Unexpectedly my kitchen will be getting an update as we suffered some damage to our floors this summer when we were out of town. Since we're not ready to do a full remodel we're looking for cool ways to make the kitchen look better (it's been the same for 15 years) without spending tons of money until we're ready for the full remodel. I've been looking through Pinterest for inspiration thinking at some point I might want a pink, retro kitchen but the truth is that isn't me. They sure look cute but I really do prefer dark colors. In fact, as much as I think pink is adorable I recently massively cleaned out my closet and told my boyfriend not to let me buy pink clothes anymore because they look terrible on me. Seriously just dreadful. Looking for ideas I realized that I really like pictures of earthy, dark, plant filled kitchens the most. It's given me some ideas of some projects that will be a nice change for the next 4 or 5 years. I am going to attempt things such as painting my fridge and countertops. WHAT?!?!?! Yeah, we'll see.

Here are some pics of things I've been looking at:

Dita Von Teese has a tremendously cute kitchen but seriously I just don't think I could look at a bright kitchen every morning especially in a cold, Minnesota winter. I like it dark and quiet. But I also don't like beige. Or what I call the Minnesota state color: polite beige. People really like white kitchens as well. Gah, white makes me batty. I feel like I'm in an office or hospital. We are definitely leaning towards colors that most people would consider "un-sellable" but that's probably most of our house at this point.

I do like pink flowers. It's how I can add my traditional girlness. The black and white floor is cute but I was thinking of that for a bathroom....

The picture above is from the show Witches of East End. They have a tremendous house and kitchen. But I mean, they are hundreds of years old witches from Asgard. They should have a nice house.

Love the star lights and the shape of the faucet.

This is from a boat kitchen. It's textured, colored and seems like it'd always be warm.

Like the open shelves, wooden breakfast table and glass cloche accents.

There is a million kitchen pictures on Pinterest where all of these are from. To more specifically see the ones I like just search the phrase "witch kitchen."

I just love them. I am really looking forward to updating the ktichen. No doubt it will be an epic pain in the ass.