Congratulations to our giveaway winner –
Ariel M
Welcome to the heart of the home – the kitchen! It’s time for Episode Four of At Home with Baby Gizmo and we are taking you inside the Baby Gizmo kitchen!
Our home has an open floor plan with the family room opening up into the eat-in kitchen. The kitchen table is a large table from Ashley Furniture that we’ve had for over 2 years that has held up wonderfully with my three crazy kids. NOTE: I always make them use placemats when eating at the table so that I can prevent as many scratches as I can.
CABINETS
We chose a trendy but traditional kitchen (is that possible?!?) with two different colored cabinets. The majority of the cabinets in the kitchen are antique white while the large, center island is a dark chocolate brown.
FLOORING
We have a dark hardwood throughout our first floor including our kitchen. Since it has that “hand scraped” appearance, it is perfect for a family with kids as it is durable and you won’t obsess about every little scratch or mark. The flooring we have is a Shaw Nottoway Hickory in the “Stonehenge” color by Shaw Floors.
SINK, COUNTER TOPS AND BACKSPLASH
The counter tops throughout the kitchen are a grey speckled granite with an eased edge (there are MANY edges to choose from with granite!) in the color “Azul Platino.” Instead of the ever popular two sided sink, I decided to mix things up a bit and go for the one big “farmer’s sink” option and I love it. Big enough to clean pots and pans or even to soak the bowl of the Crockpot with no problem.
The backsplash in the kitchen is a natural marble Emser Tile and installed in a Versailles Pattern Mosaic laid straight.
ISLAND STOOLS
The island stools that tuck underneath the counter top are the 24″ Spin Counter Stool by Crate and Barrel. If you decide to get these stools, make sure to measure your island height! We bought the 30″ stools first because they didn’t look that tall in the store but when we got them home, they were WAY TOO TALL and you couldn’t even sit up to the island on them. The 24″ stools are perfect for our island whether a child or adult is sitting on them.
APPLIANCES
Our kitchen is stocked with Whirlpool appliances. We have a French Door Refrigerator, a double oven, dishwasher, 5-burner stovetop and a microwave.
Since I insisted on a double oven (and that is usually where the microwave goes – above the oven!), I had to settle with my microwave being in my island. While it is lower and takes some getting used to, we don’t mind it. It’s NOT the best choice for a family with toddlers though. Good thing my five year old knows not to play with it!
LIGHTING
Above the kitchen table, we have a North Park Collection 8-Light Brushed Nickel Chandelier and above the island are two Piedmont pendant lights.
WINDOW COVERINGS
The kitchen has two tall windows by the kitchen table and one smaller window above the sink. We again turned to Blinds.com to help us ultimately decide on Simplicity Shutters to match the rest of the 1st floor windows. We absolutely LOVE these Simplicity Shutters and can’t say enough good things about them. If you think you can’t install shutters yourself, you haven’t seen the Simplicity Shutters yet because yes you can! We even recruited grandma to help! Yes, they are so easy to put up that even grandma can do it!
The shutters took less than 30 minutes to install all three and they look amazing! SHOP the Simplicity Shutters HERE.
So, that’s it! You’ve seen the amazing Baby Gizmo kitchen! Stay tuned for Episode Five in 2 weeks (on Thursday, November 13 at 9:00am EST on our YouTube channel) when we take a look into my office.
To celebrate Episode Four and the fact that it is still Window Safety Month (at least for the next two days!), we are doing a GIVEAWAY!! Woot! Woot!
One lucky winner will receive a $200 Blinds.com gift card to get them started with fabulous window treatments for their home!
What’s up for grabs:
One (1) $200 Blinds.com Gift Card
HOW TO ENTER: Rafflecopter is back for this one but we are making it SUPER EASY to enter! Only one mandatory entry and the rest are optional entries. You can do them if you want or not. Giveaway starts now and ends at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, November 4 , 2014. US only! (Sorry, Canada!) But let us warn you – if you want the extra entries, make sure you actually do the entries! If you click on “leave a blog comment” on the Rafflecopter widget – make sure you actually leave a blog comment. We check! If you don’t do the actual entry – it doesn’t count! You won’t win. We’ll both be sad.
*Disclosure: Thanks to Blinds.com for sponsoring our “At Home with Baby Gizmo” video series.
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Love the kitchen and am VERY jealous!!
My favorite thing to make is pretty much anything with my kids or anything that they love. Currently they’re loving carne asada street tacos.
I love your kitchen! I love cooking just about anything but I just live the smell of bacon on a Saturday morning! We just moved into a great house but oh my are the vertical blinds TERRIBLE!!! I would love love love to replace them with something more modern (like from this century! Ha) fingers crossed!
