White Kitchen Island

Hi Everyone

Happy Saturday

♥

 {Love}

The kitchen island

it turned out better than expected

It was a difficult decision to paint over such beautiful wood

Here is a picture of the island when I first bought it

it was a steal at $50 dollars

I always liked its size and the detail

I sanded the wood with a light grade sand paper

than painted a light coat of "Kilz"

then started painting

I used Behr

 Ultra Pure White semi gloss enamel paint

The details really pop with the white paint

even Family agrees it looks great

Yippee

This looks and feels like home

♥

Here it is at the sale

 so happy I changed my mind

Now that I have the paint out

I am in the mood to paint the floors in the dining room

fingers crossed it turns out as good

linking with

Funky Junk Interiors

French Country Cottage

Common Ground

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Miss Mustard Seed 

Blue Cricket Design

Rachel Ashwells new book comes out this Fall

romantic saying for today

"Now join your hands and with your hands your hearts"

William Shakespeare



♥

Pam

Rachel Ashwell and DIY project

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday

A Sneak peek  at

the cover of 

Rachel Ashwells

new book

{Love}

♥

This is the inspiration for my new project

This kitchen island retails for

~$1300.00~

Here is my old kitchen island

bought at a garage sale for $50 dollars

 actually had it for sale 

and changed my mind

 started painting the island yesterday

 can't wait to show you how it turns out

linking with

The Shabby Chic Cottage

My Romantic Home



romantic saying for today

"I only want to be the fountain of Love from which you drink"

unknown



♥

Pam

Rachel Ashwell

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday

Here is a fabulous new interview with

Rachel Ashwell

from the House of Fraser

Rachel is coming out with a new book soon

I would

{love}

to sit down with Rachel Ashwell

  have a spot of tea

and ask her a few questions..

♥

A question I would ask...

How does she juggle so many adventures at the same time

Mother, Writer, B&B Owner etc.

and make it all seem so easy

 I would love to know if she has a favorite piece of

~White Ironstone~

the white pitcher

in the photo above is adorable





Rachel was kind and down to earth

I met her when her

last book came out

{Of coarse the battery for my camera was dead so no pictures!!!}

Rachel had a

Lovely accent and she wore an adorable long skirt and pretty slip-on high heel shoes

This surprised me

Most pictures of her she is wearing  casual jeans and cowboy boots

The one thing I remember most is she had a 

fabulous ruffled tablecloth

on the table

 and she had pinned six or seven

vintage rhinestone pins

on the edge of the tablecloth raising up the ruffle

It looked so pretty

and added that little extra Rachel touch.

{Love}

this idea

Sometimes it really is the little details that mean so much



romantic saying for today

"Remember tonight for it is the beginning of Always "

Dante Alighieri





♥

Pam