My Favorite Room....Nine and Sixteen

Hi there, Savvy Southern Style Readers!  I'm Tessa from the blog, Nine and Sixteen.  Thank you, Kim, for inviting me to be a part of your series and allowing me to share my favorite room on your lovely blog! I have to admit that I rarely do guests posts because I'm hesitant to commit and then fall short on time, but this series was an easy one for me.  Without hesitation, my favorite room in our house is the kitchen!  It is a small space, with an awkward placed door that leads straight to the garage, so I find myself in constant battle with clutter from shoes, backpacks, and coats that pile up in an unintentional drop zone.  And in the autumn, the volume of leaves and debris tracked in from our yard requires that the floors be swept multiple times a day.  There isn't nearly enough pantry space and when we entertain we tend to be on top of one another, literally.  Sounds charming right?  The crazy thing is I wouldn't change a thing.  {ok, maybe a small mudroom off the garage to dump our junk prior to stepping into the kitchen would be nice and an Aga stove would really be a dream come true, but otherwise, not a thing. :)}

I love to cook and bake, so my kitchen is where I feel the most inspired and creative.  I'm relaxed and happy in this space, whether it is making a cake with my youngest beside me on his step stool measuring out the flour and sugar from the large glass canisters on the counter or I'm alone, drinking a glass of wine, in the sun soaked hours of the late afternoon while I make an early week night dinner.  It's a room I look forward to stepping into each morning.   What I love most is that it's utilitarian and functional yet still cozy, without a lot of knick-knacks or unnecessary decorative objects. I usually have fresh flowers in the corner by the sink, but as for all the dishes on display, they are all used, even the antique transferware platters.   With such limited space, it all has to be practical.

I long lusted over the kitchen from the film, "It's Complicated", it was unpretentious, charming, and felt real, attainable. (ironic because it was a movie kitchen and one that was being remodeled in the film no less!).  It felt used, a place that would have had stacks of baking sheets with burnt corners, cutting boards marked with faint, old, unidentifiable stains and wooden spoons that didn't look fresh from a package.  A kitchen that would smell of fresh baked bread or a pan of cooling brownies or onions caramelizing in butter.  Yes, I got all that from a fake movie kitchen, and it is exactly the way my own kitchen feels now.

{the kitchen in the fall}

{kitchen in the summer.  I switched out the natural colored linen skirt for a sage green check}

There may come a day when I long for a larger space, when the shimmying past each other to get around an open dishwasher or oven door isn't so quaint anymore, but for now it is perfect just the way it is.  All the details on paint, fabric, fixtures, etc can be found in this post.  Thanks for letting me share a little of my home with you!      

Thanks Tessa, for sharing your cute kitchen filled with vintage charm and I am crushing on those lights.

I hope y'all will go on over and visit Tessa at Nine and Sixteen where you can see more of her beautiful home like her cute dining room. She has the same toile pillows that I do.

And look at the master with that comfy bed with buffalo checked pillows. Sigh.

There's more so pop on over to Nine and Sixteen.

I hope y'all have a super weekend!

Miss any past favorite rooms? See them here.