Something's Gotta Give Kitchen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQP_Ofu2PG5HMMlX3_d_iXpgsVR0ZrprvG3w-Y4RxHY2eNKr6-Nz8GtJ7A1BrpeNzsjKVubwO0YAJ34ODqghA9HcjWOftbm0e1_hR2vLBNQhG2LvwWLgy0oNApT0qKlUQlqLnxK6Hpl9/s1600/something%2527s+gotta+give+kitchen+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKQP_Ofu2PG5HMMlX3_d_iXpgsVR0ZrprvG3w-Y4RxHY2eNKr6-Nz8GtJ7A1BrpeNzsjKVubwO0YAJ34ODqghA9HcjWOftbm0e1_hR2vLBNQhG2LvwWLgy0oNApT0qKlUQlqLnxK6Hpl9/s640/something%2527s+gotta+give+kitchen+1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello honeypops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, where to start with this incredible kitchen?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And it is utterly <span style="font-size: x-large;">incredible</span>, isn't it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoCSz99O8xr5BdAtdOPUbOJLOPB3GpNS-KfgcEtgNlEk-GvKC1nMrImEUW2g_kfK8iK-ndHmSy-vkWzmZ9vFWkcdhGTj5Csmsi2FfrvjJo_ZOQv57eJA0dI5LZ9UY1RrufMCA2jcYCGZt/s1600/something1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoCSz99O8xr5BdAtdOPUbOJLOPB3GpNS-KfgcEtgNlEk-GvKC1nMrImEUW2g_kfK8iK-ndHmSy-vkWzmZ9vFWkcdhGTj5Csmsi2FfrvjJo_ZOQv57eJA0dI5LZ9UY1RrufMCA2jcYCGZt/s640/something1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's from the film <span style="font-size: x-large;">Something's Gotta Give</span>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was so impressed with all the people that guessed correctly on Friday when I shared a <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-coming-up.html">copycat kitchen</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2nIN2876KJDaomovuNvJodS8HiZLOUTMQzW2gh_5045lVzP3stnMhKYW4R7JfIPQsbk2T-03k25UR4H21C_IOyEtx1IO2k-M-c_Hj7IXVgcGtQX_eqpmzeMhjusM6b3F8vl5hIPgsyC7/s1600/220px-Somethings_gotta_give.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2nIN2876KJDaomovuNvJodS8HiZLOUTMQzW2gh_5045lVzP3stnMhKYW4R7JfIPQsbk2T-03k25UR4H21C_IOyEtx1IO2k-M-c_Hj7IXVgcGtQX_eqpmzeMhjusM6b3F8vl5hIPgsyC7/s400/220px-Somethings_gotta_give.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Round of applause for the film buffs!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've gathered up all the pictures that I could possibly find of The Kitchen so that we can </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">♥swoon♥</span>our little hearts out together today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUfBHnNTlyT1c91vU6X_22_6HFV3PxulE0GbjYi3Pn-Cx5XxFwqPjECrgrscq5xwQejAvmu2efjt1XQHsPy1hr2wUmo7476rH2rryAKVGiTtAk3UhWxQGA5oFKBEPQlxoT6jdyvUxYUUh/s1600/feature_production_Somethings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUfBHnNTlyT1c91vU6X_22_6HFV3PxulE0GbjYi3Pn-Cx5XxFwqPjECrgrscq5xwQejAvmu2efjt1XQHsPy1hr2wUmo7476rH2rryAKVGiTtAk3UhWxQGA5oFKBEPQlxoT6jdyvUxYUUh/s640/feature_production_Somethings.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Group swoon....?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's all so elegantly understated.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnuY3eA6Ex3VixD-O7vT32x9W1FDhQpEJdg_OUjk_QWlwoD4g1mslIPeY-MWYh5-7s5mtVFkM0fsCrFgjFuHSH3xBxQyt1ebqLGTYKXONZZlDx7sW1gi50HB1JnbEbV1zQ4gr4QQRk52r/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnuY3eA6Ex3VixD-O7vT32x9W1FDhQpEJdg_OUjk_QWlwoD4g1mslIPeY-MWYh5-7s5mtVFkM0fsCrFgjFuHSH3xBxQyt1ebqLGTYKXONZZlDx7sW1gi50HB1JnbEbV1zQ4gr4QQRk52r/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the matte soapstone worktops and the white Shaker units.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cwwRYZwDS_Owzlx_th10C6pWO0HcSnAH9GczS8Yt1uPR0VESZUX9exqRDPR9wHOABsMw9KPOfpM6AV-f-N085XWTNuBPljAuM1kgW8-QaBanL2u76bGNIWef_PwF59lgpqd3e7HpYwW_/s1600/Set_Design-_Something%2527s_Gotta_Give-_Other_Spaces-_architecturaldigest_com_1213937867347.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cwwRYZwDS_Owzlx_th10C6pWO0HcSnAH9GczS8Yt1uPR0VESZUX9exqRDPR9wHOABsMw9KPOfpM6AV-f-N085XWTNuBPljAuM1kgW8-QaBanL2u76bGNIWef_PwF59lgpqd3e7HpYwW_/s640/Set_Design-_Something%2527s_Gotta_Give-_Other_Spaces-_architecturaldigest_com_1213937867347.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYpprkAzd31XHY6ioQQBRdput8J7KMhUVf1E9Jo5TZwmDN8TiiTR7Ovvkg6Wc1aCdiDRmp3mKg1GAD2FE0OfJSQgEmJj_RaIg-VC_c8Ib9Zi6_v8Ude2X-uHgvByee_5w8qmxHqauhrRO/s1600/somethingsgottagivepic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYpprkAzd31XHY6ioQQBRdput8J7KMhUVf1E9Jo5TZwmDN8TiiTR7Ovvkg6Wc1aCdiDRmp3mKg1GAD2FE0OfJSQgEmJj_RaIg-VC_c8Ib9Zi6_v8Ude2X-uHgvByee_5w8qmxHqauhrRO/s640/somethingsgottagivepic.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The subway tiles and the hardware.