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Kitchen Spotlight: Leslie's Sunny Yellow

2009_05_15-YellowThumbs.jpgHere' a little end-of-Thursday kitchen eye candy for you. But it's so far from a show kitchen or an over-the-top space. It's a simple, unpretentious kitchen with light streaming in and a sunny, relaxing shade of yellow. We should all be so lucky.

 
 

This is just a basic rental kitchen — no fancy upgrades here, but it looks like a simply lovely place to cook, eat breakfast, and chat with a friend over a cup of tea. Leslie says that the color of the kitchen walls (in case you're wondering) is Kelly Moore: Dreamsicle. We love the delicious yellow and those playful fake flowers on the table. That pop of ruffled color is unexpected and cheery. And no water to change, too!

See the full tour: House Tour: Leslie and Adam's Home for Two

Do you have a yellow kitchen? Here are a few more from our archives:

Kitchen Keeping: Yellow Kitchen Inspiration
Look! Another Yellow Kitchen
Look! Yellow-Painted Kitchens
Kitchen Spotlight: Meghan and Shawn's Vibrant Orange

(Images: Phillip Maisel)

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beautiful. anyone know where those chairs came from?

posted by shlowzi on May 14th 2009 at 4:10pm
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i love this.
i'd be thrilled if this were my kitchen!

posted by abigailbelle on May 14th 2009 at 4:21pm
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*sigh* how nice this is!

Do you know what I want the Kitchen, and AT in general to do? I think that y'all should have a "I rent therefore I can not paint" week. All your posts would be themed around those of us with grumpy landlords who don't allow us to make any permanent changes to our apartments -- you could round up all your best ideas for those of us who live in beige-on-white rooms, with popcorn ceilings, 20 year old appliances, and greige colored wall-to-wall carpet.

My kitchen is the worst -- ugly appliances, ugly linoleum, ugly cabinetry, terrible lighting, and white walls...

posted by mlleErica on May 14th 2009 at 5:06pm
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Where did those ruffle flowers come from, or how can I make them?? Love this color of yellow, I have it in my living room and it just makes a happier home.

And mlleErica -- promise to paint it back and beg beg beg. I rent too, and I've painted EVERYTHING and nailed a thousand holes in the wall....screw the deposit, just paint.

posted by RoseMars on May 14th 2009 at 5:10pm
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I emitted a little *sigh* too :)

nice space

posted by VeryDelishVeg on May 14th 2009 at 6:54pm
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that's gorgeous! I painted every room in my rental (my yellow kitchen was a color called Pineapple Soda), just spackle all the holes and paint it back to white when you're about to move out and your landlord (unless he's a complete ahole) will refund your deposit.
just dont paint any walls brown or black- it'll take many days to cover up! every time i get the itch to paint my new apt i remember how big a pain it is to paint it back.

posted by quote unquote on May 14th 2009 at 6:56pm
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I love yellow kitchens and this is a great one! The flowers are also beautiful and look great against the yellow walls.
I saved today some of my yellow favorites:

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/2947/list/yellow-kitchens

Would be very happy to have any of these one day...

posted by Karen74 on May 14th 2009 at 6:58pm
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Oooo I love yellow kitchens.

posted by jesscon0202 on May 14th 2009 at 9:42pm
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i love the green walls in the bedroom complimenting the cheerful yellow kitchen. what color of green is on the bedroom walls? *sigh*...i wish i had as sunny of a kitchen as she does. Cooking would be fun again.

posted by lona on May 14th 2009 at 10:59pm
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wow, i am jealous.

posted by maggie (p/c) on May 15th 2009 at 8:46am
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This kitchen is eerily similar to mine! I even have the same calendar with the cabbages on it, though if it's the same one, we should be on peas right now. :) The yellow on my walls is just a bit more pale, but otherwise pretty close.

posted by sjbreeze on May 15th 2009 at 10:35am
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I love yellow walls in a kitchen. Kitchens are so broken up with cabinets and appliances, it would be hard for the yellow to become overwhelming. It's sunny and cheerful.

posted by Aldyth on May 15th 2009 at 11:45am
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I lovelove white cabinets.

Siiiigh.

I wish my kitchen got that much light.

Double sigh.

posted by Taratootie42 on May 15th 2009 at 2:31pm
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Hi guys - sorry a little late on answering questions.

Shlowzi - the chairs were from DWR years ago. Don't think they have them anymore.

RoseMars - you can get the flowers online here:
http://www.casabonampak.com/gifapaflsipa.html

Lona - the green in my bedroom is Kelly Moore 'Pick of the Meadow'.

The funny thing about this is that the kitchen is really much more orange in person, but I love how it looks in the photos, too :).

thanks! - Leslie

posted by labexperiment on June 1st 2009 at 1:35am
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