Morning guys! It's Friday...we made it thru the week! lol We got so much done this week. I had told baby girl (Jen) that I was gonna start doing little special things for myself that I always wanted to do but just never made it a top thing on my list...like buy just simple little bouquets of flowers at the grocery each week for the kitchen....I have always loved fresh flowers....not really roses...just plain wild flowers or country flowers as I called them...the sweet little toot came walking in the other day with this huge bunch and said "Here Mom...this will get you jump started!" lol I had to run find my little creamy white vase I got at Michaels on clearance...I had hid it from myself! lol
I finished painting the lower cabinets in the kitchen.....ohhhhh glory....do you even have to ask do I love them!!!!!
I had thought I would sand the edges and distress them...I tried that on one door & hated it....I grabbed the paint brush and fixed that little problem!
Usually I sand all the edges of anything I paint black....but for some reason I just love these solid.
I am loving the look of the two different colors of cabinets....the top ones are still the creamy white with the mocha glaze...
I didn't know how Bill would react to the cabinets being black but when he came home and saw them he loved them! He told me that if I ever decided to paint the top ones black also that he wouldn't mind...(the sweet thing...like I would even ask if he minded before I painted them! ) Did I just say that! lol lol
Remember here while back I showed you this old silver tray I bought at the Antique Mall for just a few dollars...I knew I would do something with it one day...I am not a silver and crystal kind of gal...
Well....yesterday while Bill was getting ready to cut the grass I had him to look in the shed and see if we had any black spray paint (of course his first reaction was to turn pale and say "you ain't gonna be spray painting something in the house are you!!!!)
This is what I created....ohhhhhh look at that sweet little tray with the feet! When it dried...I wanted to try it out...so I thought I'd fix Bill a special snack for lunch...a toasted turkey sandwich & some tea....
Well of course being the blogger in training that I am...I immediately begin to do my little tablescape (yes pickles & tomatoes can be a tablescape)...I set it up on the back porch....swiped a few flowers from my kitchen vase...hollered for Bill to come take a break and ran and got my camera...
I got back on the porch just in time to yell "DON'T TOUCH IT!" I gotta take a picture first for the blog..he was about to mess up my arrangement and I don't think it would have been as pretty with a big bite mark on the sandwich! Just look what a sweet tray it makes now that it is all 'Picket" and black!
Oh and while he finished up the yard I ran in the house and snatched the old black quilt rack off the wall....I had bought some 'oops' paint at Home Depot for $1 here while back...it is a gorgeous shade of sage green...I knew I wanted to make the old rack a little more cottagey.... I am loving this look...So that's been my week here in Picketville...hope yours has been just as much fun...take care everyone and have a fantastic weekend~~~♥~~~
65 lil sweet taters came by...:
i LOVE your black cabinets.....looks like you did a GREAT job of painting!!!!!
love your "tablescape" too!!!!!
enjoy your blog so much.....
I was so happy to see your comment. My! It has been a while. I see that you've been cleaning, painting, and fixing. You've been busy.
I'm still packing--and packing. Salvation Army is getting plenty of good things to sell to bloggers. Won't it be fun for me to see something I once had getting painted?
You are always so busy you amaze me. Your cabinets are gorgeous. Show us a wide shot...I can tell it's all perfect.
You just made me laugh with Bill's lunch. Poor guy has to wait for the blog picture. Something tells me he doesn't really mind.
Happy Friday!
I LOVE your blog. You are witty, crafty, a decorator, you LOVE your family and they LOVE you. It is just so uplifting to read that I miss when you don't post. The cabinets look fantastic as well as that cute little tray.
I hope when I move to AL that I have a neighbor like you close by. Second thought, you move to AL and be my neighbor.
Have a good one.
Love your cabinets and you did such a professional job on them. I used to work for a cabinet shop!
Were your cabinets oak, that you painted??? Mine our Red oak and I want soooo much to paint them. The painter says I will have trouble with the grain showing.
