Recapping the end of summer and into fall...

We have had quite a year! Joe & I have had many changes happen and all for the better.

We've added a chicken coop that Joe & I designed and built with the kids. 6 chickens which we've named after the kids and hopefully we'll have eggs come spring.

We also began renovations on our home together. We are in the middle of flipping our kitchen. We added an island with a sink. Found a vintage lower cabinet of a Hoosier cupboard. Found a screaming yellow linoleum table with orange and yellow chairs. Added vintage knick knacks from Joe's Gram and Aunt's houses. Added a rock wall facade and hearth for our woodstove and now have heat in our kitchen!! Our home is 149 years old and has some charm. When we finish our renovations; it should be fantastic!

Today we went hunting for bargains in south county and found some great items we're really excited about. A red and gold tray with a pheasant on it. We use these trays at grams house when we eat so we had to have this one. A 20 piece apple green dinnerware set that I adore and looks like fiesta ware, a bicentennial hunts ketchup bottle, a green glass water bottle, a pink glass rooster, a gnome bell, and a pull down light with milk glass shade. I am so excited and can't wait for another day to go bargain hunting with my love. Next time only hope he feels better and isn't just tagging along to my whims.

I will also post some sneak peeks at some of the portrait work I have been doing lately.

Off to bed to get some rest before getting up to finish grouting our stone wall and paint the rest of the kitchen orange.

Stace

Our Chickens:


Another view of our finds on our table. Also the new kitchen color and our rock facade for the wood stove. Grouting this week!


Our finds from this weekend. (also see the hoosier cupboard in the background!)


Peanut; the poser of our two poodle puppies.


The following are more pictures of our new hearth and mantle, pull down light, treasures, and the full kitchen corner where our sink used to be minus grouting and chairrail. The mantle was made from wood we found in Joe's Gram's garage which is bittersweet as the house Joe grew up in and his Gram and Papa lived in for 40 years will soon be on the market. The wood box and planter for our wood were also found in there. Also the last picture is our chicken coop finally painted and ready to go!! Our girls love it!!Chickens that is!