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Pros and Cons of Owning an AGA

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Our kitchen came with a black AGA range. These ranges are made by a British company and are very on-trend right now due to the fact that they keep popping up in kitchens by British superstar kitchen designers like DeVol and Plain English.

There’s no arguing that an AGA is pretty.

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Kitchen, Lighting, Roundup

Roundup of Traditional and Bright Chandeliers and Pendant Lights

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In the process of planning our new kitchen, I’ve found that while there a lot of gorgeous pendant lights out there, so many are not particularly bright. If you’re looking for bright lights over your kitchen island, counters, or elsewhere in the house this is the roundup for you!

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Inspiration, Kitchen, Our Home

Inspiration and Design for Our Kitchen Range Hood

One big goal of renovating our kitchen is to be able to remove clutter. A real culprit for gathering clutter is our current built-in range hood surround, which has a four-inch deep shelf that goes all the way around its rim, and a two-foot long bar for hanging pots and pans. For our re-do, we’re looking to simplify and get rid of the potential for mess. Here is what our hood looks like now:

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Inspiration, Kitchen, Our Home, Vintage and antique

Painted Floors: Inspiration and Ideas

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Currently, we have the floors of our kitchen and our TV room painted. Here is what our kitchen floor looks like now:

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Inspiration, Kitchen, Our Home

Kitchen Backsplash Inspiration: Tile vs. Slab


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In the next year or so, we’re re-doing our kitchen. This has me hunting for a backsplash to go behind our range, which is going to be giant at 56 inches wide.

We’re looking for clean, classic materials that will age well. Think British countryside home. No fake aging, no antique treatments, but materials that are tactile and will show their age, as they age, in a way that will fit in with the house. After much searching, this has left me with two primary candidates – encaustic cement tiles, or a soapstone slab.

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