How-To: Refresh Your Kitchen Island

When Mitch and I moved to St. Louis, we bought a 110-year-old house in Tower Grove Heights, a historic area in St. Louis City just south of Tower Grove Park -- almost 300 acres of running trails, ponds, green space, pavilions and Busch-league kickball.

The house had been completely (and beautifully) renovated by a local company that specializes in restoring historic homes in the area. It had been gutted to the studs, with all-new plumbing, electric, HVAC, and a new roof. By the time they were finished with Humphrey House (as we call it), he was absolutely turn-key and SO handsome, but also totally inoffensive. The house was smartly renovated by a firm, not an individual, and so the details were designed to be as palatable as possible. It was vanilla, is what I am saying, and I am a person who enjoys sprinkles.

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Getting Corky With Decor

When I first heard Caroline suggest the idea of using wine corks to hold place cards for her Rehearsal Dinner... All I could think was "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED."

I realized that the actual wine-drinking would not be my biggest contribution, but still, I thought I'd finally found the upside to being "the crafty one." But my excitement was short-lived. Did you realize that stores actually sell wine corks? Like, not in wine? Convenient, and unfortunate.

Here's my HOW TO!

 

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