Saturday, December 10, 2011

Tour of My Christmas Kitchen

Please come in for a tour of my Christmas kitchen. Candy canes and gingerbread are the theme for Christmas decor in our vintage kitchen. Everything is original in our 1958 kitchen.

Gingerbread Christmas tree - kitchen Christmas tree

I think of all the rooms in the house, I love to decorate the kitchen the most. Maybe it is all the gingies or the bright colors I use in here. My Christmas cookie tree sits in my kitchen window cheering me on while I wash the dishes.


The coffee station needs its own Christmas spruce up. I swapped out my usual coffee sign for this fun vintage themed one.





Red towels dress up my old oven perfectly.


All ready for baking.





A vintage looking tablecloth was an after Christmas snag from last year.


Of course my new old shelf is my favorite corner right now.



I have had that little Christmas tree on the cutting board for about 15 years. It comes out of the box ready to brighten up a corner every year.


I hope you enjoyed a tour of my 1958 Christmas kitchen. Of course lots of goodies and family meals will come out of here over the next few weeks just like they have for decades past.



64 comments:

  1. I adore your "vintage" Christmas kitchen! It's obvious you have spent time and effort to collect and display just the right pieces to carry out your wonderful theme. I just love it!
    CAS

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  2. I love your kitchen! I painted our cabinets white last year and have been adding red accents whenever I can. Your kitchen has the look I'm going for!

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  3. Your kitchen is just a delight! I'm partial to the sweets theme! Love all your decor.

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  4. I want to live here!! Love every single thing..thanks for sharing it!!

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  5. Love love love your kitchen. Can I move in?

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  6. Good Morning Elaine, How I have enjoyed catching up on your blog... of course,I especially love your gingerbread men on the tree and window swag. You have such an inviting home!

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  7. A great kitchen very christmasy
    cathy

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  8. Elaine, LOVE your vintage Christmas kitchen. The sign at your coffee station is so cute, all of the details and pops of color are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing it at the Christmas in the Kitchen party!

    Heather

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  9. beautiful. it's all perfect for christmas. now to bake. (:

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  10. You have the most beautiful kitchen! Love to see how you have dressed it up for Christmas! Inspiring!

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  11. Elaine, I love your Country Kitchen as much as I love my own! So cheerful and pretty. It is just like you!!!
    : ) Kris

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  12. I love your Christmas kitchen ... the tree is so adorable with the gingerbread ornies. Love the tiny tree on the cutting board, too. The signs are both just right, and red towels say Merry Christmas, too! Thanks for sharing your kitchen with us!

    Mary

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  13. I love all your red touches. I collect gingerbread men too. You'll have to check out my dining room on my blog. That Gooseberry Patch book was the first one I bought :)

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  14. You have the greatest kitchen! Not only beautifully vintage, but so welcoming too. I'd love to sit in here and sip hot chocolate with you :)
    Blessings,
    Marcia

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  15. Came here from Pinterest! Love your kitchen. You have given me some ideas and I have been playing in my kitchen and with my Christmas stuff. Also I have a couple of the graters like yours that you have on your wall. Mine are on the wall too and used to belong to my hubby's grandmother. Because of that I treasure those. Love that bookshelf with the drawer. I have a perfect spot for one of those is I ever find one! In the meantime I have a bookcase there that my father made years ago. I supposed I could dress it up and paint it.

    ~Linnea

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  16. Oh what a precious kitchen!! Your decorating is so charming! :o) Did you make the table topper on your cute white book case? I just love it! :o)

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  17. What a cozy kitchen. Your tree is divine. did you bake all those cookies. lovely idea.

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  18. Elaine your Christmas kitchen is absolutely gorgeous! ♥

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  19. I love seeing pictures of your home, especially your kitchen. The decorations look great but what caught my eye was the Kitchen Aid mixer. :o) I want one so am having mixer envy, lol!

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  20. Elaine, your red and white kitchen is just gorgeous! Love it all. I have to ask though, how on earth do you keep the grout so white on your tiled counters!? I think I need to regrout mine but it's a constant battle to keep presentable. Any secrets?

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  21. Looking at your kitchen makes me wanna start singing, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!" LOL Very festive, love it!
    Susanne :)

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  22. Your vintage kitchen is wonderful! I love all the red and that oven is great!!!

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  23. I love all your red and white! You have a great kitchen..Merry Christmas!
    Nadine

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  24. Hi Elaine,
    Your 1958 kitchen is vintage, just like me. I totally adore your walls ovens, I am amazed that they still work.
    Your decor in here is very sweet, I love every one of your little corners. The shelf with the sweet Santa above it is wonderful.
    Have a good weekend.
    Hugs, cindy

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  25. Since I am very partial to red and to gingerbread, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it all :)

    Elaine - we are kindred spirits :)

    Merry CHRISTmas!
    Gail

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  26. Your 1950's kitchen is fantastic, full of vintage Christmas ephemera.
    I love all the signs and red and white touches.
    Thanks for the tour.

