Yesterday I bought a pair of antique corbels,
hoping to use them at the corners of the opening
between our kitchen + dining room.
Like here:
And Like my idol, Sarah Richardson . . .
. . . used in her family’s farmhouse:
Look at all those prints, playing so nicely together!
That’s so Sarah Richardson!
But back to me.
Here you can see our doorway where I hoped to add corbels:
But wait.
It’s kind of hard to see in this photo,
but the cabinet at the right corner is too high on the wall.
There’s no room for the corbel!
F A I L !
The humanity!
Of course, I could always sell my corbels in my retail space.
I will probably do just that, but not before I explore my other options,
or as I like to call it — punting!
Once again, Sarah Richardson serves as my inspiration.
She really likes to use vintage corbels in her designs.
Here are not 1 but 2 pairs,
in the kitchen of that same farmhouse we saw previously:
At the left are painted yellow ones holding a shelf,
+ at right, some white ones are incorporated into the range hood.
Hey! I thought. We’ve not finalized our kitchen’s range hood!
Could that possibly be Plan B for my corbels?
Well, here I am, holding one in place:
Frankly, I am smitten.
They’re certainly beautiful + quite old (1890’s, I was told),
+ I have been trying to add some “age” to our kitchen!
Since I’m not the only person in our household who gets a vote,
we’ll have to wait to see what happens.
As always, stay tuned!
June 7th, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Love the idea of them over the range. Will you refinish them or leave as is? From the pictures, it looks like they blend in extremely well with tile which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the look you’re going for. Hope you get buy-in from your partner in crime!
June 7th, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Sheri — they DO go with all our kitchen choices! I guess we’d wire brush them, to remove all the flakes + possibly seal, as it’s probably lead paint, + we wouldn’t want that to land inside our pot o’ spaghetti! We were over there today, but I said nothing. Sometimes it’s best to wait. 😉