Show us where you live.....

Kelly is having a Show Us Where You Live Friday and although I don't usually do themes, I thought this one might be fun. This is the kitchen edition.


I had to clean up the kitchen for this......so enjoy, those of you who know me in real life know that my bar is usually the stopping place for everything that comes in the door!!

A few years ago we remodeled our kitchen...I only knew one thing for sure, that I wanted maple cabinets! The rest just kind of fell together and I'm not kidding!


This is the view looking from my living room doorway. We decided to put in an Island and I'm so glad....it's one of our favorite places to be. We usually eat here and visit here. I sort of wish I hadn't picked stainless steel because for one thing magnets don't stick! Oh, and you have to clean them....a lot.





This is looking down the hall to the door that goes into the garage. I do love all those pantries and believe it or not they are all full! Not organized, just full! I also really enjoy having double ovens. The doorway on the left is going into the dining room.

This was a brainstorm of my husband's. This was a blank wall, so we decided to use the space for more cabinets. We built the cabinets to fit this antique scale. The scale came out of my husband's grandfather's commissary.

The ducks, I bought in North Carolina on one of our trips.

The magnolia picture on the far left was given to me by a dear lady in our former church. I told her I'd like to buy a print and she said she was no longer painting. Several days later, I received that small magnolia print in the mail. I love it and had it framed with her note on the back.

And as every classy kitchen should have, on the left bottom is the dog kennel with dog food sitting on top!

And last are four of the many Franciscan pieces of china that I was given by three of Russell's family members. His mother gave me her set several years ago, then I got his aunt's and his grandmother's....so I have a lot, some old and some new. FYI.....don't microwave with the old ones....they get super hot!!!

I'm not sure who that goofy woman is reflected in the sliding glass doors. These doors go out to a side deck where all the grilling is done.

That's my kitchen! Go on over to Kelly's and see the links to many more kitchens.