After pictures of the kitchen. Finally.

Time for some after pics of the kitchen! 

Lest I forget, a "before" reminder:

LOVE having the stove moved to the outside wall!  HUGE difference!  Finally a gas stove too -- it's been on my "dream kitchen wish list" for 4 houses now.  Simply put, it's awesome:)

My big splurge -- the long-dreamt about farmhouse sink.... so happy with it!  I found the fabric for the sink skirt on Ebay, the wool rug at an area antique store and the island was a long-ago purchase from my years in New York.  So wonderful when everything comes together!

I was a little worried about loosing that window, but really don't miss it now.  We added a mudroom on to the back where there was just a small open porch before so the window really had to go. I've been adding various open shelving ideas to my Pinterest account for such a long time, I just knew this was the perfect spot for them.  The silver could stand some polishing I see....

Pricing breakdown to follow.  When I find it..... 

Finally, a chandelier and a big change...

So, after 8 months, I have finally found my chandelier.  Better yet, it was affordable!  Cheap, actually, for an antique chandelier.  In a nutshell?  $125 from Ebay, arrived broken, received full refund through the Post Office, took it to my lamp-repair guru, he repaired it beautifully (found out it was actually a 6-arm, not the 5-arm it was advertised - yeah for me!), paid him $145, and brought my chandelier home.  And it only took 6 months... Of course, after all that, it's still sitting in a box in the basement waiting to be hung:(  Why? Because we're moving!  Yes, after just 10 months in this house, we're moving.  Yes, we are bordering on insanity.   Yes, after 6 years of trying to make two new construction ranch homes look country-French-cottagey, my husband has given up indulged me and bought a fabulous (well, I think so and that's all that really matters, right?) 113 year old house.  Okay, it's actually a foreclosure in a complete state of disrepair - on the outside anyway, in a small town 25 miles from where we live now with a yard no bigger than a dorm room postage stamp, but hey I got my old house!  Still haven't sold the ranch house.  Hoping a divorce is not to follow.....

Visions of crystal chandeliers still dancing in my head! Here are just a few beautiful rooms that inspired me to think crystal for our dining room. After all, a girl can dream...

DustyLuInteriors

Layla Grace

Hookedonhouses.net

acountryfarmhouse.blogspot.com

littleemmaenglishhome.blogspot.com

fullbloomcottage.blogspot.com

Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic