The Kitchen Bench Redo

Warning: This Is Not My Kitchen





But I love it, oh so much. I never pass up a chance to tell Brenda at Cozy Little House how much I love her red kitchen, which she has a knack for mixing with blue and yellow.


The red cabinet is her coffee station. I love that red cabinet.

So in spite of my current fixation with aqua as seen here and here, I still wanted red in my kitchen so I could be a little bit like Brenda, who has the cutest kitchen in the entire world. Maybe the whole universe.


Remember the bench I showed you last week? It's an old bench I picked up at a yard sale a few years back. 

I like hearts. Hearts remind me of love, and love makes me feel all warm and ... well, loved.






My poor tired bench looks pretty boring, wouldn't you say?


As I mentioned last week, I wanted to do something to give this bench a little "pop" of color, to bring more interest into my somewhat dull kitchen. So I copied Brenda and painted it ... red.

 
Here's how I painted the bench - Rustoleum spray paint in Colonial Red:

Here it is again with my (free with a coupon from Plow and Hearth) doggie pillow:

And this is what it looks like with my husband's grandmother's quilt:

Here's the picture wall which lives above my red bench:

I kind of like the dog pillow best, what do you think, the pillow or the quilt?

Needs a red coffee station next to it, right?


The pictures and do-dads on the wall were added one at a time since we moved into this house ... including a picture of my childhood home, a red chalkboard, and a clock. The rooster picture is framed in red, too.

So we're getting some Cozy Little House red in the kitchen. Love. it.


And here's a little thingie I put together on my counter to add some red into the opposite end of the kitchen:

Scored the little lamp - with red trim - at Ross. The little rooster had been with me for some time.

So although the rest of my house is an electic mix of elegant bathroom cabinets, dining room antiques, and a beachy den ... my kitchen reflects the little girl who grew up in the country and who still lives on the farm - somewhere off in a corner of her heart.

My bench is now red. Red like Brenda's Cozy Little Kitchen. And I'm oh-so-happy with it.


Thanks, Brenda, for having a great blog and for letting me show off some of your awesome kitchen pictures!

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