LIFE BEATS DOWN AND CRUSHES THE SOUL AND ART REMINDS YOU THAT YOU HAVE ONE. STELLA ADLER

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

HEART OF THE HOME PARTY

Welcome to my "Heart of the Home Party" I would like to thank Shelia from Note Songs for hosting this party. Go here if you would like to see more Heart of the Home posts, I can't wait to get there. This is the "heart" of my home, my kitchen. (Please, don't mind any dust bunnies you may see, I've been away for a few days.) Although my kitchen is small it is my most favorite place to decorate and it's the space that keeps my most favorite collection of things, (antique kitchen utensils and such.) The antique table was my Nana Edson's. The chairs belonged to my husband's mother.
I love to find different and unusal planters for my plants.
I have a small collection of milk bottles. I love old boxes as well.
Here are some of my antique kitchen utensil collection. I have recently purchased two herb drying hangers that I will be putting up soon. I thought I would use those to hang some of my utensils from, (I need to make room for more). An old jar full of cookie cutters, my favorite.
Utensils, and such. An antique mixer with a plant in the bowl.
My pantry cubboard. My great Aunt's phone.
More fun things....
Burlap coffee and potato sacks over the door.
I love the heart of my home, where is the heart of your home.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michele

20 comments:

Lori Lynn said...

OH I LOVE IT!! Reminds of the log home my parents lived in in the 80's!
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Anonymous said...

Your kitchen is truly charming! I love all of your vintage pretties! Dust bunnies? I love dust bunnies - I have a slew of them. :)
Thank you so much for coming to my party!
You're a sweetie,
Shelia;)

Lisa said...

What lovely vintage things you have! I know they are so special and mean so much to you.

Myrna said...

Hi Michele! Thanks for visiting my kitchen and your sweet comments~I'm especially thankful you left a comment because it led me to YOUR wonderful blog!! I scrolled thru it and it is just adorable! I signed up as a follower, too!
I LOVE your kitchen and your style--yep I think vintage tea towels would look GREAT on your windows..or even the burlap flour sacks would be cute, too! Just a suggestion~I love all your goodies you decorate with..you've inspired me to get more STUFF out on display!! ;-)
Lovely to 'meet' you! I'll be back to visit again!
Blessings,
Myrna

Anonymous said...

You have a beautiful kitchen just filled with pretty colectables. It looks so warm and inviting. I especially like the tiles you choose for your floors. Soo beautiful!!!

Anonymous said...

Your kitchen is just charming! Thanks for sharing.

Richella Parham said...

Oh, I love your collection of antique things! Wow--I'm not sure what I like best. . . the milk bottles? the utensils? the boxes? It's all wonderful and so beautifully displayed!

Unknown said...

Now this is HOME! All these wonderful antiques nestled amongst one another create such a charm ... truly a delightful kitchen.

Have a great day ~
TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon

bj said...

Oh, there's so much to see in your cute kitchen.
xo bj

Allison Shops said...

I enjoyed seeing your collections. I have numerous "repurposed vintage wooden boxes" myself! If you search for that, you'll see the post. I'm dropping by from the Note Songs party. I hope you'll come see our kitchens at Atticmag - three for one!

Allison
Atticmag

SmilingSally said...

Hi Michele,

I love your kitchen. My favorite uncle delivered milk, and those bottles brought back some happy memories.

Please come and check out my book giveaways.

Unknown said...

Very nice. Very cabin cottage-ee!

And all those beautiful antiques! Love it. :)

~Liz

sheila from life @ #17 said...

your kitchen is just so welcoming and warm...I love it :) is that a cow way up on the top of a cabinet :)

WW said...

The heart of my home must be my living room. I have most of my collections in there (but I'm running out of room when I find more to add to my collections), I spend most of my time there. I even eat in the living room.

I love your milk bottle collection.

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

Hi Michele,

I think this is the sweetest, coziest kitchen! Love your special little vignettes and collections!

A warm heart of your home :)

Kindly, ldh

Susan said...

Oh my goodness, I just LOVE your kitchen!!! All those antiques and the way you have it decorated. What a charming and cozy place to be. Thank you so much for sharing these photos. I really enjoyed them.
Blessings,
Susan@CluckleBees

Charo said...

So very beautiful treasures you have in your sweet kitchen!

Scribbler said...

You have such interesting collections of vintage kitchen things! Thanks for visiting, and thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Hi Michele, I received one of your 5 inch squares in the swap with Jillayne. I love it. It will look beautiful in my sewing room along with the other five inch squares. To see the one I received you can go over to A fine Seam. I did a guest post on Jill's blog. Thanks again. Lucille.

Bargain Decorating with Laurie said...

Your kitchen is so much fun! So many wonderful and interesting treasures to see. I would love to visit it in person and just take in all of the sights. laurie