lovely sunshine and flowering things outside the windows, so I'm guessing not Maine.

I love the above-couner open storage with beadboard backs. Actually, I love lots of the little detail items.

Congratulations! So many cool elements--your blue ceiling, open shelves, your pebble glass and pebble backsplash...Enjoy!

Oh wow. I get weak in the knees when I see white coastal kitchens. So I was drooling at the subject of your thread and then when I saw the pictures, WHOA!!!! I'm in love! The floors, the coffee bar, the pebble backsplash, those windows, the pop of color on the ceiling, wow, wow, wow!!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Wow - what a kitchen! I love the pebble backsplash, the unique lights, the great marble counters and the blue ceiling. Beautiful.

What a neat looking kitchen! Enjoy it!

Oh my gosh!! What a beautiful and unique kitchen! I love your colors--the cabs with the beautiful wood siding and the floor and the wall & ceiling colors--I'm blown away!!! What I love best is that it all comes together to make a very comfortable and casual space that anyone would be lucky to spend time in. Congratulations!

Your kitchen is splendid. The pebble backsplash and the driftwoodish horizonal boards are a wonderfully subtle counterpoint to the elegant simplicity of white cabinets, marble, and subway tile.

Congratulations.

Could you tell us what finish is on the horizontal boards, please? It's just great. Thanks.

Gorgeous! Please tell us about the rustic boards on the wall! Are they new or old and what's behind them?
I want to do this treatment on one wall in my bathroom.

Thanks!

WOW! Love this kitchen. I like the way everything comes together. I love the stove wall, (and the sink wall). The floors look great against the green outside. I don't know if that was intentional but what a great by-product of your design.

Simply put, I would just love to have your kitchen in my house. It is so beautiful and comfortable at the same time. Your attention to detail is spot on yet it looks breezy and effortless at the same time. You really nailed it!

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments! As you all well know, the whole process of redoing a kitchen (or any room for that matter) is both exciting and (often can be) so frustrating! I've always looked to the day, when I can put up MY "finished kitchen" pics and that day is here! Ha.

Ahh, the painted wall. It's funny, it's the first thing people see and what most people comment about. It quickly became our favorite part of the kitchen and it was one of those things that we hadn't planned on when designing the kitchen.

The contractors exposed the pine boards when they were demoing and we took one look at it - then a deep patinaed (sp?) brown - and said "Don't do a thing. Please leave it as is! We'll paint it!". And that's what we did.

honorbiltkit & Kitkin: I posted a whole thread about this. If you search "amylucey" all my threads will come up and it's one of the most recent. I went into deep detail in that thread of what paint I used, technique, etc. The good news is that it was SOOOO easy! The key is the grey paint. (Not white).

Thanks again.

P.S. Suzannesl: We are actually not even close to the beach! (I so wish we were!) Each time I step into the kitchen though, i feel as if we are - that was the plan. Tee hee. We've spent a lot of time on Cape Cod and Nantucket and the materials and palatte used in this kitchen really are inspired by both places. (Esp. beadboard, lighting, etc)

That's so cool that the horizontal boards were original to the house! I assumed you added them (and thought they looked very cool) but the fact that they're original is way cooler!

I am green with envy! I tell you, I may have to stop coming to this forum. Kitchens like this are TORTURING me! Simply stunning. I am going to do white shaker cabs also (whenever we get some $$$ to do the kitchen) and I really like the style of your kitchen. When I read the thread title, I kind of skipped the word "inspired" and did not expect to like it because I don't really care for anything too beachy. But you are right, it is not "themey" at all, just inpired!

enjoy!

LOVE IT ALL!!! How cool to find those horizontal pine boards during the demo! If only all demo surprises were that nice!

So many great touches as others have mentioned above. I really love the long farmhouse table; it's perfect in your lovely space.

I'm considering stealing your fun idea of the candy corn in the candle holders... but I'm afraid we'd be reaching in there all day to pilfer some.

Beautiful! I love your row of windows!

Great kitchen, you did an awesome job. Everything goes so well. I'm loving the pebbles and the blue and the lights and everything.

Nancy

WOW! Absolutely gorgeous! So compfortable looking- I love everything about it! Great job!

It's all been said before: Love the blue ceiling, the very cool pebble backsplash, the whitewashed siding, the row of windows.... Sigh, you've created a wonderful kitchen. It's such a soothing space, I can't imagine getting upset during a cooking disaster. My souffle fell? Oh, well, look at how pretty my kitchen is! Aaaaaah, feel the tension melt away.

Have you see this information about adding photos to your posts? If not, maybe it will help you.

Absolutely spectacular! I love everything! But I am just about ready to have a meltdown over your windows. I soooo love them!

If only... *sigh*

Your kitchen is beautiful! I hope that you are enjoying every beautiful detail! We are beginning a kitchen remodel and want to know what you think of your mid-continent cabinets now that you've been living with them. They look gorgeous! Can you share anything about your experience with them? Thanks so much!

Wonderful - so many amazing details: the ceiling, the lighting(!!), the doors to the washer/dryer.... on and on. I especially love the huge bank of windows over your sink - they are fabulous!!

I am so glad that I stopped back to the GW forum today and did not miss your post. I am a huge fan of all things costal inspired. There are so many elements that are just breathtakingly gorgeous in their own right, but even more so when grouped together. I love the blue on the ceiling, the marble counters, the door treatments to the laundry, the large and numerous windows, the pebbles, the whitewash siding, the lights, and the kitchen table. This is all from memory after first glance...now I have to go back and really look again.
Congratulations on a creating a very calm, cohesive, beautiful space!