Blue and yellow summer kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh how I love summer here in the North Carolina mountains. It's so beautiful here and we enjoy lots of late morning family breakfasts of <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2012/07/making-fresh-butter-and-homemade-whole.html">homemade whole wheat pancakes</a> with my mother's <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/07/mothers-very-best-strawberry-jam.html">homemade strawberry jam</a>. I do enjoy my kitchen in the summer and I have changed things up for this season like I always do.  </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/AVvXsEgnO9d_QtT68RM0W6Tcq1DuGbygOJ8I4lesiVj3lbu4Mj_LvjA7kmmxTSmcMtWqJSQS_lHRlE0Y5xXBf7rF9Klm639tTYJI9lwccE1OjEF9AhfQ03yotRj2zai9W9yA1v_3d0cZpnH1Vw/s1600/2014hometourkitchen31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnO9d_QtT68RM0W6Tcq1DuGbygOJ8I4lesiVj3lbu4Mj_LvjA7kmmxTSmcMtWqJSQS_lHRlE0Y5xXBf7rF9Klm639tTYJI9lwccE1OjEF9AhfQ03yotRj2zai9W9yA1v_3d0cZpnH1Vw/s1600/2014hometourkitchen31.jpg" width="464"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2014/07/blue-and-yellow-summer-kitchen.html#more">Read more...</a>

Blue and yellow summer kitchen

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Choosing the right finish and going for it...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood.</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/AVvXsEjDLzYd7fcUyuB7ku_EJJ5ohKtSSqVvod5lXL3RQi4PC1CI9JnV9U17Fn4VNbjnX8QITg82l7BWmO_M7i7WGoDVOyRS6j9hKaXtm2zb0FBniWUIpxgw1UZExuw2Fb7stTPXAPQxTUjtng/s1600/counters43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLzYd7fcUyuB7ku_EJJ5ohKtSSqVvod5lXL3RQi4PC1CI9JnV9U17Fn4VNbjnX8QITg82l7BWmO_M7i7WGoDVOyRS6j9hKaXtm2zb0FBniWUIpxgw1UZExuw2Fb7stTPXAPQxTUjtng/s640/counters43.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></div></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/choosing-right-finish-and-going-for-it.html#more">Read more...</a>

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Countertop making part IV...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up. </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/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s640/counters19.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmxFS9W7QDabPCIDaPFzJWNb_KzklaRT5E8zPigmXlQGIhCAw1Wvi3QH00FaAnNPEeJsqgqyRse7bpWO2C6Onk2Adv50Ds5JiAzUfEdVvPMHYdjKjrjOLK8u6yX3Q8yjfpvKGGYmNA/s1600/counters19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-making-part-iv.html#more">Read more...</a>

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Countertop making and the ongoing sink saga...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, <a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-progress.html">HERE</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFlcSkxI-BnVHBLS4U66PphxWUqeklVL-NwV_UV72rBmo1bA0K69Bccob8XKOamO__bzwF19KY4PIc568hXBCF1pN3s9sorM5KI4u_IoRNF5CVmjaZh_af9ss9hg2bDNSdsgbqe6nuA/s1600/countertops6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFlcSkxI-BnVHBLS4U66PphxWUqeklVL-NwV_UV72rBmo1bA0K69Bccob8XKOamO__bzwF19KY4PIc568hXBCF1pN3s9sorM5KI4u_IoRNF5CVmjaZh_af9ss9hg2bDNSdsgbqe6nuA/s640/countertops6.jpg" width="426"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></div></div></span><br><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/countertop-making-and-ongoing-sink-saga.html#more">Read more...</a>

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We got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling...

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One thing leads to another

<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look what UPS delivered to my doorstep!</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/AVvXsEiJ0BlbcZpvgieSHzKiG8390q2XEabgajyzNv04KQ3NYgazuvjWGE6_zeVGaGAlvzQxPwh1z7PiMFthxbAVSFKeEPTtwklag5HQnTtwbOmYp1XJDTWK695ypuZDZHtsNubiqeHNtShcmg/s1600/faucet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0BlbcZpvgieSHzKiG8390q2XEabgajyzNv04KQ3NYgazuvjWGE6_zeVGaGAlvzQxPwh1z7PiMFthxbAVSFKeEPTtwklag5HQnTtwbOmYp1XJDTWK695ypuZDZHtsNubiqeHNtShcmg/s640/faucet.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', Courier, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://anita-faraboverubies.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-thing-leads-to-another.html#more">Read more...</a>

One thing leads to another

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