Enchilada Casserole!
We love making desserts!!
My favorite thing to cook in my kitchen is cookies!
carrot cake!
Cookies!
No fancy kitchen gadgets required but my favorite thing to make in the kitchen is a big bowl of ice cream!
I love making chocolate chip cookies. I love the smell and love the gooey chocolate.
Love the kitchen, it looks very similar to my own. We actually love our microwave hidden in the island.
coffee every morning.
I love roasting portobello mushrooms and stuffing them with brown-rice risotto with sun-dried tomatoes and parmesan cheese!
i love making banana bread its our fav in our family
roast wth all the fixings
My favorite thing to make is memories! Corny, but true. I also love to make chicken tikka masala. And bake cookies and brownies.
Cool.
We love baking cupcakes and cookies.
I love to make anything breakfast! I’m a home daycare provider and cook A LOT for the kiddos! Ha! Today we had French Toast bake w/raisins & sausage baked in. Yummy!
I love making peanut butter chocolate cupcakes. My kids love them 🙂
I love to cook, so I honestly can’t say what my favorite thing is. I love many new recipes, and cooking during the holidays. Recently caramelized walnuts, pears, figs. Thai yellow curry, zuccini pasta with lemon garic butter shrimp, seared scallops, roasted brussel sprouts.
I love to make cookies and bars!
My morning smoothies
beautiful!
my favorite thing to make is caramel popcorn 🙂
I love baking!
Bread
I love baking, especially if it’s sweets 🙂
i love to make cookies in my kitchen!
Since it’s cold weather, I love making soups. My favorite is Chipotle Chicken Tortilla soup.
Brownies!!!!
Pumpkin Pie
Oh we love making bread pudding!!! Our families favorite!
everyone here has their own Fav, my Fav is simple old peanut butter and jelly sandwich…I’ll even substitute banana or apple slices for jelly
I love to bake banana bread
I like to make chili or pasta.
PIZZA
I love making whatever my 10 year old daughter is making. As a Dad I love cooking with her.
I love cooking with my daughter , I just wish she could do the dishes too!
Sweet Treats for my boys!
pizza
Cupcakes with buttercream frosting!
my fave thing to make is brownies or pancakes
Fresh baked cookies
Homemade Chicken & Dumplings & Biscuits & Gravy ❤️
I love the sink , love the tall faucets.
I love morning breakfasts with the family!
Apple cake
I love doing crafts with my kids. It may look more like we are making a mess, but I call it making memories 🙂
Soups, especially during the fall/winter seasons.
Coffee!
I love to make soup because on a cold day like today, it is so delicious and comforting.
Pizza.
Cupcakes!
My family’s favorite Éclair Cake!
I love baking cookies!
Beautiful kitchen, I love the blinds!! my favorite thing to bake is all kinds of squares 🙂
I love Saturday and Sunday morning breakfasts!
Homemade potato salad!
i like to bake cookies
Love to make sugar cookies
Reservations. Har har. I am not a huge fan of cooking but I love baking. My best recipe is probably smores pie and it is quite easy!
Grilled cheese and soap is my favorite thing to cook.
lately, anything with my soon to be 4 year old grand daughter after I pick her up from pre school
cookies
what a nice treat for parents to do a neat project!
My favorite things to make in the kitchen are anything sweet! I love baking and of course eating all the sweets. 🙂
I love making breakfast! Fave meal of the day 🙂
Coconut Macaroons!
I love to make delicious warm, thick soups like pea soup or barley soup for the winter!
I love the double oven feature, corner dishwasher and large sink! 🙂 thanks for sharing Hollie!
I like to make school lunches.
I love to make dinners from scratch for my family. Lately we’ve been making lots of soups!
homemade pizza!
Hmmm… I love to cook/make/bake lots of tasty things… I guess my current favorite thing to make in the kitchen is my lemon cornmeal cake.
i like making waffles
Gorgeous kitchen, And so big! Living in Brooklyn that type of kitchen is a dream. 🙂 I love to bake banana cake in my kitchen. I have some just out of the oven now!
Also… I love to make… Coffee? Does that count? Lol
LOVE the blinds! Great kitchen 🙂
My favorite thing to make in my kitchen is my amazing chili.
Woops, totally read that wrong. My favorite thing to make in my kitchen would be cupcakes! Those are always so much fun. Thanks Baby Gizmo!
The favorite thing about my kitchen is the lighting. It’s a really old kitchen that reallly needs a makeover. Thanks so much for this giveaway Baby Gizmo!
I love baking in my kitchen, especially holiday cookies!
