New Old House Kitchen Refresh

In case you didn’t know already, our “New Old House” was my dream all along! I call it “Historically Inspired” and Mark calls it a pain in the butt. Juuustt kidding! 😉 Mark is a smart man and he loves me soo much. He’s made my dream of living in a historic home a reality with our constant design updates, but he gets to avoid the major plumbing and electrical headaches since our home is really a new build. Hence, the “historically inspired” description.

New Old Kitchen Sink Plans

It’s only fitting that our kitchen is the perfect mashup of new build and vintage. From the sketched {by me} design to the beautiful old sink and the incredible antique soda fountain stools, it’s just better than I could have dreamed as a girl. {Thank you Mark and Dad!} While we honestly all enjoy the “newness” of our home, my mission is always to have it lean more vintage. Generally, I have to get creative, but that’s the best part!

Coffee Bar Creation

If you remember, four out of my five DIY projects to start the year included updating our coffee bar. {If you ask me, I’m doing pretty dang good getting through these projects.} When we first moved into our home, we had a little nook in our kitchen where we kept our coffee maker. But both of our home based businesses took off around the same time {yay!} and we realized we needed space for office supplies. So I decided to move our Nespresso coffee maker to a kitchen counter and used this nook next to the fridge for our printer and office-y things. 

But remember, now we have the Cloffice and a designated space for office stuff! We were able to move our coffee bar back into its designated spot!

Hidden Coffee Bar

In the few short years it wasn’t a coffee bar, Mark turned into some sort of coffee connoisseur. Seriously. Listen to what he thinks he needs now: a Stanley Stay-hot French Press, an Electric Kettle and Drip Coffee Maker. Don’t forget we already have my beloved Nespresso too! You never know what kind of coffee he’s going to make from day to day. I lost space on my counters, because of his new habit. So I am extra thankful to have our cute and functional Coffee Bar back. And we’re able to hide everything behind the pretty cabinets – even better! Once I find my peel and stick wallpaper I will add it!

New Old House Butler’s Pantry

Yes, I have a Butler’s Pantry. Wish I had a Butler to go with this pantry 😉 I love this corner of our kitchen, but it doesn’t get the credit it deserves. This is where our Coffee Bar had been relocated to after it lost it’s spot next to the fridge to the office supplies. After we shifted things around, I rarely showed this space on my Instagram or Facebook or anywhere. Today, pretty little pantry, you get a shout out!

New Old House Kitchen Views

I spy an updated coffee table AND new curtains! DIY Project three of five, was having Mark cut down an old table to “coffee table height.” So much of this room is angles so I thought a nice round coffee table would help soften the feel. Mark sawed the legs off a table around Christmas and I have since painted it more than once. After painting it red and green, I landed on a grey-ish white we shall say. For now, I think I like it! Did you notice my sweet Valentine Decor on the table too?

While I love the table, the best part of this room, may just be the dang curtains. You guys know I love finding tablecloths and hot glueing or taping them to look the way I want. {I like tablecloths, because I have high ceilings and curtains can be so expensive.} But, Amazon for the win on these actual curtains! Did you notice I even bought a set that I cut down and hung over the kitchen sink? I’m so impressed with the quality that I may never go back to tablecloths. Who am I kidding here, I will always consider tablecloths.