The Kitchen.
We have to wait a bit to completely redo the kitchen, but I had to at least do something! I look through catalogs and country/cottage style magazines all the time. I found these darling shades that button up (to raise and lower), and this matching valance; but because my kitchen window is almost 6 feet long it was going to cost almost $200 (if I bought them). So I searched on-line for the same designer material and found a 1.5 yard (56" wide) remnant for $23.00, then went to Wally world and found the blue gingham material at $7.50 for 5 yards. Below is the result. I think it came out cute!
The kitchen is all paneled (and carpeted, which I hate both). I decided to rip out some of the paneling so I could see what the walls look like...Not bad, but they aren't staying yellow (well until we get the rest of the paneling down).
The patio.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was being ambitious building a brick patio to cover the 'dead spot' under one of our spruces....Friday my friend Sine (a really, really good friend!), came over and we spent the day scraping the old mortar off the bricks and setting them. Sine calls herself 'the finisher'...She won't quit till it's done! I had gotten the 3 pieces of flagstone from Mark and Sine, and they worked out great. The walk down the side of the house isn't done yet, but a lot of it is done; especially the patio! Here's a during and after picture!
Well, I have some other stuff to get done, will blog again soon!
Everyone (okay, the 2 or 3 people that read this) take care and keep happy!
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Great work! I sure wish I had the patience for mom to teach me to sew.
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