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn3UsCJ1tCN2G2mXKxT9T5nn8lvH8tFrZCEbu-WMHsWIGzl5_BMUahehW_ZiJQRThJ99NLhPorcdqKNuhcxUJU5ljYc3hjiV7I5mK493_91E0heA4j_7H4NBQ8OiJyQ2wwyrHiubmmuDr/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn3UsCJ1tCN2G2mXKxT9T5nn8lvH8tFrZCEbu-WMHsWIGzl5_BMUahehW_ZiJQRThJ99NLhPorcdqKNuhcxUJU5ljYc3hjiV7I5mK493_91E0heA4j_7H4NBQ8OiJyQ2wwyrHiubmmuDr/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The inset sink and the pendant lights.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT8QEW5K3dXBu2AcDTy1ZnVby67tzXUQLWcCBk741pJ128rlnnQGPbt93h0SerwsUOppy68K-z-8L87Yo6WWVnymEana-lzzVvZ1spfDxBOP07_15QCDUFYLeVvjwzGxuScIOtLZ__4b7/s1600/sgtg23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT8QEW5K3dXBu2AcDTy1ZnVby67tzXUQLWcCBk741pJ128rlnnQGPbt93h0SerwsUOppy68K-z-8L87Yo6WWVnymEana-lzzVvZ1spfDxBOP07_15QCDUFYLeVvjwzGxuScIOtLZ__4b7/s640/sgtg23.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The books in the island and the moulded top-cabinet supports.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5XH1fXmyun6LnuUfrVa8xoOiRsRN7YwFkoDdnwGsLu9IWDvfwpogxLe4xa9DT_XPYInKev7RoXfDMd3MnkSHzP9lIHiyEWbjfgw139qsaPYiPJXNPySUetfcIqOuNfPUwVFBFdz7VBn4/s1600/something3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5XH1fXmyun6LnuUfrVa8xoOiRsRN7YwFkoDdnwGsLu9IWDvfwpogxLe4xa9DT_XPYInKev7RoXfDMd3MnkSHzP9lIHiyEWbjfgw139qsaPYiPJXNPySUetfcIqOuNfPUwVFBFdz7VBn4/s640/something3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The taps and the windows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0EmAPladyw7gPaEHpIA56ptCgzq0-yM5oXBjuh99JG_MyFpZAgR0T83wdZax8SVnQD-4knpP0bTJSHsPZdXxfXe_7DZgN1CruiV3MVT4CGDwLWG88JlQImLKQGIwsIao64e_g5DsDdhv/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+5+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0EmAPladyw7gPaEHpIA56ptCgzq0-yM5oXBjuh99JG_MyFpZAgR0T83wdZax8SVnQD-4knpP0bTJSHsPZdXxfXe_7DZgN1CruiV3MVT4CGDwLWG88JlQImLKQGIwsIao64e_g5DsDdhv/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+5+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">La-la-love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgPHWi7bfVejJvi_ZBFY39Gtn4zES_ktXC4C5O1PHPrvQUzTYy3VNnjSFzKfac46ns3M1fqa6OT8GW4007SMssk8-3KqT4iFkUUdt0gnT0oHHqoqCEyww2UFGcUoTNaJfMfbiW4q-QGgo/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgPHWi7bfVejJvi_ZBFY39Gtn4zES_ktXC4C5O1PHPrvQUzTYy3VNnjSFzKfac46ns3M1fqa6OT8GW4007SMssk8-3KqT4iFkUUdt0gnT0oHHqoqCEyww2UFGcUoTNaJfMfbiW4q-QGgo/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4i0_J1AiYK59JoFnC7GMp1fvmQVXAQnO0uHhhL7l0uDXPcypdLR7RbdDj-d465wIT-7F1KaOaQBe34zTk7fjWYS_a_FuAkOOl0T9OVw6Cd2t7IQ3SITsLbNy14AUCTGSrlVz_4vBitfZ/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4i0_J1AiYK59JoFnC7GMp1fvmQVXAQnO0uHhhL7l0uDXPcypdLR7RbdDj-d465wIT-7F1KaOaQBe34zTk7fjWYS_a_FuAkOOl0T9OVw6Cd2t7IQ3SITsLbNy14AUCTGSrlVz_4vBitfZ/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, I'll take it. Thanks very much....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKSRaPWI_8Qpnp4daWtLIAWa43qOEI4mV7zNtLN-65ULpDj7Qsyo2TT-eBwzLSBzTqnCHaTd78aKvArnDPnTLHxZnvOXcIYqKGQk6VsZ9eQ7_-CQET3E4lXL8lzb17UQdzustugKfeICA/s1600/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen++6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKSRaPWI_8Qpnp4daWtLIAWa43qOEI4mV7zNtLN-65ULpDj7Qsyo2TT-eBwzLSBzTqnCHaTd78aKvArnDPnTLHxZnvOXcIYqKGQk6VsZ9eQ7_-CQET3E4lXL8lzb17UQdzustugKfeICA/s640/Something%25E2%2580%2599s+Gotta+Give+kitchen++6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, about <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/spring-where-are-you.html">yesterday's garden post</a>, I've been thinking of throwing an English Garden Party for people to link up their gardens or flower-related ideas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm just desperate for Spring to come and I thought it would be such a perfect way to herald it's coming.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm just putting the finishing touches to the button.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of finishing touches, I've just completed the most <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">lovely Valentine's gift </span>idea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wanna see?!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a big tease, I know....</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span>  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PE0vkiF1_C20MHlRcQmGO9iOf3_x1rzo_QmyO5Q4SowxQuT1ZQACQTAWEpgZFW91MiXlw3xWsUd0ZRGoYD5J9bFOcFm65tZwFHABBEjiQXnOFY5tRa28QnrWyO0vVq7OxqQUqhTDfISS/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiys7Jf5RM1R-xVaMuA90naXozEbQwKP22nw65OmGR6nox-ba6ZzK4xk7qq_Rl0dMCt9PJSC_MLWICsaGmHYvqwg0N21WUU6IgukxZ9rgLYPsHnlpawO2JmNPu7RaM-FPnIGDaskfkqRhO9/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div>

