a little change goes a long way
You know I love to rearrange furniture.
But sometimes I don’t have that much time.
Or that many options.
(There are only so many ways one can rearrange three pieces of furniture in a narrow room when one’s husband insists that all three pieces of furniture face a certain wall featuring a certain screen.)
So I change what I can.
I alter all of the containers, jars and stuff sitting on the kitchen counters.
I give my favorite glass oatmeal container a touch of new life with a cute label and a bit of ribbon taken from my birthday flowers from Leanne.
I switch the locations of all of my sugar and flour containers, stashing a sweet red tin with whole wheat flour next to my mom’s old glass sugar jar.
The labels on my rows of spices stored in the old Coke crate received an update. The blue Ball Mason jar with its golden flax seeds moved across the kitchen for a new view. An old enamel strainer with a red rim found new life holding coffee and the coffee grinder.
I actually decluttered a bit as well, choosing to store a handful of glass containers inside the cabinets for the next few months, until the urge to switch everything strikes again.
I ended up with an empty space on the counter beside the sink and an empty jar with a fun red lid.
That was unacceptable.
So I filled the little glass jar with dish washing detergent, stuck a tiny metal scoop into the powder and called it utilitarian art.
It’s really just a few changes and a bit of shifting here and there.
But it made me happy to gaze upon my newly switched counters. To change my perspective. To look at what I already have and see it all with fresh eyes. To coordinate my reds across the room and to take pleasure in the truly simple aspects of life.
A good life, really.
A blessed life.
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Beth
i smiled when i read this. the little things can make a difference. i love your kitchen. i love the red. i love rearranging as well. and i love you.
laceykeigley
Thanks! I love you too!
Gretchen
Pretty pictures! I love the jars and labels and it all looks so fun! Can you please come an rearrange my kitchen?
We did get a new black corduroy slip cover for our couch though! 🙂
laceykeigley
Oh – I would love permission to rearrange other people’s kitchens. Next trip – I promise.
Cindy
I LOVE it!! My kitchen/dining room has been a construction zone in one phase or another for almost 3 years now. I can hardly wait to get all my "treasures" back out and "living" with me. Thanks for sharing some of your treasures with us!
laceykeigley
3 years without your pretties is waaaay too long. Especially when your pretties are SO pretty!