Nicely curated. Love the stripes with the grey!

The striped wall is amazing, especially with the white/black stove as well as the green accents in the bottles. You really brought something special to the space. I'm totally enamored.

I am in love with the orange striped wall, of course it doesn't hurt that I love orange. Great job!

Cute! My favorite simple little touches? The green bottles in the window and the framed spoons. Nice!

I love your place! Beautiful, and it looks like real people live in it. Bold choices!

Nice! But where is the kitten???

So you painted your kitchen to match your cat? That's adorable. :)

I normally hate stripe walls...but I'm pleasantly surprised by this one. Love the tabby cat inspiration.

Totally charming and well done.

Adorable!

I love it, but... show me the kitten!

Fresh and lively. You have a deft touch -- it's not overdone or cluttered. (Thank you for having dishes -- clean of course -- in your dish drainer.) Love the framed spoons. Did you make it? I'd love the directions.
Last request: bring on the kitten!

awesome. :)

I love your kitchen. maybe put one black stripe on the frig somewhere, it looks a little naked.

My wife and I got this apartment in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago back in April and have managed to make it into a home that suits our modern-eclectic style. We have literally painted every room in the place, cleaned as much as humanly possible, and made a few cheap improvements along the way.

This summer I decided to surprise Kristine with a kitten as her wedding present from me! As I mentioned, he was ultimately the inspiration for the orange stripes in this room.

Thanks to everyone for adding our kitchen to your favorites and for offering such kind words as well! I should have definitely included our kitten, Rafa, in some of the photos, but he was running around the whole time I was shooting. For those interested, here's a photo of the little guy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42999171@N05/6314094186/in/photostream

Best Wishes!

Cory

The best part is the how your fab walls gently make the eye glide right over the completely ordinary cabinets and fake wood laminate and ooh and aah.

Yeah, believe me, if we could get rid of those cabinets, we would! We're wrestling with the possibility of painting them...

As for the spoons, I sewed them onto a foamcore backing covered with burlap using some simple thread. Add the frame, and Bam!

I generally can't stand orange, but this is great!

Over the top. Got my vote.

What I like best is that this is clearly a cheap fix--in the sense that you didn't hire a designer and replace the entire kitchen. You made the dated cabinets fade right away. Really, really clever. No excuses for me now ;)

You did a great job with your room, it's very cheery! The orange stripes add a lot!

If you do paint the cabinets in the future, may I suggest white cabinets with dark grey doors. OR for my own cabinets (which I painted white) I painted the inside backings a different color and also removed all the doors off the top cabinets. Obviously, cannot have clutter of any kind, but it makes my small kitchen look a bit more open and airy.

Ohh! and also love the spoons!

Hey neighbor! This is really inspiring, since I pretty much know exactly how this would have looked before...since that's what my kitchen looks like. You did an amazing job!

Amazing work, friends!

I love this room SO much because it shows how simply a can or two of paint can transform a room. I agree with cynzano... I've had counters I had to "live with" and the stripes are a great distraction.
Cheers to your tabby.

Cory- love the orange!

Where's your dining set from? I need something like that for my tiny apartment!

We picked that lovely little table and chairs up from none other than IKEA. The best part is the table has two leaves that extend from either side so it actually doubles in size. Perfect for tiny little kitchens like yours and ours!

I am so impressed with how you made the faux butcher-block laminate and generic wood cabinets almost melt away with the bold orange stripes! My cats (white, black, white-and-grey, and orange) all approve the color scheme too!

Cory, I love your Kitchen!! I love the orange and grey, great job!

I too love the stripes and I'm impressed with the orange paint you chose - the hue is perfect!

Super Fun! Love it! Good job Cory! I want to see the kitty :)

Fantastic use of bold color and patterning! Thanks for sharing your cute kitchen with the rest of us readers. I will definitely be using it as inspiration for my modest little place!

Good job!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic job transforming such a small space into such a beautiful one! Love it.

I have officially decided to try my hand at painting stripes in my bathroom!

I voted this because it does cleverly transform what was probably a very plain rental kitchen. It looks fantastic but not outside of the realm of what a normal human renter could accomplish with a little creativity and motivation.

Love the use orange and stripes. Orange is on of the best colors 'fro a kitchen. The white stripe makes it pop while giving the eye a place to rest. Love it!

fantastic space. cute details. lively & very very stylish. this is the kitchen holly golightly should have had, once she named the cat.

house tour with cat please...