Kitchen Facelift

If you haven't noticed already, I'm a big fan of colors. Red, blue, green, purple, macaroni and cheese - you name it... I love it! I highly enjoy mixing and attempting to match random colors in my house to make a cozy place. Sometimes my "matching" doesn't quite work out, but sometimes it does!

One year ago at this time I was frantically preparing for my Masters graduation and prepping my action research presentation. After graduation, my plans involved packing up my apartment and heading 60 miles south to the lake. This year, I'm sitting cozily on my bf's couch watching daytime television. I'm highly enjoying the relaxing part of summer vacation.

One of my big projects for my newly rented house was a pegboard for my kitchen. You can read about my wild adventure purchasing, painting, and installing the infamous green peg board here. Let's just say, it was a challenge.

This summer, I wanted to add a little flair to my white walls. I stumbled upon a trio of adorable kitchen printables from Over the Big Moon. Now these cute prints are hanging in my kitchen. I am quite satisfied!

Be Grateful. 

Roll With It!

Click here to download the prints and add them to your kitchen! Stay tuned for another blog post today about a fancy wreath I'm working on. Happy Wednesday!

Bob the Builder

Fact: I am not a very handy person. Today, Bob the Builder and Handy Manny must have joined forces and given me some of their power. Not only did I assemble a book shelf... I also hung curtain rods. This was a truly memorable day!

Fact #2: I never thought I would ever purchase a peg board and use it ...ever.

Boy was I wrong!

Thanks to Pinterest I've realized that handy men aren't the only ones that get to use peg boards.

Jewelry Storage, Pinterest

For the garage!

Now that's fancy storage!

Water fun for kiddos

Craft Storage

See what I mean? The possibilites are endless! Then, I stumbled upon this photo and was intrigued....

Design Sponge gives a more detailed how-to on their site, which is where my inspiration came from!

So, my next project was underway. I headed to Menards and purchased peg board, paint, and boards. I was so excited about my purchase I even took a photo of it while shopping. (I don't belong in a hardware store)

CHEESE

Before: booooooo

After: ahhhhhhhhh

After a few coats of paint, my peg board was a beautiful green masterpiece! Sadly, my board had to sit around and wait for me to move and get settled.

Finally! Today, with the help of my landlords, my peg board has found its new home in my kitchen. It's a bright splash of green in a white-walled area. Fancy, eh?

thanks to alissa I have a homemade lunch box and apron to display!

view from the living room

my cozy, bright, and crafted kitchen!

Thanks to this project my stereotype of peg boards has been broken. Who knows? Maybe I'll find myself in a hardware store again sometime soon.

...and the dish ran away with the spoon!

Hey diddle diddle,
The Cat and the fiddle,
The Cow jumped over the moon,
The little Dog laughed to see such sport,
And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.

I'm sure you all remember this classic nursery rhyme. It seemed fitting since my project today consisted of silverware!

The other day I set out searching for another hanging project for my kitchen. Lucky for me, I found the website Crap I've Made. Of course at first, I was intrigued by the title. Then, after some searching I found Kitchen Art complete with a Dollar Store challenge! The best part about this craft is that it's CHEAP!

Pick up a cheap frame and a few pieces of silverware from your local dollar store and you're ready to roll.

Of course, I'll use any excuse to scoot over to JoAnn's for some new fabric. I picked up a few pieces (on sale) and checked out with my teacher discount and headed home.

Today was a milestone in my summer of crafting... I made a list of materials needed. Therefore, I didn't have to stop midway through my craft and go buy something. I feel like I'm growing up.

Since I'm going with an "apple" color theme in my kitchen, I decided to use yellow spray paint to compliment the linen curtains I bought at Bed Bath & Beyond.

This was a bad idea.

I used my brain and thought it was probably a bad idea to spray paint all over the grass of my apartment complex. Instead, I used a trash bag. Big mistake! My poor silverware and frame stuck to the bag and it was a sticky mess to pick up.

Using the tips from the tutorial I found, I put my frame together with batting and fabric. Before I knew it, I had a nifty project to display in my kitchen.

Pass the sugar, please!

Next stop: Wally World to buy food for the family BBQ tomorrow. Although, a storm is rolling through Columbia right about now, perhaps I'll wait a few.

It better stop raining! Doesn't Mother Nature know it's America's birthday weekend?

Happy 4th of July! :)