Shelf styling: Mixing old and new

I love to get creative with my kitchen shelves, and they are often the first spot I style every season. I’m about to shoot a spring tour so I thought I’d share some of the…

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The kitchen–where it came from…

Last week I showed y’all the evolution of the living area, which, by the way, got a whole new seating arrangement yesterday. But more on that later:-) Today I wanted to share the different looks…

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Blue and yellow summer kitchen

Oh how I love summer here in the North Carolina mountains. It’s so beautiful here and we enjoy lots of late morning family breakfasts of homemade whole wheat pancakes with my mother’s homemade strawberry jam. I…

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More spring farmhouse kitchen…

I thought I would show y’all the rest of my spring kitchen. You can see part IHERE. We finally finished up the countertop on the remaining section of cabinet. In all honesty, I’d rather build…

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Muslin and lace sink skirt and cafe curtains

There is something about spring that makes me want to get everything clean and fresh…especially in the kitchen.  I really wanted a new sink skirt and cafe curtains in the kitchen–and something different from the…

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Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal…

 Oh how very excited I have been to get to this day:-) We went from this… (150-year-old wormy chestnut off my great grandmother’s little guest house) …and this to this:-) It all started when the…

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