What does your kitchen look like? *pics*

Christiansmommy's thread about her soffits got me thinking and wondering what all of your kitchens look like. :)

We recently redecorated and now have a 'vineyard' theme. Here are a few pics.

One side of the kitchen soffit (drank all the wine this weekend :p ):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4441.jpg

Full view:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4451.jpg

Other side of the kitchen (I divided this into two sections for the close ups)
One corner:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4442.jpg

The other corner:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4443.jpg

Full view:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4449.jpg

Table:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4445.jpg

My cushy mat that's already wearing out:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids8-4444.jpg

Here's a pretty messy full view from a couple of months ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Kids7-4350.jpg

Please post yours!

Great thread.
I want to remodle my kitchen, maybe
I will get some ideas from everyone's posts. :)

Ooh! :eek:

I love your kitchen! It's all new and shiny :D

Our kitchen is a disgrace. It's huge and in desperate need of redecorating. The carpet (I hate carpets in kitchens) is disgusting, and the cupboards are older than I am.

I'll post pictures after we've redecorated, which at this rate will be in about 5 years :rolleyes: Hold that thought! :p

Great kitchen theme, micki! Of course, I'm biased....I LOVE wine!! :D

I'm hoping to get some ideas also from this thread. I have a lot of "above cabinet" space and I really like the idea of putting something up there, but how easy is it to clean? How tempted will the kitties be by whatever I put up there? I really like the green vines and all. Is it easy to do? I'm definitely decorator challenged! :o

OMG!!! You soooo read my mind Micki. I swear I was thinking of making this exact same thread a few days ago. :o

I love your kitchen!!!

Here's our's...
We haven't really had time to decorate it yet, because we've moved so recently, but we hope to put some nice stuff up with time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...d/28f50acf.jpg
Left side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...d/d9f6b452.jpg
Right side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...d/4b989b7e.jpg
Whole kitchen

The counters look black in the pictures, but they are really baltic brown granite. Its hard to take pictures of shiny surfaces from a distance while showing their true colors at the same time, because of the reflection. Popcorn and Muffin LOVE to walk on the counters and fireplace (which is the same granite), and stare down at their reflection. :p

As you can see, we have space above the cabinets because of the high ceilings. I would love to decorate it with grape vines like Robyn did. :D

Very nice kitchen Micki! I Love the vines! :)

Popcornbird... Your kitchen is HUGE!!! Probly because your kitchen has a table in it. Mine has it outside of the kitchen... :)

My kitchen is a mess right now... but maybe when it gets cleaned up I will take some pics! :p

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Originally posted by swimma253
Very nice kitchen Micki! I Love the vines! :)

Popcornbird... Your kitchen is HUGE!!! Probly because your kitchen has a table in it. Mine has it outside of the kitchen... :)

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We actually have a large dining room outside the kitchen, which has a huge table in it. The table you see is in the kitchen nook. That's where we eat everyday.....the dining room is mainly for guests. I've never eaten there in my life. :o But then...we just moved into this house two months ago. :p You can kinda see the dining room through the front entrance to the kitchen if the last picture.

These pictures were taken a couple of months ago and were in the Pet Talk House Tour thread, whenever that was. In the first picture Bella is acting as the tour guide! LOL!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...p/DSCN5833.jpg
And the other side of the kitchen...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...p/DSCN5834.jpg
Everyone's kitchens are beautiful!

Ours is still pink :eek:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fb74f32d.jpg

In my current home (sob) the kitchen is really two rooms...

the food preparation area....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/f7322552.jpg

then the eating area...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/f837793e.jpg

Cool thread ;) I love kitchens!! They have to be my favorite room of a house. Here are some pics of ours: We have only lived here for a month and half, so it isnt decorated much yet...

Here is a pic of the kitchen/island part...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...6/f731ec16.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/f731eb7c.jpg

Here are a couple pics of the seating area in the kitchen:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/f731ea6f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/f731e9ee.jpg

I love everyone's kitchens...such warm places to be!!

Micki...i really like your Tuscan/vineyard theme...very nice!!

