Pine Hollow Lodge: Blueberry Kitchen

It's a chilly, chilly morning at Pine Hollow Lodge . Come on in!

In the kitchen are custom-made Amish cabinets and it's decorated in a special blueberry theme inspired by a childhood book Mary enjoyed called "Blueberries for Sal". Mary designed the cabinets and the Amish built them for her. They are made of Ash.

On the side of one end of the base cabinets is tucked a little display shelf. Here she displays a favorite tea set, perfect for hot cocoa!

I found two kinds of berry fabric in my stash and sent it up to her. She inserted the muslin strip between the two and stamped it with blue ink using individual letter stamps with lines quoted from the book. Clever, huh?

A built-in corner china cabinet full of blue beauty.

Mary had the book, Blueberries for Sal taken apart and matted and framed in very large frame at a frame shop. It makes a nice graphic display for a very large wall. Above it hangs a blueberry wreath I picked up at a garage sale. So much fun when a room is a "theme".

My favorite piece in the room is a chalkboard and calendar frame Mary had made for the wall by phone with a magnet board at the top for memos using leftover tin backsplash from the walls. Also this stool is an antique store find and a bright spot for a guest to sit and visit while dinner is finished. Cute apron, too, eh?

Mary's back splash is real tin and is a bright spot in contrast to all the wood in the kitchen. Cobalt pendant lights hang from the tongue and groove pine ceiling to brighten the corners.

A perfectly blueberry tea kettle sits on the stove waiting to whistle for a cup of hot cocoa.

Are you chilly?

Let's go sit down with chubby cups of cocoa...shall we?
Hope you're keepin' warm today!
XOXO
Joni