Great Job!
dropshopree@yahoo.com
I thought you were painting those cabinets black but didn't know for sure 'cause you just painted them a short time ago. I LOVE LOVE LOVE black cabinets!! I want to paint the ones in my bathrooms. What kind of paint did you use? Did you sand inbetween coats? It looks so great Dot!!! LOVE THEM
Your cupboards look great. That's my next big project too and I can't wait! I love that your hubby had to wait to take a bite until you took the picture! They are pretty understanding. Have a great weekend, Dawn
Dot you even display your food in a beautiful way. Do your talents have no end?? I love love love your cupboards. Someday I will have mine painted but for now I will keep them as they are. I think my hubby just might divorce me if I suggested something like that to him. I'll have to work on him a bit more.
Flowers are so inexpensive and they make you feel so good don't they. My daughter picks me a wild flower bouquet a couple of times a week from our hillside now that they are in full bloom. They perk up the whole livingroom.
Enjoy your weekend.
AMY
Well Pretty Picket you and I are in the minority! My blog shows that most people use their towels more than once! You'd be surprised who does too. Sooooooo, when are you mailing me that old quilt shelf? I'll be watching for the UPS truck to be stopping by with it soon, LOL! You sure are a busy little thing. If you could bottle your energy you'd be a bazillionaire!! Have a great weekend. I better go start watching for that truck now!
Oh Dot!! What a lovely transformation on those cabinets!! I SO want to do something with my whitewashed look, but am not sure what the howey to do!! Can I just say, too that I love you decorating style?? So pretty, homey and not overdone!!
And that tray? I would never have thought to spray paint it!! You have probably just created a monster cause I have seen a gazillion silver items that were too tarnished to use that I will HAVE to buy and paint!!
Everything is awesome! Thanks for sharing with us! Did hubby love his tablescape? Mine would have!!
Hugs 'n joy,
Becky
Love your cabinets w/ your countertop! I told my hubby i was going to paint my cabinets and he said,no your not! Hee-hee,i have a disorder called a listening problem! lol And lately he has been working out of town,so that means noone to tell me no!! lol And sometimes i forget things too! lol Love youe little tray as well,i see them at the TS all the time.Now you gave me a reason to buy one! lol Have a "BLESSED" weekend! Natalie,
mommynoodles27@yahoo.com
I love, love, love the black cabs! Even though we had ours painted creamy white last summer, I've been toying with painting either the uppers or lowers black (David will DIE)! Can you please give me the formula and brand paint you used and you just KNOW you need to give a step-by-step tutorial on how you did it!
Hugs!
Judy
Dot, I am sitting down here looking out at the Gulf of Mexico, wow what a beautiful state you live in! We have loved our week in Gulf Shores and are sad to leave tomorrow! I just showed my family the amazing job you did on your cabinets. I have been filling everyone one in on all of your home makeovers, they are impressed!! I would never have thought to paint that tray but it looks great! So glad to see that you are back and busy as ever! Have a great weekend, talk to you soon! Sue
you have been a busy girl...love the cabinets....the tray is just too cool...what a nice snack for your sweet husband...hope he appreciated the staging as much as the snack...
Love the make overs that you do Dot!
You sound so much better too:)
Rondell
Your cabinets are absolutely stunning. I just love them. The combination of creamy white and black is just stunning in a kitchen. Your tray turned out so pretty, what a great find. I agree that I am really loving the cottage look. So warm and homey. Hugs, Marty
Love your cabinets! I have that same table & chairs and a similar china cabinet. The back of my china cabinet is painted red. It came from my great grandma and holds some of her dishes. I also have paneling half way up like you and creamy yellow on top. I'm still trying to decide what color I want to get a buffet in...
Anyways, I love your cabinets!
