NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Watch for my new Saturday Posts "Simon's Kitchen".  Each Saturday we will follow the makeover of Simon's own kitchen.  A talented cabinet maker and general contractor, Simon can make absolute magic of the most mundane room around. We will follow Simon as he begins the renovation of his terribly dated, boring and dysfunctional suburban 1980's kitchen and how he and his super-stylish wife T. transform it.  I don't even know what the plan is, so I am checking in with them every Saturday.  All I know is........ the walls are coming down!!!!!!




My Girly Cottage Dishes

When we purchased the cottage (pictured above) a few years ago, I was determined not to run off to the mall and buy a second set of everything. Other than beds, towels and a sofa, everything was found second hand either from friends, flea markets or road finds.  (See this post for more of my road finds)http://faffaround.blogspot.com/2009/12/finds.html

When it came to dishes, I had been stockpiling for years.  One at a time, here and there, they became a full set.  .......and a theme emerged.  Flowers.  Roses to be exact.  I don't own a boy-plate here at all so if you stay for dinner, this is what you get. 

 Either this ..............

Pink and ruffled............or this

 

Pink with Handpainted Roses........or this

Buttercup Yellow with Roses........perhaps this

 

Cream with Cabbage Roses....My favourite.

For the guy's guy there's this......

 

Ruffled, Lacy Edge.

Or less ornate.....this.....

 

The Blue makes it more manly.  (This one I rescued from a dumpster)

.....For your bread this.....

Festive Raised Star Pattern with Scalloped Edge.

For his soup, this one..........

 

A Delicate Sprinkle of Roses

 and for desert this ............

 

A full hit of Gold Trim and Big Blooms

And I haven't even shown you the glassware and vintage flowery tablecloths.!!!

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