Kitchen Valance: Finshed!

valance I sewed:-)

kitchen j

kitchen view from hallway

Now I am having a dilemma  with my coffee station...which do you think looks better?

books on right?

 ~OR~

books on left?

look what I found! a navy blue/white bowl 

Kitchen

One of my favorite J's  Urban Outfitters

cook book and art on display

my home made chalk board menu

view from dining room

view from stove

view from sink

view from entry hallway

my window sill

before

before

I have actually sewn a curtain since I took these pictures, so I will add them soon!

I want a kitchen built in like this....

...one day *sigh* 

{and I'll take those two adorable twinys.}

photo credit: Cottage and Vine

Sew excited!

YAY!

For Christmas my mom past down her Kenmore sewing machine (which I have sewn one 5th grade dress, 15 years ago) because my Nana, amazin' seamstress, no longer sews, my mom got her sewing machine. I have been wanting a sewing machine FOREVER. I love it. Anyway, I couldn't decide what in the world to sew first, so I think I am going to use the left over fabric to make a valance for my teensy kitchen window, which looks like crap right now. I bought a pattern, and hope to start asap.

said window

DIY: Dining Room Chairs

before

after

primed

all four before

all four after

around our temporary kitchen table





I wanted to do my own chairs after I found the fabric you see at Above All Fabrics. After I bought the fabric, I started looking around antique shops for chairs. Man, are chairs expensive! I really didn't care if they matched I just wanted to be able to recover a cushion seat. Well, I was talking to my MIL about my plan and she said to use the chairs someone had given to my hubby when he moved out to Oklahoma. They were PERFECT! I primed them immediately and then had to wait for the fabric to come in. I am  terrible at patience.  I also ordered some of the same print with a teal background  for plans of two end chairs in the future.


After we moved into our new house, my mom came down and I knew she would loooove this DIY project. We hit Lowe's and stared at spray paint forever. I was hung up because the teal color I loved only came in gloss and I wanted satin. I also wanted to do different colors, but on the shelf none of them seemed to go together. My mom threatened the thought of buying regular paint, and I immediately pulled four cans of satin spray paint and said these will do. As soon as they were in my mom's arms I couldn't believe how perfect they were together!




While the spray paint dried, we recovered the seats with a heavy duty stapler. Very easy. Well, very easy after we traded in our first stapler for a better one. 


My only debate is what color to paint my two end chairs once I get them!?!?