A Lake Cottage Christmas: Christmas in the Kitchen
I am very excited to share my Christmas decor in the lake cottage kitchen!
Good morning!! Welcome to the second part of our Lake Cottage Christmas home tour and Day 6 of my 12 days of Christmas Series.
I am super excited to be sharing our Christmas in the Kitchen with you today! I’m joining up with an amazing group of bloggers for the Canadian Christmas Home Tour Hop hosted by Christina of The DIY Mommy – so if you are new here, then welcome! My name is Krista, and I love to blog about our DIY and decorating adventures in my “spare” time from being a full-time primary teacher and Mom. I’m a born and bred “housie” (someone whose passion is all things house related – think “foodie”, but for houses) and I love sharing our home exploits on this little bit of the web.
A little history about our home: we have lived here for five years this coming spring and love our home for the fact that it is located on a beautiful lake in the center of Vancouver Island, BC. A newer build (1994), our home started out fairly builder basic, and we have been gradually adding our personal DIY touch to it. We’ve painted and DIYed our way through nearly every room on the main floor {some twice!}, and I think we are ready to tackle the basement next!
{Pssst: Just so you don’t miss it – I have links to two amazing giveaways that I have going on right now at the end of this post!} Don’t forget to enter!!}
If you are a regular reader then welcome back!! Yesterday I shared our Christmas front porch and entry hall…
And now for an exciting part of the tour for me… our kitchen! It is so thrilling to share our kitchen this year because last Christmas we didn’t even have a sink or appliances or countertops installed until a few days before Christmas. So it’s pretty exciting to have this space in our home and I loved getting to “deck it out” for the holidays this year!
I kept it fairly simple and stuck with natural statement elements like pinecones and cedar boughs. These give a hint and feel of Christmas without being over the top.
I finally got around the hanging the DIY menu planning pallet sign that I made last summer…
This is one of my favourite spots to sit in our home – I love to sit and enjoy my morning coffee here or an evening glass of wine taking in the view of both the lake and our kitchen feature wall. All that glossy white subway tile with the blue accent hood fan really calms me and helps me feel revived to tackle life’s daily challenges.
From our kitchen we look directly into our dining “room” area…
Tomorrow I will be back with the third part of our home tour- our dining room and living room and we have a VERY EXCITING new addition to our dining room! If you are a regular reader you may already be able to spot the difference?!?!
Did you find a little inspiration? Planning to add any simple Christmas touches to your kitchen this holiday?! Pin it to remember it!
Now I invite you to take a tour of my Canadian blogging friends’ gorgeous homes. Come back each day to see a new set of home tours from Monday to Thursday this week.
Monday:
AKA Design / Northern Style Exposure / The DIY Mommy
Tuesday:
The Creek Line House / Restoration House
Wednesday:
Suburble / T he Happy Housie /Nalle’s House
Thursday:
Clean and Scentsible / Fynes Designs / Rambling Renovators / A Pop of Pretty
Here are all my holiday projects for this Christmas Series:
Full Kitchen Renovation Details are available here if you are interested…
I may link up at some of these fabulous places below, for more info check out housie parties: Monday Funday , Inspiration Monday, Nifty Thrifty Tuesday, Project Inspire{d} , Inspire Me Tuesday, The Scoop, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Wow Me Wednesday, Whimsy Wednesday , From Dream to Reality, The Inspiration Exchange, Wow Us Wednesday, Live Laugh Rowe Live Laugh Linky, Thursdays Are Your Days, Inspire Me Please, Catch as Catch Can, Fabulously Creative Friday, Party Junk, Pinworthy Projects , Link Party Palooza,, Weekend Bloggy Reading, Strut Your Stuff Saturday, Spotlight Saturday, Suburbs Mama , That DIY Party
All your blue looks so great with touches of Christmas everywhere! You always have such lovely home tours!! Great work.
I love your renovated kitchen! That apron sink is EXACTLY what I want for my own kitchen reno (someday), and I also love (and own) an olivewood cutting board and mortar & pestle.
I’m more of a forest girl and save blue for spring and summer decorating, but your decor suits your location perfectly!
I don’t even know where to start, Krista, because everything is so so gorgeous. Love it all! But I’m obsessed with your kitchen reno. Those windows! That range hood? Oh my gosh. Love how a few simple Christmas touches make it feel so festive. You’ve definitely mastered the art of aqua. Merry Christmas! ~Kerri
GAH! Your mix of soft aqua and bright red makes my heart so happy. Your kitchen is divine! Thanks for sharing such a gorgeous space!
Seriously SO beautiful Krista!! I have some extra twine and cedar and now I definitely know what I’m going to do with it! 😉
Your kitchen is beautiful, Krista, and so nicely decorated for Christmas. My favourite part of the Christmas decor is the pair of wreaths above the vintage sconces. I also really like the wooden dough bowl filled with naturals. Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy seeing my fellow Canadian bloggers in this home tour series.
Loved every bit of this tour Krista! Your kitchen is beautiful, love all the holiday touches and details.
rhouse
Beautiful space, I adore your kitchen. Such lovely simple holiday touches! Happy Holidays!
Love your kitchen Krista. It feels so serene yet festive. The natural organic touches really suit the light palette.
Krista, I love it! I love all of the aqua of course! Where are your gorgeous cutting boards from?
Krista,
I am swooning over every inch of this tour. Love, love, love all of the blues in your holiday decor. I am going to “pin” away with this. Perfection!!!
Much Love,
Erica- Designing Vibes
Wow, this is breathtakingly beautiful, love the kitchen, the Christmas accents and that view!
Incredible, absolutely incredible! What an amazingly awesome kitchen, with spot on Christmas decorations. I’m gobsmacked. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous kitchen. Cheers and Happy Holidays, Ardith
Your kitchen is a gem. Can’t tell from the pictures if you used a light blue or aqua paint. Can you share the paint details. The color is totally soothing and a must copy.
Hi Bob, the walls are Whispering Spring by Benjamin Moore and the hood fan and planked peninsula is Wedgwood Gray by Benjamin Moore. The walls are slightly more blue with the hood fan/planking colour being slightly more grey/aqua but they work well together. Thanks for your kind comments!!
Krista
Everything looks so lovely Krista! I love your kitchen and the wreaths by the vent hood and that star are perfect for that space. So many pretty details. Love it all! Happy Christmas season to you friend!