The magic of autumn

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is something about autumn here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBbsvdKVchuJGycp7ubCf85tYriQTmwoy2mVjV5YEebEbe3T0TxZNWkpPNVDvwoCRid3vtqHVetk0APQxmVoARBBgqEycBEswZQk4qUXP59CeTcnq7GHL2CeNx6CI-TsAMrUv0wXadg/s1600/2013fallwalk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBbsvdKVchuJGycp7ubCf85tYriQTmwoy2mVjV5YEebEbe3T0TxZNWkpPNVDvwoCRid3vtqHVetk0APQxmVoARBBgqEycBEswZQk4qUXP59CeTcnq7GHL2CeNx6CI-TsAMrUv0wXadg/s1600/2013fallwalk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBbsvdKVchuJGycp7ubCf85tYriQTmwoy2mVjV5YEebEbe3T0TxZNWkpPNVDvwoCRid3vtqHVetk0APQxmVoARBBgqEycBEswZQk4qUXP59CeTcnq7GHL2CeNx6CI-TsAMrUv0wXadg/s1600/2013fallwalk3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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The blue kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Really -- you're not at the wrong blog! I'm sure I'm not the only one who never imagined I would have a blue kitchen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GKoG7_0YbOFQnph7MD9fBJSNhyphenhyphenKBsSjFIHGqncVAlKNb2STYzid0RZ7rMSDSjy2S2lP_GjKmmZAMK_Gzovc-BkzNHBxpVQlmsA9NpKI0cRkQY2YgVnqQfClS0CMfGcD-YejXgkwdVpA/s1600/2012bluekitchenstraight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GKoG7_0YbOFQnph7MD9fBJSNhyphenhyphenKBsSjFIHGqncVAlKNb2STYzid0RZ7rMSDSjy2S2lP_GjKmmZAMK_Gzovc-BkzNHBxpVQlmsA9NpKI0cRkQY2YgVnqQfClS0CMfGcD-YejXgkwdVpA/s640/2012bluekitchenstraight.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But first...a little background info so you know how I got here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember this?? I loved it, I just wanted to try something different. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9G4pDYROcGC0Sd7fudfNhXH8iQI4NVARWZG14YGsmQUxeSREfwakn9UqWdg-yesfRugkyuGxScwh1No16UNtlPwTEQIG0QAhkY7iIcne874YKaSXdraEvrVnITZrtLzHRs0ZrItlKpE/s1600/2012kitchen14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9G4pDYROcGC0Sd7fudfNhXH8iQI4NVARWZG14YGsmQUxeSREfwakn9UqWdg-yesfRugkyuGxScwh1No16UNtlPwTEQIG0QAhkY7iIcne874YKaSXdraEvrVnITZrtLzHRs0ZrItlKpE/s640/2012kitchen14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9G4pDYROcGC0Sd7fudfNhXH8iQI4NVARWZG14YGsmQUxeSREfwakn9UqWdg-yesfRugkyuGxScwh1No16UNtlPwTEQIG0QAhkY7iIcne874YKaSXdraEvrVnITZrtLzHRs0ZrItlKpE/s1600/2012kitchen14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvE_bBi0BGAtCsZTQ96sG2xMuAu_w1Gy7hQzP7D159QXcPPoqs3DIvp6aYmC5rXG7ZvD5KUJOq0itmWFK9HndV8YWl4dlC_-GqK_FDDMSWtgSaESDMjamt496raqpuRYd11s87JzqbO0/s1600/2012bluekitchen25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvE_bBi0BGAtCsZTQ96sG2xMuAu_w1Gy7hQzP7D159QXcPPoqs3DIvp6aYmC5rXG7ZvD5KUJOq0itmWFK9HndV8YWl4dlC_-GqK_FDDMSWtgSaESDMjamt496raqpuRYd11s87JzqbO0/s640/2012bluekitchen25.