Dreaming of kitchen renovation

Our kitchen is pretty small and we often dream of removing a wall to create an open space with a kitchen island towards the living-room.
However, I don't think we will ever renovate our kitchen, there is no major work required. But it still nice to dream on how we could get more space by rearranging the furniture or getting new ones.

When I saw this kitchen this morning...


I thought Orna (the owner of this apartment) did a pretty good job in exploiting the wall to create storage space. And I love the nook with spot lights and colorful vases she has to break the continuity of the cabinet wall.

I found her kitchen through this post at Apartment Therapy ;)

Post on reading niches/nooks at Apartment therapy

A couple of days ago, I discovered this post about book nooks and reading rooms at Apartment Therapy homepage, so I thought to share it here as I have been looking at a few others reading niches previously (here, here and here)


If you click on the image you can visit the original post at Apartment Therapy. Enjoy! ;)

Storage ideas

Among the blogs that I have bookmarked through the years there is one that is only about storage ideas. It's Storage | Glee. It's a great source of inspiration if you look for smart ideas.

This post for instance is giving me a great idea for a possible solution in the office/guest room.



Have a look to Storage|Glee if you also look for storage ideas ;)

Two lovely niches

I am in love with niches as you might have understood by now (more on niches here, here and here ).

I find niches also quite practical, they usually exploit the space offering multiple functionalities which is a critical aspect if you have limited space.

So in this post at Desire to Inspire, an idea for a compact desk solution with lots of drawers for storage.



While here at Dwellers without decorators a lovely bed niche.



It seems green is quite a popular color for bed-niche (remember this one?)

Help for inspiration

We have been having this idea for a long time. We wanted to add some more storage space in our small bedroom. So we have been thinking on adding some wardrobes on each side of our bed and maybe some cabinets on top (kind of a 'wardrobe niche bed'), but inspiration has always been short.

As you might have guessed from previous posts, I am a big fun of Kim and Jo's blog Desire To Inspire. I have always found great ideas, inspiration and a sense of refresh in their blog. Among other things they post on their blog, there is a session dedicated to "Reader requests". So today I decided to send them a message to get some help.

Here is a picture of a "wardrobe niche bed" Kim has recently posted on another reader request's post on a completely different topic (pendant light).



Do you also have suggestion for a "wardrobe niche bed"? Or do you actually have one?
What are your sources of inspiration?