Something's Gotta Give Kitchen

Hello honeypops.Now, where to start with this incredible kitchen?And it is utterly incredible, isn't it?It's from the film Something's Gotta Give. I was so impressed with all the people that guessed correctly on Friday when I shared a copycat kitchen.Round of applause for the film buffs!I've gathere…

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Spring: where are you?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello sweethearts,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you but I'm getting to that time of year when I'm longing for Spring. Longing, yearning, <span style="font-size: x-large;">craving</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thoughtyou might like to see a photo of our garden at its peak.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGay74Uw0VDa7QQdxpegz_PziUFuowH7SnR5BT5uVJzbwD_kQEvRrFbNR5dlzRHsxVmk-p4aBuSmX7619Aw7EGDsBrBnEy59IENX0tTRNeMvFWb2tcqtVrzthgcFjyfazRGDPU2jvlSnSP/s1600/106_0612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGay74Uw0VDa7QQdxpegz_PziUFuowH7SnR5BT5uVJzbwD_kQEvRrFbNR5dlzRHsxVmk-p4aBuSmX7619Aw7EGDsBrBnEy59IENX0tTRNeMvFWb2tcqtVrzthgcFjyfazRGDPU2jvlSnSP/s640/106_0612.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh garden, I miss you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But seed catalogues provide their own special brand of cheeriness for me in mid-January. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So much temptation!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It brings <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">S</span><span style="color: orange;">p</span><span style="color: yellow;">r</span><span style="color: lime;">i</span><span style="color: blue;">n</span><span style="color: magenta;">g</span></span> that little bit nearer...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYdgJ_OJAlbQRJUgdgOKhGr5OLs2ZmYwQV2ezUSU5bTFB1wXCrNy3S4YhKrjGhc-M7wu_wjeJA14ZpCSfmmvkvWVPCrqzyHjIpYtrvwSNQ5tBGJbgpokagN-Xylf4wSe0WEW0CKA7fF98/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXte58OpieQuhyphenhyphenCotk4viQiJA551HgHl1DD6wm0UC2JLS0RIlyZCxUL65Lz-8I8QaGteGCq01MB9AF_4A22zTeMpyDTnWy-w6s2bsMAZPa19IEI9TcYWTv96pejWRQu9Zf2T4QBZevtsj/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Spring: where are you?

Hello sweethearts,I don't know about you but I'm getting to that time of year when I'm longing for Spring. Longing, yearning, craving.I thoughtyou might like to see a photo of our garden at its peak. Oh garden, I miss you.But seed catalogues provide their own special brand of cheeriness for me in mi…

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What's coming up...

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello poppet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You want a cup of tea and a chat in <span style="font-size: x-large;">my kitchen?</span> Oooh, me too! Me too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAzzIy0CeKVE9T646uItscWRWsJio0QP1sRrGYhBsStD4GWxd-ip5-0bo_5ZmOOSHItjzg1J-yL1hrOuDvF4baUf2Eny9bAaEyA5Q0NCf2NzARWsy29WKSV1ajwIRwgAvXzDInnORopFg/s1600/IMG_0383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAzzIy0CeKVE9T646uItscWRWsJio0QP1sRrGYhBsStD4GWxd-ip5-0bo_5ZmOOSHItjzg1J-yL1hrOuDvF4baUf2Eny9bAaEyA5Q0NCf2NzARWsy29WKSV1ajwIRwgAvXzDInnORopFg/s640/IMG_0383.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hoped you'd come by. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">{You're my <em>favourite</em>.}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">:-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, look, a teapot in your honour!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love using a <span style="font-size: x-large;">teapot</span> for tea. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It makes me feel <span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>oh-so grown-up</em></span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had some girlie friends round this week, for a bit of craftivity...and lots and lots of nattering.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{I love nattering with my girlie friends, don't you? It's one of my absolute favourite things to do.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I got going on some Valentine's crafting which I can't wait to share with you. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/11/cinnamon-and-heart-garland-tutorial.html">Heart and Cinnamon Garland</a> is in the new edition of <a href="http://www.thediyclub.com/">The DIY Club's</a> gorgeous ezine. There's a version below this post if you'd like a look.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oooh, I have a question for you....what do you think of this for a bit of eye-candy?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSEZ0gDKaSenKejGOsteq6lTq_wOuKgTgmVpWNY9Nxb8scqt7Q-D0t425nss3GMigfOHhKDPgEtFdu2mc7nmu0Okb2jQxPZMG_AuHlUaKYKyMrEx9PQpi9fgv3Z4zn0MNSTX0HKYi0Tpm/s1600/maine+design+magazine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="414" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSEZ0gDKaSenKejGOsteq6lTq_wOuKgTgmVpWNY9Nxb8scqt7Q-D0t425nss3GMigfOHhKDPgEtFdu2mc7nmu0Okb2jQxPZMG_AuHlUaKYKyMrEx9PQpi9fgv3Z4zn0MNSTX0HKYi0Tpm/s640/maine+design+magazine.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's from my <span style="font-size: x-large;">colour inspiration</span> file. I really like the pale grey-blue paired with all the white. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But I <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">la-la-la-love</span> it as a kitchen too. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you guess which film it used as its inspiration? I'll be reviewing <em>that very kitchen</em> on Monday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Well, I say reviewing....it'll be more of an <em>ogling-sesh.}</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've got SO much loveliness to show you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm almost <em>bursting</em> with the excitement of it all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">*pop*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, you can't say I didn't warn you....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhBttDtwhTg263hB9GBrdiuwXdQW8B2YlmbSrMx-Ue4p5Sdq4xi1MRlHVVThpLVEoL3-MLUokUlMwR50l7WFvyICgK-mEC2FYHApix21TjtUolA821Pnltm0cNDC0rm6HrZghfkm4GaDf/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5mVdahERmw4z3yGSjAfCUEpuTMhcRdkL7lSgo0Ba6pY7jo3SQ5hP_uO8NCtqLBbyptSdvp94WNPgAIaCgT3scNKcM9pC9yn7wKZmNt_pqOHlJqO-bwadRjj00tPg2R4dKIQ0x7KZ4gPa/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm linking up to my favourite parties in my sidebar.</span></div></div>

What's coming up...

