my kitchen is d-o-n-e, done!

THE BEFORE

Hello folks! My galley, galley kitchen cabinets in Bay Fog by Kilz ( I used Purdy paintbrushes and lots of primer, etc.) is done! Complete! What a difference. It's bright, cheery and makes me feel like I'm in my little cottage by the sea where I can walk out my front door and ride my old rusty green bike, with a wire basket on the front holding a good book and my beach chair on my back. Nothing fancy here folks, just new paint from dreary brown to happy and bright! 

Have you done any new makeovers, small or big, that make you smile ;)? Enjoy the pics. ;)

Now

Before You Look

Keep in Mind

This is Boston Bee

Simple

As

Things

Can

BEE

No

Granite

No

Farmer's Sink (yet;)

It's

Just

Color

and

I LOVE IT!! It's AMAZING what paint can do!

Color After - The throw rug I LOVE! It's from Cottage Home in Maine

No staging here...My antique basket is full of breads on top of that very mini microwave! The microwave was free and brand new and we still haven't replaced it. Got to love FREE things!

Notice that there is NO snow outside that window yet. I'm really hoping for it.

This summer watch out because that ugly tile is out of here and is being replaced with white beadboard! My aprons hang on the wall next to my FREE chalkboard. The apron with the roses was my Nana's that my Mom found! I still remember my Nana wearing it (xoxo).

in simplicity,

art, eat, decorate, work, in a nutshell

Those are my plans for today...I thought I'd finally share some art from my heart (I'm a poet and don't even know it..hardy, har, har). Anywhooo, my personal art book that I have designed that holds dreams, decor ideas and recipes from sweets to soups. This is a work in progress, so I need to finish a page today that's in my brain before it flies away. Someday, when I'm all old and wrinkly, I hope my son will treasure it and not use it as a coaster. I see a lot of book titles here. Sweets to Soups, In a Nutshell. I'm writing these down right now! Stop the press and call my agent...;) Well, I don't have one yet, but when I do~Also, in this book are envelopes. I LOVE envelopes. They are great to tuck magazine clippings in. ;)

Then, that is coupled with the eating...Today, to add to my cookie weight, I thought I'd bake something sweet...I'm all out of dried lavender. I was going to make the lavender tea bread located to the right--> 

Next, I have to slap on another coat of primer and then 'Bay Cove' onto the next set of cabinets to finish my kitchen before Christmas...

My New England kitchen is almost done! This is the good side, but still have that tile! -Eeegahds!

Last, I have to finish my online graduate course. When you're a teacher you have to keep taking graduate classes beyond the graduate degree that you already have...I'm not complaining though...LOVE MY JOB! I job share, so I'm off today if you're thinking, Hey, is she slacking and taking the day off!

Where I work at home and write, correct papers, read, draw, etc..here and there below

My couch is big pillow comfort!

And my bookshelf on the other side of the room that tends to distract me...Notice my new thirty-one bags?! Love that large utility tote!!  

Okay, so, I have to do all of this before picking my lovie bug up at preschool.  

I caught a Storm Trooper
Will and I at Old Sturbridge Village on Halloween

i had wine with tasha tudor

The apples were boiling in the pot for my homemade applesauce which were to go on top of the pork roast. Broccoli spears were steaming and my little tuckered out boy was snuggled on the couch with the dog waiting for Daddy to come home from another day in Boston. So, it was the perfect opportunity for me to light the candles, pour myself a glass of chilled wine and read the Tasha Tudor book I checked out of the library. This book is sooooo old and the first time it was checked out was in 1973! 3 yrs. before I was born and it's still on the shelves at my New England library. 


I just love her art and am feeling very inspired by both Tasha Tudor and Susan Branch as of late for some reason. It must be the warmth of their work and the spirit of the season, but no matter what season, I'm a New Englander, love to write and draw, and love the spirit of it all.  Have a great day! ;)