Subtle Changes in My Farmhouse Kitchen

Welcome to my Farmhouse kitchen.....come on in!

H and I set in and gave the kitchen a good cleaning this morning.    He cleaned all the cabinet doors and I took everything off the counters and cleaned there.  
  I had a few new things that I had found in the 80% off isle at Hobby Lobby the other day and couldn't wait to use them to freshen up the kitchen.      

Before.............................After

  The before photo is from Jan. 14, so it had been awhile since I had moved things around!

In this corner of the kitchen counter,   the only thing that is original is the Horse canvas,  the big floral plate,  and the metal tray under the Farm Charm sign.

The Farm Charm was a new item at HL,  so I had to use my 40% off coupon,....but everything else came from the 80% off isle.

This metal pulley was only a couple of dollars......

Aren't these Caturday napkins the cutest things!     (Pier One)

I put this earthy tray in the corner of the counter as a back drop for my vignette.     I bought this one and a smaller one at a yard sale a couple of years ago.    

Here's the smaller tray that's on a counter further down.

The blingy crown napkin holder was less than $2 in the 80% of isle.

No changes to the stove,   

There are a few changes on this counter.     

I brought in the metal scoop that I already had and put a cotton napkin in it so I can use it as a spoon holder.   You may remember that I had it filled with egg shells at Easter.

This metal tiered stand was in the 80% off isle.    It was originally $35 and I was smiling from ear to ear to be able to get it for $7       It is really heavy!      I have it filled with silver measuring cups and spoons for now,   but the possibilities are endless.     I put a vintage bell in the top compartment......I'll just tap it when dinner is ready!   Come on over and join us!

Before...........After

The tiered stand in the corner by the coffee pot used to be in the corner where I put the greenery tray on the other end of the counter..

I thought these wool coasters were so neat.......

They were a couple of dollars in the 80% off isle too!

After all that work,   it was time for lunch.    

I decided to serve lunch on the asparagus dishes that I showed you a couple of weeks ago.    They came from a yard sale and there was only 4 plates.......2 asparagus servers.....and a cup for asparagus soup.

I used the soup cup to make a certerpiece for our lunch tablescape.

I thought the asparagus server could be repurposed as a silverware holder since I'm not serving asparagus today.

Then the asparagus server  was repurposed again to hold the crackers and cheese that I served with our salad and fruit plate.    The small dark orange stuff at the top of the plate (that I didn't get a very good picture of)  is fresh apricots from our daughters friends tree.    

No changes to this counter.....just removed everything and cleaned good.

No changes to the pass thru........lol!  
Don't tell anyone,  but  I didn't clean that area today.....maybe tomorrow.....or not!

The kitchen is really the heart of our home.
 The door on the left goes to the family dining/ living room.......

The door on the right of the refrigerator goes to the entry......formal living/dining room....bathrooms,.....laundry room... and bedrooms..    No matter where you are headed to in the house ,  you have to go thru the kitchen.

Why am I in the kitchen today instead of  outside in the garden?  
Wellll......it's too muddy to work in the yard.    We don't get a lot of rain here in Eastern New Mexico,  but we were blessed with rain yesterday and a little today.