Hello poppet.You want a cup of tea and a chat in my kitchen? Oooh, me too! Me too!I hoped you'd come by. {You're my favourite.}:-)And, look, a teapot in your honour!I love using a teapot for tea. It makes me feel oh-so grown-up.I had some girlie friends round this week, for a bit of craftivity...and…

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Anne Turner's Cottage Living Kitchen Before & After

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Hey there, sugarplum,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you're feeling fine and dandy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But if you're not, if the cold wintry greyness is getting you down, then I have something to bring a <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">happy smile</span> to your sad little face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just look at what I have for you today.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHLjPSwQ3FgERHRqZ_7wsO0O8KFKPeJmV85YXXcMjWGRom_iHKPkWGMkRGqRcBg2rKg3cwyqeRQvRtKIvY3tFb9uRpG1uF4cq0qKwPsUpY6Qh8J-R34PqfScGwp3w7l7QlhzCajrMvPhi/s1600/modern+country+style+11.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHLjPSwQ3FgERHRqZ_7wsO0O8KFKPeJmV85YXXcMjWGRom_iHKPkWGMkRGqRcBg2rKg3cwyqeRQvRtKIvY3tFb9uRpG1uF4cq0qKwPsUpY6Qh8J-R34PqfScGwp3w7l7QlhzCajrMvPhi/s640/modern+country+style+11.bmp" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous After</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Only one of the <span style="font-size: x-large;">most fantastic</span> before-and-afters-on-the-cheap in the whole world ever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMttYvClXAegnPQOfaObUXKpWMU5b-ixDNn0mh-0lICcp7QcRPc5GbGpm3fDeESShXrqjYGIZ4CTf4h9h-_z5wzaF1R7YtF2l8IsILmSOyi7743LXPTTDxSKt_1vNFxwgqT73pusnZwSq/s1600/modern+country+style+1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMttYvClXAegnPQOfaObUXKpWMU5b-ixDNn0mh-0lICcp7QcRPc5GbGpm3fDeESShXrqjYGIZ4CTf4h9h-_z5wzaF1R7YtF2l8IsILmSOyi7743LXPTTDxSKt_1vNFxwgqT73pusnZwSq/s640/modern+country+style+1.bmp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bleurgh Before</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, siree.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the kitchen of Anne Turner who was Assistant Decorating Editor for the magazine Cottage Living. It was featured in its last ever issue.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yI8Wvk95OQzQRLb_A442WMW9GhBJ-hIZtmUDy0wcCtuvlEABSoNqHS7gDGJp53L0NNgsZHHnApHpovVsRLdM6ceUbgGwdabm2bcoVxClgBEt0FzD4gtI9YqCKtP6JsCmUjZfjRB-o92G/s1600/modern+country+style+2.bmp" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yI8Wvk95OQzQRLb_A442WMW9GhBJ-hIZtmUDy0wcCtuvlEABSoNqHS7gDGJp53L0NNgsZHHnApHpovVsRLdM6ceUbgGwdabm2bcoVxClgBEt0FzD4gtI9YqCKtP6JsCmUjZfjRB-o92G/s640/modern+country+style+2.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne has taken her kitchen that's best described as bleurgh......and made it scrumptious...but without a complete overhaul. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65BOIANrlQZZYdBoUdCb2nAZggDumPrgh-lzcHGfWWstQ1sjTQaz4CO8xx7qb5j8J_OQwpDbSYxovDyC9EYcJkMnIsZiVyG_Kkx9LS-Dl22fuplrQt9ScAPSxkuNnw9d1r2-zaEQAcsg6/s1600/aaa.bmp" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65BOIANrlQZZYdBoUdCb2nAZggDumPrgh-lzcHGfWWstQ1sjTQaz4CO8xx7qb5j8J_OQwpDbSYxovDyC9EYcJkMnIsZiVyG_Kkx9LS-Dl22fuplrQt9ScAPSxkuNnw9d1r2-zaEQAcsg6/s640/aaa.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her budget at the time was needed elsewhere.</span><br /><br />{I don't mean to get off-track but was she wearing her slippers in that photo?}</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bHZP0uXToXrOKMTSaUKMqiPEID_lSgyNi0q83oIZICJbIeid7p5Qn5pWv65XkdRy9sYz0HtxOdsx6Hkl6IsSA3bg_nl5dtsrLoDBl4-4iiIX5Wnx2lfG8pyNn11MF2Mi5xe5UCVIMimC/s1600/modern+country+style+8.bmp" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bHZP0uXToXrOKMTSaUKMqiPEID_lSgyNi0q83oIZICJbIeid7p5Qn5pWv65XkdRy9sYz0HtxOdsx6Hkl6IsSA3bg_nl5dtsrLoDBl4-4iiIX5Wnx2lfG8pyNn11MF2Mi5xe5UCVIMimC/s640/modern+country+style+8.bmp" width="640" /></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;">{Aaahaaa, I see some of the budget went towards some new snazzy footwear....}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's look behind the scenes at this virtual decorating miracle. :-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4Lql7tr4EuuxLVglDPL_2a2Vz7Wjwuf-v8PsmBGikk91TaA-etRPCZ3U6aS3XfpyoM87fhWJ9omIlBFu4EWHl6DMpIo2_juoNKB8WOo1wdNQjOHHpO-QA4LOPSppdPlovRaj2tzXVfRB/s1600/modern+country+style+3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4Lql7tr4EuuxLVglDPL_2a2Vz7Wjwuf-v8PsmBGikk91TaA-etRPCZ3U6aS3XfpyoM87fhWJ9omIlBFu4EWHl6DMpIo2_juoNKB8WOo1wdNQjOHHpO-QA4LOPSppdPlovRaj2tzXVfRB/s640/modern+country+style+3.bmp" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They've had the existing cupboards up towards the ceiling and added moulding around the top.