Mornin Dot!! I'm lovin those black cabinets, the paintjob is so professional!! Dot I need to see a shot of the whole kitchen so I can see the black with the cream uppers, PLEASE!! Email me a pic please!! I gotta get busy, you are making me feel like a lazy slug!! Have a fabulous weekend sweetie!! xoxoxo
Picket, I am lovin' that tray! What a great idea for those of us that don't do silver!! It really brings out the design in the metal. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
are you not just the little busy bee and when do you stop that mind a thinkn to just sit back and gaze upon all the wonderful sites you have in that cute house of yours
what a treat to see what you come up with and send me some of that energy girlfriend or is it just plain old motivation...
just love what you do
ter
anmlvr13atyahoodotcom
Would you come to Florida and help me with a few projects in my house, Dot? You are like a whirlwind! Everything looks wonderful. It always amazes me what a transformation a little paint can make.
I love your cabinets! That is so funny about taking a picture of the food before he ate it. Sounds like something I would do. Have a great weekend!
Hey Picket!
Oh girl, I've got so much I want to say here...wow, your porch looks beautiful and all of your flowers...I love what you did to that tray! You are truly amazing lady...you know it?! I love what you did in your living room, honey I want those butterfly throw pillows! You have been so busy and wow, you are an inspiration...I wish I had about 1/4 of your energy. Your cabinets look wonderfully amazing and I bet the contrast there is with those upper cabinets looks beautiful, your kitchen looks so gourmet and custom, (I need to borrow you for about a week at my place, down here in Florida)....you are so brave and you aren't afraid to take chances and that's what I've always loved about you. I love seing what you do...you are truly an inpiration in every way. You want something and you just go for it! LOL! You are good I tell ya! I so enjoyed catching up with you...I am only so sorry about your Maggie furbaby...deepest sincere sympathy I send your way sweetie...with a big hug too...I'll be catching up with you again soon!
Love ya,
Queenie~
Bless Bill's heart ... what our guys go through for our blogs, huh?
Your cabinets are beautiful, Dot, and look like they were professionally done ... and I love the tray! I see really pretty and ornate silver trays that are tarnished beyond hope at flea markets, and you can be sure from now on I'll be looking at them with the idea of painting them in mind. Great idea! ... but then, you always have great ideas.
P.S. Thanks so much for dropping by for lemonade on the porch! Girl, Thanks for all you said too...You know I've always loved your cozy white porch. I was hoping you'd get a chance to stop over to see what we did to the porch...I could hardly wait to show you everything! I do remember your shed (How could I forget the shed from RMS, the shed you stashed all of the decorating goodies in, for changing out things....when the notion strikes, LOL! I've got one of those too, my friend, LOL! and I remember your porch, cute as can be...how you and Bill even put a little porch on your shed...I loved that!
I think what you had in mind for it would look so pretty, but I think it's looks great natural too, Especially for those Burly Boys. I bet Bill would go for any idea you have up your sleeve though. He's a great sport!
I'll run along now...
Big Hug,
Queenie~
Oh, Dot! I am just love, love, lovin' what you did! I wish you could come to my house and help me! I need some inspiration.
I'm so glad that your sweet baby girl brought you those flowers. You deserve them!
I'm feeling a little under the weather and am missing an important HS graduation AND my little Godson's birthday party both. I must have picked up some mean bug which I can't understand considering I wash my hands as many times as day as Lady McBeth did in Shakespeare! LOL! Anyhow, I love you and love what you did... great tablescape, my friend.
Big, BIG hugs and lots of love...
XO,
Sheila :-)
I wish I had so much energy!
The black cabinets are fantastic and that tray turned out so cute!
Try to take some time to put your feet up....before you paint something else!!
