Before and (finally) After

Lovin' my cupboard!  it really brightens up the room.  I will definitely be using milk paint again!

Milk paint for the kitchen cupboard

Before color...

Milk paint (linen)

I finally got motivated to paint my cupboard!  I decided to use milk paint, and so far I'm really happy with the results.  I'm not a lover of painting.  I read blogs by all these DIY'ers who make it look SO easy and fast, and it's totally inspiring, but when it comes down to actually doing it, I tend towards hesitatation. 
So anyway, I bought this hand-made cabinet last January, or February (2011), and in September, it got moved from kitchen to basement, and there it sat, untouched, until now.  It's almost done, and I'm hoping  it will be back upstairs by Easter...we'll see  : )

A 'Family' Tree

A

'Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? 

Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? 

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne.

We'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

And surely you'll buy your pint cup!

and surely I'll buy mine!'

Christmas Decorating:Stage 1

Testing out the new chairs!

Dining Chairs

Here is what my dining room looked like with my black windsor chairs.  They are really wide, so if you were the one sitting in one of the middle chairs, you could pretty much plan on being stuck there for the duration of dinner.  They were also very tall, and I couldn't reach over them to place food, etc. on the table.

So, even though I wasn't really looking to replace them just yet,  I found these on Craigslist, and I snapped them up.  I'm really happy with them...Now I just have to sell the above.

Updating?

                                             This is my tub 'to be' ! 

We're redoing our master bed and bath. 
The first thing on my list, is to get rid of the jetted tub, and replace  it with an old clawfoot. 
 When you say 'updating' most folks think of  modernizing, but I'm the opposite. 
My dream is to own a very old house...but since that is not in the forseeable future,  I need to make my house  'feel' old. 
So anyway, this tub is the starting point  for the masterbath redo. 
While my kids were growing up, we lived in an old house with a clawfoot tub, and no shower, and that worked fine for me, and it's what I want again. (there is another shower in the house). 
Anyway, things usually take a long time getting done in my house, and even though it can be frustrating,  it can be a good thing.   It takes me a while to make decisions. especially if it's something I have to live with for a while.
Below are images of bathrooms that give me a feeling that I really like...I think it mostly the simplicity.
so I'll have to post a picture of my bathroom now (scary thought), so that you can see where I take it.  But be patient!