Winter Kitchen

This cold I've got is really getting on my nerves......can't get anything done but cough!     After I share the progress I've made putting away Christmas in the kitchen    I think I'll take a long winters nap.....lol! 
 It was 60 degrees a couple of days ago here in Eastern New Mexico    but the last two days haven't got above 10 degrees with the wind chill.   Brrrrrr......

I had a blank slate on this counter after I put Christmas away......a new start for a new year!

I'm staying with the farmhouse look in the kitchen and it appears that I'm hanging on to Christmas too.    I may keep the trees up thru Easter,   would be fun to decorate them with bunnies don't you think!

I had this sweet pink tractor in the Christmas wreath on the front door,    and it found a home on the kitchen counter in my winter vignette.     It snowed a little bit yesterday....just a dusting really    So   I added some fluffy snow to my vignette.   

The centerpiece of my vignette is a section of vintage sewing machine drawers.

I moved the metal barns away so you could see it better.     

Now ......my buildings are back in place.   
These metal houses are made to hold a tea light candles,   but in my mind,    I see them as sheep and hay barns.

Moving across the counter......

I have a sheep and goat standing in some snow......

I placed a nest and baby chick in each of the two bottom sewing drawers     I used the top drawer to display some of my favorite dishes.

 

You saw one of the set of three metal buckets on the other end.      I thought these were so sweet.....new spring stock at Hobby Lobby.     I filled my buckets with a bouquet of white roses and winter greenery.

When I was straightening the upper cabinets,   it occurred to me that I haven't shown you the inside in a while.     

This was a project that H and I did the first part of 2015.

We stapled fabric to the inside of the doors,     and made little pockets with vintage doilies.

This is  a great way to showcase vintage hot pads. 
  It was a lot of work to do the entire kitchen,    but well worth it.     

  

Well,   it's time for my nap.    Wish I could shake this cold!