One of the top things people comment/say to me are “what are your paint colors?” and “I am surprised you don’t have a white kitchen” . It is so so true. I LOVE white kitchens and am constantly sharing pictures of them. Carerra Marble, Subway Tile, etc. I dream about having one in a farmhouse someday.
Beautiful kitchen from CedarHill Farmhouse
Well, here is a funny story about why we don’t have a white kitchen.
I love love my husband…truly I do however, he is not exactly Chip Gaines. When we started dating….I was the one with a tool box ( I am not kidding…he didn’t even own a hammer??!!) I am giving you a little back story before I tell you the rest.
When we built our current home I was pregnant with Avery and while I LOVE the look of hardwood floors in the kitchen I wasn’t sure how practical they were. I told the builder I didn’t want wood floors due to my kids and my husband. He kinda rolled his eyes at me for the husband part…but I was dead serious!
Personally if you are going to have white cabinets I think it looks best with wood floors. Since we were not going to have wood floors I went with Travertine looking tile and then choose dark cabinets for contrast. I do love my kitchen, but it is not my exact style.
Anyway, about a month after moving into our home I walk in the kitchen and it is completely flooded!! I was freaking out and realized it was coming out of the dishwasher! After stopping the flooding I immediately called our builder and said something must be wrong with our new dishwasher and explained what happened. Repair guys came out, checked everything and all looked good. I was so confused. I had used the dishwasher probably 25 times at this point with no problem, but for some reason this day our kitchen flooded.
Fast forward about a month later….walk in to the kitchen and it is happening again. It has been working fine all the rest of the time, but here we are again with water and soap shooting out EVERYWHERE!!! Well, a light bulb went off! Geoff (my sweet hubby) loaded the dishwasher again so it must have been something he did. Sure enough he was putting DISH SOAP into the dishwasher instead of dishwashing detergent!!!! This tells me 2 things.
- My husband needs to do the dishes more often (only 2 times in a few months!!)
- THIS IS WHY I KNEW WE COULDN’T HAVE WOOD FLOORS IN THE KITCHEN
I must interject that my husband is a smart guy. HAHA. This post makes him sound very un-intelligent. I mean, dish soap…really!
Bottom line….I was right! If we would have done wood floors in the kitchen they would have been ruined…TWICE!! He has now learned his lesson and this will not happen again, but I mean can you imagine!
I wan’t joking when I said we needed tile due to my husband (and kids…although they have had no issues).
So for now….I very much appreciate my tile 🙂
I would love to hear your funny husband stories!!
We are currently building and went with dark cabinets too, I grew up in a farmhouse and while I LOVE the look it reminds me of dated looks if not done perfectly… I LOVE your story! We kept the decor look as you have as well, just dark wood accents. I have found your blog via your insta— thanks for the adorable story! : ) I don’t have a husband story to share yet has be hasn’t done anything shareable to date BUT if you were to ask him I bet he would have too many for the comment section about me! ; ) thanks again you’ve gained a new follower!
haha. Thank you so much! Have a great week!
I , too, am the one who came to the marriage with the power tools. Didn’t do a wood floor I my last house but went with hand scraped floors this time so when they get wrecked, but not with water, it’s part of the look. Lol.
As for white cabinets, glad those before too and always having to touch up the chips and scrapes. Now they are dark wood like yours. It’s called ‘compromise’.
In 10 years white kitchens will be out of fashion again. It all goes through cycles.
I see auto correct did auto not correct.
‘I’ instead of ‘in’ and ‘glad’ instead of ‘had’.
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Haha…hello fellow tool owner 😉
Yes, I love hand scraped floors….any damage just adds “character”.
You are right…everything goes in and out! Have a great week
I love that your style can mix with this kitchen. It’s one of the reasons I started following you, well before you were insta-famous :). You have beautiful taste, and your kitchen stands out in a crowd. I, too, love a white kitchen, but you have proven a kitchen can be beautiful, and not white. Thanks for the inspiration!
Awe thanks so much! You are too sweet. Have a great week
Your husband and mine must be related! Really smart guy..but DIY challenged! Same reason I have tile floors, covered with pretty rugs, mostly cushion my legs,back and feet . BUT , I did paint all my kitchen cabinets white!! Love, love, love how bright and fresh it feels! We moved to this home in 1997 and I,too,had all dark, rich wood..thought I could never change. But this white is light and so airy and clean….yay, for me!!
Haha! Gotta love them! Awesome….sounds beautiful