Okay, okay, everyone is asking when I’m posting more pictures of my kitchen. Well I was waiting for my custom made bench and roman shades but the window coverings are delayed so you can thank the holidays for this glimpse.
The other day I found this image on Pinterest (above) so on the weekend I went out and picked up some garland for my kitchen window.
Here’s what our kitchen looked like when we took possession. The owners took out the uppers because at the time I wasn’t planning a full renovation but the upper cabinets definitely had to go. Check out the angled corners on the right hand doorway. Those I couldn’t live with for even two seconds.
Here is the empty room, you can see what the first colour was before the kitchen was painted yellow.
And here’s the same angle with my 3″ shaker style cabinets by Quality Cabinets in North Vancouver and my counter to ceiling off-white subway tile from Olympia Tile. The Caesarstone countertop was fabricated by Spectrum Stone.
I love the little trees, it feels so festive in here now!
My espresso maker didn’t make the cut in this image because I need a new one. I have my sugar, cream and the pot that I use to boil water on a tray. Anything on a tray always looks more organized and less like clutter. Love my upper shelving.
Photos by Maria Killam
Can you tell that the cherries are fake? Can’t get cherries this time of year!
I finished decorating my house this weekend so this week I’ll take more pictures to show you!
Have a wonderful week my lovelies! xo Maria
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Quality Cabinets: Maria’s New White Kitchen
Maria’s Kitchen Banquette Design
It’s beautiful, Maria. Love your selections!
so, so nice… I love the shelves over the tiles !
just beautiful! Maria = to take the yellow out – use saturation in your photoshop – either picasa or whatever you use. just lower the saturation and the yellow disappears. i do it with all my photos. email me if you need more help!
Hi Maria! Just began following you and bought your new book! I am in the middle of building and struggling with design. It is hard to design and plan when I can not physically stand in the space. I love the white shelving and plan on doing something very similar in my kitchen. Where is the shelving from? Also, I read your post about knob finishes. Something I can not decide on. Does a certain finish go with a particular style? Should it match other finishes in the house? Thanks!!!
I would do chrome with a white kitchen because it’s sparkly. I will add your suggestion to my list of posts to write. Also the shelves and brackets were built by the cabinet manufacturer. Maria
Thanks!
Fab-u-lous!
What a happy, beautiful kitchen! Love it:)
Don’t leave the eggs out too long! LoL, looks beautiful Maria XO
Maria – it’s beautiful, so clean and fresh! Thanks for sharing. Was finally able to open the resend of the book, phew. Can you tell us a little more about those shelves? First where did you source them and second, I’m always curious how those get installed as it relates to the subway tile behind them. Thanks!
They are installed with screws right through the subway tile, the shelves were built by Quality Cabinets along with my cabinets. Maria
Very pretty! Bet you love being in your new kitchen.
Adore the little trees too. 🙂
(and thank you for the book revision/upate!)
Mary
Beautiful kitchen Maria I was wondering what kind of countertop you have? I love marble but Im afraid I would worry about it too much and I don’t care for granite.
It’s Caesarstone, 6600 Nougat. Maria
Is Nougat considered more of a gray white?
Nougat works with greys and whites but I wouldn’t use a grayed white with it. Maria
Simply elegant. Love the look of this timeless kitchen. I am also looking at the white tiles from Olympia tile what colour did you use? I am looking at several shades right now. I am looking at one called warm white, is yours called off white?. I am looking at putting the cambria Torqua counter or the cambria Waverton counters these are both a marble look counter and I am looking for the back splash. Thank you for the update on your book can’t wait to read it again. Enjoy your holidays with your family Maria.
What brand hood did you use? Looks great and I am looking for one.
That’s Kitchenaid. Maria
Congratulatins Maria!!! You did a great job. Designing a kitchen is an art…you accomplished it by not filling every square inch of the walls with cabinets. Your focal point of the hood with the classic tiles is lovely…. Maria, thank you for the updated book. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Maria,
Your kitchen took my breath away. It’s so pretty and “fun”ctional. I would cook and bake like crazy in your kitchen. Merry Christmas to you and your family, and Blessings in the New Year.
