Spring Kitchen Cabinet

Another change in the kitchen cabinet. 

Blue, Green, Coral, and White floral 

dishes for Spring.

 The paper on the back of the cabinet stayed 

from the March cabinet makeover.

That made this easy.

The dishes are Villeroy & Boch in

the Amapola pattern. 

On the top shelf I've just used 4 of the 

very pretty double handled soup bowls 

with matching plates.

 Large blue and coral poppies and smaller 

purple ones on a winding vine are a 

great color combination for Easter.

I added a little bunny.

The solid cornflower blue pottery dishes

 and casseroles are Longaberger. 

They make the blue poppies...pop.

A few tall cobalt wine glasses.

 I love to rotate the dishes we use for 

everyday. I change them for the seasons

 or holidays, or just when my cabinets need 

a new 'outfit'

The Happy Spring bunnies sit on the microwave's ledge.

Happy Spring!

See more kitchen cabinet monthly makeovers;

Christmas (December) cabinet HERE

Winter (January) cabinet HERE

Valentine (February) cabinet  HERE

St. Patrick's Day (March) cabinet  HERE

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No Minimalist Here, Savvy Southern Style

Spring Blue and Yellow

I gathered a few blue and yellow things

to see how they would give a Spring look to 

the dining room table.

 I just walked thru my house picking up 

things here and there.

 The table runner and a few of the pottery 

pieces were from my daughter Kim's house

 in Texas. Discards....because she was 

changing her color scheme. 

(See her house HERE.)

Three white china bunnies.

 My old silver three-tiered tea stand.

Lemon tree plates sometimes used in the 

family room or kitchen were found thrifting

years ago. They show up occasionally. 

 This Longaberger basket is from the
  guest room. The colors worked here
so I filled it with Easter grass.
It's topped with decoupaged eggs
I made last year using

blue and yellow cocktail napkins.

 A delicate bone china yellow bowl holds more

 eggs in blue and white.

 Tall yellow glads from the back hallway.

 I took all the leaves out of the table after 

our last family dinner on St. Patricks Day.

The big dish cupboard at the end of the room.

On top of the cupboard are: an antique

 leaded glass window, pussy willow in a 

brass umbrella stand, one of my mother's old 

coffee pots that she brought from Germany, 

a Longaberger basket, blue china bunny,

 and flowers in a hammered brass kettle.

 Next to that, on the floor are two
blue and white Chinese pots. 

The tall iron stand was a curb-side find. 

I just sprayed it black.

Something old, nothing new, all were 

gathered in yellow and blue.

Cheers!

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The Cornice Shelf

This is the cornice at the top of the
windows in the breakfast room.

 The wood cornice wraps all the way around
the top of the breakfast room windows
 and the door to the patio.

It continues into the family room.

Larry built it years ago. 

I'll do a 'before and after' post soon.

A pretty fireplace screen I found at Marshalls.

Ditto on the pottery rooster, and 

blue & white Chinese jars.

 I also added several Longaberger baskets.

 The watercolor paintings are colorful farm
scenes. I found these at a garage sale.

The antique cigar mold is from Germany.

It was a gift from my German house guests.

Biscotti and pasta jars in blue, yellow & white

sit at the other end. More cornice shelf

pictures of the family room.....coming soon!

Cheers!

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The Lettered Cottage,
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Rules For Life

A few simple things I've learned along 

the way that makes life easier. 

Always carry a $50 hidden in your wallet. 

Because you never know when you'll need

emergency cash (my father).

Always carry a hankie or tissue. 

Tucked in your purse, pocket or up your

 sleeve (my mother).

Here are a few from my mother's hankie collection.

When you see a bathroom stop and go. 

You never know when you'll see another one.

Never leave home without a 'roadie',

a container of water. God forbid you should 

get stranded or run off the road and need 

to survive a few days (see nightly news).

Plus you should stay hydrated.

Take a bite of the best thing 

on your plate first. 

Your enjoyment is at it's peak and diminishes 

more after several bites. 

(as in: never leave a bite of lobster 

on your plate because you are too full

 from eating the sides.) 

The law of diminishing returns.

Never save the best of anything for last.

 Because by then you are either; too full, 

too tired, too old, too sick, or too dead.

(our trip to Venice, Italy)

If you are in a morning rush and don't

 have time to make your bed, 

the police will not come. 

But do eat something. 

There's always time to eat!

Plan to leave 10 minutes early. 

That way you will leave on time.

Learn to cook for yourself. 

Start with grilled cheese or scrambled eggs 

and go from there. If you cook for others, they will come.

Don't be a picky eater and 

don't raise picky eaters.

Every few years give the foods you

 won't eat a second chance. 

That's why I now love to eat capers, cilantro

 and mangos. It took some convincing. 

This way everybody will happily feed you.

Every Day: have a good laugh, 

have a good meal,

have a good hug (dogs count).

Have a moment to appreciate a sunset,

or anything in nature.

Take time to smell the roses.

 Cheers!

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The House In The Roses,
Under The Table and Dreaming,
Between Naps On The Porch

Tray Vignette for March

I always make a few holiday changes to the
tray on the corner of my breakfast counter.

 I filled the apothecary with oyster shells. 

First we ate the oysters, then we brought
them home and scrubbed them clean. 

My kind of recycling!

 I added a Longaberger St. Patrick's Day

 garter around the neck of the jar.

A Lucky Lottery Bear, green candles and 

green candy dish filled with chocolate 

covered mint kisses are added.

A Longaberger Lucky Charm Basket

A green M monogrammed hankie.

All ready to cook the corned beef and 

cabbage dinner this Saturday 

for my family. We'll have 13.....

(click HERE for my mustard-parsley sauce)

Lucky 13!

To see more March/St. Patrick's decor

click HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Cheers!

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