In case you hadn’t heard – we’ve moved to Chicago! Long story short, last spring we left our beloved city of Austin and came to Chicago (where I’m originally from). Our original plan was to stay in Chicago temporarily for the summer and definitely(!) leave before the winter. Well, as you see, that didn’t really happen because here we are. I’ll spare you the details, but we spent about 7 months this past year jumping between airbnb’s, hotels, friends’ houses, and parent’s houses (with a marble slab in our car’s trunk to continue shooting recipes). After all of that, we are SO happy to finally be settling into our new home in the windy city.
Here’s a sneak peek of the new kitchen! What I love about it is that it evokes the style of our Austin kitchen without being a clone of it. I will always love subway tiles, white cabinets, and marble (although the new counter-tops are quartz that look like marble), but here I love the pop of the dark blue and and the brushed brass details.
I’m also so smitten over these curvy wooden Norman Counter Stools from Rove Concepts. Choosing counter stools is difficult because they’re such a focal point in the kitchen. I absolutely love the way these look here. They’re also super comfortable to sit in, which is important to me. Rove Concepts SO kindly sent them to us and they’re also offering a giveaway to our readers – see the bottom of the post for details!
On the other side of the kitchen, we have this cute breakfast nook. We thought about doing a built in bench/banquette sort of seating but I really wanted a round table to contrast the strong lines of the kitchen island. I had this Carrara Tulip Table in my mind from the get go – it’s a 100% marble top (it weighs a ton!) and I love it because we can do some of our photography in this area. It’s also a cozy nook to have breakfast in, hence its name: the breakfast nook.
Rove Concepts is giving away a $250 credit to one lucky reader – if you win, you get to use the credit toward anything you want from their store! Their furniture and home decor items are so so lovely! To enter, follow Rove Concepts on Instagram, then go to roveconcepts.com and come back here to leave a comment below telling us your favorite product.
This giveaway will end November 6th and is open only to U.S. and Canadian readers.
I discovered Rove a couple of months ago. I love their furniture. The barstools look beautiful in your new home. I have my eyes on their Gustav lounge chair and ottamon.
What a beautiful kitchen you have! They have a lot of fun pieces on their site, but I’ll say that the Vodder Night Stand caught my eye, since I’ve been on the lookout for a good night stand.
The Evelyn Dining Table… so stunning.
All the chairs!
I love the Rove Gustav Chair, as well as your bar stools. Beautiful kitchen, btw!
Jeanine this looks gorgeous! Did you build the whole kitchen from scratch or was some of it already there? We’re getting a kitchen island installed this weekend I can’t wait.
Looks beautiful your design style as always
Love from NZ
xx Buffy
Just bought some accents from Rove Concepts!! wishing for that store credit to put towards my dream reading chair – the Flag Halyard Chair.
The Flag Halyard Chair is the bees knees! ?
Ugh why would you make me choose… Everything is so lovely at Rove. As a designer I’m a sucker for the classics. Gonna have to go with the Tulip Table Round – Carrara.
We’re looking for some new chairs for our living room and the Model 45 Easy Chair is soooo beautiful!!!
I love the Tulip Table Round – Carrara
Asher bed and Luca sectional sofa!
This post is perfect, as my new husband and I are only a few months in our new Chicago condo with a brand new, gorgeous 9′ dining table and all we have are our end chairs. So…
The Aubrey Side Chair!
Love Love Love the Norman Barstool!!! Must have 6 for my new kitchen remodel in Paso Robles, Ca.
The stools are awesome – and I really like the asher dresser
I’ve pinned, saved and dreamed about that very Tulip Table! If my dining room was only so lucky I’d put that Rove Concepts credit to great use!
Your new kitchen is dream! I absolutely love the color palette. We just moved into a new house recently and I have been eyeing Rove’s Hunter Bed among other pieces so this post is a pleasant surprise!
who is the light by in the nook area?
Ooh, same question from me! That light fixture is so beautiful!
West Elm 🙂
Your kitchen is beautiful ~ it must truly feel like “home” now because there is nothing more important than family.
I love the Sebastian Rug in Chestnut!
I LOVE that pop of color on the island plus the stools plus the pendants plus pretty much everything else. ATX is such an awesome city, so I know that must have been so tough to leave. Chicago will treat you well though!
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