Shabby choas to chic kitchen!

Well it's been incredibly quiet today so I have taken the opportunity to sort out our kitchen. Over the last couple of months, it has become the dumping ground for all the bits and pieces that we haven't got a proper home for and quite frankly, it was shabby, untidy and a dreadful mess.
So I tackled it by finding homes for all those bits and pieces, washing the insides of the cupboards and shelves, throwing away the things that seem to have accumulated that have no real use what-so-ever and putting everything useful back in the cupboards.
The dresser in the corner of the kitchen is once again home to our collection of spongeware china (my love affair with Emma Bridgewater's work and that of Brixton Pottery continues unabated) and the table has a new oilcloth covering to disguise the fact that it has seen way too many years of use.
I've washed the doors of the kitchen units which are now back to their intended colour of cream (thanks to a weekend of hard work a couple of years ago when I decided the kitchen needed a makeover and painted everything in sight with cream matt emulsion and then waxed it afterwards to seal it) and it is all looking lovely and tres chic once more.
If I wasn't so tired after all that work, I could be tempted to cook a family meal... oh well, looks like it is going to be a takeaway for us tonight then!
Chat soon, Liz