The Kitchen

This week at Kelly's Korner  is Kitchens. I'm ready for new floors & counters. Sadly, Dean needs some convincing. Hopefully, we'll be able to make it happen. This is our corner pantry. The opening to the left goes into the dining room.

I love the corner sink. This is at the front of the house so we can always see what's going on outside. I bought the flower arrangement at Kirkland's & added the hydrangea's to it.

This is a piece I got a couple of weeks ago. I got the pumpkins at Hob Lob.

This is the kitchen & breakfast area from the end of the kitchen closest to the dining room.

These cabinets are between the fridge & the pantry. I've been thinking about making those doors glass front because those are the cabinets that have a lot of stemware. I need to do something with the lamp cord too.

This is one of my favorite things in the kitchen. It hangs next to the windows in the breakfast area.

A closeup of the cute little spider candle holder. I got these at Kirkland's after Halloween last year.

I'm also sick of the placemats. I'd like a runner but I haven't found one that I like. I've been throwing the idea around of attempting to make one. We'll see.

I seem to have a problem take pictures straight!

We put all of the corks from our wine in this jar.

Our server. The picture is another R.C. Davis print. The candy corn candy dish also came from Kirkland's. Sorry for the horrible glare. I couldn't get a good picture.

Still a glare but you can tell it's a swamp scene. I love R.C. Davis prints because there are all sorts of hidden things in the pictures. A butterfly here, a bird there. Just really neat.

That's our kitchen. I'm planning to paint the cabinets but I need to do a bit more research before I take on that job. It's not going to be easy.

Toodles!

Dining Rooms

It's Friday so that means it's Show Us Your Life time at Kelly's Korner. This week is dining rooms. Our dining room is one of the few rooms in the house that we didn't paint when we moved it. I really like the color. This is a picture I took standing in the foyer.

I love my dining set & china cabinet. It took forever to get it. Apparently, coming from Indonesia causes all sorts of problems with customs. Who knew? Not me! I didn't even know it was coming from Indonesia but that's another story.

I'm thinking about taking down the grape plaques. I think I'm tired of them. The door just next to them goes into the kitchen. This is a vase that our friend brought us from Mexico. The picture came from Kirkland's.

I just bought the window treatment a couple of weeks ago. Yes, we've lived here 5 years. All of the windows are tall which means you can't find window treatments just anywhere.  I found these panels at a home decor store in town, Red Door Interiors. I was excited to find the right length. I've spent enough money on custom treatments. The panels are Dupioni Silk & they're shimmery. I really like how they look with the wall color.

You can see a little peek of the ceiling. I would really like to paint it something other than white so the crown molding shows up better but I don't know if I'm up for that.  I know Dean isn't. This is the table decorated for fall.

Another pic of the table from a different angle.

This print is by R.C. Davis. He's from Louisiana & all of his work is related to Louisiana. This one has a bowl of gumbo, oysters & all sorts of other good Louisiana food! Sorry about the glare. I obviously need to work on my photography skills. 

This picture was taken from the opposite end of the dining room looking into the foyer.  All the molding is one of my favorite parts of the house.

That's our dining room. Thanks for visiting!

Toodles!

Master Bedroom

This week at Kelly's Korner, Show Us Your Life is Master Bedrooms. This room is by no means the way I want it to be. It's just last on the never ending "to do list" because nobody sees it.  This is the view when you walk into the room. The door to the right goes out onto the patio. I have several pictures & frames I want to add to the picture wall to the right, I just haven't done it yet.

Yes, the TV is on the chest of drawers. That would be a temporary fix. Granted, 4 yrs. isn't really temporary for most people.  

Here's a pic from the opposit side of the room. We have a vaulted ceiling. It made for a very interesting painting experience!

I see that I need to fix the roman shade on my door. It's hanging funny. The door to the right in this picture is my beloved pocket door that goes into the bathroom. The oil painting is my favorite picture in the house & I keep thinking about moving it to the living room.

The bed. I bought the comforter set several months ago when I decided to switch up my color scheme.

