No deep or whiny posts here today friends, this one is all about my out-of-date kitchen
and my cute new curtains. Welcome to my lovely, little 1950's kitchen. These cabinets and the counter tops are straight out of the late 50's (early 60's?) along with the counter tops/back splash.
I would love new counters at some point but I can live with them for a while, the cabinets are just screaming for a make-over though. Anyway, there's a lot of wood in there.
Lots of cabinets, which I love, but oh so much wood.
But I did have to show off my new curtains, therefore you will need to see a little of my kitchen.
Now that the husband is finished with school I think he plans to do the cabinets this
Spring/Summer and I can't wait. Wahooo! But until then, hello wood.
My mom just finished these curtains for me. I had curtains pictured in my mind but could not find the
fabric I wanted, I hate that. So we went to a super-cute fabric store in a little town not
far from us and they had pretty much exactly what I had in mind. Don't you love when that happens?
What I
love about my kitchen::
the size. not too big, not too little and enough room for a small table.
cabinet space, lots of it.
the windows and natural light.
the little built-in shelves over the sink.
the swinging kitchen door.
my new color!
high ceilings
My only real complaint is the cabinets.
But I think with a coat of paint and new hardware they can be transformed and this space will
lose a little of the 50's look. I'm not knocking the 50's, you know I love all things vintage but I will
be happy to lose a little of the wood in there. We painted the cabinets and changed the hardware in the kitchen at our old house so I know what a huge difference that can make.
My sister got me that big silver bakery tray at a local antique shop.
It says Return To Van Zetti Bakery. Van Zetti's was a donut shop ( long since closed) that used to be here in town that we have many fond memories of from when we were kids. Let's just say my mom passed on her love of donuts to us. And you know I do dream of opening up my own little donut and coffee shop one day, partly because I think it would be so much fun to decorate.
I bought this bird plate for myself (Pier 1) because I love birds and this pattern and
the blue one with the roses belonged to my grandma. I love that color. Well really I love almost any shade of blue and I love roses, I think this is one of my most favorite things in the house.
The sun barely popped out today and when it did I tried to hurry and get a few pictures.
The lighting is pretty bad but if I wait for
real sunlight I could be waiting until Spring!
The little bird planter holds scrubbing brushes right now, the coffee mugs are from Target.
That apron in the second picture (at top) was the inspiration for the color scheme here. I love the colors in the apron and knew I wanted yellow & white curtains. I wasn't so sure what I was going
to think about the wall color at first, I thought maybe it could be too bold for me, but I love it.
You can see there is not a lot of wall space;
there is the wall there that you
can see in the picture and then the wall directly across from the sink (that you
can't see) where the fridge and the door that goes into the dining room is. Because of limited wall space I think the color is not overwhelming in there at all.
Well, there's my little kitchen in my 90+ year-old house.
It's Wednesday, the week is half over!
Have a
lovely day, y'all.
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