THE SUMMER FARMHOUSE KITCHEN

Every season brings it's own influence and impact to my farmhouse kitchen! 

Summer means big bouquets of flowers, fresh fruit and produce and lots of visitors to my farmhouse kitchen!

It's a busy time of canning and freezing and making dishes that go from the garden to the table! Summer is the time of year I think my kitchen shines!

10 ELEMENTS OF A FARMHOUSE KITCHEN

Don't we love kitchens! Even if you don't cook, most of us have a love affair with a great looking kitchen! And farmhouse kitchens are so on trend right now.  They never go out of style really... because they are such a classic!

I'm happy to see farmhouse kitchens so popular right now!


A farmhouse kitchen can be dressy and elegant... chippy and rustic... or anything in between!

It can be French or Tuscan or All-American... and more!!

Today I'm sharing 10 decor elements that sing AMERICAN FARMHOUSE style ...

SUMMER APRON STRINGS... IF APRONS COULD TALK...

Every once-in-awhile I just have to show you the real heart of my kitchen... the apron hanger!

To say I love aprons is such an understatement!!! If you would come to StoneGable you would surely find me answering the door with one of my sturdy bib aprons on! I call it my "uniform"!

Aprons and I have a long and deep history...

SPRING FARMHOUSE KITCHEN VIGNETTE

Decorating my kitchen seems to always start with a vignette on my kitchen table. It sets the mood for the rest of the farmhouse kitchen.

This spring I am so inspired by all shades of orange! From creamsicle to burnt orange, I am loving tangy pops of color in my white kitchen!

I hope you get inspired too!

ORGANIZING THE JUNKIEST DRAWER IN YOUR KITCHEN

You know you have one! We all have a junk drawer in our kitchen. It's the one that you can find a finishing nail or dog toy or baggies or a burnt bread crust or a missing sippy cup lid an extra pair of pantyhose in!

Yes, that drawer! Let's clean it up and organize it today!

Here's what the junkiest drawer in my kitchen looked like BEFORE...

KITCHEN CART~ WINTER IN THE KITCHEN

Every season has it's own culinary personality in my StoneGable kitchen.  And I love each one.

Winter is warm and infused with roasting scents and onions and clementines and lots of hot chocolate and coffee!! I like to wipe the counter tops and surfaces clean and bare and let the kitchen breathe!

This year I added a kitchen cart to the end of the island and stocked it with some of my favorite white things...

FALL AROUND THE KITCHEN

Happy October!

AND...

Welcome to 

FALL AROUND THE HOME

12 fabulous bloggers sharing 12 different rooms of the house all decked out in fall finery!

Today it's 

FALL AROUND THE KITCHEN

here at StoneGable.

I've been waiting for you...

KITCHEN ART

Do you have art in your kitchen? Until now, I didn't. I really have no wall space in my kitchen. Lots and lots of cabinets, but no wall space.

So, I had to think out of the box and use the sides of some of my cabinetry.

Here's my first piece of kitchen wall art...

ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS KITCHEN HOME TOUR

The kitchen at StoneGable is not only the heart of my home but it's hub!

Today I'm sharing and show you my kitchen ready for early fall!

I'm so please to be a part of....





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Early fall at StoneGable is a real transition time... as we celebrate the remains of Indian summer and the harbingers of the cooler season to come...

KITCHEN HOME TOURS SNEAK PEEK!

Don't we all love kitchens! Wouldn't it be fun to snoop around a bunch of great  kitchens and take in all the details?

On Thursday and Friday you can do just that!

You are invited to...

ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS

KITCHEN 

HOME TOURS ...

GALVANIZED TIN IN THE SUMMER KITCHEN

Grey and speckled... utilitarian and sturdy... galvanized metal remind me of summer.

Probably because I have a big obsession with aged galvanized watering cans.

I found some new galvanized tin for a little vignette in my summer kitchen...

THE EARL OF STONEGABLE

The Earl has come to live at StoneGable.