Linda
So beautiful Maria!!
Enjoy your first Christmas in your new kitchen and thank you for continuing to share your talent with us!
What an amazing transformation, Maria. You should be so proud of yourself! What was someone thinking on that doorway?!
Love your new kitchen, Maria! So fresh and timeless, just like you 🙂
Like the way you reinvented the Pinterest pic to suit your style. Love the ceramic pots instead of the burlap
wrapped trees. Ho Ho Ho
This is an example how talent and eye for detail can change something cold / this angled doorway like coming out from the box / for a very beautiful.
Maria you definitely have a big talent. Enjoy your new kitchen
Love your decorating style Maria – organic, colourful and elegant. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful…do you cook delicious things now?
Did they make the shelves from wood?
Maria, it looks just lovely. The open concept shelving is perfect. I am so happy for you! Your first Christmas in your new home!
Best to you and Merry, Merry!
Ellen
LOVE IT! What a happy space! I know you will enjoy your new kitchen because it is so YOU! I received a Nespresso machine for my birthday last month and its fabulous. Easy to use with very little clean-up. The only downside it that you have to order their coffee, but it is terrific coffee. Maybe a Xmas gift to self???
Looks lovely!!
Love the counter to ceiling tile with the shelves!
Fantastic!!! More! More! When will we see more, from EVERY angle? Its so crisp and clean and I love how just a little bit of color from fruit or a kitchen towel really pops.
I know my new kitchen will have white shaker cabs, subway tile and wood floors and figured a light color granite or quartzite, but after seeing this Caesarstone is certainly up for consideration.
I love those shelves and the way they frame the window! Everything’s so wonderful, clean & curvy…who would want to mess it up by cooking??
haha…. Call the caterer—I’m on my way!
Wonderful transformation, Maria! Doesn’t remotely even look like the original kitchen.
Agree with others, the little trees are adorable.
Very festive! -Brenda-
Footnote: Thank you again for the revised edition of your Ebook. Your generosity is sincerely appreciated. Shall definitely burn a copy in event my computer decides to crash some day. Also, did you receive my email regarding the composition of the first one? ie: Number of pages it took, printed format that I used, etc.
Yes thanks so much, many others have done something similar! Maria
Love the cupcake tower, can you tell me where I can get one?? Thanks!!
I got it from Homesense. Maria
Fantastic job Maria! Congratulation!
Beautiful kitchen. Enjoy!
When we built our home almost a year ago, one of the things I debated about was if I should do a divided double sink or do a single deep one. I went with the 1 big one and have not been sorry! Especially this Christmas when I was able to soak the Turkey pan flat in there! It is great to soak casserole dishes etc.without having to prop them up against the side of the sink and scratching it. If I have some dishes on the counter and someone last minute comes over, you can hide them in that deep sink and nobody sees them! I believe you put one in Maria. Would you recommend it to people?
Maria-can you please post the length and width of your kitchen? It looks very similar to ours and it would help to ‘see’ what will fit our space (14’x16′).
Looking forward to the final kitchen reveal!
It looks so great. I can’t wait to see more of the kitchen but I know you’re waiting until it’s all prettied up. I’ve seen you mention 3-inch Shaker cabinets a few times now. Can you tell me what the 3 inches refers to? Is it that the width of the outer rim (I don’t know what to call it … I don’t know my cabinet parts, but the Shaker part) is 3 inches?
Hi Maria — It’s beautiful. So happy for you. Where did you buy the shelves?
THe shelves were custom made by the cabinet company. Maria
Love your white kitchen, Maria. Am in the process of redoing my kitchen, and wonder if your cabinets are about the same shade as your subway tile? It appears to be in the photo. I have white subway tile, and still need to choose paint color for cabinets and walls. Thanks!
Yes my subway tile is off-white and so are my cabinets and countertops. Maria
Love your kitchen! What color did you do your surrounding walls?
Rice Paper by Cloverdale Paint.