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Chalkboard Wall
Chalkboards go hand in hand with farmhouse decor, and you probably have a wall in your kitchen that could easily become a chalkboard wall with a quart of chalkboard paint. Clear the clutter from your countertops, display your Kitchen Aid and wooden spoons and enjoy your clutter-free, revitalized space! I love this farm sink with the gold fixtures! <swoon>
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Brushed Brass Cup Pull Hardware
Paint and Hardware
For a farmhouse kitchen on a budget, removing upper cabinets and updating hardware goes a long way. The woven shades (you may be surprised how inexpensive these shades can be online) complement the open wood shelving nicely, and the use of a ladder style pot rack give this kitchen a great farmhouse feel. A DIY sign atop the windows and a rustic antique farm table complete the space.
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Rustic Farmhouse Floating Shelves
Two-Toned Cabinets
Love, love, love the two-toned cabinets. You can easily achieve this look with fresh coats of paint. The farm sink and beadboard backsplash give this kitchen a low key farmhouse look. Designer Trapped has a great tutorial on how to paint cabinets.
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Double Bowl White Fireclay Farmhouse Sink
Sunny Yellow Kitchen Aid Mixer – I LOVE this yellow! Mine is red, but I am loving the yellow.
Lighting and Farmhouse Stools
Industrial lighting and a peninsula updated with shiplap painted an accent color brought this kitchen up to date quickly an inexpensively. See the full reveal in the link below.
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Shiplap
A shiplap accent wall and open shelving can turn any kitchen into a farmhouse kitchen. Add in the charming cow prints and the bottle rack cup holder with some greenery to complete the look. Liz Marie Blog shows us how to easily shiplap a wall with this tutorial.
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24″ Beverage Center – This beverage center can be built-in or freestanding and fits in a standard 24″ cabinet opening. You may be surprised how affordable these have become! We have fridge drawers that we will use for beer and beverages in our family room bar once it’s done!
“Bottle Drying Rack” aka Coffee Cup Holder – if you’re short on counter space, these also come in a wall mount style.
Cow Print– this guy is too fun! <love>
Concrete Countertops
This talented DIY’er added glass fronts to some of her existing cabinets, which makes a huge visual impact! She then added subway tile, a farm sink and a new faucet. A concrete countertop kit finishes her farmhouse look. (And you’ll never believe it, but this remodel cost just $400!) You can see the post about our DIY concrete countertops here.
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You can see the post about our DIY concrete countertops here.
Painted Cabinets
Freshly painted cabinets in bright white bring this kitchen up to date quickly. Adding Stikwood to the peninsula and wrapping pendant light cords in jute are inexpensive ways to get the farmhouse fixer upper look fast!
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Stikwood – reclaimed pine
Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Pendant Lights
Industrial Farmhouse Swivel Stools
Farmhouse Pitcher – I love this enamel pitcher! Amazon has tons of farmhouse pitchers to add to your collections.
Hint: My white pitchers are for decoration only and on the very top shelf in our kitchen…and they were horribly outdated thrift store finds that I spray painted white. I was able to get about 9 pitchers for less than $30 and a couple cans of spray paint! See below- you can’t even tell.
Looks Like Happy
Glass Fronted Cabinets
I adore this kitchen! This would be very easy to replicate using existing cabinets by taking the doors off of some of the uppers and adding glass fronts to others. Beadboard on the side of the cabinets and also for the backsplash adds depth and texture to an all white farmhouse design. Check out this tutorial on how to add glass fronts to your cabinets from Confessions of a Serial DIY’er.
Bread Box – I cannot get enough of this enamel lately!
Maple Butcher Block Countertops – available in multiple sizes
Opened Up Uppers
Removing cabinet doors from existing cabinets is an easy way to achieve the look of open shelving without having to repair or paint the walls behind the cabinets. The baskets with DIY numbering fill the void between the cabinet tops and ceiling, and all of the white dishes and accents, add nice touches of farmhouse style.
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Aren’t these kitchens great? So many ideas to incorporate into an affordable remodel. I think the open shelving is a huge money saver and a year later, I still love ours! Everyone who visits comments on it, too. It’s a fun way to display all of your kitchenware.
Ready for more decorating ideas? Check out these related posts!
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For more design ideas, be sure to look at our Pinterest boards Everything Farmhouse and Kitchens That Cook. There are hundreds of ideas from other great bloggers!
Happy decorating!
Allison
All are beautiful kitchens and yes, I like it that someone has finally showed us common folks, that we can have gorgeous kitchens on a layman’s wage! Thank you!
Absolutely! We had a *very* tight budget on our kitchen remodel and with the help of Pinterst, Ikea cabinets and open shelving we stayed on track and are happy with the results! Thank you for your comment!
These are beautiful. I especially like the one with the chalkboard wall. I have been thinking about doing that to my kitchen for some time.
I love chalkboards! They are so handy to have around the home. I haven’t done a wall yet, but I am thinking about doing the back of the door in my kitchen!
I am one of those random “common folk” so to speak lol…. My only complaint about the ‘farm house’ look is that people constantly want to paint their cabinets! I have press board interior cabinets but the outside is an oak wood. Why on earth would I cover that lovely wood grain up with paint of any kind???? Me, I plan on stripping and re-staining my wooden cabinets and re-sealing them. No “freshly painted cabinets” in my tiny tiny gallery kitchen.
Neat post.
That is true- a lot of farmhouse cabinets are painted! I guess it depends on the condition peoples’ cabinets are in- and if they realllyyyyy want colored cabinets!
I’ve been obsessed with farmhouse kitchen looks lately, even though mine is not that style. Something about the look of the copper sinks has me hooked!
I know! I love that sink so much! We had a copper farmhouse sink in our old kitchen and it was so easy to care for!