Earl... the pig.  He's the newest addition to our kitchen...

SPRING KITCHEN

I just gave my kitchen a good spring cleaning... scrubbed down the cabinets, polished the countertops...dusted the chandy... cleaned out drawers and cabinets... and about a hundred other little jobs!

It's sparkling clean and organized... at least for today.

This is a great time to share our spring kitchen...

The kitchen is truly the heart of our home! And where I spend a good deal of my time.

Because it is a farmhouse kitchen I try to keep it pretty free of clutter and chachkies.. I like the feel of open spaces and lots of counter space.

Everything on the counters is utilitarian. But who says utilitarian can't be pretty?

The island is the exception. I like to decorate it with seasonal things...

Two large vases filled with white spring blooms give a nod to the flowering trees outside. 

Freshly hung aprons, my at-home uniform, hang on plate hooks.   I have aprons for every season... and wear them every day!

The breakfast area just off the kitchen gets a little bit of spring too.

I love this big round basket! It is just the right size for a vignette on my kitchen table.

I change small things up quite often and poor Bobby is always saying, "now where are we putting this?".

I recently purchased a mug rack from world market for our coffee station... and he had to get used to putting the WHITE mugs on it instead of in the cupboard. Bless his sweet heart!

As spring turns to early summer, I'll be adding herb pots and baskets of fresh produce to the farmhouse kitchen!

For now, I'm enjoying the open spaces and the canopy of blooms!

Remember to

FALL SPLENDOR...

What better way to decorate for fall than to bring it's natural splendor indoors...

Here at StoneGable,  I am filling bowls and lining shelves with fabulous fall offerings...

The antique tool caddy sits on my kitchen island filled with various pumpkins and corn and berries!

I have "my sources" for inexpensive pumpkins... and each year I make the rounds choosing pumpkins for all the nooks and crannies at StoneGable.

This year, our Pyracantha bush is dripping with berries. I could not resist bringing some inside too!

Bringing all the beautiful fall elements together in a chippy box makes a big splash of seasonal splendor in my kitchen!

CANISTERS ON PARADE

I try keep my kitchen counters clutter free... but who can resist keeping canisters out in plain sight? Especially when they are glass... and full of really yummy "stuff"!

I love to line them up like they are marching in a CANISTER PARADE...

Glass canisters are both utilitarian and decorative!

 I like to use old flea market teacups as scoops! 

 Don't these snacks look even more tempting in a fun teacup scoop?

I even measure out my flour and sugar in a teacups... most traditional tea cups measure one cup! 

I have to restrain myself or my whole kitchen counter would be one parade of canisters!

This year I added a bit of fall to my canister parade!

Come on back this evening for TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS!

 Bring all the things you want to show us and show off!

Link goes live at 8:00 pm!

DETAILS... GIVING KITCHEN STOOLS NEW LIFE

Last year my kitchen got a makeover...

 I had planned to get new kitchen stools... but I just could not seem to part with my old, sturdy, been-with-us-for-years-and-years stools.

Almost everything in my kitchen is new and shiny. These outdated stools were one thing that held a sentimental link to our past... to all the years little bottoms sat on them... and little feet scuffed them...

 They held history... at least for me!

So, instead of replacing them... they got a makeover too...



Here is the before... they way they have looked in my kitchen for ages and ages...

Basic, functional and very worn!

The stool makeover is a work in progress... I get these great ideas (or so I think) and soooooo underestimate how long they take!!!

None of the stools are done...

Can you guess what will be written on stool 2 and 3? And can you fund the letter that is missing?
(To clear things up... I am also missing a "1/" for the wheat germ... it will read 1/2 cup. When I transfered the the recipe a letter was missing... I'll paint those in when I get a free minute)

Like I said... work in progress!

I am hand painting each stool... very time consuming!

When they are all done I'll share the tutorial with you!

They will be all ready for the next generation of little bottoms...someday!