6.14.2009

Back to Basics - Breakfast Nooks

image from decorati.com
Love, love, love the breakfast nook. They are practical, inviting and social. This fabulous nook is in the Manhattan apartment of New York's very talented designer, Amanda Nisbet. I love how she brilliantly combines multiple styles with stainless steel chairs, fuschia floral upholstered bench and mahogany table.


I am a huge fan of black and white kitchens. This one found in House Beautiful and designed by Carleton Varney is striking with black & white Unity and Embrace baskets from Rwanda against the white wall (Benjamin Moore's Decorator's White). The black Catalina Chairs from Ficks Reed are divine.



This airy kitchen banquette by NY designer, Evelyn Benatar combines traditional, contemporary and retro styles. The crystal lighting fixture is my favorite element. And one suggestion - add a chair with an upholstered cushion in a fun modern blue & brown print to the table.



This breakfast nook in action was designed by Markham Roberts for this late-19th-century Southampton home is as comfortable as it is functional. He upholstered the bench in durable cotton strie. Image from House Beautiful.

What's for breakfast?

6 comments:

  1. House of Slappy6/14/2009 5:50 PM

    Wow! These are all great, I love the first photo and the colors and simplicity in the 3rd photo are yummy.

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  2. Haven and Home6/15/2009 6:55 AM

    I love the first one and last one. I want a breakfast nook, although that may just be an excuse for a banquette.

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  3. Averill6/15/2009 9:18 AM

    Thanks so much for the inspiring photos! I'm planning on having a banquette installed in my new house and these are some great ideas to file away. The Amanda Nisbet one is my favorite; I love those steel chairs. Any idea where I can get some look-alikes?

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  4. Sanity Fair6/15/2009 12:58 PM

    The black and white kitchen - such a great off-center plate arrangement... it would work just as well in a traditional setting!

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  5. Things That Inspire6/15/2009 5:54 PM

    Wow, stopped by to see what you are up to and I see that we have the same thing on our minds - breakfast rooms! I promise that I did not see this before crafting my post - I have been working on this post on and off for a few weeks (mostly off, as I am in California this month and just enjoying the beach!). I love your pictures, they represent much cozier and comfortable spaces than the ones in my post.

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  6. Terry6/15/2009 7:51 PM

    I don't think I've see more than one booth picture at a time. Cozy space savers. We have a place for one. We're always talking about it. The one with red cushions is almost "it." Thanks for these.

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