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You might be asking why at this point. I really wanted to add the family things I find around here to my kitchen and give it a more truly vintage feel. If you remember, my great grandfather bought this house in Balsam for his summer property. My dad grew up here, and since my grandfather saved everything from the house when it was torn down, we have slowly been adding trim, doors, windows, etc., to our house on the same property. Oh how I LOVE this house and wish it had been preserved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg6Bq2EUIhIuJOS3AECMUPK5LVeC0T-n8pbQjh_IA8fTQmA5p-zguJFC1NMNGv4oo32-Cus1FEAmjUeklQsUyCbTT3nuHJbm9FhC4BV-ly549Yxv0wIRic1TQMNyFYFHAx9CM8dRnZpc/s1600/oldhouse030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg6Bq2EUIhIuJOS3AECMUPK5LVeC0T-n8pbQjh_IA8fTQmA5p-zguJFC1NMNGv4oo32-Cus1FEAmjUeklQsUyCbTT3nuHJbm9FhC4BV-ly549Yxv0wIRic1TQMNyFYFHAx9CM8dRnZpc/s640/oldhouse030.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is my grandfather in the old kitchen before the house was torn down. I love my grandmother's cafe curtains, and you will see the scale on top of the cabinet later. That countertop is still here in the little guest house. No, I didn't use that:-) I would love to have marble countertops but I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen in this lifetime. I'm thankful for what I have. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzybi2ZXA7DGhxGa72Gx93IOuRIpMeJC9eJC_31lz6JcCbx6-8JEtspeSXfFZLF1YBqE-ZlT3q9JiVzrDcUph8D8B81DNDdCQXTGeXphdcPwGJW4P7Io0qeINn7o84H1mUKUfQd6gpMw4/s1600/oldhousekitchen032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzybi2ZXA7DGhxGa72Gx93IOuRIpMeJC9eJC_31lz6JcCbx6-8JEtspeSXfFZLF1YBqE-ZlT3q9JiVzrDcUph8D8B81DNDdCQXTGeXphdcPwGJW4P7Io0qeINn7o84H1mUKUfQd6gpMw4/s640/oldhousekitchen032.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in May I painted the red walls blue. That was a big step for me because I really liked the red. I was really surprised when I found the same color paint was on the backs of the old trim. I knew I was on the right track. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknNKz2mOUUDr5fVtwz4iLg_BDCzl6HStH96TfSJIPkFsIgkNsXLLmL0mAywNMU_6NSwWphBs436YESdNt5K3r9xjJ4tIIH8_w_LZxurWtrXil1IsDy45QqganAu9flaKsOa6FqNKnq3A/s1600/2012bluekitchen37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknNKz2mOUUDr5fVtwz4iLg_BDCzl6HStH96TfSJIPkFsIgkNsXLLmL0mAywNMU_6NSwWphBs436YESdNt5K3r9xjJ4tIIH8_w_LZxurWtrXil1IsDy45QqganAu9flaKsOa6FqNKnq3A/s640/2012bluekitchen37.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After painting the walls, I didn't like the natural wood tone of the cabinets so I decided, after MUCH thought, to paint most of the cabinets the distressed grey color from the old house, while others got a stained walnut treatment to match the old trim, and a couple were painted black. Here you can see the old trim next to the cabinet I stained. I'm happy with the match! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHqWkfzk_ij7DdRlnzVc_OusLUlQqtcXuEJdk00Y95YBiy6m0f4AIchkpKkAgGn3XaDQPnpT3xVeIxYUl1yubiyWBjPd07lKsfp4uzzBGOU_kv_dznttZHAZeyJZOBt9FMyloXRLFqIc/s1600/2012bluekitchen39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWHqWkfzk_ij7DdRlnzVc_OusLUlQqtcXuEJdk00Y95YBiy6m0f4AIchkpKkAgGn3XaDQPnpT3xVeIxYUl1yubiyWBjPd07lKsfp4uzzBGOU_kv_dznttZHAZeyJZOBt9FMyloXRLFqIc/s640/2012bluekitchen39.