kitchen is finished! :)

hello! 

this weekend, we have officially finished the kitchen and dining room! (well, until i decide that i actually do want to repaint the walls, which i'm already leaning towards now.)

we painted below the chair rail the same color that was above the rail, so now our kitchen is very yellow! i guess i can't complain, it was so dark before we did anything and we certainly don't have that problem now! :)

i wanted to put something up on our wall in the dining room, but had a hard time figuring out what i wanted. the final product? framed napkins! and i LOVE them! i cut each of the napkins to show different parts, resulting in three coordinating prints! :)

my sister, J, gave me this cool chalkboard as a housewarming present. it is a cabinet door that has been repainted red, and then painted with chalkboard paint. i LOVE this! it was originally going to go in my laundry room, but once i saw it in person, i decided it was too cute to be hidden. so... it is now my menu board! 

other than that, the weekend has been spent fixing the fence and gate so our dog can't get out, fixing fans, light switches, ya know... fun things like that. 

since we are officially done with the kitchen, i wanted to show some before and after pictures...

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so with the kitchen being done, what's next? well, we're going to repaint the living room probably first, and eventually the guest bedroom and office. we're also planning on tackling the yard sometime in june. we'll be sure to keep everyone updated!