I'm posting pictures today of my kitchen reno. It's turned out even better than I expected...the white of the cabinets and the tiles along with the halogen lights create a light that is very like the south of France. A wonderful bonus that will help to dispel those dark gloomy days of our winter and remind me of how wonderful our winter was there last year.

A very special thanks to Mary who was my unpaid design consultant and gave me lots of ideas and encouragement. I did doubt myself at times whether this idea of the tiles would actually work but Mary was always confident. Mary also sewed my curtains...unkown talents!

Thanks also to Marnie who suggested the idea of painting some of my designs on tiles. This was when I had just started drawing and was using pencil crayons...the thought of painting anything was not in my mind! And thanks to Cindy and Susan who also helped with suggestions...and a very big thank you to Chris who spent his Saturday morning getting my cabinet doors back!

And thanks to Adam and Brendan who did the painting, tiles, counters, etc. You did a super job.

Here's a lamp I created for my son's apartment. It was old and messy and had a very dull shade. A coat of silver paint for the base and black paint for the shade did wonders to brighten it up. I then put my night sky design on it (thanks to my friend, Fern, who gave me the idea from a diagram she made for me).