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaaJpYg0Sh2ACllnyk6hylAihTYRvJz1aQT97OGr6qHvSBi7YU9GMdI2a8kTo7lFqwAJQ3Ph7dFgH_Y02xngZCHXqjFP1GKyLAE7HKgyii4w6_NbK2sGXUSm6TQPRtdofw90rrrty_iKN/s1600/modern+country+style+4.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaaJpYg0Sh2ACllnyk6hylAihTYRvJz1aQT97OGr6qHvSBi7YU9GMdI2a8kTo7lFqwAJQ3Ph7dFgH_Y02xngZCHXqjFP1GKyLAE7HKgyii4w6_NbK2sGXUSm6TQPRtdofw90rrrty_iKN/s640/modern+country+style+4.bmp" width="440" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, with the extra space created, shelves have been fitted under the units. Aren't they darling?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXwSqKVQ55HL5pO3j-pwmXAIxzLNrjKu4aiwyHfEppbXqtBii23MrlcLyUlGpBg4x21ITU9TzjlJo1TVDUMVZ4jm-GUiulQtcKlV0gdXxSqg2-YHgLHDteEXoQvpHjn81L45KYQXDhSXc/s1600/modern+country+style+6.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXwSqKVQ55HL5pO3j-pwmXAIxzLNrjKu4aiwyHfEppbXqtBii23MrlcLyUlGpBg4x21ITU9TzjlJo1TVDUMVZ4jm-GUiulQtcKlV0gdXxSqg2-YHgLHDteEXoQvpHjn81L45KYQXDhSXc/s640/modern+country+style+6.bmp" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They've changed the tiles, the worktop, appliances, sink, hardware, doors, taps, flooring and lights.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg9avnYFuLlF9F182EJMfH_h0XoCKZH3AJBoDbPqbo_ljR8CvTZ7Xemq_i6BmchDPeuOLqTUDAWXkpROAC_msulFcdvLSg6krX9zfqN3NdChrQjqDYuBQlAnPZGq4Wny0P-IJjoCZNBVA/s1600/modern+country+style+10.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg9avnYFuLlF9F182EJMfH_h0XoCKZH3AJBoDbPqbo_ljR8CvTZ7Xemq_i6BmchDPeuOLqTUDAWXkpROAC_msulFcdvLSg6krX9zfqN3NdChrQjqDYuBQlAnPZGq4Wny0P-IJjoCZNBVA/s640/modern+country+style+10.bmp" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The result is like having a splediferous new kitchen without the huge cost of new units.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTidVzheBrkfiy43YFReFKuqfTrxy-PzKEq83Darg1gPTUDSLki-vLIElAgjSFL1Ao6s9MBXv7MmqxTu6D_k7DyMHIdjIK8AtxYZ9mg4DkgGbXce85wi6m33ZrCyNLWvlbSxnMTctU9q3/s1600/modern+country+style+9.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTidVzheBrkfiy43YFReFKuqfTrxy-PzKEq83Darg1gPTUDSLki-vLIElAgjSFL1Ao6s9MBXv7MmqxTu6D_k7DyMHIdjIK8AtxYZ9mg4DkgGbXce85wi6m33ZrCyNLWvlbSxnMTctU9q3/s640/modern+country+style+9.bmp" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And don't you love the paint colours? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/10/case-study-farrow-and-ball-pigeon.html">Pigeon</a> on the dining room walls,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lime White on the kitchen walls,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stony Ground on the doors and windows,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mouse's Back on the units.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> All by Farrow And Yummy Ball.</span><br /><br />{Which I do believe to be their official name.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUys8-ziGw1G3_24VYTZvsmH8schWn3wiJcLg8DWx9vPi1VIUFNYFvf1FrfURgi0GNWLvcyC1a7unXs-7TGYMEMw0vBKBADCdjOxm_UyNTP3NTxqOZSsGIRAIre8QXl0FdS6_MEwVhFUQ/s1600/modern+country+style+5.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUys8-ziGw1G3_24VYTZvsmH8schWn3wiJcLg8DWx9vPi1VIUFNYFvf1FrfURgi0GNWLvcyC1a7unXs-7TGYMEMw0vBKBADCdjOxm_UyNTP3NTxqOZSsGIRAIre8QXl0FdS6_MEwVhFUQ/s640/modern+country+style+5.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, are you smiling yet?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">No?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This afternoon I will be having the pleasure of ironing my way through the laundry equivalent of Mount Everest. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, the joy. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Bet you're smiling now....you ol' meanie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NMVKmdv-Een6EyRSPNz_IAUjjQMqgZu2tVMRoAPz5G7O2GVZcKdp8jW8I0SbEKKcUGAnKQxD0dc-ViGgXYB6BpCWfE73UEVxgUQ79oPhZ6aklC0cZd8QiIOHNY_l22QFWou7ewaT8-hx/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFavLolNDqzrUbOpH4mddzf-_L3xnevpTsQx2dHdX04hl7rdcqkn4E_ozjOHPFhA75hDKacUsKRSJSFle-KPq6DCRy45qf5wvu6nzE9Lb2h7OY8f1_tNzR11-iOxT2K5TSdfxi9LzfB7U/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Anne Turner's Cottage Living Kitchen Before & After

Hey there, sugarplum,I hope you're feeling fine and dandy.But if you're not, if the cold wintry greyness is getting you down, then I have something to bring a happy smile to your sad little face.Just look at what I have for you today.....Gorgeous AfterOnly one of the most fantastic before-and-afters…

