Kitchen Curtains

Good day blogger friend. Today is day two of my Kitchy Kitchen Dream Makeover, or how to turn a rather ho hum old kitchen into a strawberry lovers dream. Exactly one year ago today, I purchased a vintage hand embroidered tablecloth on Ebay for a mere $8.00. When I saw it, I just could not believe my eyes as to how perfect it would be for the kitchen I was about to create. I had already purchased and received the wallpaper, which dare I say cost me only $2.99 per single roll and I used 7 rolls. I knew right away that I was going to transform this tablecloth into valences.

 These were lovingly hand embroidered by someone. 

I wish I could tell her how much I enjoy and love her work.

To make these, I just cut the tablecloth in half and used the larger piece of embroidery for the bigger window. I zig zag stitched the cut edge and then turned it over with enough room to put a curtain rod through and stitched again.

VOILA!

If you would like to do something like this for your kitchen here is what's available on Ebay today

Sassy Lassie's Kitchen Week

After just about one year in our new home, I finally feel as though our kitchen is complete. Each day I love walking into this kitchen and starting my day. To say it is sunny and bright is an understatement and I adore the feeling it gives to me. When I invite people over to my house for the first time, I always tell them ahead of time that I have a very retro kitchen, so they don't feel obliged to ohhh over it. I certainly know it is not most peoples ideal kitchen. It is pretty over the top. But it is my ideal kitchen, at least for the moment. I can't tell you how many people have said to me, "My grandmother had strawberry wallpaper in her kitchen." When I hear this, I know I am on the right track in making this a vintage kitchen. This week I am going to take each day and show you a part of my kitchen. I hope you enjoy.

To take you back in time. This is how it looked when we bought the house.

 Youngstown Sink Unit

Green walls and fairly unadorned. 

A single man lived here for 50 years and there are places you can really tell that there was never a woman's touch. The kitchen was one of them.

And this was the look I was going for.

 And here is mine.

I really think I achieved what I sought to create.
All for less than $250.00

The table is now in the center of the room.

Here it is last Christmas.

I so enjoy having a place to sit and have a cup of tea or coffee with a friend here.

1) I took all of the Youngstown cabinets off and spray painted them with appliance paint.

2) Wallpapered entire upper half of walls, painted lower portion white and added a cherry red border.
3) Took butcher block out of our other house and installed it next to Youngstown unit.


More this week...I hope you join me...will also show you the few DIY projects I did.