Painted my huge kitchen island

Wow, 2 posts in the same day?  Well what else can a gal do when it's so blustery out?  Yesterday I got up the courage to paint an old long bottom cupboard that I have been using as an island for my kitchen due to the shortage of storage space and lack of counter top to work on.

It was a should I or shouldn't I kinda morning yesterday until late afternoon I said to myself "just do it".  The reason I wanted to paint it was that the top work surface was blotchy, dirty looking and did not clean well at all.  Besides I wanted to brighten up the kitchen a bit more.

This was a piece my husband had retrieved out of an abandoned house that was due to be demolished.  It was part of a built in cupboard.  Ah, got to love those old homes.  We have a couple of beautiful cupboards that I can't wait to show and tell that also came from a cottage home that was demolished by DNR.  They will be going into the kitchen of the mill.

So this island painted up nicely.  I used a pure white semi gloss paint so the surface would be washable and it really brightened up the kitchen.  No regrets from this gal!

I decided to add a new vignette to my island.  I had brought out a few jadite bowls (crazy for Jadite), some ironstone and a few smaller elements to add to it and oh, I found this cute old green stool when hubby and I went out antiquing yesterday.  I had also made a haul on some cool ironstone dishes for a great price!

There are several photos to share with you and I hope that you like my little Monday Makeover!  I would really love to have you join in my Makeover Monday link party and share your favorite makeover in your home.  Just go to the previous post to link up.  Have a wonderful blessed week!


I've linked up with  The Scoop ~ Confessions of a Plate Addict
                                  Amaze me Mondays ~ Dwellings from the heart
                                  Wow us Wednsday ~ Savvy Southern Style
                                  Work it Wednesday ~ The Blissful Bee
   

The mr. Will be centering the ceiling light over the island just incase you thought that we liked it where it is now.

1st MAKEOVER MONDAY Linky party

Good day my friends.   I'm pretty excited and nervous to have my very first Makeover Monday linky party!  Share your room makeovers, furniture painting or whatever else you have been putzing around doing in your home.

Here are a few simple rules....

1.  Please make sure to link your post only and have a back link to my post.
2.  No advertising please or other link partys.
3.  You are ok with me using your post that you linked here to share on my blog or facebook that would have a back link to acknowledge you.
Thats it!  Hope you'll join in the party!!



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A collection of past vignettes I have done

Sitting here today pondering on what my next move decorating will be,  I thought that I would browse through some older photos to see what I had done in the past homes.  It's funny how my tastes have changed slightly.  From Victorian, primitive, and to now which is half traditional and half farmhouse.

As some of you may not know,  I have been an antique dealer for several years and have always had an interest in finding that one piece that is unique.  When I buy something I always go by what I love and how or where would I use it in my home.  It helps to think outside the box and find unusually clever ways to use and decorate with my purchases.

I still have my 4000 sf shop but will soon be shutting the doors so to speak.  It was a destination store and I had been very successful in running it.  Many great pieces left that I wish I would of kept for myself  but I needed to make a living and couldn't hold on to everything. 

When the recession hit and many were loosing their jobs, and the gas prices were going up around here as well as elsewhere it did hurt our business.  But when one door closes another one opens as they say!  We own the building that our business is in and I am always trying to figure out if there is something else that I would like to do there.  When I do figure it all out I'll be sure to let you know.

Anyways, I love to decorate with old and new mixed in.  Sometimes you just have to when you can't seem to find that one old piece that you want.  In todays market there are many places you can buy reproductions that are just as nice and sometimes a heck of a lot cheaper than the real deal!

Todays post is all about the many ways that I have created vignettes from the past and present.  I am only showing the best of them.  Others from way back I thought "what was I thinking?!"  You know just like a bad hairstyle from high school.  We won't even go there!  Hope you enjoy these and who knows, maybe you'll get an idea or two. 

There is one more thing that I would like to tell you.  I am excited to have my very first linky party here!  It will start this Monday the 17th.  I will be calling it Makeover Monday.  I do hope that you will join me and link up with your favorite home makeovers whether it be a new vignette, rearranged furniture to painting a piece of furniture, whatever you have done in your home, please share...everyone needs a little inspiration now and then! 


I've linked up with Jennifer Rizzo Fabulously creative Friday
                                 Inspire to be inspired
                                 Feathered nest Friday at French Country Cottage

On Common Ground~Be Inspired

Show and Tell Fridays at Romantic Home

Making home base

Amaze me Mondays~Dwellings of the heart

Here is one of my favorites here in the depot.  My husband made these shelves for me.  I Love them.  White ironstone, ahhhhh what can I say....I love them!  The only thing I hate in this is having a long cord hanging down the side.  But I think lighting plays a big part in decorating.  It softens things up.  I hate dark areas.