Friday, April 29, 2016

Pinbellish Pinning Party No. 35


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A Pinning Celebration

Congratulations to everyone who linked their Pinterest Pin and not their blog last week! 


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Remember to link your Pin URL not your blog post for your chance to be featured. Every pin automatically goes in the running for the PIN AWARDS.

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Clothes Pin / Pegs

In England, clothes-peg making used to be a craft associated with gypsies, who made clothes-pegs from small, split lengths of willow or ash wood. source: Clothespin 
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  2. Add up to 7 pins old or new (one for each day of the week!)
  3. Repin 2 pins for every link you add
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

ORC And the Craigslist Kitchen Week 4

Progress. As the six week "One Room Challenge" moves on, so much has been accomplished with still more to do.

You may recall, we removed the monster pots and pans rack to replace it with a new track light.



It's installed. Yay! I've missed the lighting. The best feature is, I can project the individual lights to bounce more light into different areas of the room.

 Other than exchanging those light fixtures, I've been on my own and can't reach these 14 foot high corners in the ceiling. They are left unpainted until I recruit help again. So technically, the painting is not finished and remains on the list. 


I was able to get a few things crossed off this week.

 Like the window sill herb box. Perched at the sink window is super convenient for watering and snipping for recipes.

 Fresh herbs are a "must have" for cooking. 


I finished covering the exposed side of the refrigerator. 


I'll share that in a separate post this week.

 I started working on the pulley light fixture for over the table and tried a cage for size.


Two of these cages are going to be too large for the pulley. They are wide and the pulley is much narrower. Now, I'm cutting mason jars to use as shades.


And milk bottles


Square shaped bottles are a bit challenging. Perhaps the wet saw will be more successful. I have some large round mason jars, but if they don't cut well, I'll lose a few awesome oldies. (Yikes. I don't want to do that.) Practicing on some smaller inexpensive ones have been going well. 

 I'll keep you posted on the situation.

 In the meantime, here we are!
The Plan:

Paint walls  Well, still a bit to do in the ceiling areas
Paint wainscotting
Paint cabinets
Make a coffee/tea/hot chocolate station
Change the layout of the island and eat-in area
Remove the lighted hanging pots and pans rack
Add  Install new lighting to replace the rack
Change out decor and overall style
Eliminate clutter and organize
Make a farmhouse style pulley light fixture for the table area
Cover the exposed side of the refrigerator with chalkboard and beadboard
Make a small windowsill herb garden.
"Range hood" enhancement: Corbels and shelf.

 Adding: Crown moulding. If ladder assistance becomes available. (fingers crossed)

 It feels great to get so much done. 

 Thanks for following along and don’t forget to check out what all my fellow linking participants are up to here. 


And a huge thank you goes to Linda at Calling It Home once again for organizing the One Room Challenge! 
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Kitchen Window Herb Garden


It's time for another DIY Blogger Project Challenge!
Each month we have a different project to create based on a named material theme. This month it's burlap or ticking!


I'm working on my kitchen makeover and the one thing I really needed to do was brighten up my window sill and tidy up the herbs. 


It's a dark and gloomy area, even with the lights on during the day. 
Luckily, I bought a metal box at a thrift shop that fits perfectly on the window sill. (it was originally for votive candles). But as you can see it's the wrong color. With ticking ribbon wrapped around it, I thought it would be perfect for the area. 


I roughly painted the box in white. While it dried, I used an empty label sticker outline as a stencil to paint chalkboard labels onto the ribbon.


Once the chalkboard paint dried, I glued the ribbon onto the box.


Then, added the plants and labeled them accordingly. 
It fits perfectly on the window sill.


I can water them at the sink and use them for recipes conveniently. 


It's much brighter and neater. 


I can't reveal the whole area just yet. The kitchen makeover is in the works. The mess and awesomeness will stay hidden for now. 

I also put together a ticking liner for our bread basket tray. It looks good and it keeps any ties and tags from getting lost. Ticking is a great accent in the farmstyle kitchen. I love that classic linen. I'm going to make some chair pads with it. 


This was super easy to do and it looks a whole lot better. 



Let's head over to the other ideas this month! 
Oh wowzers; they are really nice!



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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Homemade and Handcrafted No. 22

Every Wednesday 6 a.m. - Sunday 11:30 p.m.
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Feel free to link up your posts (new or old ones). We love seeing what you've been up to! Share your crafts, recipes, DIY, and inspirations! We love to visit other parties and enter giveaways; so you can link those up too!

Let's check out the top viewed from last week! 


DIY Hydrangea Door Decor
by Intelligent Domestications 


by Something Sweet


by Start at Home Decor


by Kreativ K

by What Treasures Await



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Friday, April 22, 2016

Pinbellish Pinning Party No 34


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Did you know today is Earth Day? Once you've linked your pin I'd love you to join in our very special Earth Day Linky and link up your Earth Friendly projects, old or new. Happy Pinning!

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Hammer Head Upholstery Pin (or tack) 


"The tacks used during most of the eighteenth century had hand-forged shafts and hammered heads. In 1780, tacks with cut shanks became available, but heads continued to be hammered by hand until the advent of machine-stamped heads in the early nineteenth century. Tacks were available in several sizes, and upholsterers stocked them in large quantities. 83 In 1733, John Moore purchased thousands of “large tax” and “middle tax” from the brazier Stephen Ayrault, buying 5,500 in the month of August alone. Moore also purchased “6d [penny] nails” and “20d [penny] nails” on several occasions."
source: The Uholstery and Chairmaking Trades of Eighteenth-Century Newport 1730-1790
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