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Breakfast Nooks

When I was a preteen, I would get obsessed with one item of beauty.  Whether it is was finding the perfect shade of blue eyeliner, creating the perfect ringlet curls with claw bangs, or finding the perfect Banana Republic animal tee (boy has THAT store come far!), I would be in pursuit of fulfilling my fix.  Not much has changed.  Only now the objects of my desire typically have much more to do with architectural salvage, paint, and good design!

Right now, I’m obsessed with breakfast nooks.  I don’t have one.  I want one.  Perhaps someday.  Sigh.  In the meantime, I thought I would share with you my inspiration files.

I love the ticking striped cushions and the industrial chairs.  Although I have to admit that if you offered me a seat, I’d be running to beat you to that window seat.   If those chairs are actually metal, they will freeze your bum off.  And my bum prefers to be warm!

Country Living
These next two nooks look very similar but the second shows how much better your space can look with trim and a better light fixture! 
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This nook is lovely.  The chocolate brown up against the white looks crisp yet warm.
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This is an innovative way to create a nook when an obvious one doesn’t exist.  They used a bench from Ikea to create this look. (Take note of that cork tiled floor!  Love it.)
Country Living
Adding beadboard to the front of the nook bench dresses it up nicely.  I’m also liking the springy feel of the green and blue here.
I love the varying pillows in the nook with the spoon chandy.  I’ve been wanting to make a spoon chandelier for sometime now, and I think it would look adorable over my own breakfast nook!
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This looks like a cheery place to enjoy your cheerios!  I would prefer the raw wood in all white but the rest is fabulous!  Look at those rope-corded pendants.
The Lennox
And I will end our nook inspiration with this image from This Old House.  If you click on the link under the picture you will be taken to a full tutorial on how to build your own nook.
This Old House
How about you?  Do you like breakfast nooks or do you think they’re passe’?  Where do you enjoy your breakfast? 
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  1. Hey Beth~ I saw one of your beautiful pictures on Pinterest so I came to your blog to see where I could buy the green curtains in the picture with the green chandelier and green cushions and pillows and curtains. By the way, LOVE your blog! Thanks in advance for any help! ~Linda

  2. Thanks for posting all of these gorgeous photos. We have this awkward dividing wall that seperates our kitchen from our dining room/entranceway. Our dining room is tiny and though I want to take that wall down, it's a load bearing wall and I just don't want to deal with all of that. My plan has been to set up something like a breakfast nook. It would be so perfect in the space but I've been bumming about having someone build a bench and blah blah. Seeing some of these inspiration photos gave me a few new ideas as to how to make this look work in my home. Thanks girl!!

  3. I do like a breakfast nook, Beth! I especially like the ones with a window seat {like the one with the green and white window treatment and cushion}. It just saws "dawdle over a cup of coffee with the newspaper spread out" to me!

  4. I like the cozy feel that nooks have. Maybe I should put one on my "someday house" list. 😉

  5. They are all inspirational, Beth. I like looking at the lighting. I'm looking for an iron chandy to match the legs on my table and I think I saw a very cool one!

    XO,
    Jane

  6. Love the inspiration pics! Thanks!
    Don't worry you're not the only person who obsesses over things. I have a very obsessive personality.

  7. I love them all! I just did a similar post about a month ago…I am still working on talking my hubby into building my nook:) I like the third picture that you posted the most. I think I even included that one in my post!

  8. For those of you unfamiliar with Jen's (Tatertots and Jello) breakfast nook, you need to be! Go visit her and drool. It's gorgeous.

  10. Beautiful nooks!! there is something so cozy about a kitchen nook. I just put one in my kitchen last year and I love sitting in it, reading the paper or a magazine in the sun. I wish I had been brave enough to have built mine in, love those!!

    xxo
    Jen

  11. I love them. I think they just bring to mind family. My plan is to build a banquette in my kitchen and create my own "nook" as it is now just a half wall! Great pictures!

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