Our new old kitchen is not what dreams are made of, but it is a space that works hard for us. It provides a space for us to cook for our weekly small group, prepare family meals, and my endless smoothie making to keep me on this healing journey. Slowly but surely it is getting a little sprucing till we are financially and emotionally ready to handle a kitchen reno. For now I still need to tackle painting the other wall of cabinets, but this view makes me happy. It makes me especially happy since I finally found something to bring this old sink back to life. During our first phase of renovations this vintage sink became beaten, spotted, and stained. It honestly made my heart hurt every time I looked at it. It was one of the treasures of this old house. I tried everything. Nothing wanted to work. Finally I got hold of bar keepers friend in powder form and it made the sink like new! I used to use the liquid form for our glass top stove from a couple houses back. Now to finish up the rest of the sprucing so I can finally share the small kitchen facelift.
Outside In
The weather has been stunning as of late which also means I am finally getting to see what this new yard has in store for us. It's even better than I could have imagined even if it does take the Mr 4 hours to do. As more things bloom I will be sure to share. For now I thought I would give a snippet of our front porch and my new little steel find. The steel planter I found at Sweet Peas a local garden shop and I could not be any more smitten. I plan on adding these house numbers. I love how it adds another touch of modern to this house that desperately wants to go back to its roots. I may transplant the two trees that flank the door. Something about them I feel take away from the entry. For now I will just enjoy the constant flow of friends and kids that pop in and out of this door. Oh how I love our new home!
door color Tricorn Black SW for Lowes | razor scooter | copper pendant | black Eiffel chairs
living room {it's making progress}
Our living room which also happens to be the room we live in most has been the hardest to decorate. Partly due to funds needing to go elsewhere and partly due to the fact I could not get a vision for it. In our last home we worked with more sepia tones, but I wasn't loving it here. It needed more black and gray without going overboard in this mid-century house. The other trick was to make the space feel clean and clutter free even though we have an obscene amount of built ins. Don't get me wrong I adore them, but the room can easily feel too busy especially with the wall of windows which I want to keep as the focal point. Anyhow, this is where it is today and it's starting to feel better to me. This is the second rug I tried and I love it. Light enough to brighten up the space yet with enough texture to hide dirt. It also brought in the grays I was looking for, but in a subtle way. The price was rather good too. I hung art we had from our other house and I am eager to replace our New York photo with an even bigger one. Have you all tried Simply Framed? I'm thinking of going that route once funds allow. I went down to only one lamp and may trade it out with this one. It's on back order so I will have to wait and see. The pillows on the wicker chairs have just the right amount of texture without feeling too busy. I had one on our bed already and bought a second for out here. I like how they work with the rug. The mirror still needs to be hung and now that we are in our permanent home I am going to transplant the fiddle fig so it can hopefully become huge. Give me a couple more months and I am sure this space will evolve some more.
pillows | sofa | rug | wooden planters | marble and wood bookend | brass frame that still needs photo | baskets in bookcase | mirror | end tables | black and white abstract | silver bowl | leather poufs {similar} | New York print
