Kitchen Mini Makeover

You know, I've surprised myself. I really have. My Mom and I went shopping for curtains for the living room the other day and while we were at the store I decided I wanted to replace the curtains in the kitchen while I was on a redecorating rampage! Before our kitchen was dark and modern, but then I decided I wanted to add teapots and teacups to the mix, and 99% of those are pretty and floral. It all just didn't flow, in my opinion. But I've never been a country/floral style type person, my Mom's style is country all the way, and I was determined that was not my style.....so naturally when I picked out the new curtains I was more than surprised at how country they are!

BEFORE

We had finally settled on dark brown valances with dark brown sheers underneath (to cover up our old cracked windows) and they worked quite nicely with our round glass top table. However, it made the space over the sink seem cramped and uninviting.

AFTER

Unfortunately I only have this one good shot of the kitchen since the mini makeover. 

We replaced the round glass top table with a long rectangle antique table that I painted and refinished myself! I added an old TV stand that has had many lives since its time with me (entry table in my bedroom at my parents house, before I was married, then it was in our living room, and now it's a buffet!) and changed the curtains and completely revamped the kitchen! It adds so much light to the room,  can't tell you how happy I am with it!!

The new curtains are Waverly Cameo Home Classics and I purchased them at Lowes. $19.97 each and well worth the money! I also got the sheers at Lowes, but cannot find them online. They are extremely thin material, but I like that ;) Here is a link to the valances.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_329331-55802-10725050X015CME_4294788357__?productId=3197409&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=

Here's a little hint...its a secret....my fabulous centerpiece....Dollar Store. ;)

Probably did all this for under $200. Who says you can't have fabulous on a budget!

REVIEW: Windex Multi Surface Vinegar

It's been a day....today was my aunts funeral so all I really wanted to do when I got home was keep buys to take my mind off of such a sad event......So I'm on my hands and knees cleaning my bathtub (using my Kaboom Foam-Tastic no less, so not really "scrubbing" just "wiping" lol) and the thought pops into my brain -- "You said you were going to review some more cleaning products on The Simple Life. Hop to it while your thinking about it!" So I did. I rinsed the Kaboom out of the tub, leaving it nice and shiny, and made my way to the kitchen table where my laptop is set up and here I am.

Today, folks, I'm going to tell you about "Windex Multi Surface VINEGAR."

Did you ever see that movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding?" I am almost as bad as her Dad when it comes to Windex....it can do little to no wrong in my eyes. Notice how I said "Little to No" there.....the regular Windex NEVER cut it for me when it came to cleaning my cooktop stove or, honestly, my countertops. Most of the time I'll reach for a bleach bottle or Lysol spray to clean my countertops, but then my kitchen smells like a chemical and I'm thinking, what happens when my husband makes himself a pb&j on the countertop (cringe) and (cringe) doesn't use a plate (cringe....I'm a bit OCD, so bare with me)...then he has all those bleachy chemicals on his bread! No....no no no. Well....about a month or so ago my Mom and I are at her old house packing things up and I come across the Windex Multi Vinegar under her kitchen sink. "Mom....what is this!!??" I had never seen it before.... She tells me how great it is and how, hallelujah, you can get it at the Dollar General Store. So on my way home I have to pass a nice new Dollar Store where the people that work there just happen to know me by name....I shop there way too much. So I stopped in and got home.

It is WONDERFUL for my cooktop and countertops. I even use it to clean my glass top coffee table and end tables. I've used it to clean out my refridgerator, I've used it to get scuff marks off of my washer and dryer (the dumping ground when you come in the back door, unfortunately) I've used it to shine up my stainless steal sinks and stove and refridgerator...its great, honestly. And I should have known, with it being the all powerful Windex. Not streaky at all, and with it being vinegar I feel like I'm getting a good, honest to dirt, green clean, even if there are other chemicals involved, it feels green to me!

4 stars out of 5, just because I don't want to use vinegar on EVERYTHING, price is good, a couple of dollars or more, but less than $5 I think....easily accessible....I have no complaints, honestly. If you want something you can pick up and use on practically anything (that's not Formula 409, another one of my all time loves in the cleaning department) Windex Multi Surface Vinegar is the way to go!!



Happy Cleaning!!