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Nigella's Kitchen

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey honey-bunch. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the weekend, we played hide and seek. I have to tell you the sweetest thing. When we'd finished playing, my littlest son said to his lovely Daddy:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Daddy, I don't mind you hiding in good places but please can you not go anywhere magical."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Magical? I think he thinks his Daddy hides in Narnia. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr Modern Country, your hiding places are just too dang good. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Too cute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, my thoughts are turning celebrity-wise. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To <a href="http://www.nigella.com/">Nigella Lawson</a>, in particular.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2wKD-ookmYItq2476zpo4u-fQsOFraWwt-OJRVMXULfp_TEgVzSEX7PJ1zagD4XD5QqBam1F53oyT-L83-qzLhgpbRqmVnpNRHSNdHVLwQ_wgcx3WuS-PSQxVkVCpypPGVFl7uY8ELv5/s1600/nigella4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="243" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2wKD-ookmYItq2476zpo4u-fQsOFraWwt-OJRVMXULfp_TEgVzSEX7PJ1zagD4XD5QqBam1F53oyT-L83-qzLhgpbRqmVnpNRHSNdHVLwQ_wgcx3WuS-PSQxVkVCpypPGVFl7uY8ELv5/s640/nigella4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wanna come and see? Nigella said we could....This is her saying that, for today only, her house is our house.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVjmkIkDLVm8dhvgMuqcKzd6Xuz2-5-N5OwvWL2dAwPDYXYgVBX12KzX95TNv1_no1QPe0Ym89cJK5rLmLSz6-LvX9t6ScGtO7tXa1u1VxWWhWEijMDvsksTLrBUwq-1UqMhoMfLAie2u/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVjmkIkDLVm8dhvgMuqcKzd6Xuz2-5-N5OwvWL2dAwPDYXYgVBX12KzX95TNv1_no1QPe0Ym89cJK5rLmLSz6-LvX9t6ScGtO7tXa1u1VxWWhWEijMDvsksTLrBUwq-1UqMhoMfLAie2u/s400/0.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can I be sued for lying on here?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">:-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been trying to find some pictures of her kitchen to show you. Here are some of the best.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6vFEUvfStN_5vN3Vu5yqbn6jUqHAusC8KX-jZWGIbLgYe7G0lKwcLrvsayJfncnkUfbYWCwKmi2Qr_COA5Yo_MkX2wBbfJrpHtb9dfHOir-NwdBvOZEDtWXo_HyGZZ_Iosat0jKZ69S4/s1600/nigellaDM1409_468x500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6vFEUvfStN_5vN3Vu5yqbn6jUqHAusC8KX-jZWGIbLgYe7G0lKwcLrvsayJfncnkUfbYWCwKmi2Qr_COA5Yo_MkX2wBbfJrpHtb9dfHOir-NwdBvOZEDtWXo_HyGZZ_Iosat0jKZ69S4/s400/nigellaDM1409_468x500.jpg" width="373" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is her fridge behind her. Isn't it lovely with those hinges?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzU0c26aQJiLwJCfBRojXGptiz5z3ZdBVPEE9xqLlnlJSamgzgDPBaxlmGaKUeBKQwIIMfNsqjKj3u8P9QLHCe9nXR_5hfUxDjkDx8eObWz3Tld6k4Ws32epJawjnwCJj5kcsMTdti2wKQ/s1600/article-1328985-0B6AFF92000005DC-113_468x574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzU0c26aQJiLwJCfBRojXGptiz5z3ZdBVPEE9xqLlnlJSamgzgDPBaxlmGaKUeBKQwIIMfNsqjKj3u8P9QLHCe9nXR_5hfUxDjkDx8eObWz3Tld6k4Ws32epJawjnwCJj5kcsMTdti2wKQ/s400/article-1328985-0B6AFF92000005DC-113_468x574.jpg" width="325" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Something tells me Nigella is fairy-light-crazeeee. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">By day or by night, she must have some fairy-lights....