My favorite antique in our place is a cabinet that is probably at least as old as my grandpa, maybe older. The cabinet lived in the pantry of my great-grandma's (Grandpa's mother) house. When she passed away and the family was divi'ing up furniture from her house, I asked if I could have this plain jane cabinet. At the time it was white and I think the inside was painted green, but maybe I'm imagining that part and the inside was actually white too. But anyway. It was such a unique little piece and I wanted it. Mom kept it for me until I got my first apartment. Then she painted it for me to go along with the decor I was using for my kitchen/dining room theme at the time. Here's what it looked like:
Jamie and I have slowly been moving our kitchen colors away from pinks and purples to bolder, autumn colors. I didn't especially want to repaint the cabinet because it would take a lot of time and I had no idea what to paint on it. Then I had a stroke of genius last night. I got a set of fall colored scrapbook paper for Christmas, and wondered if I could just tape the paper on the door's panels. Here's how that turned out:
I took six pieces of paper, trimmed them to fit the spaces, scalloped the bottom edge of three pieces, and taped them in place. I am rather pleased with the outcome. I do keep wondering if I need something to go on the top paper in each panel, like a diamond or an oval in a different color. For now, it's going to stay like this.
Update on the family: Mom had her last chemo treatment on December 23. I think I forgot to mention that. This past week she started her round of radiation therapy. She will go for treatment five days a week for six weeks. Luckily the radiation place is close enough to where my grandparents go for their rehab that she gets to ride with them three days a week. But the treatment isn't horribly long or draining on her system, so she drives herself the other two days. My poor broken Mema is on the mend. Mom said Mema actually walked a full two miles last week at rehab.
