My New Rattan Serving Cart (how I will use it in my kitchen + why I am so enthusiastic about it!)
Just a few weeks in the past I had an epiphany that led me to (unexpectedly however excitedly) purchase a rattan serving cart! I’m SO thrilled with it! The reality is I didn’t plan so as to add ANY furnishings (besides our eating desk and chairs) after we designed our kitchen and eating room.
Generally you don’t actually understand how a room will come collectively till:
1) you begin making an attempt numerous preparations, or
2) you’re in it (not simply it on paper)
That’s how this rattan serving cart ended up on this particular spot in our residence! It was meant to be. At this time I’ll share extra about this serendipitous addition to our kitchen and eating space, why it really works properly for us, how we’ll use it and what this added piece brings to design-wise our house!
Whereas I like free standing furnishings for storage and including character to a room, as we had been designing our kitchen and eating room we realized it actually wouldn’t make sense to include furnishings (aside from the desk and chairs). We didn’t have many partitions to work with (all the three foremost rooms are smallish and open/related to one another, plus two of the partitions are full of French doorways), so we selected to make use of the obtainable wall house within the eating room and kitchen for built-ins.
This choices and association actually helped us to maximise flooring house, in addition to enhance storage and performance in an “open” format, and I can’t wait to share extra of the small print and the entire renovation within the reveal!
As I discussed, the rattan cart wasn’t within the unique design plan. But it serendipitously turned out to be the proper piece for our room and appears so charming with the island, too! I like when a room comes collectively organically. I at all times anticipate an area evolve as we dwell in it, however meaning you don’t at all times get to know prematurely precisely how that can occur. It’s important to TRUST it is going to come collectively in time! And infrequently if I’m affected person, slowly however absolutely room will disclose to me what it desires :).
Just a few months in the past I did an inspiration weblog submit on rattan bar carts, by no means imagining on the time that we’d ever have room for one ourselves!
I knew I cherished the look and had seen so some ways to make use of rattan carts (plus my mother had a rattan cart in her residence for YEARS!), so there was no query I’d love one in my residence. But it wasn’t till I used to be lastly standing in my new eating room in the future, observing the house we had obtainable that I may think about how a small cart can be good. It could not solely work space-wise with the desk and chairs in place, however looks like a “meant-to-be” design determination!
To make sure we want it there, we introduced in an analogous cart (the one we bought this summer time for the porch). It wasn’t the suitable dimension (only a wee bit too massive, however each inch counts), nevertheless it confirmed that we’d love an analogous piece in that spot. Now if we may discover simply the suitable dimension, colour and form we’d be set!
I used to be so excited as a result of I instantly discovered a rattan serving cart that checked all the containers, so I ordered it on the spot (and bonus I had a $50 credit score and it was on sale!). MEANT TO BE!
It’s actually is a superb addition to our kitchen/eating space in so some ways. Not too massive, not too small. I like the way it brings a delicate shift and connection within the perform from the “kitchen aspect” to the “eating space.” It additionally brings collectively and provides to all of our heat toned textures, from the slicing boards and the wooden flooring to the metallic fixtures over the island. I additionally love the best way it contrasts with the pure stones and comfortable creamy cupboards. It feels excellent, so heat, homey and alluring, like I deliberate for it to be there all alongside.
I feel many instances, that’s the easiest way to design a room. It may possibly end up even BETTER whenever you don’t plan each element to start with! It’s enjoyable whenever you discover that sudden piece, or there is a component of shock with the way it got here collectively, or whenever you merely have the enjoyment of watching it evolve and grow to be your individual over time.
That is what I hoped for in our kitchen. I wished the general design to really feel welcoming, traditional and timeless, as if it at all times been right here in our household. But with a view to really feel prefer it’s really at all times been with us and can be for years to come back, it could naturally evolve as a result of we’d get pleasure from it and dwell in it.
Whereas it’s a brand new kitchen and a brand new serving cart, each day it’s feeling increasingly more like a household residence we’ve at all times cherished and at all times will.
So how will we use the rattan cart and what’s on it now?
I can’t wait to make use of this rattan cart in several methods and naturally, share it with you every season. In addition to wanting actually cute, it’s so helpful to carry issues we might have each day, like a stack of cloth napkins, our favourite little trays and numerous trivets, some coasters, a small wooden slicing board, a vase for flowers and wooden flatware that not solely seems to be so fairly on show nevertheless it helpful to seize from the desk. Plus it’s enjoyable to have the ability to lean artwork (which we did on the decrease shelf!) or set potted vegetation, show seasonal decor or foliage, and even to arrange with dishes or desserts to serve at household gathering! We will additionally transfer the cart round to different locations as wanted.
Glad begin to the autumn nesting season, pals! We’re having fun with getting extra settled and cozy in our residence each day. It’s the perfect season for all issues cozy, so keep tuned as I’ll have a lot to share with you! Thanks for being right here!
Rattan serving cart (on sale!)
Striped blue and white cloth napkins
Blue and white ginger jar (see extra of my blue and white favorites on Amazon here)
Woven charger placemats (see extra woven chargers and different entertaining provides in this folder of my Amazon shop)
Brass ceiling light (see our kitchen design temper board right here for extra sources)
Black and white sample crock is an outdated kitchen canister, out of inventory however discover similar in this Kitchen Jars & Canisters folder
Cupboard colour: Basic Gentle Buff Sherwin Williams
Flooring: actual European White Oak hardwood, engineered. I sadly don’t have a hyperlink to them — they had been bought by means of an area retailer and don’t have any model title I can discover on-line.
See our most up-to-date renovation replace right here.
Rattan Bar Carts inspiration rooms
My flea market discover rattan shelf (nonetheless have this, now in our visitor room!)
My rattan daybed (that is now in our Comfortable which has been lately rearranged after getting new flooring, I’ll share that quickly!)
Inspiration: Rattan and Bamboo Accent Furnishings
My “Rattan Love” Pinterest board with inspiration photos
My out of doors serving cart (+ easy gathering inspiration)
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