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I miss my husband, my dog, and my kitchen (in that order)💛

Happy Father’s Day to the best dad! He taught me that it’s always possible to do-it-yourself. Even if it takes years to build your own kitchen cabinets 😂 He built a wall of cabinets in the house I grew up in, but he also travelled a lot. He finished the cabinet part quickly, but the doors took months to finish in between traveling. We had “The Food Library” for almost a year. (That’s what you call a pantry with no doors). He did finish it though, and he did it all himself! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there (even though only 1% of my followers are men😂). 👔👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Weekend project: refinishing my mom’s old dollhouse with my dad! It’s like interior design... but tiny. I think I might’ve found my true calling. 🏠

I got it from my momma 💁‍♀️ (and by “it” I mean an eclectic and vintage style of decorating... but also the rearranging bug which means my parents’ house is slightly different every time I visit)🌷 See that giant floral painting at the bottom of the gallery wall? My great grandma (my mom’s mom’s Mom) scored that painting for ONE DOLLAR at a yard sale in the 90’s. I guess I inherited the thriftiness, too🖼🙃

“The Trash Chair” (as we are now calling it) found a home in our kitchen nook today. It was lovingly named “The Trash Chair” because we picked it up off of the curb on our town’s junk day! My husband spotted it on his drive to work and then came back home to pick me up and go see it. (Our town is only one mile wide so turning around on a drive isn’t that big of a deal 😂). I saw it and immediately started reaching to put it in the car. 🙃 It is surprisingly comfy! This is the fourth mustard yellow armchair in our house, but as far as looks go, she might just be my favorite.😍 Dainty, yet strong. The perfect shade of mustard yellow. Not too green, not too orange. Just pure mustard velvet goodness with a side of tufting.💛 I can’t believe someone was throwing it away! I witnessed the garbage men coming around to collect furniture on my street yesterday. They pick up whatever is on your curb with a giant scoop, and dump it into the back of a giant trailer, then smoosh it down with the blade of the scoop. Large recliners and wooden furniture were coming apart like they were a house of cards! It was kind of amazing to watch, but also very sad to me. Sure, some of it is actually “trash” that can’t be rescued. But a lot of things I saw on the curb could either be used by someone in need or repurposed and given new life in another home. Barely any of our furniture is brand new, because I see the value in repurposing and restoring and adding value to things that are “pre-loved”. (Unless it smells funny. Always leave it behind if it smells funny😂). 🌷 I’m glad we rescued The Trash Chair from its impending fate of being smooshed. It adds the perfect pop of color and vintage goodness to this corner of the kitchen. You know what they say... one woman’s trash is another woman’s new favorite chair! Er... something like that! Do you have a favorite piece you’ve repurposed or rescued from a landfill?

I dressed up our kitchen today for a photo shoot!🌷If hardware is the jewelry of the kitchen, then fresh flowers are the lipstick!💄 I can’t tell you what the photos are for, but I’ll share when I can! I really wanted fresh pink peonies for the photos, but the Hyvee floral department and the florist were both out of them. I asked around, and my neighbor said that her neighbor had some blooming! I marched across the street and knocked on the door, and she told me to go cut as many as I’d like! It was a Christmas miracle! (Not really. More like a peony miracle🌸). It’s a cloudy day here in Alta but I’m happy with how the photos turned out. I’m also happy that we did the subway tile when we did! You’ll be seeing kitchen photos somewhere special later this summer. Stay tuned 😎🌷🌿📖

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