Redecorating my kitchen

For some reason last night I got a bee in my bonnet

to wash down the walls in my kitchen and do a little

redecorating. I didn't purchase a thing. Just went

shopping in my own home.

I wish I had taken before pictures because it really

does look a lot different. Not near as much

*stuff* and focused mainly on white with a little

sea glass color to accent. I am pleased with the way it turned out.

This canister is on hubby's *coffee station* {will show that another time}

It holds different coffees and teas.

I totally redid this shelf. Stripped everything

off of it and plopped it all on the table and

started over.

I got this tiny wreath at Meijer several weeks ago. It is boxwood and I love it.

A favorite chair

I have had this bookcase for quite some time and it

was loaded down with vintage pink print tablecloths

and other goodies so once again I just took

everything off and started over.

I really would like a chippy , white bench here,

but haven't found one yet so this will work for now.

I love my brick. When we first moved here it was

gray and tannish color with black grout! Ugh! Never liked that , but I do now.

I did a makeover on it several years ago.

In a perfect world I would have white cupboards

and chairs, floor etc., but it is just not feasible

especially living on a dirt road so...once again...

make do and I am happy.

I know these aren't white , but had to add them at

the end of the post. This is sitting in the middle of

my table. Thought I had taken a picture of the

table, but I guess not. The plan is to put a flower

in each one...when I get some flowers. lol.

I hope you enjoyed a little peek at my kitchen today. I am loving the sparse look of it. {compared to what it was}

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White Wednesdays posts.

Blogger is giving me fits tonight...grrrr. Thus the reason for the

double spacing etc...wish they would fix it.

Blessings~

Laundry Room Part 2

I thought I would show you the *rest* of the laundry room/

back porch. This is the room we enter when coming in the

house. I absolutely LOVE my tile floor. Favorite floor in

the whole house. Hubby and son did it a few years ago and I could not be more happy.

{you walk in the door right across from my $2.oo chippy

white vanity...need hubby to make a drawer for it...

it's on his *to do* list. lol.}

We need to put some finishing touches on parts of the room yet.

Like fill in with wood behind the washer and trim off the one

end of the shelf. Finish the baseboard trim ...etc. etc.

Sure wish I had before pictures of this room. There was a

large window behind the sink/washer that you could see into

the bathroom! I don't know what they were thinking. It

also had ugly paneling as did a lot of this house so we

drywalled and painted and it looks much better.

We are definitely *do it youselfers*!

I wrote the names of my peony starts that my bff

gave me a few weeks ago on my chalkboard

and they are still there.

We put our old bathroom vanity and sink out here several years ago , but it needs replaced. Keeping my eyes peeled at garage sales...by the way LOVE my sink out here to save the grimy dirt from coming in the house.

Looking out my kitchen door which is off to the right of the vanity.

Still loving my chippy wicker barstools that I found last year. My laundry soap, bleach jug etc. are in the tote on the wheeled cart. {another $3 find from the Goodwill}

Now this is interesting girls. I think I have told you before that this house has almost NO storage, closets, etc. so a girl has to do what a girl has to do. Behind this chippy piece of wood {which I found in the attic years ago} are gallon paint cans stacked up! I put as many behind it as would fit. lol. This corner is looking out my kitchen door and off to the right. I hope you enjoyed your tour today. I have had most of this *stuff* out here for a long time and find the need every once in awhile to mix things up with items in the house so you never know what it will look like. Happy day! Blessings~

Lovely find and update on my dad...

Don't you just love this display mirror?

it even has beveled edges

price...$5.00 !

I know in my last post I told you that my dad is

doing so much better and he is, but he

still needs your prayers.

We thought he would be coming

home today, but now it has been changed

until next week sometime.

His heart doctor wants to implant an ICD

{implantable cardioverter-defibrillator }

Dad was not too keen on the idea,

but after discussing it with my mom

and us kids he has decided to go ahead with it.

He may not be home now until Tuesday

or Wednesday.

He is in very good spirits and we have a

wonderful time when we visit, but it is still

a scary thing whenI realize that it is

my dad's heart

that we are talking about.

Praying that the Lord will guide the doctor's

hands and that all will go well.

Blessings~

White Wednesday Makeover ~

I took everything off of my 5 foot long shelf

in the kitchen yesterday and redecorated the

whole thing for fall~

I purchased the jug that has the hydrangeas in it at the flea market down on the corner this summer for $1.00. Love these sparkly pears and old ironstone lid ~

I purchased several of these small white pumpkins at the festival last Saturday. 5/$1.00. Love old bottles, silver and mirrors ~ along with mercury glass candlesticks and old lace~ Loving vintage photographs ~

and

white~

Have a beautiful day today and be inspired by things

that you love and already have. Just move them around

from room to room and make it look totally different

with fresh arrangements ~

Be sure to visit Kathleen at Faded Charm to see more

White Wednesday posts.

Blessings~

Rearranging ~

I am in the mood to repaint, rearrange and spruce things up! I think it is this warmer weather that has gotten ahold of me. Spring is a time that I always want to dig out and purge my house.

These pictures are shots of my back porch that we enter before coming into the kitchen. I *LOVE* this paint color so I may have the same color mixed to repaint the walls. My son made the little wall cabinet several years ago. I am thinking of painting it white...

We just hauled our ugly looking deep freezer out to the garage and I put this table and chairs in it's place. It looks much nicer~

I love this table and chairs. This is my *MARTHA* set purchased at Kmart a few years ago. It had blue print cushions on it , but I changed them fast. LOLLove this basket of flowers ~

Don't look too closely or you will see holes patched in the wall. I thought I had more of this paint color and so I patched all the nail holes and went to get out the paint and I don't have any! LOL I was bummed ! This shelf goes full length above my washer and dryer. I want to take everything off and redecorate. It has been this way for too long. I will most certainly utilize some of the same decor as I am going to use what I have ~ Love this mirror! I purchased it at a garage sale several years ago for $1.00. Love it as is with it's chippy peely patina ~

I wanted to share this adorable little table with you. I purchased this at Home Goods

last year. I love the pink rose mosiac pattern~

I also found four of these chairs at a garage sale about 9 years ago for 50 cents each! That was some garage sale! They had prices so cheap and I got several items. Old pottery, old valentines,

vintage Christmas ornaments ...you name it they had it. I think the most I paid for anything

was $1.00 ! My kind of sale! Wish I could find them like that now. I remember the year because I was watching my first grandaughter and she was just learning to walk, but I schlepped her along and we did just fine ~ I hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy, peace and blessings!