Do you daydream about spending hours in European cafés or possess a severe local coffeehouse habit? While I don’t think anything could ever top the chance espresso I’d in a Tuscan hill town when my friends and I were missing, I had a heavy local coffee shop habit heading for awhile. I could walk right up the road from my home and get a mean Guatemalan Antigua. However, as the cost appeared to rise every month, I started to take notice of just how much my addiction was costing every week, month and year, also had to drop the habit.
What was it about that place that was so attractive? It certainly wasn’t the laptoppers who hogged up prime tables for hours, the stroller brigade obstructing the paths to the counter or needing to trick the hipsters who took my cash and rarely remembered to hand me a paper cup with which to function myself the coffee. It was a combination of yummy aromas, fantastic ambience, exposed brick, fantastic music, coffee bean sacks, cool industrial light, local artists’ work and more.
Here’s the way to cut back on your pricey coffeehouse habit and get some of the ambience at home rather.
Rebekah Zaveloff | KitchenLab
Open your eyes to the elements of your favorite coffeehouse. I have noticed that kitchen designer Rebekah Zaveloff has submitted a few photos of her favorite coffeehouses from around the globe on , also you can see how it pushes her work in residential flats.
Rebekah Zaveloff | KitchenLab
Think beyond can lights. Component of the ambience of this coffeehouse is soft light and unique fixtures. Inside this kitchen schoolhouse-style ceiling lights, swing-arm sconces and industrial pendant lights all add to the vintage modern style.
Theresa Fine
Swipe eclectic-style inspiration. One thing I adore about coffeehouses is that the diverse industrial style — salvaged pieces, zinc accents, tin-tiled ceilings, reclaimed wood, exposed brick. The open shelving, accent wall and one of a kind island (a Tibetan altar) all give this home charming café style.
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Romanelli & Hughes Custom Home Builders
Pick café-style seating. Thonet bentwood bistro chairs are a timeless choice; having two small, round tables adds to the coffeehouse feel and keeps this space open.
Koffka Phakos Design
A chairs by Tolix are just another alternative which provides French flair. Originally designed in 1934, these galvanized steel classics are still made in the exact same city in Burgundy where they were first designed. As seen in a few of the photographs they come in stools.
Tim Barber Ltd Architecture
Woven café chairs are a longstanding staple in cafés and restaurants in France (this is currently in Collioure) and have become quite popular here in the States, indoors and out.
Consider an integrated banquette. A tufted banquette paired with a small café table makes a cozy spot for getting revved up in the afternoon. The chalkboard adds café style.
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Yvonne McFadden LLC
Line up a few tables for two. In case you’ve got more room, consider lining smaller tables up restaurant-style rather than having one big table.
Ogawa Fisher Architects
Enjoy the view. My coffee shop has this fantastic bar along the pub so that you can watch the world go by while you sip your latte. This kitchen is open to the lawn in exactly the exact same way, with a perch to enjoy the view.
Gleicher Design – Architecture & Interiors
Take it outside. Have you ever been to a café or coffeehouse that’s just a couple of coveted tables on a small deck, balcony or sidewalk? Scoring one feels just like a major victory. Have that feeling daily by bringing the notion home. Café chairs and a small table can match on some of the tiniest balconies.
Kate Michels Landscape Design
Debbie Dusenberry, aka CuriousSofa.com
Make the most of a corner. You don’t need a lot of room to create a café nook. This designer combined a spool tabletop, an industrial floor lamp and pendant lighting, and short Tolix stools to get the appearance in this small corner.
Adrienne DeRosa
Create a pub wall. One thing I adore about coffeehouses is that they supply an ever-changing show of local art pieces available. Treat your walls like a gallery and then rotate pieces around if you would like to switch things up. I wonder if this office provides its owner a small bit of the laptopping-at-the-coffeehouse feeling?
Whitney Lyons
Upholster with coffee bean sacks. They can add character to any style of upholstery. Photo stylist Shannon Quimby has been doing it for years.
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Ask local coffee haunts if they’ll give you their coffee bags to get a DIY upholstery project.
Dreamy Whites
Set an espresso channel. Stash cups, saucers, beans and sugar nearby. Perhaps even a cake stand packed with a few baked treats too.
Lindsey M. Roberts
Andre Rothblatt Architecture
Caution: One small espresso machine can lead to something which takes up severe counter space!
Nicole Lanteri Design
Display your china and meals, and involve chalk when you do it. Open shelves hold a cake stand set, well-organized dry products and neat chalk labels. It’s possible to apply coffeehouse organizing style out in the open and in the pantry.
Taste Design Inc
Perhaps you have swiped a tiny coffeehouse or café style for your home? Please discuss it with us in the Comments section.