It’s a party

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I was very excited this morning to see that I had a legitimate comment posted to the blog. Carrie from { the vintage wren }, the inspiration for the coffee bar, sent a comment my way. So I decided to check out her site this morning and she has posted more about her coffee bar and started a linky party. I am new to a linky party but it sounds like I am going to get to see other great coffee bars by signing up so I am in to give it a try.

This is my finished coffee bar and if you would like to read more about how it came about you can check that out here.

Room for cream?

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It is all about pinterest these days. I found many great ideas for our wedding on pinterest. Now that we have moved out of the tiny apartment into a house I have found so many great ideas that I have to keep to keep reminding myself that I have a budget and other responsibilities and can’t possibly do them all.

So I am focusing on the functional projects that will be around for a while. The latest project started with a need for more kitchen storage and counter space. I have definitely upgraded from the kitchen in the apartment but this one just didn’t come with quite enough space for a kitchen lover like me. Then came this great coffee bar idea that I found on pinterest. You can see updates on where I found the cabinet, the struggle to get the hardware off over here at this post. So the finished project is finally in the house…

I got the canisters at Midland when I was visiting my parents last month. If you are ever in Indianapolis and have some time for antiquing I highly recommend it. I even managed to find a spot for my Coozie collection on the new coffee bar so that might make it a beverage bar.

I have this piece coming from One Kings Lane, a shopping website which my sister-in-law, Felice, showed me. I think it will add some height the to coffee bar similar to the inspiration coffee bar.

I still love all things vintage. As I have been shopping for rugs I keep trying to imagine having this nice tuscan kitchen or something more adult (read: traditional) but it never seems quite right. I am going to stick to what I am naturally drawn to instead of trying to make a room fit for the pages of a magazine. So the inspiration for the colors in the kitchen came from these things.


From the top: Wrapping paper from a wedding gift, poster from a recent Gaslight Anthem show, and another poster give to me by Maya. The brown on the coffee bar came from the wrapping paper. I liked the other colors in the paper and the two poster are favorites and have a kitchen theme.

Do you get the last poster?