Finally the Kitchen Reveal!

 Whew! This has been long in coming, finally after a full year my kitchen is officially done! Here is how it looked when we moved in 2 1/2 years ago. Tons of brown laminate cabinets, yucky linoleum, ugly light fixtures. Can anybody say REDO? 

Warning, LOTS of pics ahead!
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 The angled base cabinet on the right in the pic below was removed to give a more open feel and flow.

The only thing it really had going for it was it's size, windows over the sink, lots of cabinets and it had a pantry. But as for aesthetics ......well to put it nicely she needed a complete makeover some 'work'. Oh and that non-working dishwasher, she found a new home at the local dump. 

This is how it looks today!  My goal for this makeover was to give the kitchen more of a Farmhouse feel, I think I accomplished that, at least my version of a farmhouse. It always amazes me what a little white paint can do to transform a space.

We primed and painted with Behr Creamy Semi Gloss. 

 The flooring was purchased a while back but we needed to finish all the painting before putting it down. It's a click and lock floating floor. My hubby laid the floor in two days, he did a wonderful job. Super easy to lay just a little time consuming with the cuts on the end.

 The stove area feels the most different to me, I love how the stove just blends in now instead of sticking out like a sore thumb.

I decorated the top of the cabinets with farmhouse decor.

Our everyday plates are really handy stored in this plate holder. That white canister holds the dog treats.

 The crock holds all of my commonly used utensils. Love my little kitchen lady with her cute little apron.

I added this cute little cast iron stove to the pic later. Some of the parts are missing but I still love it!

My Pot Belly Cabinet looks great now against the wood floor. This cabinet holds my coffee fixin's, extra kitchen towels and all of my spices. 

 I added some cute little accessories to the kitchen table.

 I fell in love with this cute little truck and my cow salt and pepper holder fit in the bed perfectly!

I like adding little 'signs' with Scrabble Tiles like this 'Eat Here' sign.

 Most of you saw this corner from when I first started this kitchen redo eons ago, you only saw part of this corner cause that's all the further I got, sad I know lol. The pic below is the one I showed. 

It shows the old curtains too.

Remember this fabric I showed you a couple of weeks ago? Well I made the Roman Shades with them.

  

I love the view out of this window. That's my little garden shed out there waiting for a makeover inside. But that's another day and another post.

 I picked up this little rack at the flea market and thought it would make a cute towel holder, I added the pantry sign to it just in case people forget where the food is, haha, fat chance of that happening.

 My dog Semper loves the floor too! He hardly ever laid on the old linoleum floor.

I put our little juke box in here and now I do dishes dancing to the oldies lol.

 Here is a close up on my cow head with a boxwood wreath.

 Those eggs came from my sweet little Lavender Orpingtons.

 We love eating in the kitchen now, it's such a cozy place.

 The morning sun streams through this window and when you are sitting at the table you can see the horses out in the field having their breakfast too.

These old chairs came from my father in law, I painted them black and distressed them. They are a perfect fit for my farmhouse kitchen table.
 I put felt gliders on all the furniture, refrigerator and stove so the floor won't get scratched. but in case it does I bought one of those handy stain pens.

I love this little truck My hubby got me another one that I'll show you in a couple of days. That's HGTV on the TV in the background, heck my husband even loves watching it now too.

I made this sink skirt instead of putting cabinet doors back on, I used onasburg fabric and just some white cotton for the ruffled trim. I just wanted some softness to break up all the wood. 

So that's it for my kitchen reveal! Now on to the master bath, a woman's work is never done and she makes sure the hubby's isn't either :)
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Blessings, Teresa

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Little Side Board and Some More Changes

I finally painted my flea market find side board with Annie Sloan Old White.

The bottom seemed like it was calling for some sort of applique. The below pic is before I painted it.

 I thought this keyhole applique looked cute.

Here's the inside before.

 I lined it with some wallpaper samples that I had, just sort did a patchwork of patterns..

Before I did anything......

And after......

It's a little hard to see the difference especially the applique but trust me it's there! The glass pulls make it look so much prettier. I'm thinking of making a new runner for the top instead of the burlap, too much brown for my liking.

Added a little boxwood wreath to this lamp.

The table has a few little changes also.......

It is now sporting a burlap pumpkin and a sweet little turkey tureen I picked up for $2, can you believe that???

So things are taking shape in the dining room, there is just one more big item I'm working on in here, the hutch (you can see part of the hutch in the previous pic, medium oak brown wood which I'm so over) yep I'll be painting that with Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint, can't wait to show you! Oh and those med oak brown chairs? they're going bye bye too.
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A Little Sideboard for the Dining Room

If you have been following my blog lately you know that I've been working on my dining room. On one side of the room I had this shelf that I restyled a while back, see here for that post. 

It's the one I added chicken wire to the window part.

I had always felt it was a little too crowded on that side, too much going on and I had no where to put extra food dishes when company came. So.......while I was browsing my favorite flea market yesterday I spied a great deal! The answer to my dilemma 

She called out my name.....

I got it for only $25, I thought that was a great price. Someone had already painted it but I'm going to go over it with ASCP in Old White and add some architectural interest with some furniture appliques.

Maybe some new pulls also.

I added a old grain sack to the top. There is a slight etching in the wood around each knob, you can barely see it in this picture.

My 'Thanksgiving' dishes stored inside. I haven't done anything to this cabinet yet, I plan to finish off the inside too, paint or a pretty paper maybe.

Pretty legs and crossboard too.

It's funny how when you see pictures some things just stand out, like that hanging lamp cord lol. Anyway, I now have a little area to put buffet food and it's not so busy on this side of the room anymore, don't you agreed? I'll be doctoring up the little cabinet this coming week. The chicken wire shelf? It's still in this room on a different wall. That's it for today, happy blogging!
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