My cafe curtains kitchen!

I still had at least two yards of my favorite red checkered fabric and few scraps.

All of them are leftover from my previously project.

I wanted my curtains matched with my kitchen cupboard curtains, so this is the right way using my scraps!

I am pretty happy how my breakfast area is turning out, but...I am looking for something more...impressive...
I cannot wait to see how my new idea will fit in my project!

My very old kitchen console.

From an old, sad, bookcase... to a cheerful kitchen console!

 My great grandmother ordered a simple bookcase to the local carpenter in Italy, years and years ago.

 It was sitting sadly in the basement of her italian house the last years before I discovered it.
It was dark brown, ready to go in the fireplace as firewood.
It was love at the first sight!!

It came in Texas with me and I immediately painted it in the same hue of the wall. And distressed it, I like to see the worn corners!!
Sorry, I don't have a picture of the "before"!
...but it is still sad to me...

 I learnt that is a perfect match to paint furniture in the same color of the walls. I do it everytime. It's perfect.
Then I use the color for the accessories.
And this is what I did here.

 Using my beloved embroidery machine I embroidered two nice designs and then I sewed different cute fabrics around.

And this is how the bookcase looks like now.
I am very proud of me, this is one of the best project I did.
I love it.
....but I am thinking of something else...I need to do a change around here...stay tuned.

Kitchen aluminium containers...I love them!

 

 I unpacked a big part of all my Italian, vintage, aluminium, family containers, coffee maker, milk jug, teapot, kitchen tool...
I LOVE them, all of them! Some belonged to my grandparents, some to my husband's grandparents.

I like to display them in my kitchen and breakfast area.
The coffee grinders are my favorites. Some of them are really old.
Some are re-painted from my family, some are natural, some are more recent find.

The bedside lamp was my mom's when she was a little girl. It's very sweet to me.
And last but not least: my wonderful kitchen scale!!
I fortunately found it in a gigantic Chicago antique store during our trip last year.
I was looking for one of this for very long, and I found it far away from home.
She was in need of a strong cleaning, but I like her old, rusty patina.
Love it!!