operation house to home: the tale of the china cabinet...

so this entire post is about

our china cabinet.

if you think that's lame,

turn back now.

:)

you know how, sometimes,

you have conversations with god

about little things,

little desires of your heart?

well, when we were house hunting,

i had a few little chats with god

about the things i wanted.

a built in china cabinet may have

come up once or twice.

yes,

the lord and i discuss things like

china cabinets.

hey, he's god, he's heard it all.

anyways,

when shane and i saw this house

for the first time,

and i turned the corner in the dining room

and saw this china cabinet,

i melted.

it's probably my favorite part of the house.

this is what it looked like

when we bought the house...

it was already white

but the inside was this

(not so lovely)

red/maroon crackle finish.

i hated the inside.

no offense to those red/maroon

crackle finish lovers.

it's just not my style.

i decided to go with mint green on the inside.

after painting the inside of it

(or should i say kasi painting the inside,

thanks mam)

i could have painted the whole house

this mint green color.

it's just so pretty,

especially with the white.

i have lots of vintage kitchen items.

it's one of my favorite types of things

to pick up from flea markets

and antique stores.

i have lots of glassware, 

dishes, utensils, tins

and pyrex.

i've always dreamed of being

able to display it all and this little

cabinet that the lord sent

is the perfect place.

i ended up rearranging the inside many times.

at first, i put all my glassware in there too

and it was just too much going on.

it wasn't that pleasing to the eye.

in the end, i decided the glassware

and the leftover stuff

will have to be displayed some place else

or just changed out periodically.

the bottom part of the cabinet is great

for storing all of my doilies, table cloths,

napkins, etc.

i love the hardware too.

it's so pretty.

i love when the hardware

on doors and windows and cabinets

is all original from when the house was built.

it's so much prettier than modern day hardware.

i know it's so minor but i'm a details kind of gal.

so there ya have it.

a whole post on our china cabinet.

that's the beauty of this little blog,

i can document whatever i want.

i'm glad to have one more thing

marked off of the list, for now.

i have definitely learned to enjoy

this process.

the world won't stop if the pyrex

isn't in the china cabinet.

but, hey, it makes it more pretty to look at.

i'm hoping to get lots more

accomplished in the coming weeks.

hope you are all enjoying this summer weather.

it's hot ya'll.

ash...