Painting continues..

     Hi again! We have finally tackled and repainted the kitchen. I will try to get some before shots to go along with the after pictures. We painted for over 8 hours, that included the repairs we had to make to the chair railing that the previous owners put up. They must have used some sort of NASA wallpaper glue to adhere the wallpaper to the wall underneath the railing. After loosing all of my nail polish and most of my patience we now have beautiful results. My husband, the resident decorator, chose the color. I think he did a fine job! Even though we just went through a winter sleet storm here in Ohio, my house feels warm and cozy. I found some cute things at a local thrift store to decorate with. I love old things and like the country feel they bring! I included pictures of those treasures too!

      It's very cold here today and while I dread the walk to check on the girls, it's necessary! They have a heat lamp in their coop and it's gotten them through some radical cold temps so far this year but I need to make sure it's keeping up from this cold front. For only having three hens, they are keeping us caught up on eggs though, the little dears are putting out at least two eggs a day still!  Love their little chicken hearts! I found some fresh corn on the cob at the grocery store and bought some for them to play with. I also gave them a head of fresh lettuce to tear apart (an idea I found on some one's blog). I want to keep them busy since they haven't gotten out of the coop in a couple of days. I'm making plans for the next group of chickens. We are expanding our flock, even if we move they are coming with us. Won't that be a funny sight, a moving truck with a car on back, and a truck with a camper full with chickens. I'm not sure where the dogs and cats will be but it's sure to be a sight! Many exciting things are coming my way! We don't plan to take a lot of furniture with us, what we don't sell, we will divide among our older kids.

Kitchen "after"

Sink Area

Microwave area

Gravy boat

Old canning jar

Last but not least, my 1914 Calender wall picture. I found the frame at the same store and it hides the picture imperfections around the edges perfectly. Love this!