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It feels so good to be back home in North Carolina! I was glad to be able to help out with my Dad and see that he is improving a little bit each day, but I did miss my home. We hurried and got most things unpacked before Danielle arrived and then I was off to New Hampshire. Today I am finally getting around to sharing photos of the two rooms that we have had their facelifts completed.

The sea foam green bathroom is now painted a light gray. I bought two identical shower curtains from IKEA. I was able to make a window curtain for the shower window and a curtain to cover the "knee hole" under the sink. Eventually we will replace the vanity with a more modern one, but for now I think the curtain is an attractive way to hide the basket of cleaning products that is under there. We are still searching for a light fixture for over the mirror. Luckily there is a ceiling light and it works just fine for the interim.

 The kitchen transformation is amazing for us! All that is left to do is to put up a couple of pieces of trim around the window. I am having a little trouble adjusting to no cabinet doors on a few of the uppers. I keep trying to close them and I am constantly rearranging because I feel it looks a little cluttered. Jeff loves it. We still have the doors, and they are sanded and ready to paint if we change our minds. I painted the backsplash wall aqua to break up the vanilla.

We have temporary knobs on right now. Jeff is making wheel thrown, stoneware knobs. We haven't decided on the color yet. Right now we have one glazed in shino. We are leaning towards our nuka glaze.

We haven't done anything in the dining room aside from a good scrubbing. You may remember from a previous post, that the wall to the right is a Japanese cherry tree, wallpaper mural. I am just happy that our dining table will no longer be the photo shoot set up!

I went right back to work yesterday making pots and getting ready for the next show. We head to New Hampshire in three weeks for the League of NH Craftsmen's Fair. We will be doing the first four days of the show, you'll find us in tent five, booth 521.