BTW, my counter tops look like a plain flat tan in the pics, but they really have flecks of darker browns and blacks and dark tans in them to make them look like a marbly finish (although they aren't corian or anything)...and our fridge is tiny :) But my father in law and i made matching maple handles for it, to match the maple cabinets, so i will use it until it bites the dust ;)

Here's mine, not a great picture, but it's all I got ;)

pretty boring

My Kitchen is decorated in a country/ farm animal theme, mostly chickens, but pigs and cows too. Right now it is also Justins office:rolleyes:.

Everyone's kitchens are beautiful! Kitchens are definately my favorite room of the house. I love watching HGTV and TLC home decorating shows, and always pay close attention to the kitchens. Right now, my kitchen has no decorations because that is my foster puppy area. I've got a large pen in it, a couple crates, and lots of toys, food and water dishes, hehehe. I'll be moving in a few months and can't WAIT to redecorate my kitchen.

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Originally posted by Miss Meow
Ours is still pink :eek:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fb74f32d.jpg

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He he he Nicole - as soon as I opened this thread - I thought of your PINK kitchen!! :D :D


Lynne

Nice kitchens everyone!!! :D

Ugh...my Photobucket account is STILL down. I was hoping those red x's would be pictures again by morning, but apparently not. :(

What lovely kitchens you all have!

Nicole, I knew we'd get to see your infamous pink kitchen again! :D

Karen, it's actually pretty easy to clean. Once every 6 months I pull everything down and give it a good cleaning. Once a week, I use the long handle swiffer duster on everything. Of course, I'm not one to cook, so my kitchen never has any grease residue or anything.

I cook so little that I use my oven to store paper towels and paper plates. :o

I love seeing everyones beautiful kitchens.
And I noticed that everyones is so clean.

I dont have a picture of mine but we just moved and we are painting it a cucumber melon and the cpboards are white the floors are a cherry wood I will try to get a picture of it

The picture is not very good but I LOVE my kitchen and this is our first home - so here it is:) It is part of a family room or Great room they call it, very large and open with room for a table and chairs and I can watch the TV or enjoy the fireplace in the winter. Everyone just gravitates to this area, even though we do have a living room and dining room!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...6/faf5488a.jpg
The "theme" is herbs which is on the wallpaper, dried herbs hang above the sink and are painted on some of the tiles. My dishes are also herb patterned:) Wish the picture was more clear!! I will have to take a new one soon.

Here are a few pictures of our kitchen. Sorry for the bad quality of these pics, but I ran over the digital camera cable with the vaccuum cleaner and had to use my phone to take these. :o

http://sning.net/Picture21.jpg Notice the personalized message. :D

http://sning.net/Picture31.jpg

http://sning.net/Picture41.jpg

http://sning.net/Picture51.jpg

and finally...the dining room, right off the kitchen.

http://sning.net/Picture61.jpg

Gosh everyone's kitchen is so nice! I wish ours was better. We need to paint it and put new flooring in there. So no pictures from me.

I can't wait till we get out of here and get a new house. I want a nice big kitchen or dinning area. Ours is way to small!

ha, after seeing these you guys do NOT want to see my kitchen! lol lets see its huge(there is no possable way to get the whole kitchen in one shot lol) there is a bag of flour on the floor, 2 kennels, balls of dog hair everywhere, water jugs all over the floor, dishes and papers all over the counters, coats, and baskets of junk all togetherm 2 garbage bins(because the kitchen is so big, one on either end lol) tops of the cupboards covered with dust, and tools, on top of 2 stools is a carboard box with some dirt in it(not sure WHY exactly...) lol just trust me, it is not even close to presentable!

Here's my mom's kitchen... really messy! We had Gavin over that night and didn't have time to stop and pick up!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...t/Mvc-030s.jpg

Wow you guys have all got great kitchens! I'll take a couple pics of moms to post tonight. :) I don't have my own kitchen anymore but moms is basically mine lol since I live there again. :)

omg ya'lls are so nice.. mine is alot smaller. i wish i had a kitchen like that. ours is so little.

