Coffee Breath

Lets talk kitchens!

Paris and I live in a loft here in NYC which is fun but has been a big project to decorate! I’m finally getting around to slowly creating a space we both LOVE but one of the hardest parts has been the kitchen. You might think the kitchen isn’t important but IT IS TO ME! So Today I’m sharing why we spend so much time I the kitchen & what we do there along with my plans for decorating it, weee!

Morning Routines:

Why the kitchen? Well Paris has a fulltime job outside of the work he does on weekends for Color Me Courtney. His job has odd hours, 10-7 so when we aren’t doing a early AM shoot (which I try to cut down to only 3 times a week + weekends) we like to spend our mornings in the kitchen. My office is part of our living room, so its nice to unplug a bit in the different room of the house.

Paris is a big coffee drinker but his coffee is mostly cream & sugar and I usually prefer tea with cream, I know that’s weird but my mom was an exchange student in high school to New Zealand and brought the habit back before passing it on to my brother and I. Paris and I love sweet treats, and I could eat a burger or anything not breakfast-y the moment I wake up, so we’ll spend our mornings enjoying a little time together made sweeter with International DelightOREO^®cookie flavored creamer yum! It honestly tastes JUST LIKE OREOS so you know I love it. Although I am kind of a dessert queen, I prefer my drinks to not be too sweet but still yummy so a splash of the new International Delight creamer is the perfect way to start my day. We joke that Paris’s coffee is barely coffee when he’s done with it, it’s pretty much 75% creamer. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating but he does love dosing his coffee with it in the morning giving him the perfect balance of sweetness and cream to kick start his day. After we have our morning drinks, he’s off the office and I start working usually from our apartment. I love having these sometimes still mornings together made sweeter by International Delight creamer!

The Apartment From Hell

Our last apartment ended up being the apartment from hell. Long story short, our fridge broke and they did everything they could to prevent from having to replace it, even though it was a recalled model. We went without a fridge for nearly 4 months, living off take out and warm drinks. Yuck. Once our fridge was fixed we have one month of apartment bliss before the gas line in our building blew due to construction going on across the street, so then we couldn’t really cook yet again. Now that we’re in an apartment with a working fridge AND stove I cook as much as possible because we got so sick of eating out.

Evening Routines

Most evenings I cook around 7 because Paris gets home at 730. Waffles will join me on the floor cleaning up scraps and I’ll have tea, often with Oreo creamer while I get my chef on. When Paris gets home he’ll snack on something like actual OREOs (we’re loving the new Rocky Road ones) and either coffee or tea before we sit down to eat. Whatever drink he chooses, you know he makes it a treat with International Delight OREO^®cookie flavored creamer! We usually eat in the living room while watching TV (I know, so not adult of us) enjoying our sweet drinks and dinner. Sometimes I’ll have another cup of tea after dinner or instead of the one while cooking if I have to stay up late and work after Paris goes to sleep. Either way, having that burst of sweetness with the new International Delight creamer can add a smile to my sip!

Our Kitchen
Renting can be tough because you cant do much to your apartment. Our seriously white kitchen cabinets and bland appliances drive me bonkers, if I owned this place the fridge would be bright yellow, the floors would be retro black and white and the cabinets would be covered. But I don’t so I’m planning on infusing color into the space with some paint and accessories. I’m half way there now, with sprinkles of yellow throughout! Every room in our home has a theme, and the kitchen is lemon themed with lots of yellow accents and lemon shaped things! I’m pulling in pops of blue too, so in all it matches so well with our favorite coffee creamer here’s a look at what we have planned for our kitchen in the future I cant wait for you to see it when its all done!

SHOP THE LOOK:

OH and if you’re looking for some more inspo, hop to Carriecolbert.com to see how my good friend carrie created the cutest coffee cart centered around color and International Delight OREO^® cookie flavored creamer!

OH and if you’re looking for some more inspo, hop to Carriecolbert.com to see how my good friend carrie created the cutest coffee cart centered around color and International Delight Oreo Creamer!