GORGEOUS! And homey, and livable, and cozy!!!

Love it! All of it.

Beautiful!! Wish I could see a better shot of the hood...it looks gorgeous!

NVM...I just clicked on it & got to see it all...it’s lovely!!!

WOW....just love it & as Maddie said, all of it!! That color is just yummy & I want to steal it to use somewhere!! What is the room next to the kitchen? You have wonderful ideas & taste, Trail! And those succulent bowls...so special!!

I‘m swooning! It’s perfection. :)

What a pretty, pretty kitchen. Love that sink.

Hi Trailrunner, may I ask what you use on your soapstone? Mine is 12 years old and needs to be oiled or whatever. I have been using ammonia and bleach on my since Covid and is getting very grey. I know the color will come back just wondering what else is out there for SS care. Thanks

Just beautiful, and so functional! I love what you did with the succulent bowls. And your sink! What material is that? It’s all works so peacefully together.

Houzz is killing me takes so many tries to post pics! Expand pics to see details . Sink is custom

soapstone from M. Tex /Virginia Soapstone they are partners. They made a special trip 2x to measure and install everything. Absolutely a delight to work with. Came all the way from Sterling!

The mud room is adjacent to the kitchen and has a built in pantry you see on the left. original beaded board ceiling painted H’aint Blue BM Constellation. Original ceiling light.

The bathroom is TINY! 65”x70”!! Open wet room shower with rain shower head. Room Was gutted. Original light fixture in ceiling. Shower is 39”x39”. grands love it! Believe it or not room doesn’t get soaked. Its a much used space .

Absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

Those colors are great, such a rich green and a perfect combination with the white cabinets and soapstone. The sink is stunning and I really like how you ran the soapstone up to the window. Are those wood candy molds on the wall? You must be loving your range - did you go with the RNB? It's so warm and inviting!

Your kitchen is fabulous! I especially love the pegboard wall! Thank you for sharing.

I'd expect nothing less - it's all fabulous!

Love it all, esp the wall color and the creative placement of light fixtures by the sink. I wanted to run my soapstone to the window sill too but my contractor didn’t think it was a good idea. Now I’m kicking myself.

In my experience, that’s an average sized bathroom, not tiny at all!

What a creative and wonderful use for those beautiful crystal bowls! I love your soapstone counters. I really want to replace the granite that came with my house's kitchen.

Y'all are so sweet !! Thank you. cran: I don't use anything on my soapstone. It's aged nicely and stays black. I have a bottle of mineral oil from M Tex and used it once . I don't clean my counters with anything but the soapy sponge when I do the dishes. I think if you stop the other products for awhile and use soap and water and then oil it once or twice you will be amazed at how it looks new again. Mine did in AL and it was 12 yrs old as well.

Sue...its a gem of a bathroom...my favorite kind. I just love your home and when I do the stair riser reveal you will see how YOU inspired me !

Tannatock it is metal. They do a fantastic job with their product. My GC hung it and then showed me it held his weight !! It's not going anywhere. And the knife magnet holder is totally magnetic so it sticks and the knives do as well.

maire_cate they are speculaas cookie molds from Holland. They are antiques. We lived there from 1988-89 and I found them at the big market. I make the cookies at Christmas. They are spicy and delicious. Yes it is a 30" RNB. Love it and DH with his woking is more than happy with it and the vent hood.

Again thank you all ...you are very generous in your praise. c

What a beautiful home for a beautiful woman!

I agree, very pretty and calming. A nice place to cook.

I should have guessed they were for cookies. My husband's sister recently gave me two springerle rolling pins that belonged to their grandmother. Maybe I'll be brave and try them out this Christmas - I'll omit the anise though.

We're planning to replace our 26 year old appliances at our vacation home and DH wants a 30" RNB. When we moved into this house three years ago we put in a 30" Platinum and DH is enthralled with it - and his Wok. He enjoys it so much he now cooks most nights and bakes bread too. What hood did you pick? We have a Prizer hood that works great but it's probably pricier than we need at a part time place.

