Kitchen REDO Done:Dining Area

Have you ever had a paintbrush in your hand as company came up the walk? 

I almost did.

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First coat on Monday before Thanksgiving.

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The BEFORE picture.

Our OLD dining area was the last of our farmhouse kitchen to be finished... 

we impatiently waited for the NEW wallpaper to arrive.

 The cabinet REDO took two coats of satin enamel in off-white to match the IKEA kitchen cabinets.

I had hemmed and hawed about painting the blue cabinet, it had been blue for so long. 

This was a furniture rescue from a second hand store in 1980's. 

It had been a store fixture and in a fire.

 I dragged it home and hubby rebuilt and sanded it down (all the burned finish) 

and it fit perfectly in that corner. 

The bottom has tons of storage for craft supplies, candles, serving pieces and vases. 

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My inspiration is shown above. Note, I did get my wallpaper at Sherwin-Williams, basically the only place to buy wallpaper within 15 miles, here in Chicagoland. REALLY?

I just couldn't do it online because of matching colors. 

We chose the red wallpaper for the lower walls and the ticking stripe for the bits of walls not covered in cupboards. We only needed to order a double roll of each.

 The stripes also have a creamy background to warm up all the white ceiling. 

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 I think the creamy background sets off the porcelain blue/whites nicely. 

Wednesday night before Thanksgiving I put up my plates. 

 I had to pick and choose from my huge family stash.

 These OLD plates date from the 1940's to the 2000's.

 I still have MANY to find places to hang. 

I had them sprinkled all over the soffits in the OLD kitchen.

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These plates are the oldest of my grandmother's and great-grandmother's. 

They are a mixture of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates-dating back to 1906. These are quite moody and simplistic in their design and portray the long Danish winters and the dreamy half-light a northern country is subject to during those months. Denmark, Land of the midnight sun, and endless night.

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Granny's bowls from this previous POST are now on top of the corner cabinet.

You can just see a glimpse of the lower walls with the red denim paper. When all the chairs are paint creamy white, I think it will show up more.

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It was terribly dreary day to get pictures, but I tried. 

I have to find some wonderful piece of vintage stitchery to put over that TV.  

I haven't put tons of stuff on the sidewalls by the cabinet. 

I'm trying to edit, but losing the soffits in the old kitchen 

has left me with totes brimming with plates, crocks, and tins.

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Its was was a different story when the NEW light was on in the cabinet. 

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We had one of the under cabinet lights left from the kitchen cabinets. 

This NEW stick light has a small switch and is LED. So far, it has been on all the time.

Love my hubby, he tubed all the cords, mounting them in the corner and they disappeared.

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My grandmother's OLD very OLD kitchen window sill people. 

I never asked her where they came from. 

They are all unmarked porcelain. 

My mom had them on her window sill for over 20 years.

 My sill is too narrow to house the, so they have been in the cabinet.

 The small people are a salt and pepper, the lady is a bell.

 Wooden shoes and pointed caps were also common in Denmark,

 though I think these are Dutch.

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I have used some OLD plates with more color. I think the cabinet will morph into being,

 and change seasonally. The OLD creamer and sugar are marked Japan, 1950's maybe.

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The turkeys kept sneaking in the pictures.

 Grandmother's coffeepot is filled with three generations of handmade wooden spoons. 

I have a few Spode plates in the cabinet, for the moment. 

The OLD vintage vase is signed Delft.

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 An OLD salt pot, and the top of my farmer's scale, is unmarked.

 I really do love the warmth of the stripes.

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The odd bit of wall by the pantry with the new wallpaper. It really sets off the NEW moldings.

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 Hubby put the stripes above the roaster shelves in the back hall.

 I really do need to REDO that wall.

The hole on the top shelf is because of the HUGE roaster is in the oven with the turkey.

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 So paint still curing, wallpaper still drying, family coming up the walk, taking the paintbrush out of my mouth, Turkey in the oven --and

we were ready, PHEW---for Thanksgiving.

I'm Thankful, we are done

with the Kitchen REDO remodeling project of 2016!

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Christmas Past Projects and Fun

I've only been blogging for one Christmas season, but thought I would 

share a few of last years posts.

DIY Christmas Tree Shaped Topiary

We made an ivy topiary from a tomato cage. This year it has filled out so much, 

can't wait to put some fairy lights in it for the holidays.

Inside I shared some DIY cookie trays.

DIY Making Tiered Cookie Trays

Loving vintage I tried a NEW/OLD Christmas Tin Tree. 

This was great for hiding real sweets in over the holiday season.

Vintage Christmas Tins Tree

My family traditions and my inherited Copenhagen porcelain.

Christmas Traditions and Copenhagen Porcelain

My family traditions and the blue and white porcelain in my china cabinet.

Vintage Christmas Kitchen

Christmas in the old kitchen.  Goodness, I hung the Jule Nisse stitchery to hide the ugliness of the  beat up cabinets. How short is a year after a remodeling?

Vintage Christmas Kitchen

Christmas pig noshing down on acorns with vintage everywhere.

