It's incredible the difference a few changes can make!Peter designed and built our home about 6 years ago, and included in it a beautiful, easy-to-work-in kitchen. Which was particularly exciting to me when I moved in, having become accustomed to the tiny kitchens typical of NYC apartments. He designed one end of it as a breakfast nook area where a counter-height pub table could fit against the end of the L of the counter. He, and then we, had been looking on and off for the right piece of furniture, and finally found one we loved at a good price toward the end of the summer - a table that fit the space in terms of size, color and comfort.We luckily have similar taste in furnishings, so when we then decided to swap out the light fixture that had been in place in the breakfast nook area, it actually didn't take long to find something we were both excited about. We both happen to love mason jars, and have seen some really cool DIY light fixtures that use them - but convenience won out this time over DIY, when we came across this light fixture at Lowes that Peter then installed:
It's a little rustic and funky, yet modern - and a particularly cool element is that the jars it comes with can be swapped out for actual mason jars. So we're keeping an eye out for jars in the right size and color to perhaps eventually use instead.Finally, the cookbooks. I love (and, to be honest, sort of hoard) cookbooks... I don't think I even realize how large of a collection I'd amassed until it came time to pack them before my move to Arizona. We considered a tall, skinny bookshelf to fit into the wall space we had in mind, but none we saw were quite right, and also might have blocked some of the light from the window to the left of the area. Then, nearing the end of an afternoon trip to IKEA in Phoenix, we came across the DIY shelf products - you buy the brackets and the actual shelves, and then cut the shelves yourself to whatever width you want and fasten everything to the wall (must be noted that in this case "you/yourself" meant Peter's dad, who was nice enough to help us out on this project while we were traveling!).
It turned into the perfect home for our cookbooks - it's a simple and clean look that fits nicely into that wall space, and doesn't block light coming in from the window just to the left of the shelves.So - no real renovation or overhaul here - just a few additions and replacements that really changed this part of our kitchen, and as a result, our home. The main floor in the house is a pretty open layout, and this "breakfast nook" is visible from the kitchen, living and dining areas - and the changes very positively impacted the entire space. It's just as easy (if not easier) to keep the status quo in your home, but making periodic changes, small or big - moving one or more pieces of furniture around, changing what's on your wall(s), replacing something old with something new (or new-to-you), painting a wall, etc... simple, seemingly no-brainer changes can make a big difference in the feel of any given room/pace. It can be a quick and effective way of freshening up any space in your home, and is particularly good for an area you spend a good deal of time in.A little bit goes a long way!
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