Junk Chic Cottage Summer Home Tour


Welcome to my summer home tour. I am joining in on the fun over at Shabby Creek Cottage Summer Home Tours.  After visiting my home
be sure to check out all the other homes. Lot's of great inspiration.

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Living Room



Living Room

Dining Room


Dining Room
Dining Room



Kitchen




Master Bedroom







Guest Cottage Room








Cottage Office

Cottage Office



Laundry Room






Thanks for taking the tour.  Be sure to check out all the other homes on tour.
Have a great week end.
Kris
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A little plaster paint project. Plus a big thank you for two very special bloggers that are the sweetest.

I have to tell you it is so exciting when you win something in blog land.  Recently I was picked a winner of plaster paint on Judy's fun blog 20 North Ora you can see it here 20 North Ora.  I was excited to get this paint and try it out on a few projects.  I have never used the plaster paint before.  I have to tell you it was pretty easy to use and I was thrilled with my two projects I finished with this paint.
I also won on Melanie's blog Sweet Melanie beautiful pillow and runner and hand towels that I am using in my new lake guest room.
You can see Melanie's blog here 
http://sweetmelanie.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-winner-is.html


Cutest blue and ivory pillow.


Along with the cute pillow came the beautiful patch work runner and three cute cute cute hand towels.

Melanie is so talented and the sweetest if you have not visited her blog please pop over and check it out.  Her home is amazing and her decor so pretty.

Here are some pictures of the paint and my projects I did with my win at Judy's blog.


The paints came in some fun colors I used the Ocean Breeze blue and then I mixed the toasted marshmallow with the french ivory to make the color for my second project. Judy sent me the cute heart painted in the red with the cute embellishments. 

The paint goes on nicely in one coat.  Dries quickly and then waxing and it is a finished project.

Project number #1. I had this old vintage cream colored stool and I used the french blue on this piece for my new lake guest room.

Project number #2 was my make up vanity from my bathroom.  It was white hard to tell in this picture but it was pure white and needed a new face lift. So I mixed the toasted marshmallow with the creamy french ivory and got a pretty cream color for the vanity.

Before

After. I painted it and then just took a wet sponge after the paint  was dry and ran it over the spots I wanted the cream to come through.  Then I waxed it and let it sit over night.  This project from start to finish was less than an hour.

There she is in all her lake blue glory.  It added a little more pop of color to the room.

Project #2 Before

After.  I know it does not look like a color change in these pictures but it was.  It went from stark white to a creamy taupe color.

I did not want to have any color come through on this so I just waxed it.  This one I gave two coats of wax since I sit there and do my make up and hair so the top gets cleaned a lot.  The wax then would seal the vanity really good for cleaning when needed.

There she is in my master bathroom all ready to greet me in the morning.  I have to give a big thank you to Judy for sending me this lovely paint.  I am not a big furniture painter but with this paint being so easy I may have to do some more projects.  Thanks Judy and Melanie you are the sweetest.  I love my new paint and how my projects came out and I love the beautiful pillows and runner and towels. It felt like Christmas to win from both of these talented bloggers. I really appreciate both of you and the lovely treasures I won. Thank you and big hugs to both of you.
Have a great week.
Kris
:)
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Kitchen changes and fun with chalk paint.


When my husband came home the other day from work I told him I wanted to take down a cabinet or two!!!! I got the look!!! Then being the nice guy he is and how he loves to use tools he took down a couple of upper cabinets in my kitchen for me.

A little bit of primer on the wall where the cabinet was.

Then repainted the wall.

My husband made me two new shelves to replace the cabinets.

I wanted to keep the corner cabinet but it needed a little something.

So I painter's taped off the center of the cabinet.



I used some chalk paint about 3 coats and I think it was just the bling the cabinet door needed.


I found this great Cloverfield Dairy sign at TJ Maxx and that cutie was in my cart in no time!!! I then added my every day dishes from the cabinet and a few decorative pieces to the shelves.

Sorry my pictures are not the greatest.  It is hard on a cloudy deary day to get good lighting in my kitchen plus I can only do so much with my little Cannon Sure Shot camera.  

I have had this old black vintage kitchen scale for some time and never had a place in my kitchen for it.  Now I feel like it fits in with the little bit of black above on the shelves.

Added my vintage apron I got at Junk Bonanza.

Added an old tin roof birdhouse I got in Morris and added the birds to the little wreaths and then hung this on my old garden fencing above on the soffits.

Terrible picture of the pretty chandelier I got at the thrift shop. It really is pretty.

I had some little saucers that were missing their coffee cups so I painted the circles in chalk board paint and numbered them with chalk to hang above the sink on the garden fencing.

Loved that I could reuse these some how since I was missing the cups.

I think by losing some of the upper cabinets and using open shelving it opens up my kitchen and it seems brighter.  I had this chippy white cabinet and hung that next to the shelves.  It is made out of old chippy windows and doors.  I love this cabinet and have had it for a long time.  It has traveled around my house to several rooms and now it is taking up residence in the kitchen.


I love having the shelves now it just feels bigger and more open in my kitchen.

My counter chairs needed a little bling added to them too.  I just took some burlap and a hot glue gun to the back of the chairs.

I recovered the chair seats with some old Ralph Lauren gingham sheets I had.  Easy Peasy with the staple gun.




So far I am liking how the Kitchen is coming out. I apologize for the not so great pictures in this kitchen.  With the way the light comes in the room is so hard to get a good picture.  It is amazing with just a few changes how different the feel is in my kitchen.  Thanks for coming by. I love your comments and input.  Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Have A Great Week.
Kris
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