Lengthy earlier than Instagram I saved quite a lot of photographs of English impressed kitchens and “eating room libraries.”
However since we didn’t have the web (LOL) I ripped them out of magazines and put them in a 3 ring pocket book.
Anybody bear in mind the ol’ days of ripping out journal pages and saving them in a 3 ring pocket book for inspiration?
These journal tear outs are what helped me to design our first English type kitchen renovation (20 years in the past) in addition to what impressed our present one.
By no means would I’ve imagined again then all of the inspiration we’d have at our fingertips in the present day. It’s enjoyable, however truthfully, overwhelming. It was arduous sufficient again then to make choices!
So in the present day I believed I’d share a little bit about our two English type kitchens and ebook nooks (many years aside!).
I had some questions this week concerning the inbuilt bookcases and banquette in our eating space so I believed it might be enjoyable to share a little bit about how we did that, too.
Do you know our eating nook was once the place our kitchen was?
After we moved in, that area regarded like this.
I initially solely deliberate to do a beauty replace right here, however for a lot of causes I’ve shared in our renovation posts on The Impressed Room, we ended up swapping the kitchen and eating room.
That’s what gave me the proper excuse to create this “mini eating/ library ebook nook” made attainable by squeezing in these small constructed ins on both aspect of the home windows (we relocated the home windows from the previous eating room!).
To create this look we ordered the shelving models and the drawers under the banquette together with our kitchen cupboards.
Our contractors then assembled them collectively to create this inbuilt!
The principle goal right here was to maximise area with the inbuilt bench and achieve storage with the drawers, so we determined so as to add these bookcases on the perimeters as an extra spot not just for the books, however to show smaller treasures.
Right here is the “ebook nook” we added to our kitchen island.
You possibly can see I put ebook nooks, cabinets and show areas in every single place I might! No regrets on that. Adorning them and amassing fairly issues is enjoyable for me.
I contemplate the type of our kitchen to be “English impressed.” I don’t know if that’s a wonderfully correct description, however no matter it’s, it’s a method that has all the time impressed me.
At present individuals usually say I’ve a Nancy Meyers impressed kitchen, and whereas I’m all the time honored by that, my type and kitchens have been really principally impressed by magazines images I saved within the 1900’s (LOL) after which early 2000’s. I’ve the journal images nonetheless in my pocket book to show it ha!
Right here’s a fast peek at our English Tudor kitchen that we renovated within the early 2000’s (under).
Do you see the similarities to our present kitchen, above?
Anybody bear in mind this picture?
I actually wished to place wooden counters like this in our present kitchen (which was considered one of our splurges in our different kitchen) nevertheless it simply wasn’t understanding.
However we did find yourself with soapstone on our present island, which we additionally had a tiny little bit of in that English kitchen over by our range!
Discover I additionally had a “ebook nook” in our island (and the toile, ha).
This house is the place we lived after I began my weblog wayyy again in summer season 2007. I didn’t doc the entire renovation since I wasn’t running a blog throughout it then, however I did finally share concerning the course of and choices we made in a while The Impressed Room weblog.
I’d say the kitchen and these images are why individuals began studying my weblog! Everybody liked that kitchen and actually liked the toile. I did, too!
The kitchen renovation in that English Tudor type residence was executed on a really restricted finances making an attempt to maintain as a lot of the unique kitchen as we might.
It was a complete rat-infested catastrophe to start with so it actually was enjoyable to make such drastic enhancements whereas utilizing quite a lot of what was already there.
A Story of Two English Fashion Kitchens: The Renovation Posts
If you happen to’d wish to see some images and a few of my renovation suggestions from our different English Impressed kitchen, it’s an oldie however I feel you’ll get pleasure from this put up on our English Tudor Kitchen! It’s nonetheless timeless recommendation and enjoyable to see the images.
Plus, in that put up, you’ll be able to see my precise pocket book and journal tear outs plus I share a few of how I used my inspiration images and pocket book to design the kitchen!
My, how inspiration gathering has modified with the appearance of social media, however fortunately, this basic type stays.
And if you wish to see our present kitchen earlier than and afters yow will discover them right here!.
Talking of ebook nooks…for those who missed my final put up you’ll be able to see My Favourite Espresso Desk Books (+ Present Concepts) right here.
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