Kitchen Evolution Part 2

And here are the after pics.

And I got all those things! The tiles we chose are handmade. The white cabinets are from Ikea. I have to say, their service was excellent, and I would highly recommend Ikea as a place to get your kitchen cabinets, at least if you don't have a huge budget. 

Now our kitchen is almost ready. I still have to find a perfect rug and make the curtains. I already have the fabric, though. Maybe I'll post pics when I finally have time to actually sew them.

What about you? Do you like white kitchens? Or are you a color person?

Kitchen Evolution

I believe in kitchen evolution. 

What about the finished kitchen? Come back Monday to see the after pics.

Mirror mirror on the wall...

Have you seen the new Dove commercial (Dove Real Beauty Sketches)?  

Although I consider myself a woman with relatively good self-esteem, I also have "I'm so fat, I hate my nose, I am ugly!" moments. I guess every woman has these "moments" but still we are constantly telling other girls and women "No you're not fat! You are beautiful." 

It seems like it's become a normal part of female interaction to bash yourself but not allow other women do it to themselves without telling them they are wrong. 

By mijori

I collected some interesting facts about women's perceptions of  their beauty and body image.

I want to end this post with Emily Dickinson's brilliant words.

Facts from: Dove, My Body Gallery, Confidence Coalition, ywca (Beauty at any cost)

Striegel-Moore, R., Franko, D. Body Image Issues among Girls and Women. In T. F. Cash & T. Pruzinsky (Eds.), Body Image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice (p. 183-191). New York: Guilford Press.

  

Pray for North Korea

It is heart breaking what is happening in the Korean peninsula. I encourage you to pray for North Korea. 

Pray for the people
Pray for their leader
Pray for their future

By John Pavelka

Friday

Guess what I did last Friday evening. Here's a hint:

No? Not getting it? Well another hint then: 

What about now? Can you guess it? Blue and yellow...

I went to Ikea. It's about 2-hour drive from our home, but I  felt I needed to get my mind off all the schools stuff. Plus we really needed lamps. Here's what I bought:

and...

and...

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and... some other stuff that are not worth taking pictures of. (They are still just wooden boards waiting in their boxes...)

Our home is filled with furniture from Ikea. I like their style (and prices) but I don't want my home to look like a Ikea showroom. So how do I avoid this and create a home that has personality and is just right for us? Well that's something I'm going to write about soon.