Christmas Decor in the Kitchen |  It's time to celebrate Christmas with a tour of my kitchen. The workhouse of any house.  Since there is always a blonde barefoot in this kitchen making something, I kept is simple with the decor. But in other ways I went over the top. Literally. The white icy garland on the chandelier is always my favorite. So I repeated it again this year. While taking photos I had a little photo bomber. Ok he isn't so little. But it is ironic almost every dog we have usually matches our decor.  I tried to nudge him into another room with treats but he wouldn't budge. He found a nice warm floor to nap on and wasn't interested in his master needing that spot for her tripod.  The dishware cabinet got a new makeover with more colorful glassware. Plus a little greenery.  I did some rearranging in the butlers pantry too. I brought out the red stemware and my metallic holiday dishes. It's still functional though for us. The large white mason jars hol......

I added summer touches to the butlers pantry, finally! Styling these shelves was such a fun project for me. I had the music cranked and just let my mind wander and just played. Played with color, texture and shine. I added my purple dessert cups (thrift store find) and some moss balls. Plus some purple napkins I found in a clearance bin and some modern purple and white dishes. I tried to keep in mind what I use a lot, so I tried to keep the most used items closer to the bottom. Within blonde reach For my coffee bar, I must have walked around my house 30 times looking for the perfect container to use to store coffee pods. I finally chose a birdcage. Simply because no one has ever done that yet. (yes this idea is patented, so if you copy it plz pony up one dollar ~ Kidding!) I like the birdcage because it is functional, pretty and I can also see when we are running low just by walking by it. One of the top shelves I reserved for stemware and white pitchers. I can’t seem to walk by any ki......

We finally seem like we are making progress around here with the Butlers Pantry.  We still have quite a lot of tiny little details to take care of but at least I can start to play with all the custom shelving I have. I also admit that I did (and still might be) taking a small break from blogging. It has been really nice to not feel like it is a responsibility for me to post something every 2 or three days.  Plus with Spring here I am going to be moving outside to clean up and mulch all my flower beds, so I am trying to mentally prepare for that workout! Also I do have some news. Now some of you may know that hubby and I are currently living in sin, we are not married. We have been living together for over 15 years, with everything split as perfect partners, so he has always been a hubby to me. Well I finally decided if a man can love all of my quirks, and live with me for that long, he deserves a prize. So we are going to be making it official and go to the courthouse to get m......