I went back to look at your photos again and noticed the floating shelves in the bathroom. And the hinged light fixtures in the window - another brilliant idea - a marriage of style and function - Well done! I should clip the photo and add it to my idea book in case we ever re-do another kitchen. I thought about a retractable fixture over my sink but ended up with a ceiling mount with a 10" drop rod. We still need a ladder to clean it! Honestly your kitchen is simply perfect.

Maire

Maire you are very kind! We have the Prizer they were offering a $1000 bonus so I got the second motor “ free” thus the 1200 cfm. It’s a bear to clean the innards😳. I loved my remote roof mounted Tradewind liner in AL. Nothing to clean but the baffles. We wok all the time as well. How do y’all deal with the oil that accumulates on the motor and all up inside the apparatus besides the baffles?

I discovered by accident that setting a boiling pot of water beneath the area with the baffles out causes the oil to drip off onto the paper towels I lay there and then it’s easier to wipe up. Would love to hear how often you clean and how .

I love open shelves! I know they get a bad rap but after decades of having them I can’t not do it ❤️

It’s beautiful. I know you will enjoy it for many years.

I forgot about the bonus, I'll have to check to see what they might be offering. Although at the moment people are reporting significant delays in getting appliances and the prices have gone up too. DH removes the baffles and soaks them in the laundry tub with a degreaser 2 or 3 times a year. Then he climbs on the step ladder to clean as much as he can reach inside. I think it should be done more often though. He uses the grill on our patio for most of the really messy grilling. I'll try your boiling water technique. Even if it doesn't drip it will soften it enough that I could probably wipe it with a Krud Kutter and a towel. It's just a very awkward reach. The contractor who will do the install (we'll need a 36" hood, make-up air and a cabinet adjustment) has a 60" Garland with a commercial hood at his place. We've known him for nearly 20 years and he has done a lot of work for us. He has a property management company so we could probably hire him to clean it.

How do you keep the area behind your range so clean? We have tile and wipe it down frequently.

Maire

It’s to die for! Every square inch of it, every detail. You have a great eye! I can’t stop going back and looking at each picture.

Beautiful, functional and timeless kitchen, C! You have put all your experience and knowledge into this and it looks just perfect! Love the bathroom, too—it all looks womderful!!!

@maire_cate I used BM matte paint again at this house. It’s scrubbable after it cures for 30 days. I don’t actually wipe it very often 😳 when the light hits it just right I get out the Awesome spray and scrub it.

Hm i do the baffles in the dishwasher bottom rack and they slant just enough it closes and I can still fit stuff in. I do them once a week. You can buy Awesome at Dollar General or The Dollar Store I forget which. It’s purely amazing stuff. Dilute according to bottle. It works a treat.

I didn’t have makeup air with our 1400 cfm in Alabama and I don’t have it here with the 1200. I think it’s unnecessary. We use the hood on med/ high for as long as it takes DH to stir fry a wok dish for the two of us. Maybe 15-20 min max. The gas fireplaces have standing pilots and they don’t even waver when he’s cooking. After 12 yrs at the other house with 4 gas FP and no other gas appliances in the whole house and high ceilings I just think it’s way over sold. YMMV and I know the Appliance forum never stops talking about it but our GC and the inspector who’s brother is the Fire Chief said the same thing. When DH is doing a big meal if we have company he’s relegated to his 150,000 BTU Chinese propane flamethrower cooker outside LOL! He’s got the huge wok you see in the bottom drawer and a table set up he uses outside.

On to more fun stuff! Take the baffles out and set two of your largest soup pots on the front burners. Get them boiling and turn back so simmering and lots of steam. Turn the hood on med. Since you’ve never done this and it’s been ??? how long you’ve had the hood be prepared . Amber goo will drip and drip . You should cover the back two burners but be sure the towels or rags are away from the front burners. I singed one ! Let it go at least an hour. I go outside and come in and out to check on it. You will be amazed at what you get out. You are right about the softening. I know how much I got and we had used the hood just shy of 1 yr when I did it . I want pictures 🥴

Do check on Tradewind liners. I couldn’t get the distributor for this region to call me... should have pursued it. We had the remote blower on the roof so absolutely nothing to clean but the baffles in the Dishwasher. I promise you they are wonderful!

