Summer Kitchen , Part 1, 2017

Welcome!!

I want to share a few changes I made in the Kitchen for the Summer........

For those of you who visit here often, you have seen this wall in my Kitchen before.......

A few years ago when we remodeled the downstairs, the Kitchen finally got new flooring, new counter tops, a new sink, a new light fixture, was painted and a new border was added.

I finally felt the Kitchen looked like the Country Victorian Kitchen, with a touch of Vintage, that I always wanted.....

I am particularly proud of this piece that I made out of a desk that I bought for $10.00 at a yard sale and a hutch from a bedroom set that I bought at a flea market for $5.00!!!

I painted it white and red to match the Kitchen.......

  In this post, I am going to be sharing the top half of this wall above the chair rail.......

We'll start over on the left side.......

The red shelf was made from scrap lumber by my Father when we first got married......

I do like to collect Vintage Kitchen items........

On this shelf is a vintage canister set and a meat grinder, which reminds me of the kind that my Mom used for chopping the nuts for Polish nut roll and my Dad used to make his own Kielbasi for Christmas and Easter........

 A vintage sifter, that was my Mother's, hangs from a reproduction vintage style hook........

The copper pieces were bought at yard sales and estate sales over 30+ years ago and now, I am pleased to see copper is making a come back, even though it was never out of style in my Kitchen......

The phone is a reproduction that actually worked before we changed our phone service over to the cable company......

A vintage apron hangs on the side of the shelf......

I used to have the bulletin board here but it got in the way of the Tree that I place here for Christmas and Winter so I moved it over to the other side of the hutch.....

I then moved the Victorian style Coca Cola picture over to this side.....

Hanging from the lid of an enamel ware container that I have hung and use as a magnetic board, is a copy of an advertisement for a local food market from the 1940's........

  Get a load out of those prices!!!

 Let's take a look at the hutch.......

 The top shelf of the hutch......

 Hanging on the wall are 2 Home Interiors pictures along with some vintage items on the top of the hutch.......

Vintage wire baskets, salt and pepper shakers and egg cups.....

The top shelf....

The "Sweet Rolls" rolling pin was bought at Michael's several years ago......

More vintage items including the bowl and vintage canning jars......

I know "Farmhouse" Style is now the big thing in decorating but to be frank, I admire it in other people's houses but it is not my style.......

However, Chickens and Roosters have been part of my Kitchen decor for the past 38 years!!

The jar is filled with vintage and reproduction cookie cutters......

I have used candles with wax tipped bulbs for ambient lighting in the hutch and on the shelves that flank the hutch......

The bottom shelf......

A vintage bowl and canning jar filled with vintage red and green handled Kitchen utensils.....

The red and yellow doilies were bought in Michael's in the Dollar bins......

More chickens and roosters along with vintage fiesta ware and other vintage pieces like the salt and pepper shakers......

On the other side of the hutch, is another shelf that my Dad made........

Another vintage sifter and apron hang on the side of the shelf......

You can see I moved the bulletin board to this side of the hutch where it is less in the way and more out of sight......

Another vintage canister set rests on this shelf......

A green ware bowl is filled with wooden apples and the Mr. Peanut Man pays homage to the fact that Planter's Peanuts was founded here in Wilkes Barre, Pa.!!

 Underneath the shelf hangs a copper measuring set that I bought at a flea market almost 30 years ago......

 I hope you enjoyed seeing this part of my Kitchen.......

 In my next post, I will be sharing the desk part of the hutch and the lower half of the wall below the chair rail.......

So I hope you will be back to visit again soon.......

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