Nicole I knew we were going to get to see your pink kitchen;)

Here's mine (although not nearly as gorgeous as most of yours!):

This is the kitchen area
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/f8358fd8.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/f8358fbb.jpg
And this is the eating area (and where I do all my PT posting:p)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/f8358fb3.jpg

Our kitchen/den are the darkest rooms in our house! I can't seem to get a bright picture in there. But here goes. MESSY and CLUTTERED is how I describe it! LOL!!! :o

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...a38b0000001610
Our eating area (look who is peeking in the door):)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...e37f0000001610

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...22920000001610

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...22fe0000001610

These were taken the day we bought the house (the wall color has been changed, but you probably can't tell that!)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...a5610000001610

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/4...646e0000001610

everyone has LOVELY kitchens!!!! :) :)

(this is of course before I decorated)

here's my current kitchen:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/f744c6be.jpg

it's so tiny compared to my previous one:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/f744c5f0.jpg

*sigh* I miss my old kitchen!!!

I love the pink kitchens, Anna and Nicolle!!!! :D So bright and fun!!!! I think my own kitchen is quite boring. I miss my old kitchen with the white cabinets, white countertops and yellow and white striped wallpaper, hardwood floor, and the fun glass topped patio table we used. This house just isn't suited for that kind of bright coloring and if I suggested that we paint our maple cabinets, my husband might have me committed! LOL!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ll_kitchen.jpg

This is what my kitchen used to look like. Right now it's in the middle of a slight renovation.

I'm shortening the peninsula by a foot and replacing the countertops, changing the dishwasher to a black-faced one and replacing the 4-burner white glass top stove with a black 2-burner. Lower cabinets have been out for a month and it looks like another 2-3 weeks of no sink.

The cabinets are oak, about 13 years old and still as good as new.

Mary

OMG you all have wonderful looking kitchens!!!

NOOO WAAAAY are you guys going to get to see mine... mine will look like a DUMP after seeing all of these.

Lets just put it this way.... it's small... in an old house and I still have holes and chunks missing from the walls when my hubby put up a shelf for my TV and hung the microwave above the stove.:o

It's so sad because I want my kitchen to be my favorite room... but ours is so small. Sigh..... maybe in my next house....:(

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Originally posted by anna_66
Nicole I knew we were going to get to see your pink kitchen;)

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He he he, check out the graphic for the web site I'm working on! ;) :D

http://www.thepinkkitchen.com/pinkkit.jpg

Miss Meow: check out the graphic for the web site I'm working on! ;) >>>>>>>>>>>>>

I love it!!! :D

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Originally posted by Logan
if I suggested that we paint our maple cabinets, my husband might have me committed! LOL!!!!

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Me too Logan!! I would help Scott drive you there! LOL!! The one thing that always made me cringe when I watched Trading Spaces (don't watch it any more) is when they would paint over real wood! YIKES!!!! :eek:

You know I don't think this thread was meant to make anyone feel uncomfortable. It is sort of like the next best way to invite fellow Pet Talkers into our homes and the kitchen is the heart of the home really. For those who don't feel comfortable about posting their kitchens don't feel badly. Most of us older folks have had a couple of houses already and started out with kitchens that we look back on in horror ;) and many I am sure had a "handyman's special." It is natural to dream and envision something different for the future. Life is full of change and change can be fun. Muffruff I love your kitchen right now. Can't even envision making it better, but we all get tired of things the way they are don't we? Nothing wrong with that. Please keep these pictures coming if you feel comfortable, and if you don't that's OK too. ;)

Poppy I love your kitchen! I love everybody's kitchen.

Mine is a little on the cluttered side, but I will post it anyway!

Kitchen:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...My_Kitchen.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...of_kitchen.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...me/Cabinet.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._cookstove.jpg

There was one of my Dinning table but can't seem to find it. Looks awful anyway.

Willie:)

Here's my apartment kitchen, I don't really spend much time in the kitchen since I hardly ever cook. I do have alot of counter and cabinet space though which is nice.:) I do want my next place to have an "eat in kitchen".
:D

another view

Great kitchens you guys! Well I finally got around to posting the pics of mine. lol Here's moms/my kitchen. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4/IMG_0981.jpg
The door there is the back door.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4/IMG_0980.jpg
Don't mind my TacoBell in the pic. lol Oh and don't mind the matress in the archway, lol! (From moving my stuff. lol)