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a shabby vintage kitchen … ♥

Raising up Rubies

grab a cup of tea … this post is picture heavy 🙂
besides my craft room this is where i spend most of my time…
my kitchen♥

this picture was taken when we moved in:


here it is now!
i’m so glad you’re here! come on in 🙂




hubs built these corner shelves 
in what would have been a wasted space
they house a lot of my vintage dishes & some serving pieces

Goodwill find last year … i love these canisters 
the knobs were already painted that pretty green

i like the idea of things stored in wire baskets … i’m on the lookout for more




the pot rack was from Hobby Lobby
i still have a few pans from my set to accquire
computer desk on the back window is where i connect with all of you ♥


a perpetual calendar & some old cook books


i wish i had a before picture of this lazy susan 🙂
but here it is now, all nice and pretty


this is the view walking through from the other side, which is my craft space








this is my favorite part of the kitchen
the open cabinets … we decided to leave them open at the last minute
i’m so glad we did!
even though i would like to take the middle bars out of each section
 … still have to convince the hubs 🙂



the tea cups are hung from a stainless steel curtain rod


 more wire baskets … for more service and some pot holders


an old cheese box with sugars, salt & peppers

my grandma’s china ♥



hubby & his dad put a new sink in when they tiled the counters
i spend a lot of time in front of it … what mom doesn’t right?
the little ledge near the windowsill holds herbs, 
to do lists & bible passages i’m trying to remember or reflect on
(or flowers the hubs brings me on occasion 🙂
i wrote about that little ledge here

this is another small curtain rod, hung on the side of the sink area
keeps kitchen towels out of the way (most of the time 🙂


this is our command central
in & out papers, lunchboxes, and everyday life happens here



the “masterpieces” strip was made from yardsticks & clothespins
two of my favorite things ♥
my menu board is an old frame wrapped in vintage sheets
it’s a free printable from here



the baskets are for recycling ~ shredding ~ reading ~ keeping
i used the same label frames i used in my craft space here

a tiny peek into my living room …





thanks for comin’ along on my little house tour ♥
hope you enjoyed!
if you want to see more of my house go here & here
much love & gladness in my ♥ !



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Frugal Friday ♥ the Shabby Nest
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Link up with Me ♥ Liz Marie Blog
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Tip Me Tuesday ♥ Tip Junkie
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Party Time! ♥ the 36th Avenue
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58 thoughts on “a shabby vintage kitchen … ♥”

  5. Jaimie it is so beautiful. So many things I would never think to do. All the towel rods are ingenious. Thank you for always sharing your wonderful ideas. Such a great space. Smiles…Renee

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  7. Wow. What a wonderful transformation. Thanks for the tour. Your home is so very pretty, functional and inspirational. What a blessing you are to your family.Blessing hugs,Teresa

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  12. Your kitchen is beautiful! I have a quick question for you. We are going to be tiling our kitchen countertops – what size tile did you use on yours, and is the grout hard to keep clean? Not too many people have tiled counters, so I haven't had much luck finding any advice.

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  13. Your Kitchen is just beautiful! You did a wonderful job! I am one of the two lucky winners of your pretty little box full of pretty things. I love them! Thank you so much. Please say a prayer for me, I woke up a week ago to a pinched nerve in my neck that has proceeded to my back and down my left arm and hand. Right now I really cant use my left hand. I had an MRI (had to have a shot of morphine just to get through it and I'm not used to strong drugs so it made me very sick) and it is a severe pinched nerve. I half to have surgery. Pretty scared. Thanks for listening.Pam

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  14. What a space! I'd love to sip a cuppa tea here while you baked cookies. It just seems like that kind of kitchen. Love the open cabinets with all the pretty yet useful stuff inside. I'm too messy to be able to expose all of my stuff like that!!

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  15. How delightful!! I love your new pretty kitchen!! And I'm in love with those hanging vintage tea cups!! Ahhh! What a great idea with the curtain rod!! 🙂 Have a happy week! xo Holly

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  16. I love your wall colors! What are they? The purple and the tan? Also, did you make the knitted wash cloths in the blue bunt cake pan? I love those too, do you have a pattern, and yarn colors? Thanks.Anne Leigh

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  21. Your make over is just delightful! So light and airy and so efficient! I am going to take your idea of the wire basket for your cook books! Perfect! Mine keep falling over and that will solve the problem!So happy I found you and I hope you will come follow me, too!♥ Jil

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  28. Hello there, I have just come across your blog via 'The Vintage Sheet' Blog and I'm so glad I did!! I'm in the middle of doing my kitchen and love seeing others before and after pics. I love your open shelves and the wire baskets! Going to have a peek at some of your other pics now xx

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  32. absolutely! positively! without a question of a doubt the most awesome kitchen transformation! WOW..i love it!!!! i can specify…why? because i LOVE IT ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! color me impressed…you rocked this transformation my friend!!!! once again WOW!!!!!oh…question…for those of us that are sewing “impaired” no name mentioning : ) is there anything we can do to help the ministry program for the girls??? let me know ok : ) hugs and thanks for sharing!

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  34. I love all your vintage touches throughout the kitchen. I'm not sure I could do the open cabinets though – I like to hide my messiness 🙂 Stop by my blog in a few days. I'm doing a post on my home office later this week and it has lots of vintage items in it.

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  36. I just covered up my glass front cabinets because I can't keep them organized! Yours look amazing. I love the whole feel of your kitchen, so welcoming! If you have a chance, I would be super excited if you linked up at my party going on right now (there is a giveaway too!)xxxKimhttp://too-much-time.com/2012/09/get-schooled-saturday-40-shabby-apple-giveaway.html

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  43. I love your kitchen, Jaime! Those little rainbow crochet cloths especially stole my heart! Such a charming space. I'll be featuring tonight. Thanks for sharing over at my place! xo Jami

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  50. Hi Jaime, Found your blog through BHG. Love it! And love your kitchen. Ours really needs some updating. How were you able to get the shabby chic look on the cabinets? Thanks for the inspiration!

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