Show & Tell Friday

How's this for an intro picture? First, I wanted to show you the new outdoor light fixture that I put up last week. Remember the one I found at the yardsale a few weeks ago? Well, I got it hung up & WOW, does it look great. See the first pic? Have you ever in your life seen a butt-uglier light fixture for the front porch? Yeah, me neither!
I climbed up the ladder(well, actually the neighbor's ladder) & got this baby hung last week & I couldn't be happier with it. I think I mentioned that my hubby is not handy...well, he's not, so I have to try these things myself. I could probably talk him into helping more, but then I'd have to wait & wait & I'm just not too patient, so I just do it myself. I've changed out about 10 light fixtures in the whole house & don't have too many left to do.

Need some ideas for the tops of your kitchen cabinets? Keep reading....

We're always looking for inspirations on how to display things, so I thought I'd share the top of my kitchen cabinets. I've gone through different phases with the tops of my cabinets & in my old house had things all across there, but when we moved here, these cabinets just seemed to call out for individual vignettes, so I've spaced out things & had fun putting things together in each little area. The above area is just a combination of things that I've collected. The large bowl in the back was a birthday present one year, the green candle holders I picked up on clearance, the banana shaped pottery piece was my mom's (she got it for a wedding present) & she gave it to me. I always thought it was the ugliest thing, but as I got older I appreciated it for the nice pottery it is & we discovered it's collectible. I think it's by Hull (can't remember now). The large pear was a gift from a friend from another decorating board that I frequent (thanks Sally, see I painted it!). And that's a faux ceramic cantalope on the left (I think I got that at Tues. AM).
This is another metal container that I decoupaged years ago. It has some cute feet too that you can't see here. I used napkins and wallpaper (bunnies, of course!).
Some blue & white pieces that I've had for a long time, grouped together they make a nice collection. One thing I love to pick up is small columns like the one here. I have used them so many places & they really come in handy for displaying things. You can't have enough of these types of things.

More bunnies & a cabbage platter that was on clearance from TJ Maxx. The bunny planter came from Big Lots.
More pottery pieces that I have had for years. There was plenty of room for them up here & I love how they look. The dried hydrangeas came from my garden last year.
A little oil painting of bunnies I picked up years ago too, with another blue/white bunny. Blue & white is not the predominant color in here, but I like just a little bit of it since some of the artwork in the kitchen has a touch of blue.
And, the new tole tray that I just found on the left, joins the one on the right that I found years ago at another yardsale. I don't find these often, but when I do, I snatch them up!
Iron rooster that a dear friend gave me for a wedding present sits up on one corner with a blue/white plate behind him.

(Wall color in kitchen is Laura Ashley Olive 4 (I know someone will ask!) LOL)

Hope you got some ideas for your own kitchen! I know it helps me to see pictures of what others have done using the things they have for displays. And I love having pretty pieces up there to look at!