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It has taken me all summer to do this little project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll just stop talking now and let you take a look. It is definitely different from most of the kitchens out there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqI8w1s2gwClTu8dcPMUtSZ6mTpeTWDfgCkKlTsY4hDNh8D4epoXBidqL4IsL4UhOITJgKrYfn4j1dnC5DpXFVTa7ldQVQ4Jo0e0-O4ElwpacGANb_CmSNwgYYAJaK8bgfJdb209UYBg/s1600/2012bluekitchen19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqI8w1s2gwClTu8dcPMUtSZ6mTpeTWDfgCkKlTsY4hDNh8D4epoXBidqL4IsL4UhOITJgKrYfn4j1dnC5DpXFVTa7ldQVQ4Jo0e0-O4ElwpacGANb_CmSNwgYYAJaK8bgfJdb209UYBg/s640/2012bluekitchen19.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood trim from the old house gives this sink somewhat of a farm sink feel, although my grandmother certainly didn't have a farm sink, so I'm staying true to the original kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdf6TYoeno2PMUR_Js5-hvUaQt_MvHGHqHo9t9hROMS201vBmAm3jQoV_Yw3PwgwbayJYMZEMc9pY9paarPIA1E1H5h8cBtG3MGY6IgofHepPfudkzaJ6G2TSd1V8KvHoua-cdxpD3j7g/s1600/2012bluekitchen27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdf6TYoeno2PMUR_Js5-hvUaQt_MvHGHqHo9t9hROMS201vBmAm3jQoV_Yw3PwgwbayJYMZEMc9pY9paarPIA1E1H5h8cBtG3MGY6IgofHepPfudkzaJ6G2TSd1V8KvHoua-cdxpD3j7g/s640/2012bluekitchen27.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cafe curtains made from my grandfather's feed sacks, and an old Southern Railroad lantern in the window. My grandmother's cows are very happy in the window next to her blue Mason jar. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlJcsdvSHOcsUOqjRFyayyF5Y5InPWvCMopmgQlwLiPrdmJBOlkp2h420t8mtAXC1u_wxH43KF3FrsIFyrWknQ38M9Xnkn__CtSRPVyZZtjZ63_MBx2i_5Uf32KRceplUcAjrNvAG_LM/s1600/2012bluekitchen29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlJcsdvSHOcsUOqjRFyayyF5Y5InPWvCMopmgQlwLiPrdmJBOlkp2h420t8mtAXC1u_wxH43KF3FrsIFyrWknQ38M9Xnkn__CtSRPVyZZtjZ63_MBx2i_5Uf32KRceplUcAjrNvAG_LM/s640/2012bluekitchen29.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little dish that came with flour sacks to grandfather's store holds locally made soap...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5LqjBeDoTDTFl2N2zdZLZ9ss5cSMoqQXWp2Jbxb4cTs0661fUxFS0UYR3mDnhpEUvrRHKJW_2QmLM6ClbnFHwSOvZdEkeyklnucBaFQjiazHLkgGnt6Z1DDgucow6zMS5H25jqG3-ek/s1600/2012bluekitchen38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5LqjBeDoTDTFl2N2zdZLZ9ss5cSMoqQXWp2Jbxb4cTs0661fUxFS0UYR3mDnhpEUvrRHKJW_2QmLM6ClbnFHwSOvZdEkeyklnucBaFQjiazHLkgGnt6Z1DDgucow6zMS5H25jqG3-ek/s640/2012bluekitchen38.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 1912 scale is the one in the photo of my grandfather above. My mother let me "borrow" it. I fell in love with these Lincoln Beautyware brushed steel canisters from the 1950s and thought they would add a little sparkle. They are usually chrome, so I was lucky to find them in this finish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE7EL1cBdKIMkm7TSRRLy4SgHsRdRX49HJrwMNntYspOXO6ryJKlxm41mMSeCXiE0cGUu2Jb1lSZKUbneSgHTghBXk0bisqhlvvD6dhos6LS6ZX_GtlVGlQQNtUWoeTAGCEofrRkl_Ng/s1600/2012bluekitchen32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNE7EL1cBdKIMkm7TSRRLy4SgHsRdRX49HJrwMNntYspOXO6ryJKlxm41mMSeCXiE0cGUu2Jb1lSZKUbneSgHTghBXk0bisqhlvvD6dhos6LS6ZX_GtlVGlQQNtUWoeTAGCEofrRkl_Ng/s640/2012bluekitchen32.