A Traditional Interior With a Little 'Jour De Vivre'

Recently I featured a contemporary coastal design from Interior designer, Anna Braund, today I want to share another project by Anna, but this time a modern take on 'traditional'.

Kitchen Inspiration Week 2 - A Must see Kitchen

I was working on a post for this weeks kitchen inspiration on 'traditional meets contemporary', when I stumbled upon this gorgeous kitchen and decided it was worthy of a post of its own.

Kitchen Inspiration - A Touch Of Country

I am currently seeking inspiration for my kitchen makeover which I plan to have underway by Spring. I have found a company in Auckland who will replace the doors and bench tops so I can keep the existing cabinets in place, to this I plan to add new wall cupboards and replace my overly large gas/electric cooker with a sleek induction top and under oven. My current kitchen is white, modern with a lot of stainless steel and cheap Formica tops and simply doesn't have enough storage. My house is 1940's, classic style panelled doors, high stud and wooden floors. The overall feel of this open plan living area is currently one of discord as the current kitchen is in contrast to the other end of the room which has more classic styling. I hope to achieve a more unified look in my makeover by replacing the flat doors with a traditional style and the Formica bench tops with a lovely granite. I also want to achieve more storage and better use of bench top space. I have been looking for lots of ideas and drawing some inspiration from the following kitchens...

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Any thoughts or comments are welcome, next week I will post my kitchen mood board and a before shot of the kitchen. Hopefully my guest bedroom will be completed within the next week or so and I can post the before and afters shots.  I am waiting on the window treatments at the moment and also waiting for the foam for my headboard (I will be sharing how to create a headboard). The room is really coming together beautifully and I am looking forward to sharing images of the full makeover.

A Country Kitchen & Shabby Chic Wallpaper From Paper Room

Recently I came across this quaint kitchen via House of Locations, I thought it an eclectic mix of quirky and country and couldn't resist sharing with you. I love the idea of papering the back of an old hutch dresser and the pretty T light chandelier.

Paper the back of an old dresser with gorgeous shabby chic style papers by Eijffinger and available from Paper Room. 

Love these two papers above, think they would look fab at the back of an old hutch dresser.  Paper room have a wonderful selection of unusual wallpapers.

A selection of my favourite wallpapers can be seen on my Pinterest board or you can check out lots more designs at Paper Room