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRVDL71pdkTl33zgLDSYiGZF6MnywBsdidxgf53iFihkILm63VLg_y9Zwb2dFZFO8zmOLhtr3Vr0PDENpF_yHAtnm9acMwCV9n1kbf8uGacP-58XRiyXvoFNllfFQpYuxFxCEp8LEgEiu/s1600/nigella7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="361" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRVDL71pdkTl33zgLDSYiGZF6MnywBsdidxgf53iFihkILm63VLg_y9Zwb2dFZFO8zmOLhtr3Vr0PDENpF_yHAtnm9acMwCV9n1kbf8uGacP-58XRiyXvoFNllfFQpYuxFxCEp8LEgEiu/s640/nigella7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0_-1TzNfrUIO61HD5owUJMZlQ7R8aARm-P7xrMZUvDLe4YV5Vq-XNu6AquBwmoZJwmbeXopk8ncBKCFFdelzwg1WjxoPpXbZgbxxydHR2zeqp7g105TiukMCiUP4VY2JsVDbLzCpJIQ9/s1600/nigellajk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="360" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0_-1TzNfrUIO61HD5owUJMZlQ7R8aARm-P7xrMZUvDLe4YV5Vq-XNu6AquBwmoZJwmbeXopk8ncBKCFFdelzwg1WjxoPpXbZgbxxydHR2zeqp7g105TiukMCiUP4VY2JsVDbLzCpJIQ9/s640/nigellajk.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like her idea of displaying her cookie-cutter collection on her kitchen shelves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, Nigella, we do love you but you do just keep getting in the way of the camera. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please will you just keep your head out of the photo for one second so we can have a proper nose around your kitchen?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nigella said no.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7EMCGZXv_dHUUtu2IaeYDjZwWlG9Od-QwrK-pMPatiCA-i163Sc-rl13qD38qifJcqGR3LMRfeSAxCFDi-kzJdCG3xoJHhrI4I7RuzZUCtJ81CYdUseavj1lGq5IDroC_jq-oMr1cFqA/s1600/nigellaxbh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7EMCGZXv_dHUUtu2IaeYDjZwWlG9Od-QwrK-pMPatiCA-i163Sc-rl13qD38qifJcqGR3LMRfeSAxCFDi-kzJdCG3xoJHhrI4I7RuzZUCtJ81CYdUseavj1lGq5IDroC_jq-oMr1cFqA/s400/nigellaxbh.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's her kitchen, and she'll show off if she wants to. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh wait, one last thing, Nigella We've noticed that you don't have many recipe books. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How wonderful to see that you can be so frugal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvypu_M8A1ksWOfy_G3RQADk9FZc7zW3p_sXanTKYEFlBTjSXOfk1F2u5HRnP0P2a8Gl8gYgXIKzwt3pgYXg08WMapHZHdQFzZIf9RiCAAZ3rnNeCZtZzr2srBgc1bIX0VAJ8X8prmh1J/s1600/nigella-lawson-library-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvypu_M8A1ksWOfy_G3RQADk9FZc7zW3p_sXanTKYEFlBTjSXOfk1F2u5HRnP0P2a8Gl8gYgXIKzwt3pgYXg08WMapHZHdQFzZIf9RiCAAZ3rnNeCZtZzr2srBgc1bIX0VAJ8X8prmh1J/s640/nigella-lawson-library-1.jpg" width="498" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh? Errr......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's a lorra lorra books.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqQZrmP7-U1qIuTrp79NU32UAceSPRTcP3GCw3ezTj8rkfENFlzSFZInkfH16H0ftNZbBtDAKUiGJihExHeBpBg_sGgJ7yFWKQ-QjQE1ANVEogJGBJ9rK86W0ma2AeypReA_Y6uGIH5SG/s1600/nigella1-420x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqQZrmP7-U1qIuTrp79NU32UAceSPRTcP3GCw3ezTj8rkfENFlzSFZInkfH16H0ftNZbBtDAKUiGJihExHeBpBg_sGgJ7yFWKQ-QjQE1ANVEogJGBJ9rK86W0ma2AeypReA_Y6uGIH5SG/s400/nigella1-420x0.jpg" width="371" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But....yummy.....this more than makes up for it. Why, thank you, Nigella. Don't mind if I do.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Can't wait to see you again soon for more kitchen delectability.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqjMzwNjl81VxOalbQYc0gvtn_ObMPyHh47XCxI9Mwvf35-jFILoDztKuS4sn6jJcTn21hGaSqWtfcGzTcK10xIX6iFhGOw0dXmlsJy133YrgAVtWPsHWmvzvDgjP8zV8XY5Lf5NHHi27/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGLUqF0fW4T0XYhy4_cIPOG5nzM_pXNnsI1dadtQkybut19ptcun4LsWtUbCzMopVc39Ws4xAC5m5ADJsocZkSxKgIffh141l9SZPyciki-6CI8m5C0zlPzBaikv_Qb-EmL9fgc7flBDG/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Nigella's Kitchen

