Kitchen Cabinets...

I think this is going to be one of my first orders of business when it comes to the kitchen. Or not. No, I guess the green tile will have to go first. But this one is a biggie. The cabinets are all a very dark wood and haven't changed a bit since the home's original construction in the late 1950's. (Though I will have to find a place for the original cabinets as they were hand-crafted by my Grandpa.) The hardware is all pretty shot, too, as I think most of that is also original.

So for the upper cabinets, I am a big fan of the glass cabinet look.



I'm also partial to this because my formal dinnerware is yellow "depression glass," and I just think it would look oh-so-beautiful amid all of the white if it could pop through the glass cabinet fronts.

But here's what I'm not crazy about or need:
1. Frosted glass. The dishes are glass and they aren't a bold enough color to show through a frosted glass.
2. Inner-lighting. That's just frivolous. I don't need my plates lit.
3. Patterned. stained, or etched glass. Same arguments as the frosted glass. The dishes will be enough of an accent on their own.

And what I'm impartial to or indecisive about:
1. See that first picture where the inside of the cupboard is painted blue? I'm not sure if I like/need that or not. It's a neat place to have an accent color, but I don't know if it will detract away from the yellow glass dishes.
2. I don't think I want ALL of the upper cupboards to be glass. I do have small children and will probably have more (and grandkids eventually) and will need a cupboard for all of their plastic and mismatched dishes. Just not sure which ones I want to leave solid and which should be glass paneled.

The Kitchen...

As of March 13th, 2011, I want a white kitchen. There isn't a whole lot of natural light coming into the kitchen, so I think having a strong presence of white will help brighten it up. And I just think white kitchens hit the three C's: clean, classic, and Chic.

Inspiration:





These are just some random ones from around the web. Specifically, though, I've always been a fan of Giada DiLaurentiis's kitchen on the Food Network. All white and pretty. And Ina Garten's, obviously. Even if her show is called "Barefoot Contessa," which grosses me out just the tiniest bit.