Looking at this picture I see how boring the walls look. Again, this room hasn't been a priority. That stack of magazines on the left night stand are all of Dean's Louisiana Sportsman's . I was going to move them for the picture but then I decided to just keep it real.  That's the way it looks the majority of the time.

Here's a better view of the ceiling. See that nice pretty white beam in the middle? That was the interesting painting experience I spoke of. I do not plan to paint this room for a very long time.

I don't know how the paint looks on everyone's monitors but it's looking kinda orange on mine & the color is definitely not orange. It's the same color I painted my MBA. It's more of a peanut butter color I think. The ceiling is the same color just cut by 50%. In person it all looks the same color even though it doesn't in these pictures.

The window treatments also match in person. I see they look like they don't in the picture. They were a MUST in this room. That window is really big & a lot of light comes in. Especially early in the morning when you're trying to sleep.  The chair & a half is there because it's part of my old living room set & I didn't want to get rid of it. I could do without the ceiling fan but sadly, Dean could not.

This would be my most favorite part of the room.

 I love the view! It would be better if the window were a solid pane of glass but I'll take it like it is.

So that's our bedroom. I can't wait to look at everyone else's.

Toodles!

Show Us Your Life

Technically, I'm a day late with this. Kelly at Kelly's Korner  has started a home tour on Friday's. This week was Living Rooms. I didn't get this done yesterday because I hadn't taken any pictures. I LOVE looking at houses & how people decorate so I'm excited about this.

The first picture is looking into the living room from the foyer. I know this isn't a good picture but it's virtually impossible to get a good pic from this angle because of all the light coming in from the windows.

See the difference in pictures? In this one I'm standing by the windows.

This is the view from the kitchen. I just realize I didn't close the doors in front of the TV. To the right of the TV is our bedroom & on the other side of the fireplace are 2 extra bedrooms.

 I'm not completely happy with the look of my living room. Although, the look I want is a bit of a mystery to me. HA!! I know that I need a rug for sure.

 Here's a better view of the fireplace. It's my favorite feature of the room.

That's our living room!

Toodles!!

My Christmas Tree

Kelly at Kellys Korner Blog hosts Show Us Your Life on Fridays. This week is Christmas Trees. I love, love, love Christmas & spend a lot of time on my tree. These pictures aren't the greatest because I was still decorating as of last night & only had time to take pics with my phone.

This one is with the lights on last night.



This one with the lights off this morning.



I must have been holding my phone funny because the tree is NOT crooked. We spent a lot of time getting it straight.

This is my tree topper. I got it on sale one year the day after Christmas.



I have a vision of what I want my tree to be & it's not quite there yet. Maybe next year. Always something to strive for!!

This year I also put up a small tree in my kitchen but I forgot to take a picture of it.

Merry Christmas!!!

Fall

I follow Kelly's Korner Blog & on Fridays she hosts "Show Us Your Life". This week is fall decorations. I don't do a lot of decorating for fall, Christmas is my thing but I'm slowly addding stuff to my collection.

This is my porch. I love the mums & I'm hoping to keep them alive awhile.


This is in the foyer. The little bat says "Trick or Treat". I got it at Kirkland's this year. They had some really cute stuff & it was on sale!



This is the centerpiece on my dining room table. The iron pumpkin came from Hobby Lobby this year. The other stuff is also from Hobby Lobby that I bought a few years ago. On sale of course! I love that Hobby Lobby puts their holiday stuff on sale before the actual holiday!!



This is the server in my kitchen. I bought all of this at Kirklands this year on sale. I'm hosting our book club get together tonight & I thought these serving pieces would be cute. I'll also use them on Halloween when we have people over. I love how each little bowl has a spreader that attaches to it.



I move these little ghosts around but currently they have their own chair. My mom gave me these several years ago. I think they're adorable & the neighborhood kids love them.



This is also in the kitchen. I couldn't get a really good picture but the pumpkin says "Eat, Drink & Be Scary" & wine glass says "Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun". Another Kirklands purchase that was too cute to pass up!



I made this centerpiece for my island. I bought the cornucopia & everything at Hobby Lobby & put it all together.



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