kitchen

My kitchen....

It is a bit farm-country,

a bit rustic,

and a bit shabby....

but then again so is my entire house.

It doesn't fit into one category.

But I like it that way....

I don't fit into one category either!

As you can see by the use of them

through out the entire kitchen,

I am a bit obsessed with scales.

I adore my concrete counter tops.

I don't think I will ever tire of them.

(and I tire of things pretty quickly sometimes)

I love the rustic feel of it all,

and then a crystal chandelier thrown in.

The contrast is great.

there ya have it!

It's tiny, but it's practical.

(especially since I never only occasionally cook)

white floors....

My latest and greatest obsession...

PAINTED WHITE FLOORS!

I mean just look at how they make a room

look instantly cool, calm and clean.

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They go with any style decor,

and they make color just pop.

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They are even able to bring this Versace style
down a notch or two, to make it
a livable interior.
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and of course, my favorite way to pair it,
with a shabby chic, cottage style.
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These floors take the cake though.
I love how they embraced the timeworn floor that
was there before.
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I have been mentioning the whole white floor thing to Hubby lately.
Our floors are in desperate need to refinishing,
but it would be SO much easier to paint them .

Needless to say,
he has not yet bought into the idea.

Working on that though....

a table moved....

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while....

My computer got stepped on, dropped, tossed, _________

{add your own guess}

by the "ididntdoitmusthavebeenher trolls"

The screen now looks like a lava lamp.

I am hoping it can be repaired.

For now I am using hubby's laptop.

It feels strange not to have my old faithful.

Any who,

I wanted to show you a table that I moved a corner

in my dining room...

I love the mix of a shabby old table

elevated by throwing some crystal candelabras on it.

This is the caddy that I move in and outside

for outdoor dining.

It is filled with old ball jars

that hold utensils....

and then finally,

a pair of old shutters behind everything

to fill the corner....

This is what the table used to look like,

before it got a fresh coat of paint

and a new location....

You can click here to see what landed in the spot

that this got stolen from....

Have a great Monday!

new window treatments...

Ok, so I really am VERY settled on these window treatment.... 

I know I just did the burlap treatments,

{you can check them out here}

but I just wasn't completely satisfied with them.

They are staying in the rotation.

I just think I am going to save them for the fall

when I need some earth tones and burlap....

I waited until Hubby went out of town

before I sneaked hung them up.

A few days later,

He said, "are those new?"

Well by then, the honest answer was no....

I have a loose definition of new.

Happy Day, ya'll!

A buffet for outside...

As I said in my last post,

the Hubby and I have been working on the outside lately...

One of the new additions to the outdoor living area is

this buffet...

I just love it,

and it will make a great area to serve from.

I am going to put a dining table near it...

I just love it!

Back yard is almost completely done!

Actually, it's never done...

...but it looks good for now!

what I drug home...

Remember when I posted about

what I drug home in this post?

well, here it is...

a huge 12' ladder!

It was sitting out on the side of the road....

Someone was actually getting rid of it!

SHOCKING, I know....

I thought I would clean it up and take it in to the shop to sell,

but it looks sooooo good leaned up against this old tree

that I think it will be staying as long as I can keep hubby talked into it.



You should have seen hubby's face on this one.

He could NOT believe that this had found its way to the cottage,

but once I propped it up,

I think he actually liked it.

So, hopefully it can stay.

If not, it will be at LuLu's for sale!

iconic console table...

As I told ya'll in this post

I change things constantly from time to time...

So I thought I would show you

what this console table looks like now....

 I gathered all my icons into one place,

and made them into a little collection.
{the experts say to do that, ya' know!}

Because I have a gazillion few collections

through out my house,

I was not planning on emphasizing the icons

as a collection,

but they just looked so good together.
{guess those experts know what they are talking about!}

So, for NOW they reside together on this table...

By the way,

If you read this post
You can see what I decided to do in the picture above.
Happy Day, ya'll!

book shelves...

I don't think I have ever shared

the book shelf in the formal living room...

So, I thought I would share it today...

it is a bit different than most

book shelves you see...

all the books are facing the wrong way...

some even have the covers pulled off...

or have been folded into a set of bookends
or in decorative loops and laid in an old European dough bowl...

and if you know me,
then you know I had to doll it up a bit more than just books turned backwards. 
 So, an old, old Bible lays open on the shelf...

and the irony of a book folded into a set of bookends...

some coral and some white china...

and finally a few family photos...

wal-law...book shelves, my style.