Our Blue and White Summer Kitchen

CukMet Mayıs 26, 2022

Years ago, our neighbor had a blue and white kitchen. In a sea of avocado green, harvest gold and orange, she had something totally different for the era. I've never forgotten and I was always inspired by it.

You may have noticed the blue and white slipping into our decor.

It started in the living room. It morphed into the dining room and kitchen.

The kitchen was sprinkled with some items that had been in storage. Several good pieces had been in the bookcase in Bill's office.
It's all out and on display in our summer kitchen.

Sunlight streams into the kitchen at about 9:00 in the morning. After that it is gone. White cabinets and light walls have helped brighten it up without natural light.

The kitchen shelves are about 4 years old.
We put them up when our old gigantic cabinet started separating and potentially sending the front, doors, shelves and dishes crashing to the floor.
Since installing the shelves, they have been filled with just white china and a few pieces of colored glassware.

This is the first time they have had a pop of color.

I like it.
We rarely use the stuff on the top shelf so it can be used for decorative storage.

The Blue Willow belonged to my grandmother.

I went old school and groovy with the Pathos ivy in the jar.

It's so simple and on trend again. It's just cut and rooting in a Prego Spaghetti Sauce jar.
No money spent. Pathos Ivy is the easiest house plant to grow.

The dining room redo, was the impetus for pulling out our original set of everyday china.
It is Denmark by Franciscan.

For some reason our bowls didn't survive. Replacements, Ltd. had bowls but they were $20.00 a piece. Instead, I ordered Indies Blue by Johnson Brothers. They coordinate perfectly! They were only $7.99.

A darling vintage vase gets filled with tea roses when we have them. The rose bush quit producing a little early this year because it's been so hot.
The cow creamer also belonged to my grandmother.
The sugar bowl is Florentine by Crown Ducal. It was my step-mom's pattern. I love it.

The niches in the eating area got a sprinkling of blue and white.
This was another big bank of cabinets. Read this early blog post about how I transformed it.

It's more to dust but I love having stuff on display.

Vintage and antique Straw Flower china is mixed with the classic Blue Onion pattern.
The Calico by Staffordshire plates were thrift store finds. The Mason's Vista plate was a steal at the antique mall.