Cape Breton Christmas Kitchen

Renovation with neon apple green walls 

Neon apple green with red-anodize stained cabinets.  Very Christmas-y but not something that you commonly see. Not something that you’d want to commonly see.  Even the owners of this kitchen—who love this color combination—admit they would never do anything like this in their primary residence where timelessness and understatement rule.

But this is a cottage.  A cottage only visited for a few weeks a year.  A cottage that can therefore be a lot bolder than the house you live in day-to-day. 

They fell in love with the property 6 years ago because it had the serenity of a summer camp, albeit one that has swapped adults for children, down-filled beds for bunks, and fine wine and food for grub.  But with the original colors of the kitchen (first with plaid wallpaper—eek!—and then with many trials of neutrals) the space felt depressing rather than serene.  The neon-apple color lifted the spirits and the energy, and yet—when lights were dimmed—it fell back into that zen feel that was sometimes needed.  

I swear if you were there you'd see what we mean.