Filling the Empty Space my Herb Garden Left

The herb garden I had in the kitchen window didn't do as well as I had hoped,    so I moved it outside.      All the herb plants are flourishing outside,   but now I just have a big empty place in the kitchen where they used to be.

I moved the herb garden a while back,   and  I decided this morning that I was tired of looking at an empty space.      I need to put some  "stuff" there.....lol!

Before,    with the herb garden............................................................Now 

I got so busy this morning  that I didn't take a photo of the empty area,   but image it with just the chair and the rooster!    

Here's where the herb garden went. 

 The mint was planted in a vintage grocery cart

The basil,  rosemary,  sage ,  and parsley were all planted in the chive garden.

I moved the chair that was left into the dining room,    and that left only the rooster!      It looked really bare then!

    I started playing with stuff I had around the house.       I moved the piano bench in for a different look and put my white enamel veggy bins in the corner on a small table.

I decided to give the bench a fresh look by opening the lid to give it a back.

I put some fabric on the seat and new back and draped a crocheted piece over the back.

Then     I pinned a rag garland to the fabric and crocheted piece.     You may remember seeing the rag garland on the ladder  in an earlier photo.     

I put a white metal carpenters tool box under the bench and filled it with my left behind rooster and a nest of pink eggs.

I filled the top  veggy bin with doilies......eggs.......and tucked a metal rooster behind it all.

I filled the bottom bin with more doilies,  eggs,   and birds.     I've been looking for a place to put the Stressed sign I bought a few weeks ago and thought it would look good here.   

 What happened to the middle bin??????     I forgot to get a photo of it.....lol...... so just pop back up to an earlier photo and you'll see it has doilies and a white metal container of  eggs.

I left the existing ladder in the corner,    but I stood  a photo mobile in front of it.

I made my mobile a few weeks ago and  hadn't found it a permanent home yet.     I like it here,    so I guess it's at home now!

When I put the metal veggy  bins in the corner,   they covered up the cup and saucer picture I had hanging on the wall..
   
So,   the cups and saucers got  hung over on the wall by the refrigerator.

 

I like it just as well here,     maybe even better!

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

What happened to the headboard that was hung there before !!!

If you look close under the bench,    you'll see the headboard tucked in behind it. 

Whew!!!!    Everything is moved to it's new home.     Talk about domino effect.....lol!