So gorgeous! Classic perfection.

Love it! Always wanted soapstone. You are really getting things done! Those stairs are going to be so pretty.

Sorry to hi-jack your kitchen post but thank you for the tips. I can't wait to try the water trick. DH did put the baffles in the DW once on the top rack and didn't think they came clean enough so that's why he soaks them in the laundry tub. But if I throw them in the DW more often that should make it easier to keep clean.

As for the MUA issue here in our primary home - our township required it for a CO. The laundry room is adjacent to the kitchen and has a gas furnace, water heater and dryer. The remote blower for the hood is in the laundry room with a large access panel for servicing - so far it looks pretty good.

Our other place is semi-rural and when we built it in 1996 our contractor told us to stick with GE appliances because the local repair companies can service them. Now there's a Home Depot, Lowe's and a few fast food places in the area and a great appliance store about 35 miles away in NY. They sell and service higher end appliances and we'll meet with them the next time we go up. I'll definitely look into Tradewind. It's not an ideal placement but the range will replace a gas cooktop and under-counter wall oven on the island and the hood will have one 90 degree turn with the blower motor mounted on an exterior wall - about a 10' run. We can reconfigure the cabinets but we'll replace the island counter with soapstone - it takes DH back to his old days in the lab.

I'm not even going to tell DH about your husband's Chinese flamethrower! He'll have to made do with what we have. Thanks again for all your advice and great photos - now I'm dreaming of a few open shelves in my guest bath.

Maire

@maire_cate I put the baffles in the bottom one in the very front tilted toward the back and one in the back tilted toward the front. Run it on the longer setting for pots and pans and yes if you do it weekly then it will be so easy.

Definitely get the Tradewind ! There are NO internal guts with it. All you have to do is clean the baffles. With the remote blower you are so lucky and can make the whole system almost work free .

Yes DH was a pharmacologist at Tulane Med School back in the late 60's when we met. He then went back to grad school and got a Phd in Chemistry. He taught at AU for 31 yrs. He taught a lot of med students , He says now he wishes he had kept his biology major from undergrad and taught in a med school...oh well too late !! DH loves our soapstone as well :) Don't know that he wants to ever be in a lab again though LOL !

He will love one of the super high wok burners. It's wonderful and you can get wok hei https://www.google.com/search?q=wok+hei+meaning&oq=wok+he&aqs=chrome.3.0j46j69i57j0l5.6378j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Absolutely perfect! For some reason I want to be in your kitchen on a cold rainy/snowy day, which are my favorite types of days. The sticky buns will go in the oven and then I'll get fat. :)

Today I'm going to find my vintage glass bowls and see if I can be as successful as you!

I have one suggestion. You may already have a boot/shoe tray for the mudroom and took it out of the picture (mine is filthy after this weeks ice storm), and if not it will save time cleaning footprints. Right now I want to punish with all my might a man and his two horse size dogs who left mud tracks from front to back door on dark hardwood and porcelain tile. Suggestions? :)

@Oakley right outside the back door is a bench my GC made for me for my birthday and our 3 gallon water dispensers from Walmart and the place where shoes stop. They don't get to come into the house :) And no pets here so that's not a problem.

The glass works great. Just don't over water. You can buy the indoor succulents everywhere. I divided them up between the bowls. I am going to make some more using my antique refrigerator dishes :) Please photo your efforts.

So pretty! Love the color, beautiful green, and I know you love your soapstone - I love ours.

@cran I use MilkPaint Soapstone Sealer, after learning about it here.

Nice job, such a pretty home Trail. And I know that kitchen produces gorgeous food, too!