Vintage Christmas Kitchen

A child's apron, I was 8 to 10 when I received this from my aunts in Denmark.

Granny's Ornaments

I was on a hunt to replace wax ornaments of my grandmother's. Gurley wax ornaments.

Vintage DIY Terracotta Gingerbread Village

We toured my Christmas village made with terra-cotta houses, and vintage ones.

Wonderland Express at Botanic Gardens

Wonderland Express at the Botanic Gardens

We went on a tour of the Chicago Botanic Gardens and road the Wonderland Express.

DIY Barbie House moving in for Christmas

Decorating the DIY Barbie House for Christmas had to be the MOST fun!

Junkin Finds for the Front Porch

Decking out the front porch for the holidays just before the storm.

Cushions for the Front Porch

Vintage tablecloths into cushions

Junkin' Finds for the Front Porch

Making an arrangement for the holidays, focal point for the front porch.

Just in time, 

Mid-November 2015-a year ago---in Chicagoland, those are pumpkin lights, not Christmas lights! 

Better Watch OUT! 

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Kid's Crafts:Roly-Poly Turkeys for the Table

Thanksgiving is less than a week away...OH MY!

Our Grand was here for Sunday and we try to do a craft.

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Yesterday I found a large bag of OLD Vintage plastic ball ornaments at a thrift store, 3 dozen or so for $4.00. Well, over half were lime green (for my D-in-law), with a few gold and 8 orange. 

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Knowing I was never going to have an orange Christmas tree, I dug in my craft stashes, and decided to REDO them into Turkeys for the table with the Grand, today.

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I had everything on hand, I shop end of season sales (70-90% off) for kid's craft supplies, 

and keep a huge tub in the kitchen corner buffet. 

I had a bag of brown feathers, chenille stems, google eyes and lots of foam sheets, 

foam glue and brown paper drip coffee filters. Rather than throw them out when that coffee pot passed on---I saved them for crafts-a GREEN thing to do.

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I precut the black, (I didn't have brown) foam sheets into proportional squash shaped heads. The Grand isn't ready for scissors yet, she just turned 4. 

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Here are the supplies ready for crafting. I corral supplies into plastic tubs, 

to keep the table organized and easy to go fishing in. The Grand picks out the eyes, she made sure she matched them---sometimes eyes don't match though, which can be fun.

I cut each chenille stem in half with a wire cutter and twisted the two pieces

 together leaving the ends open and sticking out for turkey feet.

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Here the Grand traces her hand on two-layers of foam sheet. 

You need two hand shapes for each turkey. 

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She does a pretty good job, we used washable markers.

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We use wax paper or parchment paper for work surfaces.

 Nothing sticks to it, and makes for easy clean-up.

While Gramma cut the hands out, Grampa and the Grand glued feathers on the opened coffee filters. 

This worked great, the foam glue is thick and tacky, and the feathers stuck super. 

We each did two or three. The Grand was very patient in placing her feathers without help.

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They look very fluffy. The shape of the filter is perfect for a tail. We let these dry for over an hour.

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I made one google-eyed turkey face with the precut beaks and wattles. The Grand knew the red thing was the wattle from story hour at the Library. 

She patiently did all the beaks, eyes, and Wattles...(that's a funny word, Gramma, giggles).

I squeezed the glue, because it was thick and sticky. She doesn't like getting sticky, lol.

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I love that they are all different, I didn't use patterns and free handed the shapes

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I tried to use the foam glue, but as a crafter I'M IMPATIENT, so I got out the hot glue gun. 

First I put the feather layer on, and then the two hands behind, thumbs pointing out.  The Grand helped by pushing on the pieces. She pushed on all the faces after okaying their placement.

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Yes, those are cookies she is working on too, we multi-task around here. I always have a plan B when working with kids. You just never know when they will want to do something else.

Gramma hot-glued the turkey feet on by herself. 

I used an extra hot glue-stick as a finger to pushdown on the 'feet'.

No burns that way.

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Results, some NEW roly-poly turkeys, that sit up straight on top of a REDO canning jar rims. 

The foam glue will dry completely clear, eventually.  (my Impatience-again)

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A Happy Face and Gobble-Gobble Turkeys!

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Gobble-Gobble! Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Supplies for a Roly-Poly Turkey

1ball ornament-orange, gold or brown would work, these were soft-ball size

yellow, green, orange, red (glitter is what I had) and black plastic foam sheets.

Google eyes (I buy assorted packs on sale.

Paper coffee filter for a drip coffee pot, or cut a fan circle shape from a paper bag.

1 chenille stem, cut in half and twisted together (yellow or orange)

Foam Glue

rubber bands to hold pieces in place if you use foam glue.

or hot glue used by an adult.

Feathers, we used a bag of assorted brown feathers. 

washable marker, scissors

canning jar lid ring for a base.

Tips: 

Have small pieces cut out ahead of time. 

Make a sample to show what stages of a finished project might look like. 

Put leftover supplies in zip-plastic bags, for easy finding, in your craft tote.

Thanks always for visiting. 

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