Tuesdays' Snapshots: the Kitchen and Library

Another month has slipped by. I've been so busy! Finishing up projects like distressing the armoire below.











Another one of these projects has to do with the kitchen.  When we remodeled this kitchen ourselves, I never decided on a paint color for the island and the cabinets by the stove.  I really didn't like how the bare wood these days is looking more yellow, and that doesn't work with the other cabinet color.
Well, I've been on it... for the past month now....
They have been stained, then one painted, white, and one blue, and then back to square one,
but now I am finishing up, and soon I will reveal what we chose. The clue is that I decided to stick with what I like. I am working on the last one, so any day now.

In the meantime, I did some small changes for the seasons.
Instead of my teacups, I hung my french pans from the shelves we made several years ago. They are usually sitting on an empty burner.  Speaking of cooking... hop on over to RJ's in the next day or so to the Sketchy Reader to enter a chance to win a cookbook . I also put away my madonna for now, and I am displaying this angel for the season.  I have had it longer than I have a  daughter.

Roses are starting to reappear in my garden, and I am bringing them into the kitchen, because I love their beauty and scent. Now that we are finally starting to dip below 100s most days roses and basil are making an appearance.

This is just a little suggestion to make a house a home.
Do you like to burn palo santo and sage?  Or, do you like essential oils? We love them, and I've had a diffuser in the kitchen for a couple of years now. Someday, I will try to remember to show our box of goodies.

And of course Christmas and the holidays are ahead soon enough.
I bought these lovely stockings from Dore at Burlapluxe, but she is now selling the pattern so that you can make them.

And just because.... Sometimes we need some whimsy... and this is the room... our Madhatter Library... It is a little over the top, and the fanciest room in this house... But in this world we need some fun, and we are fortunate; we have a room that makes us smile when we walk in, and it's the best feeling to have an  escape. We hung a better light in here. I had a smaller chandelier ceiling light, but it was not enough lighting for the evenings, so we changed that one out for this balloon shaped one, and it throws out enough light to realize what we have been missing  not been seeing.  Just as a reminder or if I have a new reader, almost everything in this room has been acquired second hand or repurposed like the bookcase that we trimmed from an entertainment unit.
And just so you know nothing is perfect here... see the jar of shells, someone through a tissue in there. xoxo Su


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