Beautiful!!! So Timeless and Classic! Love the pop of yellow too!

Very nice! I love the vintage vibe, especially the open shelves beside the window. I even like the 'before' kitchen.

Several years ago there were a couple of GW members who had their soapstone re-honed, which, IIRC, took care of the spots and water rings.

You retained the 1920's vintage charm with a much more functional and beautiful space. Wonderful!

Mama goose- I've read those, and actually remember reading Bay Area francy's in particular before choosing soapstone and praying that I wouldn't be one of the people who got water-spotted soapstone! I've thought about contacting Florida Joshua in case he ever comes up my way or knows someone in the area who would refinish it properly. It does have that too smooth feel that often accompanies water spots. I'm going to try a new wax first to see if that makes a difference.

i loved the before cabinets, too. I was sad to see them go, but the bottoms were literally rotting out in a number of them and water had been dripping through an upper cabinet from an upstairs bathroom leak for who knows how long. The three sets of renters in here before we bought it really did a number on this poor house. That and the waste pipe through one of the cabinets both took up space and grossed me out. It was such a cute retro feel, though. I was sad to lose that.

It looks FABULOUS! Great job!

This looks really lovely and so appropriate to the period of the house.

Very, very nice! You must be thrilled.

Looks terrific! I especially like your metallic wall phone! :)

You really used each space well. I particularly like the shallow corner shelf. And, the shelves that flank the window give you some storage but let the light shine in. And, of course I am smitten by the soapstone (alleged rings and all) and white insets.

What is the tile behind the cooktop?

Looks classic, timeless and beautiful!

Diane

Charming! Thank you so much for sharing!

Nightowl- that's the merola penny tile behind the range. Here's a picture that shows it closer, though it still doesn't capture the muted yellow very well....

I just love your kitchen, so much personality and so pretty!

Very pretty kitchen, nice and fresh looking.

love it! Small kitchens united!

Nice job! It's perfect for the home.

Love your floor and cabs with the soapstone, yellow penny round backsplash, beadboard and green paint. So happy and cozy.

I agree, it updated it without completely changing the character of the home.

What is the black, vent-y looking thing in the toekick of the basecabinet on the 'short' part of the L???

Absolutely love this! Makes me wish my new kitchen could be vintage and white. Great color choices as well.

Kats737- it's heat. We found that when it gets below ten degrees here that the amount of baseboard we put in can't keep the temperature up to its set degrees. We changed from steam to baseboard (unfortunate. I love steam but to replace it all would have cost Almost triple what it did to put in baseboard) and put less baseboard in the kitchen area knowing we would expand in the future. When we found it got too cold we put this little heat blower into the toe kick. It works perfectly.

@ktj459, great, that's what I thought it was. We have hot water radiators throughout our house and are going to have to put in some similar toekick heaters if I'm going to want heat AND cabinets in our 1928 kitchen (I'm so demanding, ha!)

It's beautiful! You did a great job with all the finishes, I absolutely love the penny rounds! May I ask where you gout the Orla Keily canisters? They are so cute. Love everything!

I love this kitchen! The barroca soapstone looks really nice oiled; I've only seen it unoiled.

also, kats7, I had same dilemma. Had to have existing furnace zoned to make way for toe kick heaters in new kitchen. No way were we going to convert all the rads in the house and refused to move to electric heat. Kick toe heaters work great.

Gorgeous!!

Smouse77- I got them at container store a while back. Her patterns are great!