30 minute kitchen makeover

Simple, quick, color infusion

Just terrible, right?

We live in an old house.  The kitchen is surprisingly large for a home built in 1938, but it is very poorly laid out.  No counter space, few cabinets and an empty, awkward corner that is absolutely bare.  

Also, the kitchen has lime green trim.  Lime green.  It has been my private (now public) shame ever since we moved in 3 years ago.  Why not just paint, you ask?  All I can say is, 'cosmetic fixer' is a painfully delicate euphemism for 'you better be ready to work, friends'.  We have already painted 90% of the interior surfaces of this lovely menace of a home; our paintbrush bristles have worn down to frayed, pathetic nubs.  Also, as I previously described, we've spent a lot of time slaving in the yard.  We're tired, OK?  

To help alleviate the lack of counters and other waist-level surfaces in our kitchen, my mom generously donated this cafe table which was formerly used in one of her cookie stores.  It's entirely authentic, even down to the discarded wad of chewing gum stuck to the underside.  (Who does that?).  The table, while functional - it made a fine mail-collection receptacle and additional dish drying zone - just wasn't very cute.  

It needed an upgrade.  Preferably one where the resulting cuteness vastly outweighed the amount of effort involved in achieving it.  I'm tired, remember?  

Much better, right?  

Here's what I did:  I bought a piece of colorful, retro-inspired fabric, hemmed the edges and used fabric glue to attach a matching grosgrain ribbon.  No, Heidi, Michael and Nina  would not be impressed, but I don't care.  I believe in fabric glue.  It is my friend and would never betray me like my venomous sewing machine.  

Quite an improvement, right?  It really took less than 30 minutes.  It was so simple, I might even make a new one for fall.  

Comments

[Jill]

I love it!!! Gorgeous!!

[Brandi K]

ooooooooh, I love that fabric!!!!