...mission impossible..."the island" episode

...

do, do, de, dooo,

 do,do

do, do, de, doo,

do, do

do, dee, do

ba, da

(okay, okay, enough of that!!)

((do you know the theme song to "mission impossible??))

(((then sing it in your brain to humor me, as you read this post))

lol!!

the one good thing about moving from nest to nest is,

you may be fortunate

 to have a few lovely kitchens along the way

some of them are the big, gourmet type

and

some of them are small

and cozy like...

like say ~

the one we have here.

it is one of the smallest i've ever been challenged with

i like to bake,

so i needed a little more counter space...

oh!

what to do?

the other feat was,

the color of the walls...

now normally,

i would have painted them

but as i knew we would only be leasing this home for a short while,

 i opted to stretch my design self

and work with it!

i spied this fabulous,

 canvas cathedral church print at Marshall's

and knew it was perfect for my space...

loved the blue-green wash the frame had,

and the cathedral stamping

was in a complimenting tone for the wall color!

a week later,

i turned up this wooden candle holder cross

in the same tone...

what are the "odds" of that??

wink, wink

i added a soy candle

and draped a delicate rosary around the wire cup...

and moved on to the island ~

i searched

and searched

and searched!

but nothing really stood out for me.

so i pondered awhile...

the movers had damaged a few of our furniture pieces

(i know, i know, DON'T even get me started my dears!!)

one of those pieces was my daughters dresser.

it was about to hit the goodwill doors

when poof!!

i had a vision!

i wish i had taken a before picture

but just imagine two more drawers in this

oh ~

and it was a sour cream color...

hhhmmm...

yes,

perhaps i could made this work

in fact,

i know i can!!

so out came the annie sloan chalk paint.

i gave it a base coat of french linen

and

then a top coat of  my perfect white

(which is 2 parts white to 1 part old white)

and you know the drill after that

sand.

sand.

wax.

and then oh and ah!!

lol!!

you know i gotta have my details,

so this grey, freshwater pearl rosary hangs off of my dish-towel bar

(hubby cut down an actual towel bar to fit the island) 

behind this door is my kitchenaid stand mixer.

it didn't fit on the counter as the cupboards were to low.

the arched door is perfect to slide it in or out of!

on the front of the door,  

i painted on a grain sack stripe

and then hand painted this fleur de lis...

love, Love, LOVE how it turned out

next,

the drawers!

the first drawer,

houses our silverware and knife board.

and not to worry

as we didn't waste the two other drawers we removed

no sir ree!!

we took off the front board, and cut the 2nd drawer in half

then added a pretty handle

so we could use it for baggies, foil, wraps, etc.

 only the very bottom of the 3rd drawer was used to make a sliding,

pull out shelf for dish towels and sparkling water

(gotta have my fizz!!)

my favorite part is the top

oohhhh do i swoon over this top!!!

i order a sheet of zinc counter top

and glued it around the top board piece

waxed it

and

ta-da!!

a fabulous make over

in a french nordic style:)

let's see that again...

did i mention

 how much i LOVE my re purposed kitchen island

specific to my needs??!!!!

what do you think?

~

sharing this with:

common ground's: vintage inspiration

french country cottage's: feathered nest friday

romantic home's: show and tell friday

the charm of home's: home sweet home

ivy and elephant's: what's it wednesday

rooted in thyme's: simple sweet fridays

 

here's to mission impossible re purposing!!