Cheerful Kitchen Projects done!

I like to change my decor around with the seasons and do have my Christmas things out from October till February. Yeah, I know....for most people that is a little too long, but it all makes me really happy so 3+ months is just right!!

When Valentines day is coming and Spring just after that.....I want something bright and cheerful. I have been seeing a lot of cupcake themed items that are sooo cute. I am more into pie myself. I decided to do a whimsical bakery theme.

You can click any of the photo's to make them bigger...I think!

The puppy in the above one is actually licking his lips in anticipation of a piece of pie!

Those two pieces were so fun to do, I may make some more in different colors to sell in my upcoming Etsy shop.

Here is the little shelf all foofed up! Red paint just seems to make everything better. Or white paint....just depends!!



You get a little peak at my finished kitchen in this shot of the towel rack and the one below of the spice rack. I was so happy to put the plastic paper towel rack in my Goodwill box. This one really makes a huge difference in that spot.




I know this is a bad photo of the spice rack, but it is all I got. It is pink and red with robins egg blue glitter letters that say "Spices" of course. I haven't decided yet if I should distress the towel and spice racks yet.....what do you think??
I will post ALL my kitchen redo photos tomorrow. It was fun getting it all styled and photographed. I drug my antique standing lamp in from the living room to use for extra lighting. Please come back to see what you think!
Blessings- LillySue

Projects for my Kitchen

WooooHoooo~ Last week it finally got warm enough (above 50*) for me to do some spray painting outside. It has been spitting flurries today but the painting is DONE! This little shelf I found at a yard sale. It looked pretty bad. I sanded and cleaned it. I did hit it with some primer before the paint. I could see it would be a sweet little shelf to put pretties on by my kitchen. I have a wall just crying out for just some such thing.

I found this at the Goodwill along with the paper towel rack pictured below. I actually like it the way it has been and it was up in my laundry room for some time. But....it was time for some changes in my kitchen and this guy needed a face lift.

This had obviously already put in years of service to a family somewhere. I have hated the plastic paper towel rack we hung since I bought it. It was the best I could find at the time. My Dad has a really cool antiquey cast iron one I have always loved. When I found this, I knew I could fix it up and give it a happy new home. I also had some decor wall hangings I thought needed updating to match the new look in my kitchen so I spent the last two evenings giving them a do-over. It was SOOOooooo much fun! Scroll up to the next post to see the results!!

Blessings~ LillySue

Refeathering My Nest: The Cookbook Redo!

Since discovering blogging this year, I have been inspired like NEVER before. I am always looking for new ways to make my home more cozy. Being able to see all the wonderful homes of my blogging friends has given me sooo many great ideas to use in my own Nest. This cookbook redo started because blogger Karol redid her kitchen hutch and showed off all her wonderful cookbooks. Right away I knew some changes were needed on THAT shelf in my kitchen. I also had run out and bought the totally awesome FarmChicks cookbook that was newly released that week and discovered one of the projects in it was recovering your cookbooks....Talk about an Ah~ha moment!

I have been collecting pretty papers for some time and I had just the right stuff. It also gave me an excuse to go to Michaels and buy letter stickers, heehee! I am just finishing up a kitchen redo and PINK is IN! Come back later this week to see the WHOLE kitchen. I am just about done with it.

This is what one old cookbook looked like before I started. Kinda ratty and worn looking. I had some floral paper I loved and once that was on, I knew I was channeling my bloggy friend Karla from Karla's Cottage when I dug out the glitter letters to finish it off! I did go around the outside of the letters with a marker so they would stand out a little bit more.

Now it is one of my favorites... I know I will think of Karla though, everytime I cook with it! Do you have any ugly, dirty cookbooks you could give a facelift?? It was easy and fun!

The shelf is right over my stove. Whenever I walk into my kitchen, my eyes are drawn up to it because it is such a happy spot now.

Blessings- LillySue