Cottage Kitchen Makeover

                                                                             Hello everyone,

                                                 
                                                   I know I am late sharing our cottage kitchen makeover
                                                   but better late then never....I hope!

                                                     I love this big window that we put in this spring
                                                   as it lets in so much more light and gives a nice view of
                                                   the garden and hills beyond.

                                                           The cast iron sink was one I found on Kijiji, the cupboard
                                                     with the glass doors came from the Restore and got a couple
                                                   of coats of white paint.The cupboard below it was a gift from
                                                   a friend of my daughters.We realigned the cupboards and added
                                                   the new countertop.We painted everthing in the whole cottage
                                                   white as you can see from the photo below there was a lot of
                                                   brown before.

                                                         I made the curtains from a bedsheet. As you probably have
                                                     noticed our theme is blue and white so the cupboard here holds
                                                    my pretty blue and white china.
                                                 

     

This is the before photo of our

little summer cottage .

                                                               

                                                   We put in this island that was also a gift
                                                   from my daughters friend complete with
                                                   a Jenn Air propane stovetop.
                                                          The stools came from the 70 mile
                                                   coastal yard sale a couple of years ago and I
                                                  painted them a grey blue as well as the island.
                                                     We also installed the greyish hardwood click
                                                   floor which made a huge difference as you can see
                                                   from above it only had a subfloor.

                                                           We have a very open floor plan so
                                                            this little shelf from the thrift
                                                           store holds more of my china.

                                                    We just built this cupboard a couple
                                                     of weeks ago using an old french door
                                                     from a yard sale and of course everything
                                                     got a fresh coat of white paint.

                                             Looking toward the kitchen cupboard
                                                        I put the handmade lighthouse cross stitch
                                                        pictures on the side of our new cupboard with
                                                       the french door. I was excited to find those at
                                                       a local thrift shop as well.
                                                            Just realized I should have shared the pantry
                                                        cupboards on the other side of the kitchen so
                                                        I will do that another day.
                                                            I love that our little cottage has lots of storage
                                                        space and lots of work surface too.

Relax and enjoy yourself !

We are still having fun putting our mark

on our little seaside cottage but our

work comes in little waves as we want

to enjoy some relaxation too!

I must admit I will be a little sad when

we have to close up our cottage for the winter

with just an occasional visit to check on

things and enjoy a thermos of tea.

Thanks for visiting!

Carolyn

Brown & White Transferware Cupboard

                                                                             Hello everyone,

                                                        We are having some lovely weather this
                                                        week with sunshine and a hint of spring
                                                        in the air.......perfect for long walks outdoors.
                                                        I have been in painting mode lately and eager
                                                       to do my spring cleaning before garden season.

So,one of yesterdays projects  was

to remove the Friendly Village  dishes

that I enjoy in winter from the cupboard in 

the cupboard in the library.

I wanted to give the cupboard a fresh coat

of paint going with a creamy white paint

this time. 

I have been noticing that my collection of

brown & white transferware has grown  ...

not sure how that happened.Ha!Ha!

Anyway, I thought another cupboard

was needed to display it all.

      As always, I have a mix of new & old.

A birthday gift from a friend

a few years ago.

                                                                My thrift shop find.

                                                                I love all the different
                                                                scenes depicted on
                                                                English transferware.

                                                             Most of my collection was bought
                                                             locally but a few like the soup tureen
                                                              above came from antique malls in Maine.

                                                      I have been asked the name of this
                                                      tea set a few times~ it is Brown Botanical
                                                      by Skye McGhie. It is a newer and I think
                                                      I have seen it on ebay.

I will probably do a little more

fluffing with the display but

my next project is repainting

my other old cupboard full

of more brown & white transferware.

Well, thanks for stopping by and I

have another paint brush if you 

would like to hang around!

Take care,

        Carolyn