LOVE the cabinets. Paint is never dry at my house, for I am always painting something new. hehe Kathy
Wow!! Love the black cabinets and would leave em alone too! Hi Dot!!! Love all your projects and I wish my spray paint project went as well. Today its raining so looking at the mess up is bugging me; maybe I should go buy flowers too!!lol I think a bite out of the sandwich would not have ruined your staging at all!!! Have a fun weekend - Sincerely, Jeannette
I not only learn how to do something new and clever around the house from reading your post, but I also ALWAYS get the biggest smile. Thank YOU for smiles and happiness*!!! _Ashley ~
I am so glad you are feeling better my friend its not easy losing a fur baby, I still miss my big mama. I love your cabinets they came out fantastic!!! I love how you just jump right in there and do it, I need to do that more!! Your tray and quilt rack look so good too you done good girl!!! Have a wonderful weekend Dot!~xoxo~Wendy
You are such a clever girl! You can do ANYTHING! You never cease to amaze me with your talents. Everything looks so pretty and fresh. (Even Bill's sandwich, etc.) LOL
Dot, I love the inspiration you give to all of us. Spiritually AND Craftiness in your decor. Keep us inspired, sweetie!
Betty in Oklahoma
I knew that is what you were going to paint! I just didn't know what color...and I am loving the black!
I have always wanted to do that to mine, but my kitchen is so small!
I would love to see a pic of both the top and bottom cabinets together. Could you be a dear and arrange that for me?
You impress me!
Have a wonderful weekend!
love the cabinets. i love your counter top too! that silver tray is amazing now. what a great transformation! i could totally taste that sandwich too, lol!
Hey Girlfriend...those cabinets look great, I love, love, love them and I knew I would. Funny when you said you needed to take a picture of Bills lunch, I can hear my hubby now, you need to take a picture of lunch?? Why? It's just lunch. Boy what they put up with hmmm. I would love to see a shot of the whole kitchen, bet it looks great. Enjoy the weekend.
Hugs,
Donna
Everything looks great! I love the flowers and the cabinets. We've been painting, too. We had carpet put in our bedroom Wednesday and with everything moved out I saw how awful the walls looked.
I went and got paint while they finished the carpet. My husband said "I wasn't planning on painting, too. I'd like to get the furniture back in before midnight." Well, we painted and got the very big and heavy furniture back in before midnight. Glad we don't do this very often!
Girl, you are amazing. I get tired just thinking about all of the work you do. It all looks so good.
And, good for you about the flowers. I'm glad your daughter got you started. I treat myself to fresh flowers, too.
The paint job looks awesome. Did you put a poly on top or the stain?
I so wish my cabinets looked like yours but for now dh is just not having painted cabinets so I will just have to adjust!
I think having two different finishes is such a great idea...we'll see what you dh says. Dianntha
Picket, I love those black cabinets. I wish you would show a picture of the black and cream/mocha cabinets together. I think my kitchen is too small for the black but maybe it would be ok for the two of them together. What do you think?
Picket....I can not tell you how happy I was to see your note!!!! Just like an old friend had come to the door!! O.k. so I am loving your kitchen, you know our cupboards are black and I love them, I have not tired of them at all and its been about 6 years...your tray find is nice too, I have a major tray fetish...oh and speaking of that, the plant you were asking about, well first of all, its dead!! I have decided I am like a hospice for plants, they don;t know it but they come here to "DIE" poor wee things...anyway, it WAS called angels tears, but it died really quick(no suffering was involed) so I don't suggest it....anyway, gotta go grocery shopping, so have a wonderful weekend my dear friend!!OH,one more thing,,,Meg had decided to go to MacMaster University, right here in town,cause she is going back to Haiti next year and needs to save as much as she can!!! YAHOO!!! Talk to you soon, love Chrissy
Girl I love the cabinets painted your signature color...and who would have thought you could paint silver...now you have my head spining as I have alot of silver and hated to polise it...I like to tell peeps it's Pewter ha ha!!Love the flowers idea sweet P. you should have fresh flowers...Now Bill would think anything you did was great girl...so long as he did't have to paint it ha ha!! hows your bedroom coming together...still waiting to see it...May you have a Blessed weekend my friend...hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
I love all the paint jobs you've done , you have a great talent for decorating . Every thing turns out so pretty . I'm still waiting for you to do a book . You have so many pretty pictures to put in it . Of course all these stories you tell are so fun .Your blog is a book in it's self , just love it and you friend .