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  27. Your vintage kitchen is so pretty, love all the red.

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  28. Your kitchen is so beautiful and bright ~ I love it and I love all of the pretty reds in the christmas decor. So well put together!

    Have a great sunday

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  29. Your kitchen tree is absolutely adorable! Looks might sweet!

    Thank you for linking it to the Christmas Tree Party at 2805!

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  30. It's all very lovely & festive ♥

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  31. Hi Elaine,
    Your kitchen looks SO nice!! You haev some neat decor. Love it.

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  32. I love everything in your kitchen.My favorites are your ovens and the kitchen light fixture.

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  33. Love all the red and white and the gingerbread!

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  34. Your Christmas kitchen is adorable, Elaine! I love little tree and teapot sitting in your window.

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  35. Elaine,
    Your kitchen is so cute! I saw the little cabinet pinned over at Pinterest and I knew I had to get over here and look at what you've been up to. Very Fun kitchen tour!
    have a wonderful Holiday!
    Sherry

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  36. I absolutely love your 50's kitchen. So, so beautiful...love everything about it. I recall my late mother had a 'red' ceiling in her kitchen in the 50's. Sounds weird but it was gorgeous with her white cupboards. I have joined your followers list and would love to have you join me as well. Season's Greetings. Hugs, Gayle
    http://atastefultouch.blogspot.com

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  37. Your kitchen is just charming!!!! I love all the vintage touches, it is something you'd see in a magazine!!!

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  38. Just came over from the Tree party at 2805. Love your great kitchen! Love all your holiday touches. XO, Pinky

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  39. I love your kitchen, it looks so festive and a happy place to be. Your kitchen is all dressed for Christmas is such a delightful way!
    Merry Christmas to you!
    Hugs, Elizabeth

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  40. Love the kitchen. Pat

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  41. Your kitchen is so cute and fun looking! I really enjoyed seeing all your neat vintage pretties!

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  42. What a perfectly fun kitchen! I could happily spend hours in there cooking. The Christmas Cookies sign hanging on the mixer really made me smile. Too cute!

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  43. HI Elaine, love your kitchen with all the vintage goodies. Love the red too. I'm big on red and not afraid of color! Your posts this week have been wonderful!
    Blessings,
    Debbie

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  44. HI Elaine! Oh, your kitchen is fabulous! I love it! All of your sweet Christmas touches just makes it sparkle!
    be a sweetie,
    shelia ;)

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  45. Your kitchen is so bright, cheery and festive! I love every little detail! I must get some more red kitchen towels as they have added instant cheer to your happy kitchen!

    Best Christmas wishes,
    Natasha.

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  46. I love you kitchen, very nice and crisp and i love the red and white theme in it. You decorated it very nice ,your decorations are all so lovely, specially the gingerman-cookies and your new-old shelf.
    Hugs
    Maria

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  47. You have a great kitchen and I'm in love with your cute oven!! How fun is that!!

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  48. Hi Elaine! Thank you for joining our party. I love love your vintage kitchen - the oven is fabulous, much better than any newly designed and boring oven. I'm also wild about your kitchen banquette, when I was a girl I secretly wished we had room for one in our house.

    The cheerful touches of red everywhere are perfect for the Christmas season! You've made your kitchen warm and welcoming.

    xo
    Claudia

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  49. What a great vintage kitchen!! I love the ovens! All your decorations look so wonderful..the shelf in your kitchen is so very pretty. I love your cookie tree in the window..I have one I put cutter cutters on and gingerbread. Great post! Merry Christmas!
    Miss Bloomers

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  50. Great pictures Elaine. You've captured the charm of your kitchen perfectly!

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  51. Elaine, I am oohing and aahing at every photo! Love that cookie sign on the mixer. Love all the color and that shelf, oh my! Are you sure we aren't related?
    Brenda

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  52. Lovely kitchen and nice decoration. I especially like the Merry Christmas sign next to the coffee maschine.

    Have a nice evening!

    Regula

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  53. Your kitchen made me smile. It's so sunshiny and cheery! ❄

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  54. What a cheery kitchen! Love that "Merry Christmas" sign and the old oven. :)

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  55. So very cheery and so very charming. I just adore your kitchen and all the cute vintage decor you have. It certainly looks perfect for Christmas this year!

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  56. Love this look. I'm a new follower. Stop by and enter to win my Heirloom ornament made from vintage jewelry...today is the last day to enter. Warm wishes

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  57. I love your little gingerbread tree! It's so cute! I decorate my kitchen in gingerbread things as well. :)

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  58. Adorable kitchen!

    Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

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  59. So adorable. Just so many little details.

    - The Tablescaper

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  60. This kitchen is so cheerful and pretty. Thanks. I recommend you paint the walls a very pale aqua, turquoise from the 1950 color collection. Carol in NC

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  61. I absolutely love your kitchen! It is very warm and cozy feeling.

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