Good morning y'all. It is a beautiful day in the Neighborhood. Although I am dealing with things in my head, I am in a great mood. I heard some great news last night from a friend. And well, I just love FRIDAYS! You know what that means right? FUN FRIDAY time!

Todays Fun Friday comes from me. We have a guest judge this week. Who is it? Celadon

GAME RULES!
1. Must be a registered member of the Neighborhood to play.
2. You may win one prize each month, but you should play each week. Check the 2008 Winners list to see if you have won this month.
3. Two fabulous prizes are awarded each week.
4. Neighbors must answer the Fun Friday Question on the forum.
5. Celadon will name the winners on Tuesday, March 25, 2008.
6. PM me your Fun Friday Questions or post them in Fun Friday Questions and I will add them to the question rotation.
7. The winners will need to send their mailing address to Kim by Personal Message (pm) - DON'T post your address on the message boards for privacy reasons!

PRIZES!
Prizes from Kim. She will send two 1/4 lb bags to two winners. That way they can get a sampling of two of her favorites! Winners will need to specify if they would prefer decaf!

AND NOW FOR THE QUESTION...

I have to disqualify myself of course! I don't have the greatest kitchen, but I can pretty much bet I have the best STOCKED kitchen and probably the best pantry as witnessed here:





These aren't the best pictures but I wanted you all to see that my pantry is actually a bedroom! Used to be my daughter's and it is right off the kitchen. The cabinets are full of canned foods and dry goods and all my gadgets. There is a sitting area for when I want to go through cookbooks, most of which aren't even in there. There is a great rug on the floor and we had a door added to go out to the patio so it brings a lot of light in. Serves kind of like a mud room I guess. The nice thing is that no one ever knows it is a pantry because everything is behind closed doors. We also moved the giant freezer out of the pantry when I put the wood floors in last year. It is now in the garage, giving us more room to move around in.

So gang, let's see some pictures and descriptions of your kitchen! This will be fun!

Nice Celadon!!! Very pretty!

Well, since I'm providing the prizes, I can't play either...but thought I'd share my kitchen. The theme is...you guessed it...coffee. Here is one little corner of my special place.



This print hangs on the main wall and it is the inspiration to the whole room! I picked the color of my walls based on the edge of the print...sort of a pale tea green. The accent colors in the room are the dark burgandy.



Of course, this is the dining area of the kitchen. Rosie asked that I move her bed next to her dinner dish, just in case she should be sleeping when the dinner bell rang.

Kim... I love it!

Well, HERE YA GO! I WANT ME SOME PEETS! heehee
My kitchen from the dining room! The theme is SUNSHINEY YELLOW (like me) WALLS and RED RED RED!! My dishes are the fiestaware in YELLOW, ORANGE, TURQUOISE and RED! I LOVE IT!! It's a tad dark because its in the back of the house and it gets the afternoon sun!



View 2, the OTHER side of the kitchen!



View 3 would be out my sliding door to my back patio....just enough for my pretty flowers, my spa and sitting for a small intimate group! Oh yeah and the kitties!


Lastly, the view out my kitchen window to the back patio....guess one of the kitties was HUNGRY..it's PAST feeding time as i'm off today! lol... ENJOY!

Hello all, I'll try to post a pix of my kitchen when I get home tonight. I just had to pop in and say I am "Kim", I am so jealous of March in California. I live in indiana and our March has been 35 degrees, wet and rainy nearly every day. I can't wait for warm weather. Turning green with envy, Lola

Celadon...you are as organized and pure as I imagined! You need not EVER come over to my pantry...eek.

Julie...your kitchen SCREAMS of your personality. I mean, every little bit of it!

Lola...not to worry...your weather will turn soon. Spring is here!

WOW...... You guys have GREAT kitchens! I still haven't figured out the picture thing. I keep promising Marla. I'll definitely have to get on it. But where are the dirty dishes and empty dog food cans? oh well, I probably wouldn't have won this weeks Fun Friday, anyway.

I took my favorite kitchen with me when we attended the 2007 Boss Hoss rally in Dyersburg last fall. We were having a large get together at one of the motels and included a big tailgate party. Seeing as how I'm the premier BBQ guy of the bunch, I naturally volunteered to cook some of the meal.


Thought I'd throw this in too. A couple af lady friends on a V8 powered barstool.

Two of my dearest friends. One is acting one is not...can you tell?

My buddy Conrad took the nicest paint job competition with this bike.

I LOVE THAT STU! looks like a FUN TIME! lol..

Lee....I had just put the dirty dishes away and moved all the crap (catchall) off my kitchen table! lol..

NO DOGS ALLOWED HERE! Only kitties!

