Project Notes: The Breadmaker’s Kitchen
Lauren invited me to come organize her kitchen. It’s a well-loved and often used kitchen, as Lauren is a regular sourdough baker as well as other culinary concoctions, and she has two boys who are always on the hunt for snacks as well.
To start with, she needed not much help at all with style! Lauren’s space is simply gorgeous, with lots of incredible wood touches, unique built ins, beautiful tile, and a lovely collection of pottery and details.
The first challenge was, this kitchen was holding a ton of stuff. After a major purge, I was able to make a plan for where things would go and how the space would flow.
The first of my two favorite outcomes was the pantry, where Lauren the breadmaker could reach all of her types of flour (I had not known this was a thing!) easily, but they didn’t take up valuable eye level real estate. At eye level, we put smaller daily items used for meals or snacks. I say this all the time - you’ll only really use what you can see. To collect smaller things together we used yellow folding crates which kept in line with the casual, colorful, vintage vibes of her kitchen, and to hold dry goods we used giant jars with red-orange seals (see a picture of the pantry at bottom!).
My second favorite outcome was using the built-in shelves for her gorgeous collection of handmade mugs, amidst herbs and spices.
Once we wrapped the project, she brought me a piece of cake as a thank you.
A note about kitchens: kitchens are kind of the heart of the home these days. It's not only where we find our nourishment but a place in our home where we find ourselves drawn to to pause or to gather or to collect some of our most precious things (like the deviled egg platter my grandfather made during the war).
And they can be the places where we have the most clutter and chaos, too. We really love getting to step into a place in your home that's so precious and so important, and to helping it function and feel really good to meet you where you are every single day.
