Fold-Away Ironing Board Turned Spice Cabinet

This is a fold-away ironing board in my 1950 home.

 Quite a piece of history here.  But since I don't iron, and I took all my cabinet doors off and have nowhere to store my spices, I asked my husband to turn this into a spice cabinet for the time being.  First, I removed all the old board and dowels and whatnot by myself while he was at work.

Then he installed shelves and I moved in half of my spice collection.  What do you think?

February Garden - First Harvest

Here are the spinach, which yielded enough for a salad.

 The broccoli are on the right, onions on the left.

 The peas are starting to climb the bamboo pyramid.

And here we see the mesculun salad mix, which has yielded about a salad-ful as well!  Gardening is so magical.

What is your garden yielding these days?

The Kitchen Shelves Are Complete

My husband put bead board and quarter-round molding in each shelf, and we painted them a bright white.  A new light fixture was also added.

 This partial remodel of the kitchen has meant so much to me.  It has caused gratitude to well up in my heart over God's faithfulness to keep his promises, how much he loves us, and what a wonderful gift my husband is.  It feels so good to finally be able to work on this house!

I've enjoyed this warm weather, especially the camellia blooms it forced.  Unfortunately, we'll probably still get a hard freeze (we need one to kill off some of the bugs around here!), so they'll all get awfully shocked.  Better enjoy them while we have them!