Mary
I'm amazed at what a can of paint can do!!!
I love your projects and your "table scape" is adorable!!
Now I want to paint my cabinets black! They look awesome!
Picket everything is looking great. I love the cabinets black. When you mentioned the tray and spray paint I wasn't sure but it looks so good. Of course I love the green on the quilt rack, green is my favorite color.
I have to tell you I posted the space we built for my cat, yes my cat. If you get a chance take a look, yeah I know, he is spoiled rotten.
http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Other-Spaces/Bobbys-Space/detail.esi?oid=6779305
Have a great weekend.
Love the black Dot!! Just yummy!
I giggled when you described rushing to make a tablescape and take a pic. Oh we bloggers are a funny lot!
hugs, Linda
Hi Picket, everything looks great, and that idea about painting the tray is something I will have to try. It looks terrific! LOVE the black cabinets with the countertop and your new curtains. Have a great weekend friend, "talk" soon!
Your cabinets are awesome Dot! I love them, you did a great job on the paint, what kind did you use? I just found this wonderful new paint from Behr, check out my blog post. Your blog is so inspiring to me, I love each and every visit, and always leave wondering why I wait soooo long in between visits...busy life, boy does that get in the way!
Your counter tops are great too! Your house looks over the top wonderful.
Take care and have a great weekend with that family of yours!
XO,
Donna Lynn
Dot, I love love love the cabniets. HOw brave are you!! I have been wanting to paint mine black and then a cream and scuff them up, but oh I'm so not brave enough. I did just paint my bathroom vanity this past week. But!!! Someday soon we will be remodeling the bath and I thought oh what can I ruin? Dot, the kitchen looks great and like I said before, very magazine worthy!! Dawn
Sweet baby girl! I am so glad she treats her mama right!:)
Your cabinets look spectacular!!! And Bill's lunch yummy. I had to laugh as Mr's B's reaction would be the same as he reached for a delicious bite...only to be held up by a blogger's camera.:-) We have changed lives! At least put our families lives on delay until the almighty pictures are taken. LOL
Enjoy a great weekend dear friend!
Wow Picket your cabinets look awesome! I think I like them crisp black, too. They look great with your countertop, too. Then to paint that tray was a fab idea. It looks so much better that way. I'm not a silver person either and I probably never would have even thought about buying that tray. I'm going to have to shop with an open mind now, I guess. Your lunch looks delish and pickles do make a great garnish! Hope your weekend is a good one! ~ Robyn
Dot, Thursday and Friday we ran hither and yon. Therefore, my visiting took a back seat. As I have my English Muffin, this morning, before we leave for the lake, I decided to visit a bit.
I love your cabinets! I thought about "distressing" the island when it was painted, but it just did not work for me. You made the right decision, when you left them the way they are.
Those flowers your daughter brought should last a week or 10 days. I love that flower. It's so longlasting. I'm taking a grocery store bouquet to the condo.
It's more running hither and yon for us today. I'm moving slow, though...allergies are still around and a benadryl before bed, last night has me slightly lethargic this morning.
I hope to do more visiting during our do nothin' days, over the weekend!
Have a great weekend!
Oh girl, your cabinets look SO good, but how about a whole kitchen pic so we can see how it looks all together?
Bill's lunch looked so good I wanted to snatch it through the screen!
Justine :o )
The cabinets turned out so nice, Picket. And the tray too. You are so funny with pictures but I am the same way. Love everything you do around and in your house...Christine
Hi Dot, your cabinets look great...I love the black color and the sandwich looks pretty good too. Yummy, in fact!!!
Hope your weekend is blessed!
