Spicing Up the Kitchen Cabinet

I must start by saying how desperately I want to paint our kitchen cabinets.

Problem is, dear husband refuses to allow me to do it. The conversation usually goes something like this:

me: I want to paint the cabinets.

him: Absolutely not!
me: Why?

him: Because they're fine just the way they are. They're perfectly good oak.

me: Yes, I understand that but I can't stand oak. It makes the whole kitchen look very outdated. Wouldn't they be so pretty painted a warm, creamy white with just the perfect amount of antiquing in all the right places?

him: No.

me: But it would really make them pop against the red painted walls.

him: I don't want the cabinets to pop.

me: come on...PLEEEEZZ???

him: No. I always let you do the things you want in the house but I really don't want you to paint the cabinets. I like them just the way they are.

Anyway, you get the picture. In his defense though, he did let me paint our bathroom cabinets which are also his beloved oak.

So for now I must improvise.

I was reading through Angela's blog, Parisienne Farmgirl and I saw something that she did, which I love!! You can click on her blog name above and it will take you directly to the post I'm talking about.

She does these great posts called "Design On a Centime." I have come away from these posts so inspired. I did something else too that was directly inspired by another one of her posts. (I'll share that in another post) She totally rocks. I'm sure most of you already know exactly who I'm talking about, but if you don't, go check out her blog. You will LOVE it! I can promise you that.

Okay, so she has this cabinet and she removed the doors, installed beaded board in the back and then created a gorgeous vignette inside. She has a beautiful kitchen as well as creamy white cabinets that I'm pining for - haha!


So I thought, I could do something like that to hold me over until maybe one day Mr. French Cottage relents - fingers crossed.

I removed the doors and put up some striped ticking fabric in the back.

Then I filled it with some of my favorite copper pieces, cookbooks and other pretty odds and ends.

I like the way it turned out and it does detract a little from the oak cabinets

It's the unused, hard to reach cabinet above the refrigerator so it was the perfect cabinet to try this in.
I put my rooster lamp with the toile shade up on top of the fridge as well as my cherub fountain.

Here is the whole thing.

I'm liking it!

Thanks Angela, for the inspiration!

Alright, now I have to figure out what to do with all of the JUNK that was up there. It was a landing spot for EVERYTHING that never had a proper home before. I should probably go and get rid of it all. It's only been up there for 10 years or so and if I haven't used it before now, I probably don't need it anyway. Right?

Have a great Saturday and enjoy the weekend!

xo and God Bless,

Kathleen