:: kitchen typography

Good Morning sweet friends.

As you may notice from the window above,

it's a little wet and drizzly here today.....

but that's okay, because it gives me time to be crafty.

Since painting my kitchen & removing my window treatments

I've been needing to add something to the space above this window.

I decided a while back that I would like to see some type of typography here,

maybe an old vintage sign or some vintage metal letters...you know, something interesting.

How plain does this look?

Well, I'm impatient as you well know by now,

and I wanted something right now and I want it to be very inexpensive.

Sooo, yesterday I went to Hobby Lobby with coupon in hand looking for some letters.

I already had an E on my coffee bar and I thought I might just add an A & T of the same type.

Well, upon looking around, I found these paper mache' letters for really cheap $2.47 each....

and they were 50% off to boot....they were the perfect inexpensive quick fix.

At first I thought I would paint them and do something cool to them.

However, when I got them in the room I really liked the look of the brown paper.

I simply mounted them with some tacky putty as is.

So, what do you think?

{ BEFORE }

{ AFTER }

I also edited down some of the items from the tops of my cabinets 

and countertops to make a more cohesive clean look.

So there you have it, a simple inexpensive $6.00 kitchen update.

I'm very happy with it...I know it's nothing new in the world of decorating,

you can find it all over the web, but this is a look I absolutely adore and now I have it too.

Isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery anyway?

{peace, love & hugs}

Carrie