Your private island.
Our clients renovated their kitchen. Jim loved beautiful woods and Janet loved light and warm colors, and both wanted something unique and comfortable. Their request was to make their vision a reality. The couple was open to creative thinking, very outside the box. And so I found for them this unique “island” on an antiquing foray in Charlotte, NC. It is a charming altar in warm pine with wood details, from an old old chapel in France, long ago dismantled. Jim finished the top to a gleaming shine. It was a perfect size for a couple of stools and I enjoyed many a pre dinner glass of wine there with them. The back was open with a couple of shelves making it perfect for placemats, napkins and kitchen tools. Having a penchant for chairs I like to include one or two in every kitchen. And here was the perfect opportunity. I scavenge for 1930′s boudoir chairs (sometimes in their original vinyl covers, very funny) and reupholster them to suit the space. In this case 2 different but complimentary chairs covered in 2 different but complimentary stripes in quilted cotton. Another shade of blue in a ceramic garden seat placed between 2 chairs created another seating area for cup of tea and a conversation or a good book. I love to read cookbooks.
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