What you are looking at here is the space between the kitchen and dining room in my sister Diane’s Atlanta home. This space, often called the butler’s pantry, was simply a nook before the kitchen renovation that Diane and her husband Ed undertook recently.
The butler’s pantry contained a lovely antique cabinet in which Diane stored some of her Spode china. The rest of the china was in the formal dining room in an antique sideboard. The kitchen renovation expanded to include turning the butler’s pantry into a wet bar and replacing the sideboard in the dining room with a built-in buffet.
Diane chose glass-fronted cupboards above the wet bar to show off her vintage glassware. Alas, it virtually disappeared against the white walls and glass shelves. What the cupboards needed was some depth of color. Her clever solution was to cover foam core with a rich paisley home dec fabric and place it on the back wall of the glass cupboard.
Here’s a look at the fabric with the cupboard doors open . . .
. . . and closed:
Don’t you love the play of pattern between the swirls of the paisley and the straight lines of the basketweave backsplash?
Up next: the new built-in buffet in the dining room. Please come back for a look!
Such exquisite taste. Thank you for blogging the whole renovation story, it deserves to be documented and recorded for the special feat that it has been. Every detail chosen with the utmost care and the outcome is just extraordinary. I remember Diane dreaming out loud about how much better the Thanksgiving preparation and clean up could go if the kitchen design were made more efficient. She spoke about the two of you cooking and cleaning in this optimized space. This dream has been nurtured with care for quite some time, including much time logged in front of HGTV and Houzz for inspiration and Ina Garten to inspire wonderful meals. How beautiful that the dream comes true just in time for Thanksgiving 2014, everyone together in good health to enjoy all the beauty of this space and this holiday. Perhaps you could do a before and after post? It’s so dramatic.
Okay…when do we see the Spode. That company never made anything but gorgeous patterns. I lined a few antique cabinets in my time. It is not an easy job!! And, it looks great.
Leslie
OOhhhhhhhh, I’m green with jealousy – looks lovely.
Yvonne