Hey honey-bunch. At the weekend, we played hide and seek. I have to tell you the sweetest thing. When we'd finished playing, my littlest son said to his lovely Daddy:"Daddy, I don't mind you hiding in good places but please can you not go anywhere magical."Magical? I think he thinks his Daddy hides …

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Step 3: Choosing a Colour Scheme

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello my lovely <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">F</span><span style="color: orange;">r</span><span style="color: yellow;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">d</span><span style="color: blue;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">y</span></span>. I'm so pleased to see you again. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You are my absolute <span style="font-size: x-large;">favourite day</span> of the week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ6j6Eauqi8cKiNjnRByDMTt3uxAjmBCdoVUcfh2ZuqUOiabOVt1XVtNu-C1NKgPctnL7EbCbKhw5_N2DoDQfIA8G3Ur_ka-8HiwDfTldwKLSbuGvVbWdHDFfno243Bqv1pg8kgq13sCh/s1600/ch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="414" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJ6j6Eauqi8cKiNjnRByDMTt3uxAjmBCdoVUcfh2ZuqUOiabOVt1XVtNu-C1NKgPctnL7EbCbKhw5_N2DoDQfIA8G3Ur_ka-8HiwDfTldwKLSbuGvVbWdHDFfno243Bqv1pg8kgq13sCh/s640/ch.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, I'm so excited. Yesterday, I noticed our <span style="font-size: x-large;">daffodils</span> pushing up from their winter rest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the <span style="font-size: x-large;">snowdrops</span> are in bud.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Real proper buds. Ready to reveal their beautiful dropping heads. And it feels as though it's <span style="font-size: x-large;">just for me</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come on, Spring....you can do it. We're rooting for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rooting? Geddit?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdy1hrUtNj6gulSwN_asMqi4L1TO8M44cYnOTDf7eGQAiK4TC-y6jz-ckihImfxjHi56CMHW6J1C3WxctgMt1w90n3F1Bmj_cOn-igzk65JDyIDEAKJZG9Aiu6pNbgpmB0eAEbE0qXDhy/s1600/plain_english_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdy1hrUtNj6gulSwN_asMqi4L1TO8M44cYnOTDf7eGQAiK4TC-y6jz-ckihImfxjHi56CMHW6J1C3WxctgMt1w90n3F1Bmj_cOn-igzk65JDyIDEAKJZG9Aiu6pNbgpmB0eAEbE0qXDhy/s640/plain_english_9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now then, in this Kitchen Series we've completed Step 1 (<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/if-youre-looking-to-makeover-your.html">Kitchen Foraging</a>) and Step 2 (<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-makeover-step-2-narrowing.html">Narrowing Choices</a>) so we can venture onto.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><u> Step 3: Choosing a Colour Scheme.</u></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have to tell you that choosing colours is my absolute <span style="font-size: x-large;">favourite</span> part of the whole process of renovation. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am Mrs Colour Chart and Mrs Sample Pot all rolled into one gloopy delight. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBatspjlWwYpsdEgkCHSmfoQV6e7lYG__K8OYEDO8Kmkh6iyqCBzB63nFPg5Vt-eVWBj68nqoCZhPKBmvuRADdOhpYbOIEuV3RyQSHTRMXud9tJZejHdpkLBB9dDwqrwXyfJuqNCRZJVQ/s1600/fired_earth_kitchen_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBatspjlWwYpsdEgkCHSmfoQV6e7lYG__K8OYEDO8Kmkh6iyqCBzB63nFPg5Vt-eVWBj68nqoCZhPKBmvuRADdOhpYbOIEuV3RyQSHTRMXud9tJZejHdpkLBB9dDwqrwXyfJuqNCRZJVQ/s640/fired_earth_kitchen_3.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what I do to begin choosing my <span style="font-size: x-large;">colour scheme</span>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I scour lots and lots of pictures and save my 9 out of 10 choices. Ring any bells here? Yup, this is Step 1 again but altered to cater for colour instead of style. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganz7lJWtiwAKEnK_tD1MFjT9T-LC8Nxf6sszo25CuHGQJ5tsa0ffiCrlZ4SNk7wezmbVcX178kacjUd0MMLzZpm3UV5_r-52jYM12mjhKVnaAYBt5A8sswkBEutFBFwqnZmUF6R552zmC/s1600/Calgary+Benjamin+Moore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganz7lJWtiwAKEnK_tD1MFjT9T-LC8Nxf6sszo25CuHGQJ5tsa0ffiCrlZ4SNk7wezmbVcX178kacjUd0MMLzZpm3UV5_r-52jYM12mjhKVnaAYBt5A8sswkBEutFBFwqnZmUF6R552zmC/s640/Calgary+Benjamin+Moore.jpg" width="594" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of my 9 out of 10 pictures aren't necessarily in my style pile (oooh, Style Pile.....that rhymes). But I'm not looking for that here. I've already narrowed my choices style-wise in Step 2. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once I've collated a <span style="font-size: x-large;">colour inspiration pile</span> (Collated....doesn't that sound a grown-up word to you? Yup, I can collate now, real adult that I am), I leave it for a week or two and then go through it again, making sure my choices are still 9 out of 10s. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr4gvke9nrzMlYr2j8ZXi9O-KisCdVq7xloUlQ1bVa-dYDNVjiE9eNJJFZv-ic58WmBdYMrlz7lP-jzXTARiM514RRaLjlcz7lL54A4sAL-x-zKfjZvYYk520_nhSuU1QOAZttGQA4Zgf/s1600/shop+online.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="500" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivr4gvke9nrzMlYr2j8ZXi9O-KisCdVq7xloUlQ1bVa-dYDNVjiE9eNJJFZv-ic58WmBdYMrlz7lP-jzXTARiM514RRaLjlcz7lL54A4sAL-x-zKfjZvYYk520_nhSuU1QOAZttGQA4Zgf/s640/shop+online.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I take a careful look through. One colour almost always dominates my pile.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, with a bit of tweaking, that's the main colour I choose. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yup, easy as that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For me, the colour that stands out in my choices is a gorgeous <span style="font-size: x-large;">grey-blue-green</span> colour. Yum, my favourite colour in the world. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Glaucous loveliness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoiTrVkSC0nmNiEphXe7yl2OIGiBwFPOGclh7MBsKMGXuUBhdbP8VGGv0Eq0N5ZQxe_4eKwAX7ip38YBvQNEIrP74WBCeGG75a8zhhQxIdVPq4h6Ix8LfNnvVQumhHuloIu7jPFHkFhLF/s1600/chalon3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="340" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoiTrVkSC0nmNiEphXe7yl2OIGiBwFPOGclh7MBsKMGXuUBhdbP8VGGv0Eq0N5ZQxe_4eKwAX7ip38YBvQNEIrP74WBCeGG75a8zhhQxIdVPq4h6Ix8LfNnvVQumhHuloIu7jPFHkFhLF/s400/chalon3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you checked out </span><a href="http://gettingitswoonworthy.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-inspiration-deciding-on-style.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Swoon Worthy</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">? She's just beginning on sharing her kitchen inspiration........gorgeous, Missus. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out the way she followed Step 1 </span><a href="http://gettingitswoonworthy.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-inspiration-deciding-on-style.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're following along in real life with this Kitchen Series, do let me know so I can have a peek.....and then I can <span style="font-size: x-large;">show you off,</span> if you'd like, at Modern Country Style. :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you know, I can't stop thinking about the garden at the moment. I'm starting to feel it calling to me. I'm hoping to spend a bit of time out there this weekend, pottering and tidying.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bliss...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32kxnGgHxEgJ9ieEKqkhyphenhyphendZIcINCruU32YJdYvt6WEjgD08M5ZUS-AmFwRwsEuR1WtqnnTwTgJihv0H_K5jdKslFy4a0xaEocKcwihltnMutuPKx81yJyqbBtNSYh8rTRaiXfiWBy-RXW/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTgj7NY1qrlwDGorxpSMAcZN4d76XmCqlRnvE5UtMSKT2G2lU2KWiURxfehzzvc3M2sO59_XyuUi3U_hl3_QgNsKXxdGnswwycpKbDMCl0SMB6O65qaepnnvgx0r4AcnT3Ad1j-a9ct3U/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Images from Chalon, Plain English, Fired Earth, Calgary Benjamin Moore, Shop Online 2011, Chalon</span></div>

Step 3: Choosing a Colour Scheme

Hello my lovely Friday. I'm so pleased to see you again. You are my absolute favourite day of the week.Oh, I'm so excited. Yesterday, I noticed our daffodils pushing up from their winter rest.And the snowdrops are in bud.Real proper buds. Ready to reveal their beautiful dropping heads. And it feels …

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