Kitchen and dining interiors

Dining and kitchen interior designs by Subin Surendran Architects & Associates from Panampilly Nagar, Ernakulam (Kochi), Kerala



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Architect: Subin S
Subin Surendran Architects & Associates
3rd Cross Road,
G-128, 1st floor Aditya ,
Panampilly Nagar
Kochi - 36
Email: ssacochin@gmail.com
Mr. Vinod : +91 9746064607
Landline:0484 3537074

{ Updating Kitchen Cabinets }

Because I can not control myself, I recently removed the doors from the underside of my penninsula in the kitchen.

Why? Because a girl can never have too many unfinished projects in every. room. of. her. house.

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Here's what the kitchen looked like before the hostile takeover.

I mixed my own shade of Annie Sloan chalk paint for the body of the cabinets.

And I sent the doors away so that seeded glass can be added to the center of them.

I still love these little hooks I added on to the sides of the cabinet. Even though nothing ever hangs from them.

Okay, so now that I paint the cabinets green, what should I do with the stools?

{ Adding Artwork in the Kitchen }

I'm going to let you in on a little secret about how I decorate my home.

I buy what catches my eye, THEN I find a place for it.

It's as simple as that. If I sought out every piece in my home and was very specific about what I wanted to go where, I would not have much going on in here.

I don't have a large enough wallet to be picky.

Of course every now and then, I think of an item I would like to put in a certain spot, but for the majority of of the time. This place is pulled together by dumb luck.

I found this framed oil painting at an auction recently. I'm pretty sure I didn't pay more than $1. for it.

Yes, ONE DOLLAR.

There was no one bidding against me.

So, how could I not leave with it.

Even if I just kept it for the frame, it's worth $1.

I like it here on the backside of my penninsula. My children will knock it down at least 200 times before I throw in the towel.
But I won't get rid of it. I'll just hang it somewhere else.
And that is what you call decorating on a budget.

{Kitchen Updates & an Island Reveal}

The kitchen was especially clean and all spiffy the other day when my friend Michelle came over to take some photos. So, I thought I'd share some summer time kitchens pics...

I found this dresser at an auction in the spring. I finally got around to painting it.

It fits perfectly in the kitchen as a tiny island.

And, the best part? It's completely metal. schwing!

And the rest is just eye candy, no need for me to go on babbling here.

{ Annie Sloan Green Door }

and after, with a base coat of AS green and a top coat of 

a custom mixture.

The green door looks much better from my foyer now.
A while back I striped the foyer ceiling,
added burlap to the walls and wallpapered
book pages to the stair wall.

I love the green in the kitchen as well.

It looks great with the blue ceiling and mocha walls.

Another AC chalk paint project , checked off the list!

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{ Breakfast room color refresher }

Hi, It's Kristie. Some of you who have been to Painted Home events might already know me, but, if you haven't, let me introduce myself.  I'm the Ambassador of Style here at The Painted Home. Haha, or in other words, I help Denise with all kinds of stuff.  Recently, Denise showed me how to write a blog post, so ta-da, here i am writing my very first blog post.

You'll see me here and there, on Facebook, on the blog, and at lot's of events with Denise.

My breakfast room was feeling kind of...blah.  It's attached to my kitchen so I wanted to keep the colors in the same pallet but lately it was just feeling boring.  I needed some color in this room.

This is how it looked before.  The table was in bad shape, the rug was stained and too small, and I didn't love the way the room was arranged.

 I bought some Annie Sloan Chalk paint in Antibes Green, Old White and Duck Egg Blue (not shown).

I first painted the entire table in the Duck Egg Blue.

I painted the top of the table Antibes Green and the bottom half the Old White.

I added some hooks (from Anthropologie) to the bottom of a windowsill.

These chippy chairs are the perfect shade of blue and I found them in my neighbors garbage.  I added a new rug in a better size for the room.

 

It's still a work in progress but I'm happy with the pops of color! 

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{ Breakfast Room }

I don't really know what to call this room on the other side side of our kitchen, so I'll call it the breakfast room.
(Sounds very Southern to me)
The entire house was clean the other day for a special event, so I thought I'd take advantage and get some fresh photos of the house while it was in this rare condition.