Kitchen still in progress...

This is some paint I already had...

Sometimes it works better for me just to take all the options away and use what I have instead of too many choices...

Still much work left to do.  And for knobs?  I am waiting to see what my mom has in her arsenal.

Kitchen Step 1: Upper Cabinets Gone

Still not pretty, but much better!

Why are these projects always more complicated than they should be?

Next step, remove the wainscot paneling and re-texture.

The dining room:

and  uncleared breakfast dishes..

Kitchen dreaming

Perfection:

Restoration Hardware

This is where we start.  Hmmm....Its fine, useful, easy.  But aesthetically not very inspiring!

Change the knobs!   Oh why did they do the dropped ceiling in the 1980's?  When did that ever make a room feel/look better?  Goodbye 1980.

I have a small collection of this!  Hang some bleached out antlers next to it....

For now, I want to take all the uppers down?????  Paint the cabinets white.  Change the lighting.  Can you see it?

Old world meets white?  

This is perfection, do i dare?  I have the concrete floors, the mirrors,  and the table.  I can tell this is Atlanta Bartlett w/o looking!

Now to convince the husband!  (I have an armour just like that for my appliances or pantry cabinet.)
I would put my big butcher block in the middle of this kitchen and warm it up a bit.

My idea of a nice kitchen:  (this is just a start)
1.  Free standing cabinets or furniture

2.  Real, not plastic countertops, flooring

3.  Lots of light and nice windows

4.  simple, spare, and easy to clean

5.  White dishes

6.  A little bit industrial!

7.  A place you want to spend a lot of time.  A place that takes your breath away a little bit.  A place that is clean and elegant and rustic at the same time.

8.  Kids can jump in and cook

9.  Casual and comfortable;  friends can drop in and eat without me being embarrassed.

10.  Fresh herbs in the window, lemon in a baskets, bread baking in the oven.

More to come on this topic for sure!

November kids

Ivy playin' hard

Clay on the go

Picking pecans

Ruby in the sun

Our first weekend at new house!!!!

 We bought a little farm to fix up.  We aren't moving there now, but we want to make it really nice.  It has nice features that need serious updating--built in 1980......

Backyard

Front yard--can't wait to have after pictures to post, I am seeing cream paint on the bricks, longer new windows and a neat door.   Isn't the landscaping great!  Can we turn this into a cottage?