Every now and then, in between making soap and sundries I drift towards home thoughts. Since I make twenty thousand bars of soap annually and over one-hundred other things the luxury of tidying up at home sometimes sits quietly in the back row of my brain. It just sits there, quiet, but it sits there, and I'm often reminded by messy corners, piles of laundry, and shipping boxes stacked in the studio. I feel better when my home is in order and clean, but sometimes there isn't time to perform those kind of tasks.
Today, I made it happen! I had the cleaning and sorting bug fever. It feels good to organize and tidy up our home.
I have a little corner in our dining room that is used for extra space when entertaining. I transformed the area into a coffee bar.
I feel like I've got a jump on things, and that's always reassuring knowing how in a couple of weeks I'll be busier than a bee!
I love vintage spice decanters! The milky white cinnamon shaker was a gift from my husbands mom, and we use it all the time.
I have pieces that hold memories and history. The old oak chair has a cane seat. The chair was in horrible shape, but my mom took it to a local wood stripper and they transformed the chair into brand new. A gift from her before she passed. Caning is a lost art. I've done it, years ago, and it didn't seem to be difficult, just a challenge to stretch the wet cane when you're working with it.
Lennis brought home a stash of fresh ripe tomatoes the other day. Thanks JR! We've been making salsa and loaded bacon wraps. Crispy bacon cut into bite size pieces, chopped onion, tomato, and lettuce wrapped in a romaine leaf. Summer foods.
We're making this for dinner, and this. and some of those tomatoes sliced.
We're getting closer to starting our kitchen remodel! Neither of us has time to take on the project, so we've kept it off. I did pick up some deglosser at the home improvement store. Just say no to sanding! Gotta love it, and I do.
I've had several conversations with painters about our cabinets. I feel ready to take it on, just want to finish once I start. Taking off all the cabinet doors, prepping, purchasing the chalk paint, etc. Yes, I'm using chalk paint. After those several conversations, I'm leaning that direction. I'm also leaning towards dark, or light. Dark is starting to trend, but our kitchen is small and I really want to visually trick the eye into thinking it's bigger so white is leading the chalk paint race.
We're also painting the shop lobby, so I'll be feeling like that's my job soon. Not sure I'd really want to be a painter, but I certainly can safely say I have lots of experience!
Oh yeah, Christmas in July! A three day shop event. Will be making the final touches on Wednesday.
Happy Summer!
Jill
