Dream House: Kitchen and Patio

Staying with my house design of my dreams, I bring everything to the heart of the house: the kitchen. My dream kitchen, like my bedroom, is full of natural light. It's easy to clean and doesn't have a lot of mess on the counters. It leads directly to the patio for entertaining. And my patio is a safe haven for everybody.

This picture is so pretty with the skylights. I want so many skylights in my kitchen.The natural wood above matches the bedroom, and I really want that style throughout the house. I hate how small the kitchen is and those red cabinets are not my style, but I love the ceiling!



This is the color scheme I want in my kitchen! The dark wood and the light counter-tops look amazing! I also really like how open it feels.



This stove and oven is amazing. I'd rather have a glass range because it's so much easier to clean, but having a separate griddle for pancakes (which I love) would be amazing!! Also, If I plan on entertaining a lot, I should also have a lot of oven space to make so much food for so many friends.



We must have a dishwasher! I hate the look of a drying rack on the counter! It doesn't need to be fancy. It just has to work.



The kitchen has to have a bar for casual dining. It's also good to have me be entertained by people as I cook for a party.



I want a pantry. More than anything in the house I must have a pantry.  A place that holds my food and doesn't look cluttered would be amazing! It doesn't need to be huge, but this one in particular is pretty. I love the shelving on the outside with the plants. If I'm going to have a lot of natural light in my kitchen I might as well have pretty plants.




I want my pantry to be uniform and organized with lots of glass.


Cans will be visible and organized so I can see what we have at a glance.


I have a coffee nook in my house right now, and I love it! I want one in my dream house. It's a place to keep all the coffee making supplies we have and display our mugs. I drink a lot of coffee so having this is convenient and lovely.



Now we get to the patio, which is an outdoor extension of the kitchen into an outdoor dining and entertainment area. The windows in the kitchen open up to the outdoor bar. This is where drinks are served from the ease of the kitchen.



I also must have a table outside. There's something magical about eating outside during 3 seasons of the year (Winter non so much)



The outside is a magical place. It's made of stone and has both fire and water features. I'd rather have a fire pit than a fire place, but otherwise it's a relaxing place to both write and entertain.




The drain off from the rain feeds into a




KOI POND!!! Which drains into my natural pool, of course.