Mr. Smith is at Home Depot getting paint.....

Here is my kitchen as of 9:30am....cleaning up from breakfast (Drama Queen finishing reading the comics)....

Started taking things down off the walls and cleaning up the counters.....

Boy Wonder said that it made it more "spacious" (let's just say that my kiddos have been raised watching HGTV and the Food Network).

Looking at that refrigerator.....need to clean that up too.....

Mr. Smith is going to need a ladder to reach up there...

I will be taking down everything, dust and decide if I am going to keep the items or sell them....

The furniture will stay in the same locations.....

Oh yes....see I told you Mr. Smith would show up yesterday......Funny thing is when I mentioned that I picked out the paint for the kitchen, Mr. Smith said "I thought we were just talking about it".....

Really after almost 18 years of marriage????

Gotta go...I think I just heard the garage door open.....Mr. Smith is home.

I think I have been ditched by Mr. Smith......

Well Mr. Smith has conveniently been MIA today....  You know going to coffee this morning with a friend......Playing tennis with another friend.......Couldn't make it to Home Depot or Lowe's today with me.....

That's okay I don't need him around to PICK OUT the paint color.....I just need him around to, you know, move furniture, climb ladders.....and well PAINT..... Mr. Smith thinks he can escape me!!!!

So handfuls of light colors.....I think I found the one I like.....think really subtle.....It's called Cool Gray by Ralph Lauren.......

Here's what it looks like with some burlap and the white molding of my windows....

Trying to cover up the red so you can get a better idea what it would look like with the cabinets and the tile....I know hard to tell.....

Oh I have a secret....You see I know where Mr. Smith lives and he has to come home sometime to....sleep, shower, eat, change clothes.......

I feel like a trip to Home Depot tomorrow!

My Red Kitchen and My New Idea.....

We moved into our new house back in August of 2004....I wanted a red kitchen.....

Bubble gum pink primer and I think 8 coats of red paint latter......

I promised Mr. Smith that I would Never ask him to paint red again.....(one of my favorite sayings is Never say Never.....just saying).....

I have fallen in LOVE with the whole creamy, white, wood, rusty, burlap.....Well you get the picture if you are reading any of the decorating blogs.....like those in Australia or Sweden......

Problem is that my cabinets are really nice so they don't need to be painted.....So how do I get that look I am after....the red wall have to go.......So I asked Mr. Smith what he was doing for the next few days....Still hasn't found a job yet (no that wasn't trying to sound mean...just that he has time on his hands....and when he does get a job he will be working....i.e. too busy to paint)....

I think I might have to make a trip to Home Depot tomorrow with Mr. Smith to look at paint samples......Hey I figure it's been over 5 years......time for a little change....Oh and don't tell Mr. Smith but I was also thinking of making some new valances (have you ever "settled" for something....that would be my kitchen valances.....just never were "right" for me)....I am thinking maybe burlap or white fabric....Hey I have loads of both fabrics so it technically wouldn't cost anything....

Oh yeah....how many cans of paint will it take to cover up the red????  I did mention to Mr. Smith that I was thinking of getting rid of (maybe 2)  items from above the cabinets plus it would be good to get everything down and DUST!!!!

See that's what happens when I clean up the Pantry.....Oh and yes the kiddos were very impressed with the clean, newly organized pantry......

A Little Pantry Clean Up

This is scary......I am letting everyone see what my pantry looks like.....not pretty.....

It's not a large pantry but larger than any I have every had....okay actually it's the first one....I had visions that it would look so organized....so much for a "Walk in Pantry"......can't get past the door....have to lean over.....me and leaning.....it just spells trouble....did I mention that I am accident prone?

Oh and I need a ladder to get to the upper shelves....hence the "shoved" look......

Sprinkles, Spices, Tupperware....it all breeds at night....

So 6 bags of stuff to donate at the Salvation Army....3 trips to the trash can......

I can walk into my pantry now.....

We shall see if the kiddos notice when they get home from school today....

Mini Daffodils

Must be the sunshine-I know-2 posts in one day!!!

Had to cut some of my mini daffodils and bring them inside to enjoy! 

Oh and I bought this sweet little glass at a thrift store today for 25 cents....I bought a tiny white pitcher and another glass jar-total came to 88 cents......Problem......didn't have any cash on me......not enough to use the debit card......they were so nice they said that I could pay them next time I come in!!!  Guess that gives me an excuse to go back tomorrow to give them their 88 cents and see if they got any "new" items in.....