Summer Kitchen

 

I did some deep spring cleaning in the kitchen back in the middle of April,    so after a little more than 2 months it's time to do my summer cleaning in the kitchen.   
  I wipe down the front part of the counters many times every day......but I don't move out the decor that's up against the back splash unless I see something has splattered up against it.

I bought a wall mount French drying rack a couple of weeks ago in the 75% off isle at Hobby Lobby.      I finally got it hung today.    I would normally hang coffee cups on a drying rack.      I decided to repurpose my wall mount drying rack and use it to hang my measuring cups and spoons on.

Before.....a $9 drying rack..........................................................After,   a unique way to display my silver measuring cups and spoons.

After I moved out all my pretties from the back splash and cleaned the counter,       I tried to freshen the kitchen  up a little bit by moving things around and adding a few new pieces.

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

I put a new piece in front of the chicken feeder.       These sweet lamb book ends were a birthday gift to me back in April from my sweet cousin Kim......thank you again sweetie!

I took the vintage sewing machine drawers that were here to the garage and packed them away for a while.........I love them so you'll be seeing them again!     

In their place,     I put a metal cake stand that has wood beads around the edge.

I have a smaller cake stand to the side of the larger one.       I didn't decorate very much on the larger one,    and none on the smaller.      I use them often and don't like having to take a lot of stuff off the top.

Next to the cake stands,     I have a large metal sign with the word Thankful carved out in the bottom of it.

I can use magnets to hang pretty prints or sayings to it that suit the mood I'm in at the time......lol!       I can just print them off on the printer that sits under the end table that's right next to my recliner

I tucked a floral plate behind the existing chicken feeder .........

The plates along with the book end lamb freshened up the chicken feeder that's been there quite a while.

I also printed off a new piece  for the mail box above the stove.

The print  I had there before was a note to H on Valentines Day.........You'd think I would have changed it out back in the spring!

 Love the old barn peeking out of a field of flowers!

It always makes me feel good when the kitchen is spic and span.     There is a lot of food cooked in this kitchen since H and like eating at home.      Today,   while I was cleaning and photographing,    H made coleslaw and butterfly shrimp with pina colada sauce to dip it in......yummy!    We use the big island in the center of the kitchen for food prep,   so H worked there while I worked on the counter!