Oh, For The Love of Cohesion and All Things Stainless.

Ed and I maaaaaay have a slight addiction to the world of stainless steel and its gleaming personality. We also maaaaay have to keep ourselves in check when it comes to all things shiny and gray. We regularly have to remind ourselves to have a little fun with punches of color; the world isn’t drab and either are our personalities. Our house already has stainless appliances, but the rest of the kitchen leaves a lot left to be desired.  You see, the kitchen is by far our most favorite room in the house. We love to cook and entertain. We love create and congregate and don’t mind spending time in said beloved room, but we also don’t want the focal point of our home to be u.g.l.y (its mama ain’t got no alibi, its ugly).  When you walk into our house the first thing that catches ones eye is the kitchen at the end of the long hallway. Right now, as our alibi-less u.g.l.y. kitchen stands, it is covered in a green/blue and pale yellow tile pattern, evergreen colored countertop, a rusty red tile floor, and *cringe* non-matching cabinet doors.  Color cohesion? Hell, any cohesion?  I think not.  More like Christmas colors exploded while Jerry Garcia interpreted his psychedelic feelings in tile (oh, and yes, what you’re seeing is in fact wood flooring on the ceiling. And no, [not so] sorry to say, it’s not staying. No more crazy dance parties on that ceiling!!).

 Yea, I get dizzy just looking at it; you do too, right?  So, what are a couple of modern-loving sleek minimalists to do with such an u.g.l.y. duckling when working with a small budget?  Find the most expensive kitchen, fall in love with it, and try to replicate its gorgeousness of course. Sound impossible?  It kinda will be, but I have faith in us (and our handy helpers) that we can totally pull this off. Sharing the kitchen that is fueling our inspiration will not happen in this post, but let me assure you none of you will be disappointed.  Ok, maybe I’ll give you a little glimpse in to our crazy-we-can-do-anything-we’re-superhero’s-after-all train of thought because I’m a real sweetheart like that (stop rolling your eyes).  

Ohhhh, can’t you picture it now?? The gleaming gray, the shiny black, and cohesion.  No you can’t?  Why not?  Oh, right, because I’m being a tease. In addition to massive amounts of cohesion and less amounts of stainless, we plan on building in some major portions and also taking out some major portions.  Oh, and don’t worry, we have a really nice stove (as you can see above its missing) on our radar as well and yes, it’s stainless.