Hey, hey. Welcome to the first post of 2015, friends.

I'm excited to start a new series today entitled "The Dream House." I don't get to do a lot of major decorating around our rental house these days but hopefully at some point in the near future, we'll have a new house of our own to decorate like crazy. Until then, I decided to lay out all of the ideas swirling around my head in a series of dream plans. Basically, if I was able to design my dream house now, this is how I would do it, room by room. Thus, The Dream House series is born.

On my brain today? The kitchen. True to my roots, I am thinking about a traditional white kitchen with some fabulous contrasting black accents. My dream kitchen also needs some kicked-up pattern and color in the form of rugs and art, as well as some natural texture with hardwood floors and some wooden open shelving.

rug, similar

white subway tile (can't decide... white or gray grout?)

pendant lights

patterned white plates, similar

white cabinets + black island via

reclaimed wooden shelves, similar

Anna Rifle art prints

cook book

copper pitcher

boxwood topiary

coffee print

white farmhouse sink, similar

citrus print

tea set

vintage knobs

What do you think? Are you digging my traditional black and white kitchen scheme?