Kitchens are an ideal place to experiment with the shabby chic look. I’m dreaming of the day we have a huge family kitchen with cream units and wooden counters, a belfast sink and windows overlooking the garden, but until we move to a larger house in the country (we’re hoping towards the end of the year!), we’re making do in our smallish kitchen.
I’ve loved filling the space with small details and shabby chic paraphernalia which has added a feminine touch to an otherwise masculine area. The welsh dresser is the main feature (you can read about how I renovated it here) which I’ve adorned with trinkets and china. The latest addition to our kitchen is the side table which we bought from eBay. It’s the perfect way to display photo frames and it’s now home to a lot of decorative elements which were used at our wedding. The beautiful shelf unit which sits above it was a wonderful wedding present from my Aunty and it suits the kitchen perfectly. We filled the six frames with some of the detail shots from our wedding and the drawers provide a handy solution to all the knick knacks which kitchens seem to acquire.
The Laura Ashley memo board was a gift from my mum (who shares my appreciation for anything shabby chic!) – I love the delicate lace-like detail around the edge. I adorned it with Live, Love, Laugh magnets, made by Sass & Belle but bought on eBay for a lower cost. We had a wish tree at our wedding so as a reminder of the day I added a couple of the tags and as a finishing touch, popped up some photo’s from our pre-wedding shoot which I edited with Poladroid for a retro look.
A shabby chic kitchen isn’t complete without a retro fridge and one of the first purchases we made when we bought the house two years ago was a Smeg Fridge. They’re available in a range of beautiful pastel shades but we settled for a soft green which compliments the walls nicely. It makes cooking a lot more enjoyable!
no way, that is amazing! xx
Wow, i love it! I wish my kitchen looked like this.
Holli x
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This is amazing, absolutely love your style. (Considering hiring you to decorate my future home!) xx
Lovely xxx
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This is beautiful, you have a real talent, it's not quite my thing as my girlie side isn't quite so unadulterated, are you still looking for work? Why don't you do some volunteer work at a local charity shop and transform their windows creating a really beautiful look like this, if you could up their takings it would be one hell of a thing for your CV!
this is just gorgeous, the details are amazing and so feminine and lovely! but please please please tell me where you got those spice/sugar/coffee tins from?? they're perfect!
Thank you! The tins are from http://www.dotcomgiftshop.com – full of lots of lovely bits and pieces!
you have such an eye for detail, I loved looking at this so much, thank you!
this is exactly how my perfect kitchen would look! its beautiful 🙂 xx
this is absolutely amazing!
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This is actually amazing, so beautiful! 🙂 x
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This is literally my dream kitchen! I love it, might have to have a pink smeg instead though 😉
Lovely!x
Such a stunning kitchen, a kitchen of my dreams for sure! & OH your Smeg is a beaut xx
That is absolutely gorgeous!
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WOW! you have an amzing kitchen! i would love to see the rest of your house, wow!xoxo
Your kitchen really has the WOW factor. It looks great, love it.
I hope mine looks as good as this one day 🙂
xoxo
This is amazing!! I thought you had taken pictures in a shop!!! Gorgeous!!
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At first I thought the pictures were from weheartit.com as they are just so beautiful. This is exactly how I hope to decorate my kitchen when i move in with my boyfriend, its just perfect! Please can you do a post on where you got some of the individual decorative pieces xx
Wow, its gorgeous! x
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i lurrrve your taste in decor! if only my partner would let me do what i want… i have so much black and its a pain to clean!
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That is so beautiful! X
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!xx
This is really gorgeous, my dream kitchen! x
Amy, that's gorgeous. As promised, I blogged mine! xx
you have such a beautiful home! x
This is beautiful! I love everything about it 🙂
Carissa xx
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This is my dream kitchen! I just adore it! Beautiful 🙂
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Beautiful kitchen! xx
Very pretty and chic! I love your style and your blog!
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I love everything about this! I cannot wait to have a house of my own and fill it with beautiful things….one day! xx
I love the colors of your kitchen. Its beautiful and thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous kitchen. Love all the accessories!
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this is so cute!
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Wow, what a beautiful kitchen x
this is the most beautiful and romantic kitchen i've ever seen!!
So pretty, love it! 🙂 xoxo
Wow that's so pretty! Xx
Cutest kitchen I've ever seen! I want everything!!
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Super cute kitchen! New follower. 🙂
Melissa
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this is such a cute kitchen! It is so pretty and just my style!
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gorgeous! you have made your home stunning! x
beautiful adore all of it. x
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everything is so pretty!
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You have a beautiful home x
Where are those cream rose heads from? so pretty x
I love shabby chic style 2 and my kitchen is pink style 2.
You inspire my for mor ideas your kitchen is so cute thx for sharing 🙂
Hi Amy,
I love these ideas and was wondering where you got your spice jars from. I am moving into a cottage soon and am looking for more stuff to suit the style of kitchen I will have. Also wondering where you got the personalised crate as its stunning! Love your blog!