TAKE THOSE DOORS OFF…

Yesterday I was doing a little rearranging around the house and when I made it into my kitchen, I wondered how two of my cabinets would look if I took the doors off.  I’ve seen it done plenty of times and it looked great in those kitchens. Here are a few of my favorites.

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Because we use the same dishes, I’m not worried about dust or anything else being on the dishes.  To make up for empty space in the cabinets, I’m going to add a few baskets here and there.  (Maybe only two because my cabinets are small!).

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Of course Martha can pull this look off effortlessly…

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The kitchen below is by Julie Holloway from Milk and Honey Home.  I love everything especially the minty colored cabinets!

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I took the doors off yesterday evening and snapped this picture with my phone. I store all of our medication in the kitchen so by adding the baskets, I can still do that without the doors, but in a more discrete way. The wine glasses will be taken out of there and replaced with cook books. As you can see, I have already painted the inside of one of the cabinets so all I have to do is finish the other and I’ll be done with this project in no time! What are your thoughts? Yay or nay when it comes to open cabinetry? 

 

Happy Monday, Peeps!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

I just wanted to drop in and say Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Green is not a color I use often when it comes to decorating a space, but when it came to my sons’ room, green was the star! 

 

Are any of you planning to celebrate St. Pat’s day? Any green beer drinking?! My friend and I will make our way into the city later to check out the scene.  I would love to be in Savannah right now.  Did you know that Savannah, Ga has the second largest celebration of this day? I’ve never been for St. Patrick’s Day, but I hear that they go all out! Maybe I’ll go next year!

Have a safe weekend!

MY KITCHEN TABLE ALL DONE!

I just realized that I forgot to show you my kitchen table painted in it’s new color! You know the drill, here it is before

And here is the great big after

Now that’s a big difference, right?!?! I’m so glad it’s over (well, I still have to apply the wax).  Oh and by the way, I think some of you misunderstood me when I said I was going to add a leaf.  When I purchased my table off of Craigslist, the leaf was included.  I never used it because I thought it would be too much for my small kitchen.  I was wrong! Funny thing is, it was sitting with the trash and my husband never took it out.  I am sooooo glad he didn’t

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

PAINTED WOODEN UTENSILS

Hi guys! As promised from earlier, I’m back to show you my version of the painted wooden kitchen utensils!

Before

Boring wooden utensil set from IKEA ($.49)

Use acrylic craft paint

After

Pretty, right? You would think that with all of the stuff I have in my garage, I would have a glass vase or something that I could place these in, right? Yeah, NO.  So I’m going to head up to my favorite thrift tomorrow and scoop one up for about 77 cents

Because I already had the paint and painters tape on hand for this project, it only cost me 1 buck! You can’t beat that with a stick (Or a wooden spoon)! Get it? Beat that with a wooden spoon?

Anywho, if you are considering doing this, I would definitely grab the packs from IKEA.  If you are doing them for décor (like me), then you could also head to a thrift store and pick up some. I find them all the time at mine.  By the way, I do have some that I picked up from the thrift store, but I didn’t have time to pull them out.  On my next attempt at this, I’ll use them and share how they turn out!

Have a great evening!

EASY PEASY DIY

Today I’m starting on the easiest DIY project you can imagine.  It’s one of my favorites that I’ve seen floating around Pinterest and recently the House of Fifty Facebook page!

Painted Wooden Spoons!

(Little Bit Funky)

The above picture is probably my favorite thus far.  Below is another great example of this project

(House of Earnest)

This set is more understated when it comes to color, but it makes a good display in the kitchen anyway.

 

The other day I told you I would show what I purchased from IKEA. Well, here it is two packs of wooden utensils for $.49 each!

Today I’m going to use them to make my own version of the painted spoons!

I have two darker spoons that I picked up from the thrift store a while back so I’m going to use those too (as soon as I dig them out of the garage!).

I’ll be back later today or in the morning to share my finished project

 

Have you tried out any DIY projects that you’ve found on Pinterest?!

I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY!

       

      

There is nothing better than hanging out with my four guys.  And I guess they feel the same.  After a trip to IKEA and then a quick nap, we headed to the park that minutes from my house.  On the way back home my oldest told us it was the best day ever. I agree, it sure was

 

Hope you’re having a bit of spring type weather in your neck of the woods!

WINDOW SHOPPING AT IKEA

On Friday I was finally able to make it to IKEA.  I had been wanting to go because all three of my boys are back in a room together. My oldest son having having his own room just didn’t work out like we thought it would, plus I figured I could put the other room to use in a better way. 

Anyway, while there I was able to see a few things that I had been eyeing on their website like the bunk beds that I plan to use in the space

These are the MYDAL bunks that are $159

I’m thinking of using to sets of these in the room and of course I would paint them!

I also fell in love with the colors used in this display.  The boys liked it too, so this may be the direction for the room.

The duvet is called BENZY and you must never judge an item by what you see online.  The duvet looks hideous on line!

I’m still loving this duvet that I used in the room at the Nicholas House

 

Some other things that I spotted at IKEA while there (that didn’t involve the boys room) included

These cute little “milk glass” looking glasses. And for only $1.49 a pop, I should have grabbed a few.

I think I need this little cart in my kitchen. 

I should have grabbed some of those baskets.  They would have been perfect under my bench in the kitchen and for $6.99 each (the top three), they would have worked for what I need them for.

I still prefer this table to my table.  The lines of it just seems a bit cleaner and less bulky. 

I. FELL. IN. LOVE. with this bookcase.  They also had it in yellow too which was equally lust-worthy.

I need the sofa, the table, the baskets, the chair, and the rug for my family room.

I love that they came out with the high gloss lack tables. They look very good in person!

High gloss EXPEDIT bookcase equals AMAZING! Can you see the shine?!

I wanted one of these chairs.  Why? I don’t know.

I almost purchased the pink chair!

This picture of the BILLY bookcase unit was not so much about the unit itself, but how this is the only way to get a picture of my husband for the blog!

To close out this post, I wanted to share the cutest napkin holder with you! I would probably spray paint it, but it looks pretty cool white. For $3.99, I may need to go back!

So, what did I buy??? I’ll show you tomorrow!