Kitchen Capers

Our kitchen has seen a fair few changes to it over the years....When we first moved to the Stone House, we used the room as a playroom for our three girls, as they were all quite young at the time. I shall have to try and find some photos of it - We created a purple hazed fairyland, complete with a real tree spanning from floor to ceiling and festooned it with fairly lights.

As the girls grew, I expanded my small business and the room changed from the fantasy grotto into my shop.

After closing the shop, the room then became our kitchen! It has evolved several times over the years, but I think that is the beauty of not having a fitted kitchen - Its easier to make little changes without having to rip out units etc.

From blue and white...

To cream and red...

To vintage floral for a short while...

And then back to cream and red again! ;-))

...With a touch of grey and mocha too!

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Anyway, as I mentioned in a previous post, I bought a new, actually Victorian, glazed cabinet recently...

Complete with its original wiggly glass and old patterned paper lining the inside.

We already had the heavy shelf above the radiator (hubby made it from an old scaffolding plank and some antique metal brackets), so we simply rested it on that, and then drilled it into the wall in a couple of places.

Then the fun bit!

As most of the items in our kitchen are red, I thought I'd add some more colours and introduce all of my vintage china from various places in our home, into the cupboard.

I also fixed some vintage wallpaper border to the shelf edges.

Whenever I buy vintage and antique china for my shop, there is inevitably one or two pieces with chips or cracks. These are the items I usually keep myself, as I'd rather sell perfect china. It does mean I have amassed a varied collection of mis-matched bits and bobs (not all imperfect, some we use everyday), but all piled in together, I think they look cheerful and fun.

Lovely to look at whilst we are sat at the dinner table too!

(An added bonus with having it all behind glass, is that the dusting is minimal! ;-))

Thank you for visiting my blog and for your recent comments. And welcome to the new followers who seem to have found me somehow...Its lovely to have you here,

Niki x