Kitchen Make Over

We finally did it... we have a fancy schmancy polished able-to-seat-many kitchen/dining room.  Actually we have 2 kitchens here... no dining room.  The formal dining room was turned into a playroom within the first month that we moved.  But our house has come equipt with a gully kitchen and a "sun room."  In June terms: a front and middle kitchen.  It sounds plain regal to live with 2 kitchens and in a townhouse, I'm good with feeling regal, even just in term.

Our front kitchen is where our table is.  The middle kitchen is where the cooking happens.  This post focuses on the front kitchen. ::nods::

We always (very gratefully) had hand-me-down diningroom sets.  We had this in the first apartment:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Spacesaver-5-Piece-Dining-Set-Wenge/5691071

But once June was mobile, those folding chairs and collapsable table were a death trap waiting to happen.

So we switched to this set from my parents:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/TMS-Double-Drop-Leaf-5-Piece-Dining-Set-in-White-Natural/14867458

Beautiful!  But a 4 seater... we are a family of 5, plus it had seen better days.

We finally bit the bullet and bought a farm house table, 3 chairs and 2 benches.  LOOOOOVE it!!

The problem was once this table was in the room, the rest of the room looked shabby. So.  DYI time!

I had a message area for cards and such that looked like this:



Meh.  It worked but I was ready for change.  My friend, a certain Miss Erin, suggested doing a collage of sorts and I ran with it.  Below is my finished product: table and new message station!!

The beginning... 3 frames I already had... 1 from GoodWill... 1 Sick Cross that never found a home at our "new" place. 

Corkboard from GoodWill

TaDaaaa!!! Paint, scissors, and a printer and a little elbow grease. Done!

The Table! 

Now we need to invite someone over for dinner to utilize our new stuff! It's the little things...