Yes this is my ongoing saga.....the kitchen island,but this time I wanted a distressed beadboard wallpaper look. I really want to make this work for awhile after putting so much time into it. Since this is wallpaper I can't sand it to distress it but decided to use a little dark wax instead. The poly I added really turned this yellow,so first before waxing I decided to add two more coats of Vintage Market and Designs  paint color Porcelain. This is a very pale pink, but interestingly depending on the piece you paint determines how deep the color is. Do you remember this painting? I used the same color as I am on my island but you can see the frame has a little more of a pink too it than my island does. It's a very pale pink that really does not scream pink at all even with the ... View Post

After adding my vintage pink scale to my kitchen island I decided that I needed to find a new spot for my French bottle rack. As much as I was enjoying my corner cabinet in my kitchen I decided to move it back into the dining room and put my chippy door and pink table back into this room. I really love this combination of the chippy door,my chippy pink table and the French bottle rack. They all seem to work perfectly together. I also added these dried flowers to my French bottle rack. I dry my roses in water and as they are about to wilt I pull them out and hang them upside down. This pink color looks pretty next to the black color of the French bottle rack. I am keeping that old chippy green ladder in here it's just the right piece for this spot. All the colors work great with ... View Post

These crystal chandeliers look amazing in my shabby romantic kitchen. Quite a change isn't it! As I said in my previous post, this was allot of work putting them together. Yes those chandeliers had to be put together first and then hung. Doing the electrical part and hanging them was very easy,but putting them together was not. I placed the crystals on these a little different than I did when I revealed the first one HERE. This is what my kitchen looked before. And here is another look at the after. When we first moved here we had very cheap light fixtures,so I replaced them with lights I found at thrift shops. They were affordable and were much nicer than what we had. I waited until I found what I wanted and could afford them. These were not expensive at all ,and as I ... View Post

Today I added a crystal chandelier to our kitchen. I have been wanting to change out the chandeliers in our kitchen for awhile now,but I could not find chandeliers  that I thought would work until recently. I love vintage chandeliers,but often they need to be re-wired and I don't know how to do that. Taking it in to have someone else re-wire it would be an added cost. This was quite a project because little did I know until I took this out of the box that this needed to be fully assemble. I guess I missed that description on the outside of the box. Every single arm of this light had to be wired and attached. As I was putting this together I decided to add the crystals at the very end because all that added weight would make it difficult for me to hang. Yes I did this all by ... View Post

This post is going to be all over the place,lots to talk about today! It's a beautiful spring day here today,but I had so much to do no time to relax. I am not quite done with my kitchen beadboard wallpaper yet. I was distracted with things like cleaning,laundry,shopping,cooking,spending time with my family you get the picture.  But I thought I would share the progress so far. After hanging the wallpaper I added trim to the base and top of the island. When it's completed I will share closer photos. I don't have an electric saw I cut the trim pieces using a hand saw. It was pretty easy because the wood is soft. The paint used for the beadboard portion of my island  is Vintage Market Designs paint in porcelain,which is a very pale pink. And you can see it shows up very pale on ... View Post

I have a surprise for you,myself and 9 other bloggers are hosting  a 24 hr flash giveaway on facebook. This is how it works go to my Facebook page HERE between April 10th 6am EST - April 11th 6am EST. Come back here and let me know that you liked my page,if you already follow my page then just let me know that too. Then make sure to hop on to the next blog listed and keep on hopping for more chances to win. The winner will be chosen at random. I am giving away a 25.00 amazon gift card. Are you ready for some fun then let's get started. Click HERE ... View Post