Hugs, Barb
Hi! I came across your blog through Tootsie Time. I love your cabinets!! You did an excellent job painting them. They look professional.
Have a blessed weekend.
Teri
I was laughing so hard about "having to take a picture first". We bloggers are such a funny bunch! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the black cabinets. They look gorgeous and it looks like you did a really great job with the painting! Now lets see a picture of the whole thing...I want a better peek!
Dot, You have been tagged on my blog stop by and check it out, if you have a minute! Have a great Sunday! Sue
Awwwwwwww..thank you, friend, for your visit and your kind comments!
12 grandchildren?? Now that is a quiver full! What a blessing!! Maddie-Boo is such a cute name! I'm sure like the other 11, she's just a cute as can be. Being a grandparent is huge joy...along with being a parent! I see you have a daugher named Jen. My Jen is my oldest (she turned 25 on Christmas Day last year).
I'm looking forward to some time when I can sit for a while and read through each of your blogs. You have the gift of encouragement.
If you get a chance, come back over to my blog and see the little family that moved into my front door wreath. It was an unexpected, yet very welcomed surprise.
Teri
Wow~Weee the cabinets turned out GREAT! I'm even more inspired to paint my kitchen cabinets now...oh my FABULOUS job!
Big hugs to you~ J
Dear Dot,
Your cabinets are so beautiful. I love them and your beautiful porch and all your flowers. I love what you did by spray painting your tray...it turned out just divine...until I started blogging would I have ever dreamed of taking a picture of my husband's sandwich before he ate it...the other day he went to take the trash out and wanted to know if I needed a picture...lol...(I did have to think a minute)
I don't want to cause tears but I am so sorry about Maggie. She as well as my pets was/are such a vital part of our life...they are family and it hurts when they are gone but she is waiting for you at the gates of heaven....I can't believe that some people don't believe our pets or any animals will be in heaven...that makes me laugh.....my schnauzer says his prayers at night and was never given a treat to do it...he knows what praying is.
you are such a creative, wonderful Proverbs 31 woman
hugs
debbie
Thanks Picket for coming by, I always love it when you do. By the way don't tell Bobby any different, see he believes the Fort was his idea!
Have a great day.
Betty
Hey Girlfriend...
Ohhh...I was so surprised when I got to my blog and found your sweet note waiting there for me...so happy that you came by today, Darlin'! Thank you so much for the nice compliments too!!!
Girl, you HAVE been busy!!! Ohhh my...I absolutely adore your black cabinets!!! They're gorgeous, my friend!!! You have been making so many changes to your beautiful home and I have loved them all!!! I'm still marveling over your paneled walls and now your freshly painted black kitchen cabinets!!! Dot, you have one of the prettiest homes that I've ever seen...I just adore it!!!
Ohh yes, I certainly did enjoy Bill's lunch too! Good thing he came and got it when he did or I would have ate it! hehe!!!
So good chatting with you Sweetie!!!
Love ya,
Chari
Picket your whole house is so totally gorgeous. And the cabinets are absolutely pretty. I've been wanting topaint my cabinets two different colors, but can't decide...maybe sage green on the bottom, and leave the top white, but I LOVE your black and cream ones, so I'll have to think about that too! xorachel
WOW, what a kitchen. You have fabulous taste. I just had mine done in a yellow, and wanted to glaze them. Then men told me I couldn't because they used an oil based paint, and it wouldn't work. :-( I'll figure something out.
You have the neatest blog and I usually just read the current post. I have been reading it all now, and I love it. I think it was Laurie who told me to get over here and say Hi to you. So, Hi Picket ! I'm Connie, the other Connie, as I am told. There are two of us here now. I have a blog and I spend way too much fooling around with it ~~ days like this when it's raining. I have my sidebar all upside down and mixed up now. When I move the categories in the dashboard they flip back to wherever they were. Ah, such fun. ( I also ramble on too much at times).
Just wanted to say hi and tell you your blog is so good and I love your home.
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