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One of the first things we bought to the house was this deer hook by Jorine Oosterhoff dedicated to the kitchen, the first room we started working on after moving in. And we are still working, or - at the moment - mainly scratching our heads to figure out how to deal with all strange angles - and the fact that nothing is straight and simple. The deer hook somehow marked a start to the kitchen-work, and will also mark its ending. Because one day, the kitchen will be done, shiny and new. That day, I will solemnly find a place for it, drink some champagne and be very happy.
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The plan is to make the kitchen the heart of the house. We want it to be a place for slow, happy cooking, dinnerparties, cookbook-reading and kitchen-playing for the boys. We want it to be full of fresh herbs, homegrown organic veggies, vintage tablewear, candles and books.
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The kitchen had - sadly - been renovated in the easiest and cheapest possible way some time in the eighties, so the first thing we did was to tear out everything - layers and layers of greasy linoleum, old isolation material, walls, floor, flaking ceiling. I remember finding small, fragile skeletons of mice and old textiles used for isolation in the walls, and a recipe for "simple cookies" cut out from a magazine.
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Next step was to build up everything again; white ceiling, chess floor, and walls painted the most delicious shade of blue. Now we are scratching or heads to figure out how to continue - getting everything in place, building a shelf under the window, the details.
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I try to enjoy the process - but honestly - right now all I want to do is to hang up the deer hook, have some champagne and start baking.
8 comments:
Your kitchen looks already so beautiful, the window, walls and that lamp! And the view...
i like the deer head and hope you will soon be enjoying your kitchen the way you want to! we renovated ours last year and it was painful, but worth it in the end. now we cook and hang out to our heart's content. i think it's better to take your time so you get all the details you want just right!
i can't wait to have my own kitchen..
lots of white and light!
yours sounds beautiful!
right now all I want to do is to hang up the deer hook, have some champagne and start baking...
Yes, that sounds quite perfectly nice!
strange angles - that's something that bothers (and pleases) us in our house too! Our kitchen contains most of the activities you are dreaming of, but sitting down and reading cookbooks peacefully, drinking champagne ......, hmm, good idea! that seems to be something we still have to wait for as well.
yes, the window is wonderful.
your house seems to be very very beautiful.
waiting can be very heavy sometimes, i know... there's a lot missing from our kitchen too. it is functioning, but... tiles, doors, fixing this and that. it's difficult to have all the possibilities, then to choose, to make it work... every corner needs some special cuts and twists.
thank you - I obviously needed some encouragement about this project - good to read that some of you made your way through kitchen renovations already - then there must be hope for us, too!
What a beautiful furniture!
I´d like to have such an inspiring home as you have!
Great blog! hilsen fra Lisa
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