Pantry Door Whimsy

Back in 2009, I painted my kitchen cabinets. 

They went from oak to white.

 I have a pantry that's just off the kitchen.

For some unknown reason, 

I never painted the doors to the pantry 

when I painted all those kitchen cabinets in 2009.

I guess I was thinking the pantry is not actually in the kitchen, 

so I could leave them alone.

 It only took 5 years for me to realize those pantry

doors would look better in white!!! lol

 I wish I had a before picture. 

 Why didn't I take a before picture?

Here are the doors, after I finished painting them:

In this narrow hallway,

the kitchen entry is to the left, 

a window to the right.

I bought new curtains for the window.

Having always admired these from Country Curtains

for their cottage appeal, 

I decided it was high time I bought them:

I love those wide ruffles!

Now the trouble was, 

because there is always trouble when I do something,

there seemed to be a lot of white in this hallway now, 

with most of it concentrated in this one area.

So, I decided to add just a little something to the doors to

break up some of that white. Something different.

A little whimsy....

...in the form of  vinyl decals, purchased on Etsy,

from this shop.

(This was the same shop where I purchased my stair decals.)

It's funny how just by adding a little detail

like this, is enough to change

the look, break up all the white, and make me happy.

When I come in my back door, 

I now see this as I enter the kitchen.  

Simple though it may be,

the little birdies make me smile every time.

A lovely week to all of you!