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made the window shade with drop cloth fabric and denim ticking. The hand-hooked wool rug belonged to my grandmother. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmyTP0GBE0nmh2i-HMClGAtdphCPqfuir8IvpXae5iQnuK1d-eFyfegbV1Hdr6T6ysHEK7n1s7UC4cTpFVmk5L-YDjNpHxyA4UQt6AIgx7S3cie3bbF9UTfU_YLbbl5iNFLo9mUaXVHw/s1600/2012bluekitchen42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmyTP0GBE0nmh2i-HMClGAtdphCPqfuir8IvpXae5iQnuK1d-eFyfegbV1Hdr6T6ysHEK7n1s7UC4cTpFVmk5L-YDjNpHxyA4UQt6AIgx7S3cie3bbF9UTfU_YLbbl5iNFLo9mUaXVHw/s640/2012bluekitchen42.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I changed all the drawer pulls to cup pulls. The cabinets were sanded, painted with Colorplace "Grand Smoky Mountain" then sanded and rubbed with Minwax walnut water-based gel stain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYRDFTFfl-UdGs5OWtLg40UtKpFDz_DUX7uOTyqZKqUjln89-qjtFzA5u7wOwlvg7kHe_s6lhGpRWEY1JeK41dOacEjxem9Fd1v98DUtyRndXyyMOFTpY70KHhS7xDYOY6M_en7PTDFk/s1600/2012bluekitchen40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYRDFTFfl-UdGs5OWtLg40UtKpFDz_DUX7uOTyqZKqUjln89-qjtFzA5u7wOwlvg7kHe_s6lhGpRWEY1JeK41dOacEjxem9Fd1v98DUtyRndXyyMOFTpY70KHhS7xDYOY6M_en7PTDFk/s640/2012bluekitchen40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My kids love this rotary phone even more than they love the old typewriter! They fight to answer it, and they always use it to call. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW939MHBXkeTPUHCvTATAqF0i_1_8SBx5ZdAKvDy-xPjG1gDVbDcPVSXG6SG59zuYqxLYSXccmXFndakfUOf3WrqyPreZhZd6EkevuB-DCnU1TQl1OeAklEOlJFI5QPBJXqhYYSOuG_xE/s1600/2012bluekitcjen18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW939MHBXkeTPUHCvTATAqF0i_1_8SBx5ZdAKvDy-xPjG1gDVbDcPVSXG6SG59zuYqxLYSXccmXFndakfUOf3WrqyPreZhZd6EkevuB-DCnU1TQl1OeAklEOlJFI5QPBJXqhYYSOuG_xE/s640/2012bluekitcjen18.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGK6csjdAh49k_qdS0a5ckWUgdQBszJaZxR3qecGIJGqhw6NdB9QIA3mM1sU2voFcRk4nUt7VGSCtBs6UnDXi2ArLCNK2aeBOyN7eqyifXw-_fUTHRdZpmfKDK6cvFm8qy-woEYc0gciQ/s1600/2012bluekitchen21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGK6csjdAh49k_qdS0a5ckWUgdQBszJaZxR3qecGIJGqhw6NdB9QIA3mM1sU2voFcRk4nUt7VGSCtBs6UnDXi2ArLCNK2aeBOyN7eqyifXw-_fUTHRdZpmfKDK6cvFm8qy-woEYc0gciQ/s640/2012bluekitchen21.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsoE-38hkeQ-62GbTwrbT2xcUIfXrX-tPSn06zoWC5lgzYNPSSv9Wzo1WiE-DSsTopVYteYOri_nGRUdsY85EODIhth44bXNGdhob9M4gd_rCyANqTJ-5LR4mtQrMRmXaMzsYn3i-bJc/s1600/2012bluekitchen20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsoE-38hkeQ-62GbTwrbT2xcUIfXrX-tPSn06zoWC5lgzYNPSSv9Wzo1WiE-DSsTopVYteYOri_nGRUdsY85EODIhth44bXNGdhob9M4gd_rCyANqTJ-5LR4mtQrMRmXaMzsYn3i-bJc/s640/2012bluekitchen20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb9F7iizWjvStno7u1XtF3SkOtCXxt0HWF7HNBOfBO6lZnzWq1oY0CWlLbnYCs6fD-vWaZTTj2zAqrdQHQUFPbB7GKKUP2-E8u3X1xxn0F64qJaChHic5dRDMLg-IAIIjGXFqO06qCUc/s1600/2012bluekitchen23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYb9F7iizWjvStno7u1XtF3SkOtCXxt0HWF7HNBOfBO6lZnzWq1oY0CWlLbnYCs6fD-vWaZTTj2zAqrdQHQUFPbB7GKKUP2-E8u3X1xxn0F64qJaChHic5dRDMLg-IAIIjGXFqO06qCUc/s640/2012bluekitchen23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjDAA6xidcrNmy5WWBNKzSr8pXj2IHazO_-w32Tlx7636vFb0fQI3c9OdXgwi8rPG3rRjre1WwqCi52cdccJqAYYs-ZgBqR7Q-zZoOq0N0q3Gyg8iZwXINYgqDzIYt_Kkwij2zJstSi8/s1600/2012bluekitchen22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjDAA6xidcrNmy5WWBNKzSr8pXj2IHazO_-w32Tlx7636vFb0fQI3c9OdXgwi8rPG3rRjre1WwqCi52cdccJqAYYs-ZgBqR7Q-zZoOq0N0q3Gyg8iZwXINYgqDzIYt_Kkwij2zJstSi8/s640/2012bluekitchen22.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love having the children's artwork on the refrigerator. I change it out as they bring more home from school. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZP97XDd2gSRBsiew_oWvmhHKCvHKuK5rGkspov3r7bUPfXQdfSY6NjdRcrZLkzJc0DoXD-wtmApYCgUciYirNJcZMj61aDkqBYk22Es3lmpOc04w4_UucibCEe113-ehCv4lCK4tvCI/s1600/2012bluekitchen31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZP97XDd2gSRBsiew_oWvmhHKCvHKuK5rGkspov3r7bUPfXQdfSY6NjdRcrZLkzJc0DoXD-wtmApYCgUciYirNJcZMj61aDkqBYk22Es3lmpOc04w4_UucibCEe113-ehCv4lCK4tvCI/s640/2012bluekitchen31.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsb0XUwURM5f4ODQnJmU97t-_EFONMZo6aLidrsGaYDPxQtIugDAnB6ZRm04Ukc0vqkIJfBqnVLcvIsmRWQrmbzlu6DrKN1N9DuUdg8Qrp1JxA3ghqLlS6mDiwFwupDLxyE9EIkXZ8po/s1600/2012blbuekitchen27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsb0XUwURM5f4ODQnJmU97t-_EFONMZo6aLidrsGaYDPxQtIugDAnB6ZRm04Ukc0vqkIJfBqnVLcvIsmRWQrmbzlu6DrKN1N9DuUdg8Qrp1JxA3ghqLlS6mDiwFwupDLxyE9EIkXZ8po/s640/2012blbuekitchen27.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOVE my 1950s square chrome cake carrier:-) My mom gave me the canning basket, and the 12-bottle Coca Cola carrier was hanging in the garage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxIEJjY5fsvfOh7FnPc1SfvC15ssLTxuZOrP9H7Ui5rjQKpAgjjx7Z_fSK8j3iXEW_B9ngn9KO60_EVwfcK8vsYu0IEnB_mEJWIGz49eOSnt7_3xtSduBtFFtwBmIUYgikC_dkrpiJYU/s1600/2012bluekitchen30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxIEJjY5fsvfOh7FnPc1SfvC15ssLTxuZOrP9H7Ui5rjQKpAgjjx7Z_fSK8j3iXEW_B9ngn9KO60_EVwfcK8vsYu0IEnB_mEJWIGz49eOSnt7_3xtSduBtFFtwBmIUYgikC_dkrpiJYU/s640/2012bluekitchen30.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've made several feed sack towels to use around the kitchen, and this print with the four leaf clover, is one of my favorite. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM6xt-2JNi9TFWOSg_yhHKylXkRKq6A1oyVyW8-4F9saB7SDOizwZy5RQpL9dqdgoXB-oRVvGY6Gwtl2I5GP2u2fR8mM1D5iPOACILIBSmOg02OKnmXJdqG1Jl0ZnOaDnzg5D0C_vsdc/s1600/2012bluekitchen36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeM6xt-2JNi9TFWOSg_yhHKylXkRKq6A1oyVyW8-4F9saB7SDOizwZy5RQpL9dqdgoXB-oRVvGY6Gwtl2I5GP2u2fR8mM1D5iPOACILIBSmOg02OKnmXJdqG1Jl0ZnOaDnzg5D0C_vsdc/s640/2012bluekitchen36.