A very nice surprise

Last night we were afforded a rare opportunity--to spend a little time with an elusive cousin of mine, Kathryn, my aunt Angie's daughter. I hadn't seen her in at least five or six years, and Melissa hadn't seen her in nearly twenty! Kate is visiting Omaha to meet her boyfriend Steve's family and will stay until the 2nd, so hopefully we'll get to meet up again. As for last night, she and Steve came over and we all visited for a couple of hours.
















In other news, we have finally finished painting the cabinets! Who knew this would take so dang long for us? Unfortunately, we STILL haven't been able to agree on a color to paint the doorjambs and windowsills. What goes with cottage grey/green and coffee brown? Eric's new kick is a very light mint green, borrowed from an idea I'm going to use in the main-floor bathroom (next project). It's going to look fabulous in the bathroom, but I seriously doubt it'll look good in the kitchen! Any suggestions?? We have kind of a brick/ochre red paint, as well as a light almond-colored paint. Both purchased for other projects and thrown aside at the last minute in favor of a different color. Creative people change their minds alot....right?

So here are new kitchen pictures. If you have an idea of a paint color to complement this scheme, PLEASE let me know so we can finally have this done and move on to countertops and the floor!



Don't mind the refrigerator hodge podge, please. :)