Hello Friends! Thanks for stopping by. It has been pretty busy around my house this week and probably will be this coming week. Still working on the kitchen table, chairs and hutch. It is coming along nicely, it is just a slow process. Hopefully, next Sunday I will be sharing with you my kitchen nook makeover. I am so pleased on how things are turning out. I have to share a: guess what?, I posted a picture on facebook and my instagram page about wanting wainscoting and not wanting to rip the back off of my hutch to get that, I took washing tape (why washing tape? I didn’t have any other thin tape to get the look I wanted on hand. I did have a very thin roll of washy tape) and added straight lines to the back 4″ apart. Painted like normal. Removed the tape. Let me just tell you………BINGO! I won. Can’t wait to show you.
Today’s topic is the large piece of furniture in my dining room. This piece of furniture is my biggest nightmare. I never know how to arrange my china cabinet. I fight with the arrangement where sometimes I just say, “I am done with it today”. When I get into those moods, I jump on the computer and search for ideas. There are so many different ways people style their cabinets. I have seen pictures of cabinets where books are displayed in them. They look good, but you just have to have a certain room to make it work. I have seen cabinets where people showcase their quilts, dolls, and sovereigns. The display of their treasures are really nice, but I want to display my china in a more unique way. SO…I keep searching. I want to walk into the dining room and smile when I see the china cabinet. I found a couple I liked and just combined some of the ideas and did a few of my own touches.
I love my dining room furniture. We found it on ebay. We searched all over for what we wanted and I just couldn’t find anything that just said “take me home”. When I stumbled across this, I knew that it was the one I wanted. When it arrived, the cabinet came into two pieces. I never imagined how heavy it would be.
Here is my dining room cabinet.
Let me show you the inside of my cabinet and how I display not only my china, but my crystal that my husband gave me for a Christmas present when we were dating…..OK, you have to think about that. Two young kids in high school, what was he thinking about buying her crystal? Well….ha! You have to know my husband. He is very practical. My gift from my parent’s was a hope chest that year. I guess he wanted to help me get ready for our life together. AWE!!!! I love my crystal and the iron skillet set he also gave me……have we stopped laughing yet? Back to my china cabinet, please.
