Kitchen Scheming

Thanks so much for those of you who shopped my sale the other day!  It was a HUGE success and I only have one set of Euro shams left for anyone interested.  

Lately I've been obsessing working on a plan to update our kitchen.  I'm not really talking about major just changes, just a few that will give the room that we spend an enormous amount of time in a new feel.  Since I'm not really sure where to start, I'll just jump in and proceed to jump around and confuse you.  Sound good ;) ?

The plate wall has been one of my favorite aspects of the kitchen for years and while I still do like it, I'm ready for a change (as I mentioned in a previous post).  This is such a large windowless wall and I feel like it needs more texture, more interest.  So, my plan is to add shiplap here and paint the wall white.  I also want to add a grouping of botanical prints (instead of plates) to the wall.  This image is a great example of my vision.

The chairs we are currently using are hand me downs from Mom.  They are from P&P chair if anyone is interested.  I would love to replace them with something more us like these options.

Our kitchen sink has a bay window behind it and I'm always a little unsure about what to do there. So I do nothing.  I like really like this look and have considered it for the longest time.

But lately I'm leaning more toward adding pattern here in the form of Roman shades - something like this.

I was 99% sure that I would use the first fabric (below), but am now leaning toward the second one. 

Whichever fabric I decide on, I'll add three pillows to the banquette in that same fabric.  I really like the simplicity of three pillows like this.

If I decide to go with gray geometric Roman shades, I'll most likely replace our current patterned rug in front of the sink with something solid like this.

If you are still with me, thanks for listening to my ramblings.  I thought maybe putting it all down in the form of a blog post would be therapeutic, ha!  Making decisions can sometimes take the longest and as you know, rooms don't happen over night.