kitchen style
Tucked among the dishes, framed art makes the shelves seem more like a thought-out display.
backsplash
Keeping the kitchen’s original navy tiles was one of the concessions Tamar made for the sake of her budget. “I don’t love them, but I didn’t want to sink a lot of money into changing them,” she says. “And they do look pretty good against the white walls.”
counters
Tamar admits she’s neglected the IKEA butcher-block countertops—“We’ve never sanded the areas around the sink, and we should,” she says— but she loves their timeless, neutral look.
Get a vintage digit with meaning. This 5 from Etsy represents the number of people in Tamar’s family.
accent wall
Once she did away with upper cabinets, Tamar found she had plenty of wall space for decorating. Here, she hung a painting of a rose from Christmas Tree Shops, a colorful print from Etsy, and an IKEA chalkboard. The hooks hold grocery totes and aprons.
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meet the owner NAME: Tamar Schechner HOMETOWN:
Shelburne, VT KITCHEN STORY: When
Tamar and her family moved to Vermont in 2005, they rented their home. Then it went on the market, and they snapped it up. They’ve been making tweaks to the kitchen ever since. FOR SHOPPING SOURCES, SEE PAGE 136.
