Two Inspiring Kitchens & Our Own

This morning, I found myself leaning a little closer as I looked at this picture Freckles Chick had in her inspiration folder.  I suddenly found myself wishing our ceilings were twice as high so that we could hang pretty chandeliers.  Do you see that beautiful kitchen space back there?  It’s so small you almost miss it.

nyc kitchen

And something from this kitchen at Apartment Therapy makes me want to start a cooking frenzy.  Those glass jars are just begging all of us to reach out and make something delicious. 

open shelf kitchen

So while we can’t raise the ceiling of our own kitchen and take advantage of even more vertical space, Martin and I do talk about adding a couple of open shelves to our kitchen.  We have a space between the window above the sink and the large picture window on the left of the kitchen. 

Want to see?  We’ve got the last cabinets put in (no doors yet), a dishwasher, and the start to our recycling system.  The open shelves would be in that half yellow/half white area where I ran out of paint.

kitchen-newest

Maybe some open shelves will appear in the future.  Then again, my head carpenter is kind of getting sick of living in a remodeling project, and he’s thinking a framed picture would do just fine.  I do need a space for all my little glass jars and those egg cups Germans are so crazy about, though.  Stay tuned…

(images from referenced sources and Making This Home)