Pimping Howard's Shed Part One, And The Kitchen Makeover Part 386

Change is good.  Sometimes.  

And these are good changes . . . .

 A week ago, our driveway looked like this in the morning:

  By late afternoon, there was a shed alongside the driveway.

Howard's shed, for the snowblower and lawnmower and all those other neat guy things.

Now far be it from me to mess about with a guy's shed.

But it looked a little, well, plain.

Surely a little masculine bling would be just the thing.

 At The Christmas Tree Shops, they had some macho wreaths that just begged

to go home with me and live on Howard's shed.

  They are metal; no frou-frou flowers or girly nonsense about these bad boys.

They are even dangerous.

Those pointy metal stars are sharp and quite painful.

 I was a little afraid Howard wouldn't like my tarting up his shed with wreaths.

In fact, I left the price tags on . . . just in case.  $2.99 each.  I spared no expense.

But to my surprise and delight, Howard pronounced them "adorable."

And believe me,  "adorable" is not a word used lightly -- or often -- by my husband.

I mentioned to him that the window is in need of a curtain, and I had a bit of lace. . . .

"Sheds don't do lace," he said.  We'll see.

 We'll see about raffia bows on the wreaths, too.  I'm just sayin' . . . .

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There is a chance that Howard's judgment was slightly clouded by paint fumes.

We finally got brave, and put brush to oak.

The kitchen cabinet paint-over, in progress:

These pictures show primer and some first coats of the Biscuit color.

There's a long way to go; I know what I'll be doing this week.

But the kitchen already looks brighter, and righter, and as if it belongs in an old house.

Ah, spot the bottles of Advil and Aleve tucked handily in a door-less wall cabinet,

and a bottle of Jack Daniels on the counter.  Purely medicinal.

 After enough of that, the kitchen looks like this:

 Ugh, I think I've revealed

more of my kitchen's guts than it is probably wise to reveal.

I promise, the next kitchen pictures will be prettier!

 And it's Monday linky time!

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch hosts Metamorphosis Monday.  Click here!

Mary at Little Red House is the hostess for Mosaic Monday.  Click here!

Cielo at The House In The Roses provides Show Off Your Cottage Monday.  Click here!

 Have a marvelous Monday, my friends.  I'm heading back into the paint in our endless kitchen rehab.
But it's only 18 days till Thanksgiving and I want the kitchen ready! -- Cass

P.S.  That Jack Daniels?  It's in the kitchen because I used it in a pork loin roast recipe and have been too lazy
to waltz it back to the dining room.   Remember, kids, don't drink and paint.
You are likely to end up with a dog of surprising colors.