A Little Nostalgia and Margot Austin

I am a re-reader.  I always have been.  Sure I love a good, new book, but I possibly love even more the comfort of one I have read before and know I love.  Some of this may have been a coping mechanism when I was younger because I would read books faster than I could get new ones, but I still love to do it.  I have saved most of my favorite old magazines and go through those frequently as well.  So, not surprisingly I sometimes read back through blogs, including ones I read years ago when I first discovered blogs and who have quit posting.  I think I like the feelings evoked and the way they can take me back to who I was at specific moments in time, like going back to blogs that I read when we had just purchased our first house and had no real money to do much with, so the blogs were inspiration for little vignettes and thrift store finds, etc.  But the recession was beginning, so lots of people were in the same boat.  We have more money now for projects but sometimes I still crave that experience of making do.  All of that is to say, I was reading The Newlywed Diaries the other day and came across a kitchen that I love, in fact I think I may have it Pinned to multiple boards, and discovered the portfolio of Toronto based creative Margot Austin.  These images are all from her site.

This is that kitchen.

And some other beauties, some I have seen before and some are new to me!

That kitchen I love so much was done around ten years ago!  And I still love it and it still feels fresh to me!  Just to show that good design can be timeless, and when you are working on your home you should always go with your gut and what you love!  AND you can always find something new in everything, even things you have read or seen before!