Another Little Change in the Kitchen

Thank you so much for all the comments on the spice rack. I really love it and I'm always so happy with the creations Jason makes for our home! He really loves carpentry and would love to make a living at it, but these days that's hard to do. But we are really blessed that he can create pieces for our home, because I'm sure our budget wouldn't allow for them otherwise! I love the whole process....dreaming them up together, picking out the colors and supplies needed, Jason building it, next we paint and distress together, and then I get to decorate with it and make gatherings. I don't know whether he gets more satisfaction at finishing a piece and bringing it in or seeing it after it's decorated. He loves the decor too and enjoys seeing the gatherings come together. As much as I would enjoy prim decorating myself, I love it even more that he's proud of the end product. So I guess that makes us proud of each other, right? Anyway, I am thankful Jason is so willing and supportive of my wishes and love of prim decorating. However, I have learned that there's satisfaction for me in compromise (on my part) because this is the guy that never used to like anything distressed (and look how far he's come..lol!) Now there are certain pieces that he just thinks don't need painting (as in my kitchen cabinets) and just loves wood, and I want our home to reflect him too, so together we compromise. And I personally wouldn't want it any other way.

The thing I want to show you today isn't something Jason made, but he did give it a major makeover. I've envisioned this piece very prim although it really wasn't before. Here's what's in my kitchen now, but it didn't look like this before!



Here's what it looked like before. This is a picture from Christmas.



We were really trying to decide what to do with the heart cutout. I thought of a rusty star of some sort but nothing seemed to fit. Jason thought about making one out of wood somehow. I suggested putting a piece of wood over it in a decorative way and Jason thought of a "fake drawer". That was it! I knew when he said it....that was what it needed! So thus the drawer was added to cover the heart!



While talking to Janae one evening by email, she passed along a color that I might like. It's called Barnwood by Valspar. We used it on this table and then distressed it with the antique glaze. Thank you Janae, for the color suggestion because it's great in our kitchen! Jason brought it in and turned it over to me to decorate!

One of the things I love about this table and it's decor is that most of the decorating was done through makeovers from Goodwill finds. Let me tell you a little about them. You'll recognize some from past posts probably.



Here on the table is the first cutting board I found and distressed and added some homespun and star around the handle. Sitting on it is the salad bowl I showed you last week that I made over. The only thing bought new here were the dried pineapples and prim pears inside the bowl. The candle holder was a plain wooden one made over black. The candle was a gift. The crock was the find at the "junk" store on our weekend away during Spring break. I raided my kitchen utensils to makeover most of the wooden spoons.





On the bottom shelf, is the wooden box I found at Goodwill and intended to save for my bathroom redo. Who knows, it may end up there one day, but for now, it worked perfectly here. Tucked inside it is another small salad bowl makeover in black, a tiny cutting board that used to have apples painted on it (another GW find), wooden spoon, pantry cakes and sweet annie.



I've done a little more tweaking here and there in the kitchen. It's a slow process for me. But, I'll share more in the very near future.

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On another note, my mom finally took her cupboard home! I have to say I'm really missing it, but it looks wonderful at her house! I'll try to get some pictures and share it with you in its new home! It looks great with all her blue!

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Again, I'm behind on my blog reading. Next week is our state mandated homeschool testing and since I'm the site coordinator, there's preparation on my part. So needless to say, it's been a busy week between that and our normal schooling and activities.

As always, I love all your comments and I enjoy seeing what all you been doing as well! The past few days, I've been here....reading more than commenting, but still here! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day! :)