I love baking chocolate chip cookies! MMMM
I love making indian food in my kitchen
I probably get the most satisfaction from making homemade bone broths and then using it in soup. Yum!
I like to make stir fries and desserts, but something tells me it’s going to change to baby food soon!
That kitchen is fantastic. My favorite thing to make is twice baked potatoes.
A mess. My wife does most of the cooking, but I can cook when I need to.
I love making my grandma’s recipes for my family!! Like, Scalloped Potatoes and Ham or Venison Stir Fry 🙂
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i need blinds!
I love making homemade chicken noodle soup from scratch for my family. Other than that, I love to bake cookies! 🙂
I love baking pies.
Your kitchen is gorgeous! I love holiday baking in my kitchen.
I love your island in the darker color, my hope is someday when we can buy our own house to have a great island to act as the center of our home!
I like making pasta dishes and anything sweet.. Cookies, cakes, etc.
What a great contest! I love to bake in my kitchen, and the blinds.com prize would make it possible to make my kitchen more pleasant and pretty to work in.
Cheesecake, cookies, and Thanksgiving dinner.
I love making curry
Beef Wellington!
I enjoyed making family meals – now it is just my husband and myself so that changes things quite a bit.
I make a lot of soup in my kitchen.
I LOVE your kitchen back splash!!! You have the most gorgeous kitchen! My husband loves all things white so this would be a dream kitchen for him 🙂
Love your kitchen!
I love the Granite Counter tops,They are so elegant
Baking is my favorite thing to do in our kitchen, and we have the cutest, white 50’s-era stove which is great.
I love making family meals in the kitchen. There’s just something about knowing your family is going to enjoy the same meal together that makes me smile.
Cupcakes!
I love to cook so I love being in the kitchen. My kitchen is out dated though so I could use a kitchen make over. I’m just in love with your kitchen.
My favorite thing to make in the kitchen is Beef stroganoff from scratch. It’s my best meal 🙂 but I like making new things, I’m still learning haha!
French toast because my daughter loves it!
I love to make baked goods of all kinds! Brownies being one of my favorite.
my favorite thing to make in my kitchen is cookies. i love them.
Well put together!
brownies 🙂
cupcakes
I love making anything with pumpkin in it this time of the year, apples and pumpkin recipes…breads, dips, pie.
Love to make delicious smoothies in my kitchen. Everyone loves them!
I like to bake cakes, pies, and cookies
Our favorite is BLTs or pizza. 🙂
Our favorite thing is pasta! Any type, any way, it’s sure to please in my home if there is pasta involved!
Favorite thing to make is my mother’s wonderful chicken paprika, although I prefer eating to cooking!
I am not a very good cook, but I can bake! I love baking chocolate cupcakes with vanilla pudding filling and vanilla icing! So good!
Gorgeous. Hoping I win!
These look great
Beautiful kitchen! My favorite thing to make is cupcakes!
The full Thanksgiving feast
Love t make pumpkun pie
My husband and I are starting renovations but they are expensive. I would love these things in my house!
i love to bake
Before kids, I loved to bake. Now I seem to get too distracted and burn things! I do still love making cakepops, but it requires hubby to be home. Otherwise, the crockpot is best!
lasagne
Your new home is beautiful Hollie! Love the kitchen!
I love to bake so anything cake, cupcake, pie or bars.
I love making coconut macaroons! Makes the house smell delicious 🙂
I love to bake cookies!
My favorite thing to make is Chocolate Chip Cookies for my kids. They love them!
Love the lighting above the island!!
Meatloaf!
I like to make smoothies for my daughters.
meals for the family
instant noodle lol
Your kitchen is so beautiful, I’m very jealous! Someday I hope to have a house that has a gorgeous kitchen like that. Right now I’ll be content to bake my cookies with my boys in my tiny condo’s kitchen 🙂
Favorite thing to make…hard to decide! I love making meals in the kitchen when my 2 1/2 year old daughter is helping. She is amazing to watch as she is learning and eager to help! Although we both enjoy anything that has chocolate in it the most! 🙂
Turkey dinner with all the fixings!
I love making chocolate cupcakes!!
Love your kitchen. We are buying our first house right now and that gift card would be amazing!
Gorgeous kitchen it looks amazing. I love the color of the flooring with the contrast to the cabinets, very fresh. My favorite thing to make right now is smoked Brisket, it smells amazing all day while it’s cooking and tastes yummy when served at dinner.
I love baking in my 1960s era tiny wall oven!
apple pie
cake
A good meal! Haha, I hate when a recipe goes wrong.
What a beautiful kitchen!