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The screen door is another piece that came from the old house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxSzNpe6Mp3O7uqIpfBwQNuvsrWkqiMFna6yw1HMi021WCKWvgAkXa_bvV4fdvd9sBrRxiaTpg9cgpgGOrBZi0igzMl8GcCu4OKh-mWX4rbNtIuitxxwWV6MUFjNhQ0gLfoyLBY3GEQQ/s1600/2012bluekitchen41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxSzNpe6Mp3O7uqIpfBwQNuvsrWkqiMFna6yw1HMi021WCKWvgAkXa_bvV4fdvd9sBrRxiaTpg9cgpgGOrBZi0igzMl8GcCu4OKh-mWX4rbNtIuitxxwWV6MUFjNhQ0gLfoyLBY3GEQQ/s640/2012bluekitchen41.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Qd3Flj9dvkDnXaAjJ8xqmOWVfJFxSyKWT1jg7-NtB7sLBOdYmC1PUPezPU4Y1MLjeyfDiJW1BldbYVdXtIIkJunmzOULxs4SEhKI8_x9BWZ4K61S8tydtU-ZpRjsWxvH1hrEf_e1oXs/s1600/2012bluekitchen14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Qd3Flj9dvkDnXaAjJ8xqmOWVfJFxSyKWT1jg7-NtB7sLBOdYmC1PUPezPU4Y1MLjeyfDiJW1BldbYVdXtIIkJunmzOULxs4SEhKI8_x9BWZ4K61S8tydtU-ZpRjsWxvH1hrEf_e1oXs/s640/2012bluekitchen14.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, this is my new, blue, vintage kitchen. It was quite a departure for me, but I'm so happy to have used so many colors and accessories from the house my dad grew up in. My grandmother, who we always called by her first name, Isabelle, would probably be asking me why I want all this old stuff. I only wish I could tell her that it reminds me of her and granddaddy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNzoYZ_EgHhyQFBJX4cKPqBSi9jSpZZDjQbSm8-ELdBPZEaU-R5Oo9yf8lW-uTJr6EENxRgcZCFZlpbr_ioLFgxEudGLkIDXFtoanqqlB6AvaOz1IQqadCPMxp3pjTlFDckTnzsS8-PM/s1600/old+pics+of+knight+family+006-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNzoYZ_EgHhyQFBJX4cKPqBSi9jSpZZDjQbSm8-ELdBPZEaU-R5Oo9yf8lW-uTJr6EENxRgcZCFZlpbr_ioLFgxEudGLkIDXFtoanqqlB6AvaOz1IQqadCPMxp3pjTlFDckTnzsS8-PM/s640/old+pics+of+knight+family+006-2.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I miss them so much, but it makes me feel close to them to be here raising my three children where they raised their three.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anita</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be joining:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Wow Us Wednesdays</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/08/tutorial-tips-and-tidbits-9.html#more">Tutorial Tips and Tidbits</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://atthepicketfence.com/">Inspiration Friday</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">Feathered Nest Friday</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Metamorphosis Monday</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-before-and-after-party.html">Before and After</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beforeAndAfterButton_thumb1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7326" height="225" src="http://www.homestoriesatoz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beforeAndAfterButton_thumb1.gif" title="beforeAndAfterButton_thumb[1]" width="146" /></a></div>

The blue kitchen

Really -- you're not at the wrong blog! I'm sure I'm not the only one who never imagined I would have a blue kitchen.  But first...

