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We\u2019ve tapped The Faux Martha blogger Melissa Coleman several times in the past for her expertise on streamlined, straightforward cooking. (See The Only 5 Pots and Pans You\u2019ll Ever Need and  The Only Five Things You Need to Cook a Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey.) So when images of her kitchen remodel landed in our inbox, we discovered she also prefers an appealing simplicity when it comes to design. Unfortunately, though, the renovation process itself was anything but simple.<\/p>\n

Melissa and her husband had purchased their lakeside chalet (great bones but in desperate need of attention) in Grand Marais, MN, and decided to overhaul it at a particularly inopportune time\u2014just before Covid hit and phrases like \u201cglobal supply chain\u201d and \u201cZoom meetings\u201d entered daily lexicon. Compounding the poor timing: they were also about to welcome a new baby, their second child, into their lives. Suffice to say, the road to completion was bumpy and long\u2014two years long\u2014but they couldn\u2019t be happier with the results and, in particular, with the kitchen.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in this kitchen makes me want to pack up our life and head north,\u201d says Melissa, whose full-time residence is 4.5 hours away in Minneapolis. \u201cThe steam somehow rolls off your coffee differently here. I love that the kitchen feels beautiful and special, yet not too precious. Like you can come in and cook and make a mess.\u201d Below, she walks us through all of her design decisions that culminated in this hard-working space that also invites lingering.<\/p>\n

Photography by Melissa Coleman, courtesy of The Faux Martha.<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cThe cabin was lined in perfectly preserved original cedar walls when we got ahold of it. And it smelled like it, too. Funny enough, the original kitchen didn\u2019t have any cedar, outside the ceiling, so we lined the walls with cedar to make it feel like it had always been there,\u201d says Melissa. The windows were replaced with new ones from Marvin.
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Above: Because so much of their budget was spent on making over the exterior, the couple committed to remodeling the kitchen on a budget. They made this work by choosing Ikea base cabinets paired with Semihandmade fronts; Melissa opted for the brand\u2019s DIY Shaker style for the cabinet doors and its DIY Slab fronts for the drawers.,

Above: Melissa and her family use the chalet, nicknamed the Minne Stuga, as a vacation home but because they also rent it out, she made sure the dishes would be durable; they\u2019re everyday stoneware from Pottery Barn. The neat accordion light is an Etsy find.
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Above: Melissa chose Marmoleum tiles (in a checkered pattern in black and Barbados) for the same reason: they\u2019re hard-wearing and no-nonsense. Plus, they\u2019re made from material that is all natural and mostly recycled.
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Above: Richlite, an eco-friendly paper composite material that has the look of natural stone, was used for the counters. \u201cWe have them in the bathrooms at the cabin as well. Ours has a muted matte black finish, which looks a bit like soapstone without the price tag,\u201d says Melissa. (For more on Richlite, go here.)
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Above: Melissa considered 50 different greens for the kitchen cabinets before ending up with a shade that\u2019s between Benjamin Moore\u2019s Trailing Vines and Tate Olive. The Ilve stove is from its Nostalgie line, in matte graphite. <\/p>\n

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Above: Melissa liked the original kitchen and contemplated changing just the flooring but ultimately went for a full remodel in order to gain more room (it\u2019s now bumped out by about four feet). <\/p>\n

For more green kitchens, see:<\/p>\n