Styling Our Rental Kitchen Two Ways : Color vs Neutrals

04/11/2017

When we moved into our rental in January, we’ve always known it was temporary.  While we count down the days until Our Austin Casa is complete, we’ve been settling in and making our current digs feel as much like home as possible, without investing too much in a space that we know isn’t for forever.  (We aren’t even hanging curtains or art here because I just can’t justify it for 5 months and hours spent patching holes and touching up paint.)  As Aaron and I slowly select a piece here and there that we know we’ll use in our new space too, I’ve been obsessing over how such small styling pieces can make such a big difference in a space.  Aaron is much more pro-color than I am.  I could live happily ever after in layers of textured whites and grays with muted blush, green or blue tones.  Meanwhile we’ll be at store and he’ll point out a bright orange velvet pillow that he thinks is cool.  (Thank goodness we’re both pretty good at finding a happy compromise!) I thought it would be fun to scrap everything in our rental kitchen and re-style it two ways: first with bright, bold pops of color and secondly in my favorite neutral and wood tones with live plants to pull it all together.  Which is your favorite rental kitchen scenario?! (You already know mine!)

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After || Neutrals:

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Photography by Katie Jameson