design: dream apt - kitchen

confession #1:  i am a craigslist junkie.  i scan through the available apartments religiously, and ever since my company starting talking expansion, i've found myself on the 'list more and more.
confession #2:  i found a place i *love* in another town
confession #3:  although i will likely not actually move here (everything is still completely up in the air), i really really really want to start cyber-decorating it!
confession #4:  so i'm going to . . .

* the kitchen *

cramped, dark, and completely uninspirational, yes.

potential?  oh yes.

the goal

something more like this ~

steps :

1. cabinets: remove drawers & paint dark wood an ivory.

actually, i think i'd try a pretty yellow

or maybe just yellow on the inside of the cabinets...

2.  add pretty wallpaper like the one shown above, to brighten (and un-bore-ify) the space

3.  organize everything in pretty containers

4.  give the lighting a little ooomphh

 5.  and, if there's room, add some pretty wicker baskets above the cabinets

then again, i will definitely need a step stool for this!

of course,

i believe the best decorating is done when actually in the space itself - this is just a start.  

a start on a place where i may or may not ever reside...

oh well!

more to come...

photo credits:

1.  pretty inspiration kitchen from Michael Penney at house and home; via poppy talk (go for more tips!)

2. paint color found on house beautiful; it is Donald Kaufman Color Collection's DKC-30

3. items from anthropologie = spice jars, utensil jar, butter dish, bubbled cone pendant

4.  lots of jars from world market

5.  wicker baskets from pier1