We ran across this great print that goes so well with my Mario Batali "Pesto" cookware - and it gives that great 'pop' of color with the wall tones and the stainless steel. We solved the ugly plate covering the old stove pipe hole by procuring a couple of old French copper sieves (thank you, eBay!). A pierced ladle/strainer is on the way from Texas right now to balance out the copper composition. The actual stove pipe hole is behind the top left strainer.
We replaced the door moldings with some wood we had in the garage, left over from the dining room remodel. Some paint and a few finishing nails and voila! And now I can display some of my platters from Italy and rescue them from the dark despair of being stacked in a sideboard.
It isn't perfect - and it's certainly not the gut and remodel I eventually want. But for now, especially since this year's bonus is going into a new roof, it'll do. It'll do.
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