A Walk Through Our Unfitted Farmhouse Kitchen -

Discover the charm of an unfitted farmhouse kitchen with a look inside our unfitted farmhouse kitchen. Learn how this design style can create a cozy and unique space for your home.

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When we bought our early 1900’s farmhouse it was in rough shape, the kitchen being one of the worst rooms. The house had sat abandoned for 5 years. There were 5 windows busted out and the backdoor wouldn’t close. So for years, animals had been living in the house. Before we could do any work on the house we had to set live traps and catch 3 raccoons from the house. After relocating the raccoons back outside we started cleaning all of the trash out of the house. We removed 14 contractor bags of trash from the kitchen alone. Since there were animals living in the kitchen nothing was salvageable we ended up having to remove everything down to the studs and start new. After a ton of demo, we ran all new electric, plumbing, and started planning the layout.

Abandoned farmhouse kitchen completely trashed. — Before trash removal.

Removing the drop ceiling from the kitchen opened up the space and made such an impact on the look and feel of the kitchen. When we removed the drop ceiling it gave us back the original 9ft ceilings.

Deciding on a Farmhouse Unfitted Kitchen

I knew I wanted an unfitted farmhouse kitchen. Unfitted farmhouse kitchens have been gaining popularity in recent years due to their unique charm and practicality. Unlike traditional fitted kitchens, unfitted farmhouse kitchens feature standalone furniture pieces, open shelving, and a more relaxed layout.

Since the fixtures in an unfitted kitchen are not secured in place other than the stove and sink it makes it extremely customizable. When you need to make a change to your kitchen it is incredibly quick and easy. Instead of having to completely demo the room to make a simple change, you can simply swap out the furniture pieces to new pieces that work for your space. If we are having our family over or doing a bulk cooking or canning day it is so helpful to be able to rearrange the kitchen however needed. We can remove the island if we need a bigger walking/working area. Or if we need more countertop space we can remove the kitchen island and swap it out for a larger table.

Old abandoned farmhouse kitchen. — After removing trash.

Vintage 1956 frigidare stove in an unfitted kitchen. — After removing trash.

Since the cabinetry in the kitchen wasn’t original to the house we didn’t mind having to remove them. The only real cabinetry we have in our kitchen now is this yellow cabinet. It was previously a hutch and the top sat on top of the bottom half. We got it from an auction and found out that it came from an old store in our town. We separated the top and bottom half, installed wood countertops, and mounted the top half on the wall. The kitchen has 9 foot ceilings so since the cabinet is so large it provides ample storage space.

Our stove is an electric 1956 Frigidaire by General Motors. It has one large coil burner, 2 small coil burners, and one well pot on the back left corner. It can be used to slow-cook food, deep fry, or boil food. It is essentially a built-in pot that sits inside the stove. The left and bottom drawers are storage drawers and the right door is the oven.

Old Hoosier cabinet made into a kitchen island.

If you saw my first blog post revealing our kitchen remodel you can tell from the pictures that within 6 months we have completely changed the kitchen island. We previously had a table and now we have an old Hoosier cabinet base that adds needed storage. This piece has added so much useful storage space to our kitchen but also so much character.

For additional storage of our canned food or previously extra dishes, we added this vintage hutch. We bought it at a flea market for $85 fixed the shelves, added additional supports, and replaced the glass on the bottom half.

The corner door is our pantry. It was previously in the opposite corner of the room but we had to demo it and rebuild it in this corner in order for the kitchen layout to work. We rebuilt it exactly how it was originally and kept the original door and hardware. I stripped the paint off the door and refinished it as well as the hardware.

1956 frigidare stove in vintage kitchen.

1956 Frigidaire stove in a vintage inspired kitchen.

When we first refinished the kitchen we originally left the brick behind the stove exposed. We have since covered the brick with beadboard. We loved the brick but couldn’t figure out how to create an efficient shelving system that didn’t make the wall look overwhelming. Since covering the brick we added a shelf to add some functionality to this space. Since covering the brick with beadboard the kitchen finally looks and feels complete now.

Farmhouse sink in Lewis Acres Homestead kitchen.

The sink in our kitchen holds alot of sentimental value to us. It was previously Ben’s great-grandparent’s kitchen sink. In the 1950’s they remodeled their kitchen and they took the sink back in the holler and left it there. A few years after Ben and I had been married we were riding four-wheelers on his family farm and I saw the edge of something white sticking up out of the creek. We dug it up and found this beautiful vintage cast iron double basin double drainboard sink. I instantly fell in love. We had it installed in our previous house and when we sold our house we brought it with us to this one.

The sink base is not original. As you can tell from the pictures below the original base was not salvageable so we bought the 4 sink legs and built the rest of the sink base ourselves.