~ A Kitchen Full of Roses ~

Welcome ... the teapot is brewing!

Thank you Miss Shelia, our gracious hostess, for'Heart of the Home' party @http://notesongs.blogspot.com/. Pop over & join all our other lovely ladies ...

***I hope you will take the time to visit our previous

post of one fabulous artist & his exquisite art.

Just imagine ewww-golly avacado green, harvest

gold throughout our entire home. I could not take the horrid wallpaper & colors, so when hubs went to work I started tearing things apart ... the 'wallpaper' was actually stick'um paper that left HUGE holes in the wall board. 'Oh, wellll, he'll get over it', I silently thought. That wasn't the look I received from him when he walked in the door, lmty.

Now I am on a mission to reno the entire kitchen first & to

move quickly throughout the house. I painted the cupboards

& the paint peeled off ... hubs took pity on my tears of

frustration & sanded everything down for me to repaint. It

worked, the cupboards were great.

The curtains are simply vintage pillow cases, a small slit on each end, a rod put thru to hang, a hand crocheted runner

as the valance, & lovely tiebacks, tied bow showing on

on the backside so when you look in the window you see a

pretty bow.

Next that avacado counter top was ripped

out & in with Corian ... & a soft creamy white

tile backdrop with a hint of light beige running

thru it. The roses that you see are simply

Wallie's paper accents glued over my original

choice of tile florals, I changed my mind after a

couple of years.

The vintage German canisters were a gift from a

dear friend that blend beautifully.

All the chandeliers in our home were hand designed &

created by Gail @ http://www.etsy.com/shop/shabbycottageshoppe

She is a fabulous creative artisan. This petite chandie

adds the perfect touch over the sink area.

This chandelier hangs over our 'island', created by Gail.

I had this one done in pink & white.

Still not satisfied I had an artist come & paint

roses over the doors to the basement & the

laundry room, under the chandelier over the

kitchen table & all around the entire kitchen

bulkhead.

I am standing in front of the bar area looking into

the eating area of the kitchen. Another chandie

created for the bar by Gail.

Then came the glass door

knobs ... pink for the upper cupboards, crystal for the drawers & green for the lower cupboards. Fabulous!

You will notice the rose cascades on the bulkhead ...

Our 'island' is actually my G'ma Maggie's cook
table from when she worked in Somerville's

Mill in Napavine, WA not long after she arrived

from Ireland in the early 1900s. Mr. Somerville

gave her her cook table when she & G'pa Bob

got married (they met at the mill). It used to

have a huge back on it for all her utensils &

spices/flour/sugar but I do not know what

happened to it. I treasure this piece so ... could

not part with it so it is our 'island' that we put

granite on top of to keep as the focal point of

the kitchen.

This is our eating area in the kitchen ... the door leads into
the laundry room. To the left of the table are french doors
leading to our (3) terraces. To the right of this room is our

TV room/office.

Gail created this chandelier just a couple months

ago when I took down the ceiling fan. Her detail

for beauty is unbelievable.

The artwork continues ...

adding even more 'prett-i-ness' ...

To this gorgeous lighting ...

Our tea area sits directly behind the kitchen table. I so love

this setting ...

I don't often change things in my home, they grow 'roots',

but I do enjoy playing with different settings on this table.

These match strikes were my G'ma Maggie's. They hang

on the all near the basement door. Everything G'ma &

Mother had was green, for Irish we are.

And, of course, my passion for silhouettes is this match box

on the other side of the basement door wall.

Thank you, I so enjoyed your visit. Do come again.