I am excited to show y’all the cute little light Camille retrofitted for over her kitchen sink!  She converted this little basket into something so unique and inexpensive.  I am sure she will tell us more in the comments. Looks like she just drilled a hole in the bottom of the basket and inserted a basic little light kit! (notice the glass shade that came with the light, not needed, we have a basket!)

{ta da!}

All she needs to finish it off  is a cute window treatment..I am thinking roman shade. She sews so  I know she can pull of anything we she decides on..mainly we just need to find an adorable fabric and we don’t need much so it can even be a splurge..loving that!

Love this lattice chippendale fabric from fabric.com that I showed you on the previous kitchen post. Or this deer valley lodge from the same source. I pulled together a few other choices on the design board below! 

So there are some ideas for windows and rug. Do you have any suggestions? … I think something larger and with some black. If she finds a bold rug she likes then she can do a simple linen shade on the window..maybe edge in black. I would love for her to take off a lower cabinet door somewhere for a fabric cover/little drape in linen. (Hello, It’s Complicated comes out on dvd next week..I keep thinking about the linen drape in that kitchen!)  Just an idea! Her husband Kyle is rolling his eyes as he reads!  He just adores me;;

My friend Camille has done so much work to her kitchen, I am amazed and love it all! The house was built in the 1960s and according to Camille, it looked like it (too bad we don’t have an original picture to show but I take her word)!  She did a great job painting the dated cabinets a fresh green and the walls a buttery yellow an adding new appliances and hardware on the cabinets.

Camille said “when we moved in the cabinets were dingy yellow beige (65+years old) and there was a wall oven where the “pantry” is now. We cut up the cabinets to install a slide in stainless gas range…the jewel of my kitchen.  Also had my husband install a lit potrack above and ripped out the vent-a-hood!”

Camille didn’t want to invest in solid surface counters, but wanted something besides formica, so went she went with tile. She had it installed all the way up the backsplash and on a diagonal and has been very happy with the decision.

On to other areas..She says “the fridge and dishwasher were black and I painted them stainless paint!”  Did y’all hear that??  She painted her appliances with stainless paint!

I love it, this is the woman who taught me so well about “hack and sew” long before I had heard of mistreatments..the stainless paint is so her! So she was almost content but then Camille found the piece of furniture  below to go where the table and chairs are shown above (this is the area directly across from the kitchen sink) and give the feel of extended cabinets.  The family eats its meals in the nearby dining room so this area wasn’t really used and she wanted more space to store DISHES..she is a dish freak.  So she drug this home.  Her husband was so excited.

 and after, in place of the table and chairs!

The sideboard looks great finished but it needed more heft above, I bluntly told her and she received it in love (I think she actually already had plans for more). I also suggested a pop of orangey red in an accessory..I was thinking “Keep Calm” poster but she just happend to have the tea towel you see framed below…even better. Just give her a day or two and voila! New shelving and light and vintage tea towel. That’s my girl! Oh and work, lots of elbow grease!

Yes she installed a new little light too.  Yep, she does wiring (just wait until you see the over the sink project)! But don’t hate her, she is kind of a slob notice below, she doesn’t  even shut her cabinet doors..ha! 

Painting the sideboard really made her want to paint all of the cabinets but I convinced her to just do the lower! So the cabinets, once all green, now have black on the bottom..I love how it works with the sideboard and black in the appliances. All black would have been to dark in my humble opinion.

 …and we have to replace that rooster rug, again in love..I am thinking something larger.  Stay tuned for more this week on Camille’s darling kitchen. She has the cutest lighting project for over the sink..can’t wait for y’all to see.  And I have fabric suggestions for the windows and rug ideas too! I would love to see a pattern like this on the window or floor. {From housefabric.com}

She is also going to give us tips for painting, what type she likes and other really technical information.

Have you painted your cabinets?? Any tips?