CountryThis beautiful kitchen belongs to an interior designer who loves to reuse materials and products wherever she can. The reclaimed cedar kitchen table is paired with mismatched secondhand chairs, all of which sit in front of kitchen units from several sources. (The beautiful slate countertops were made from an old pool table!) The Aga oven was also found secondhand.Finding used kitchen units is actually pretty easy and affordable, since people tend to get rid of good-quality pieces simply because they don't like the style. Pulling different items together can result in an eclectic look and may require just a bit of adjusting. For example, if you're trying to put together a chest of drawers and a cupboard with different heights, you can trim the legs of one until they're even. Tip: Keep an eye out for pieces that can be broken up and remade to customize your space without the cost. Tabletops can be torn off and used as work surfaces, benches can be recut for wooden beams and so on.Flea Market Chic, by Liz Bauwens and Alexandra CampbellPublisher: CICO BooksAll photos: CICO BooksMore Books to Know:Salvage SecretsPatina StyleThe Happy Home Project

6. A big table. What's a farmhouse kitchen without an expansive, welcoming table? These workhorses pull double duty as eating space and food-prep surface — roll out dough, chop vegetables or perch pies and cakes to cool on them.

A splash of color jazzes up a traditional farm table. The industrial lighting adds further interest.

5. Make liberal use of fresh flowers and potted herbs. There is no room I can think of that can't be improved by the addition of freshly cut flowers and living plants. Make a weekly habit of picking up a bouquet or going out to the garden to cut flowers. Keep costs down by dividing a single market bouquet into one main arrangement plus a number of smaller ones in bud vases. A windowsill herb garden is a lovely thing to tend, but you can also keep freshly cut herbs on the counter in vases of water, just as you would flowers.

1. "It’s a family heirloom." Even if the value is only sentimental, how many things do you hold onto because they were your grandfather’s or your aunt’s, dentist’s cousin’s? My dear friend Sharon inherited her grandmother’s china. In the plus column it was beautiful, valuable and from a beloved relative. On the minus side, it wasn’t really Sharon’s style, and it reminded her of some painful parts of her childhood. She decided there were better ways for her to remember her grandmother, and wrapped up the china in a big box and gave it to a mutual friend who collects the same pattern and for whom it was a surprise and a delight. 2. "It was a gift." After our fire we were flooded with donations. In the first weeks, I sorted through truckloads of things people had given us. I was so thankful for the incredible generosity and, at the same time, there were so many things that didn’t fit or that we didn’t need. It wasn’t long before I got over any qualms I had about passing things on to various charities. Now I assume a gift is truly mine to do with as I please. 3. "I may need it someday." This comes up across the spectrum, from overbuying consumables to storing extra furniture. This could be the biggest one of all, and at the bottom of it is fear. A subcategory of this is: "I’m not actually sure what it is, but it may be important!" A few months ago I was sorting through a drawer in my desk and came across a random screw. It was thick and substantial; I knew it belonged to something. And then I recognized the old and familiar tension forming in the pit of my stomach with the thought, "Keep it! Keep it! You may need it!" I’m happy to say I reminded myself I had survived losing everything and was not going to allow an anonymous bit of hardware to freak me out.

Ceiling beams finished white

painted wood

Color rustic

natural lights

chaises

Old & new

Beam

Love the slight country feel. Not hick or overdone.

clock

Mixed chairs

Large table

Fhouse kitchen

Love mismatched chairs

lambaaa

light fixtures & beams

tile???

wish I could open up my kitchen to my dining room...

painted old chairs

French Farm house table

ceiling

Chairs

lattes au plafond?

ceiling beams, breakfast table, bright white

Table

White wood paneling, furniture, and ceiling

Table & Chairs

Looks antique table and chair

From d

kitchen open to the dining room

love the table and color of chairs

love the table.. distressed + color

Accent chairs' paint color

Ceiling

Similar placement: eating area that opens into the kitchen. Again, love the Aga stove.

keep our current table, but paint the base and chairs?

Country style

Simple, quasi-rustic

lights

Table

Table

Color

table/chairs

Maybe this would be a cool dining room light instead of a traditional chandelier.

big dining room, eclectic colors

strop, dedinsky duch

chair color

Chairs paintef

lighting

table!!!

informal, colours

Chairs

long rustic table

mesa

Table

industrial lamps

like the painted chairs would do stools

table

Table and charirs

chairs

בקירות ובכסאות צבע ירוק פיסטוק

Table chairs lights

Lights, table, beams

Kitchen: possible long design with natural light

dinning room

table and mixed chairs

Chairs lights

Table

Chairs

like the warmth of the mishmash of everything.

Table

green chairs, floor

cool

C

i love this kitchen table

Farmhouse Table: colors and cool colored chairs

table top

The Flea Market Chic look

Ceiling

lighting

i like the kitchen table and chairs

Table

Table and chairs

Table

Table

Chair color

Chairs

Farmhouse table

Scuffed up table and chairs

shabby chic

color

Table & chairs

table and chairs

beams and country table

VENTANAS AL EXTERIOR

blue chairs

Lights

שולחן סלון

love the mix and match chairs

Casual eating area w/mismatched chairs

blue chairs

Made for family

Like the table and chairs

Chairs

diagonal flooring

different colored chairs fun,earthy, and arty

Love it. Casual, but can be dressed up if needed. Simple, durable furniture. Light walls.

farm table, colored chairs

Natural,simple,great

style fits house

beam treatment idea

Would suit Esk-Hampton!

Big farmhouse table!

like the stipe white cabinets

like te table and variety of chairs and colors

Panelling

Table, mixed chairs

Black aga

double lights

Cottage kitchen

chairs

great chairs!

Cute chairs

Table mix match chairs

big farmhouse table, dark cabinets, bright space

Table and chair color

Chairs

Light fixture, ceiling table

colours

window seat and table

Like the distressed green on mismatched chairs

just nice

Lights like Dave's

Tea!

kitchen colours

LOVE the chairs.

I like the farm-feel to this kitchen.

Distressed wooden chairs table

Lights, table

floor

Dining table and chairs

Eclectic

Mix and match chairs

lights

chairs

legs of table an chairs

table

Table top

Lights and beams

Love the color of these chairs.

Table

everything.

Miss matched chairs.

Kitchen table

Style

Table

Kitchen

love the look

Wooden beam

chair and table

table & chairs

exposed rafters, table and chairs

Colours and style

Ladrilho em lajotas de cor natural

Chairs w/table

Lighting

Love everything about this

Lush

wall insets

Table

Table

Table - beautiful

chair colors and farm table

Colors - green and black seating around wood table. Wood and white cabinets, black appliances, black countertop. Needs a splash of green in the kitchen area

chairs, distressed, but dark blue

ceiling

table

Like old table

bright and airy beams table not chairs

Table chairs lighting

colour of chair

Chairs

Kitchen

Chairs

Table wood white. Mismatched chairs

Chairs

Table

ceilings

space

Looove it

floor

Table n chairs

Ceiling, lights, table

Farm

Table