Is your kitchen a fun place to be? Â I sure hope so. Â Most of us spend lots of time there. Â When people come to the Farmhouse…they generally go straight to the kitchen. Â I am good with that. Â I try to make our kitchen a happy place to be. Most of you probably remember, a couple of months back, when we painted our kitchen. Â I love it…so much. Â The white just makes everything stand out. Â Do me a favor. If your paint color doesn’t make you happy…change it. Â Paint is really an inexpensive face lift. Â Save back a few bucks a week and you will have enough, before you know it, to buy paint. Â I promise, you will love it!

Sometimes, when I go junking, I have a hard time saying no to kitchen junk. Â It’s my absolute fave. Â I love vintage kitchen things to decorate with. Â The thing about that it, I love a simple look, so I have to make sure that I am choosey.

I have probably already told you this, sometimes I forget…after all of these posts, but a while back I weeded out my kitchen. Â I took the things off the tops of the cabinets that I didn’t really love and kept only the things that I really needed on the counters. Â Do you ever watch Sarah Carey cooking videos? Â I get those sent to my email. Â I know that it’s a test kitchen of sorts, but I love the simplicity. Â I love the little pots of herbs and the utensils.

I have a challenge for you. Â Walk into your kitchen and clear out anything that doesn’t make you happy. Â I promise…you will love it. Â It will make you feel like you just took a deep breath.

When we painted our kitchen I decided to take the plates out of the plate rack that had been there for years. Â I got a wild hair and replaced them with some of my favorite cookbooks. Â I love the difference. Â Looking at all of the bright colors against the white, makes me feel happy.

As you can tell, this is not so much a DIY blog.  It’s really just more about inspiration.  If photos of our home and the way that things can be arranged put a little idea in your head…then my job is done.  Those are the blogs I love.  The ones with good photography and inspiration.  BTW:  I have been trying to figure out the color that I want to keep for my badge.  I’m kind of digging the gray.  We shall see. 🙂
I hope that your kitchen makes you feel happy,
