Vintage Inspired Guest Cottage Kitchen #lowescreator

We have been busy working on a few things over here recently.

There have been several pretty big projects that have been taking
up quite a bit of time.
but they are finally getting close to being wrapped up
and so I'm sharing one of those projects today...

Our 'little cottage' kitchen
The guest cottage was built probably back in the 1940's sometime.

An old building on our property~ it has knotty pine walls and ceiling
and concrete floors.
When we bought our house we were so excited to have a separate house on the property to fix up as well.

This part of the cottage was converted from a garage to living space sometime
since the 1940's and we have been working on giving it a new finished look.
It is an amazing space with tall peaked ceilings and original old exposed beams




We finished the ceiling with planks of wood from Lowes
added beadboard and painted the floors for a start.

(photo taken part way through the makeover)

*Just a note*
Since several of you have asked~
This kitchen is a DIFFERENT kitchen than I have shared before
this kitchen is in the little guest cottage on our property
My French cottage kitchen with the black island
is looking like it always does (well, for now!) we didn't change it
 :)

 I wanted the kitchen in the guest cottage to be charming. 

beautiful & vintage inspired.

 Something that fit in perfectly with the age of this cottage

Even though it is comprised of mostly new materials.

So with this months Lowes Creative Ideas challenge being all about kitchens and with a budget of $750

we decided to give this kitchen a pretty new look
We formulated the design, made a list of supplies, went shopping at Lowes
and then got to work.

We picked up a ready to finish cupboard sink base- the RTF cupboards are perfect for
painting or staining in whatever color you would like.

  Fresh white kitchen and bath enamel from Valspar did the job perfectly.
We also put in a new sink and faucet as well.

We extended the counters further on one end to allow for a stool/garbage area

 and the other side of the base provided the start of the rest of the cupboard area.

Since this is a vintage cottage and we were working with a fairly tight space-
 with just a small island on the opposite side
I designed the counters to be a little less deep than standard
which meant that  the sink base cupboard stuck out just a bit further
which was okay by me...because I had a plan
:)

I wanted to put turned 'legs' on each of the cupboard base and we found the perfect 'legs' at Lowes...

though they aren't really legs... more on that in my next post.

I also decided to put in a vintage inspired cupboard area instead of all cupboards or drawers
Something with old farmhouse legs,

 open shelves and a little curtain
with lots of charm with the function

 We built the open frame cupboard with 2x4's and planks of 1x's for the shelves and 

I added a couple of drop cloth drape panels on one end to conceal pots and pans, etc. 

I found several antique wood fruit crates and a basket for the other area at the Re-Store.

On the back wall~ we used 2 smaller ready to finish cupboards from Lowes to flank the vintage stove 

and then built a couple of small shelves above it to hold spices, glassware and little treats.

Above the open shelf area is a special piece~ a vintage cupboard.

 Old and crusty and absolutely perfect- this cupboard was actually in the basement 

of our house when we bought it.

Mixed with the new cupboards it is a perfect marriage of old and new charm.

Here's what we spent on the kitchen portion of this remodel:

3 base cupboards-  $280

new sink & faucet $175

Paint $100

drawer pulls $10

3 legs for building the counter $54

wood (2x's, 1x's. plywood for counter,etc)  aprox. $100

misc.

By using elements from Lowes 

 some of what we had on hand and incorporating a few vintage pieces 

we were able to put this little kitchen in on a budget

and

 I am loving how it turned out.

I will share more photos and details and how we did everything in another post
as well as a look at some of the other rooms in the guest cottage that we have been working on.
But for now...

 I am just enjoying taking a little break from the work.

There are a ton of ideas for projects at the Lowes Creative Ideas website

 and they also offer a free magazine you can sign up for as well.

You can also find me & the other Lowes Creative Ideas bloggers

on the Lowes Creative Ideas Blog

at Lowes.com

I was provided with a gift card to do this project as a member of the

 Lowes Creative Ideas Network of Creators and Influencers but the designs 

and opinions are my own.