Friday's Favs...I'm still lovin' it!

Do you remember the great hard boiled egg disaster?

For those of you who aren't long time followers here,

three summers ago I accidentally left the house with a pan of eggs boiling away on the stove.

The resulting stinky smoke damage necessitated moving everything out of the house, repainting, reflooring and cleaning everything that was going back into the house to remove the smell.

I thought I'd take you around the house and tell you what I'm still loving

and maybe share a few things I'd do differently.

First up, painting white over the oak kitchen cabinets.

Yes, I'm still loving it!.

However, I regret listening to our painter tell me we didn't need to sand the cabinets down and that just priming them would be enough.

This summer I'm probably going to be doing some sanding and repainting.

{eew...that close up they look dirty too, in spite of the fact that I wipe them down constantly}

Painting every room in the house,  except one bedroom and two bathrooms, this soft gray and all the trim white...still lovin' it!

I'll be touching up some doors and trim this summer when I work on the cabinets, though.

That Ikea light we hastily chose when we put in new lighting while we were changing everything else...

not lovin' it so much.

Maybe I'll start looking for something different.

Our big farmhouse table was purchased over a decade ago.

That large table in our wee little dining room isn't ideal, but overall, I'm still lovin' it.

The dish cabinet in the corner was purchased at World Market during the big boiled egg clean up.

Still lovin' it and it's amazing capacity to hold three sets of dishes.

Rustic heart of pine flooring that we bought off of Craig's List...

still lovin' it!

Three years later it has dings here and there from dropping things, but that's just part of it's rustic cottage-y charm.

I never want to go back to living with carpet in the main areas of a house.

A quick mopping with some Murphy's Oil Soap and water and I know it's clean,

whereas carpet traps dirt.

Blue and white Target area rug that I bought that summer...

still lovin' it.

I need to take it in for a cleaning, since it has a lot of white, but I still love the look.

Dark blue leather chair and couch that are over 13 years old...

still lovin' them, too.

In this season where white slipcovers are seen everywhere, {and I do love that look},

the fact that with a baby wipe I can clean any spill off my furniture makes me happy.

These pieces were an investment when we bought them and the fact that they still are in great shape and still look decent makes me happy with the choice we made.

Antique wooden cubby that I bought spur of the moment at an antique mall sale,

thinking it might be an exact match for the antique table I already had...

still lovin' it!

Who wouldn't?

Well, that's all I have for you today.

Hey, it's almost Friday!!!

Have a HAPPY, HAPPY Friday

and 

a BLESSED weekend!

              

                                            

Also linking to Jennifer Rizzo's Fabulously Creative Friday