A kitchen update

We are in the middle of a kitchen re-do and fluffing. A couple of weeks ago, we got the walls and cabinets painted. You can read about that here and here . I've been waiting two weeks for the cabinet/crown molding guy (he works out of town during the week) to come and get started on that. Friday he came and installed the crown and bun feet. I am a little disappointed in how the bun feet look but I was not able to find any I liked that would fit underneath the existing cabinets....cabinet guy had to cut the ones down I bought and I think he liquid nailed them to the bottom of the cabinets.

Here's the crown molding he installed. He said because my ceilings are low, I didn't need to get anything over 2 3/4" but I think I could have gone a little wider. The painter man will come back and cover the nail holes and caulk.

Here are some of my plates

Installed these roman shades at the bay window

Here's the room looking toward the table (yep, that's 11:45 at night on the clock, I was bored!). Also the little black framed "picture" is going to be joined by two others. I think I've finally decided on using the white linen slipcovers in here which of course will be monogrammed! See the different colors on the back of the black cabinet? I've been trying out different colors there and today I finally decided on what to do to the back of the cabinets....you'll have to come back to see that!

I got this wall sconce this summer and hung another of my creamy platters over it - you can also get a little peek of the rope trim we installed at the plate rack

I love these appliques! I changed out the hardware to round knobs and painter guy will have to caulk the old holes and paint over that. These cabinets are s-o-o-o old but right now they will have to stay

Here's the bun feet that I'm not feeling too happy about but after they get painted I'm hoping I'll like them a little more...the cabinet hardware has yet to be painted

Picked up this pair of sconces Friday afternoon at a flea market...they will get a fresh coat of paint and be installed underneath the plate rack cabinet

You can see where we're at on the re-do. We have a lot of little things to do but the big stuff is almost complete and the cabinet guy will be here next week to build and install cabinet over stove.

I also want to share a few pictures of our mahogany chest in the den. For some reason, I could not sleep Friday night and after hubby went to sleep, I went around snapping pics of the vingette on the chest. I got a little iron sheep at the same flea market the sconces came from and of course, that called for a complete revamping of the top of the chest....

Here's my "little lamb" sitting on top of Mary Carol Garrity books

How about these pear bookends? They came from Hancocks - on sale!

Close up of little lamb

Too much stuff? Not for me!

Now ya'll know what I do at midnight when I can't sleep....I had to completely rearrange the top of the chest and for now it will stay like this. Isn't it funny how the addition of one little piece can change up everything?

Ya'll be sweet and have a great Sunday!

Peek Inside....

I'm so sick and tired of this cold! Today I decided to get off the sofa and take a few pictures to post. Of course, after I loaded them, I accidently deleted the one below of my son and myself so it's out of order.

The little picture in the middle is of me and Shane when he was 2 1/2 months old (I can't believe I'm posting this one!) The one to the right of that is me and Shane at a birthday celebration a couple of years ago.

I love decorating with books, especially old ones. The pictures above and below are just a few I have on the bookcase in the den.

Some of you real observant girls can see that a couple of my "books" are faux ones from Kirklands but they look good!

On the other bookcase, I have groupings of family photos. I hate these turned out so dark because they span quite a few years of my children's lives. On the far left is Shannon as a little girl, the middle one is a senior pictures and of course the far right one is her wedding picture. (Well, I just deleted the ones of Shane when he was little so they will go at the top of this post)

Sideboard in den behind sofa

The "old world plate" is a $1.87 charger from Hobby Lobby!

Oops! Please disregard the cords in the name of modern technology!

This is the neatest chair...it really is much prettier in person. We got it at auction and had it recovered in one of my favorite fabrics.


Now for some of the things on my mantle (or is it mantel - I can never remember). As you can see, I am not a believer in "less is more"!

Yes, that's a fake topiary that has seen better days - I see that I need to do something about that

My husband picked out the picture above and I have a much nicer one to go over the mantle/mantel but it stays there for him! (More cords and picture light crooked - but that's real life)

Of course, this is the dining room which ya'll have seen a lot lately

Looking out of the dining room you can see the kitchen and den

I love this mirror!

I tried to change out the paper "placemats" and table setting but hubby likes it so I'll leave it for now.

I hope ya'll enjoyed your little visit. Right now my sunroom is a holding place for stuff for a yard sale so once I get that back in shape, I'll post pics of that room. It's like a 2nd den for me. I'm hoping to get kitchen and kitchen cabinets done soon and can't wait to see how that turns out. It seems I never get my entire house "done" at one time....I know that a lot of you feel my "pain" in that regard!

Blessings to you all!