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Old mailboxes and a copycat...

Hi everyone!<br /><br />Let me say how much I have been looking forward to linking up to Debbiedoo's copycat challenge. I have never had anything to share, but finally found just the right thing.<br /><br />You all know how everything I've been doing lately revolves around the history of my family, and this is no exception. My grandfather was the postmaster here at the Balsam Post Office for many years. I was elated when I saw a photo on Pinterest with old mailboxes, because I remembered seeing some here. Below is my photo...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxKHTxnDhUdWRlb1xvhu9Ys6Leu-3YLbRYAGlh-ipRIo2uAM5lxQAW_XRkcuVbgPk-R7oV8VoIYc9dbNFxBwo5UPJJ0_SkqOUyPNvn6oTVbUDl9Lq59hJzURiffnO9yMQkDH6kgQ6OYU/s1600/copycatmailboxes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxKHTxnDhUdWRlb1xvhu9Ys6Leu-3YLbRYAGlh-ipRIo2uAM5lxQAW_XRkcuVbgPk-R7oV8VoIYc9dbNFxBwo5UPJJ0_SkqOUyPNvn6oTVbUDl9Lq59hJzURiffnO9yMQkDH6kgQ6OYU/s1600/copycatmailboxes.jpg" /></a></div><br />This is the inspiration photo from Pinterest. I thought it was funny how both sets of boxes have spider webs on the right side.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzUJt4wgauq4uZDV5bpn9fBMvMVhjmpInOXuBVmdvkLs2Yxokn8gXS8vZSnP-C9KP7ZK-GiqhB5HjJemGGsFU9lpbZiNcyvyYTsM8G0WVEqGgn7Qjr7rNcyoNSrHmrUptjgue29MMNWo/s1600/239535273900287690_u1Bcu4yp_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijzUJt4wgauq4uZDV5bpn9fBMvMVhjmpInOXuBVmdvkLs2Yxokn8gXS8vZSnP-C9KP7ZK-GiqhB5HjJemGGsFU9lpbZiNcyvyYTsM8G0WVEqGgn7Qjr7rNcyoNSrHmrUptjgue29MMNWo/s1600/239535273900287690_u1Bcu4yp_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(Photo from Pinterest)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a view of Balsam in the 1920s or 30s from the porch of the Balsam Mountain Inn that includes my grandfather's store behind the train. The post office was at that time in the two-story building below. The post office was moved several times as at least one building burned down, and actually operated out of Knight's Store during transition. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty6vJVZ2blgp_sigNZxBQgcynwUdWAOM7w1pSiswHt25XZOxxb-4ner0DjCV7E3Lab4g-sap7Nu7kAEDnayqukcOoxQJN0WHWSSI1Jn5KU4gX3dvrVtn5LlZQT1_23_bqE2CFeK5EU_g/s1600/bmi_train_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty6vJVZ2blgp_sigNZxBQgcynwUdWAOM7w1pSiswHt25XZOxxb-4ner0DjCV7E3Lab4g-sap7Nu7kAEDnayqukcOoxQJN0WHWSSI1Jn5KU4gX3dvrVtn5LlZQT1_23_bqE2CFeK5EU_g/s1600/bmi_train_1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>(Photo from the </i><a href="http://www.balsammountaininn.net/"><i>Balsam Mountain Inn</i></a><i>)</i></div><br />I enjoyed this challenge so much, and was so happy to find something I could attempt to copy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much for stopping by!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anita</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be linking up with:<br /> Debbie<br />at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/"> Debbiedoo's Copycat Challenge</a><br />and<br />Kim<br />at<br /><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/03/wow-us-wednesdays-57.html">Wow Us Wednesdays</a></div>

Old mailboxes and a copycat...

Hi everyone! Let me say how much I have been looking forward to linking up to Debbiedoo's copycat challenge. I have never had anything t...

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