With the pics...you have to host them somewhere first..then copy the link and click on the add image icon in your post and just paste the link...its not too hard. I use photobucket to host mine. Dont know that it's the best..but i've been using it for years..so thats it!

HAPPY FRIDAY MY PEEPS!

Julie

I don't know if I'll have time to post pics. My kitchen is a work in progress. It needs a paint job so I can put up the pretty wallpaper border on the soffit that I've had waiting for a year. It is country themed w/ jugs & baskets & cranberry colored berries & has a green edging. I have matching green ginham curtains. The counters are Kelly green...yuk! I do have new appliances...white w/ black fronts. There is a linoleum w/ little pink flowers on white that needs replaced. I don't know which former owner put that down! But, I do have a little antique table that belonged to my grandpa and the antique step-back cupboard that Paul bought me as an "I'm sorry" gift after the only serious fight we've had in 34 1/2 years of marriage.

Wow, I am impressed. You ladies must be rich or something. And Julie, don't you have 2 houses, so this is only ONE of your kitchens!

Stu, I'm just impressed with your system. That's a lot of brat you've got going. No messing around.

I'm not even going to try to post my photos. I loved my kitchen a few minutes ago. Now, it's in need of a major overhaul! Wait til I show darling husband!!!

After seeing all those beautiful kitchens, I don't dare show my postage stamp (where is Ty Penington?)

So, I found one for ya - LOL

People! Your kitchens are just as I would imagine them!

Kim, it is beautiful and I love the colors! You had me with the first picture of the steaming cuppa coffee!

Julie, your kitchen screams sunny and CALIFORNIA! It is just lovely.

Lola, I look forward to the pictures. Hope it warms up there soon!

Stu, you have my vote for sheer originality! We will just have to see how your outdoor kitchen measures up to the home variety.

Jeanie, your kitchen sounds very ecletic and charming. Much like you!

Sandi, I am sure your picture would be just fine. I wish you would post one. Most rooms in homes are very photogenic.

Nancy, now that is a dream kitchen. I wish I could built it here! I would however have a different floor and the rug under the island would just have to go. I would dirty it up in about ten seconds!

Oh, no one is allowed in THAT kitchen.
No cooking allowed . . .
It's like one of those formal dining rooms that no one goes into.
I just took off the crinkly plastic covers for the picture.

Here's the kitchen I use:


LOL . . .NOT

My kitchen is really my mom's kitchen as I live at home with the parental unit. But, the kitchen rocks. I am going to try to take pictures tonight or tomorrow. The one thing I love about my kitchen is that it is HUGE and opens onto the deck! Look for my pictures - later!

Everyone - your kitchens are great.

Now you guys know how short I am!
Don't give me a hard time!

MF - that is a great kitchen. Love it!

Awwwww thanks Marla... And there I am, doing those dirty dishes.
A wonderful home-maker I am.

Mickee, I used to cook in that same kitchen: in kindergarten! Where on earth did you find that? And how do you guys get so flippin' creative?

Photoshop is wonderful! LOL

Sandi... (shhhhhhh! don't tell anyone) it's the KidKraft ad for the kitchen I bought for my DGD...
We play play play in that kitchen, we do!

Mickeefynn, you crack me up!

Funny, funny lady mickee! I am so glad you are back!

awwww thanks you guys.... Absolutely grand to be back!
{{HUGS}}

HHHmmmmmmmmmmmmm not many photos so far. Wonder if it's because everyone is busy this weekend or because they need to clean and tidy their kitchens first before they're dare to photograph it. I definately fit in to the 2nd category! We have until Wednesday right? Should be able to get it done by then hehehe

Yooooooo Hooooooo! Let's see those Easter/ Passover/ Hangover kitchens!!!!!!!!!!

Hey! I've got Peet's coffee to ship out from sunny CA!!! Maybe if you don't have a picture of your kitchen, you can paint one with your words??? Or there has got to be a picture in your files from a past holiday of you posing with your turkey or whatever the main course was...

Tonight - Marla's Kitchen Pics.

Maybe I will post a Passover 2007 pic too. Passover 2008 doesn't happen till next month!

Here are a couple of pictures of our kitchen here in beautiful, historic, Charleston, SC. Because of Celadon's inspiration and wonderful recipes, this kitchen has been busy since I arrived seven weeks ago. The welcome mat is always out, so if you are coming to Charleston, please let me know..... These pictures are big enough I'll have to put in two different posts.....

Another couple pics...

Doug.

I LOVE YOUR KITCHEN.

Thanks, me too!!

Doug's and Julie S's kitchens get my votes so far!
But you gotta admit... mine is so much more
compact and efficient!

Doug, with a lovely kitchen like that, I am so glad that you decided to start cooking in it! And thanks for the compliment too!

Contest closes tomorrow afternoon. Get your responses in, great prizes to be won - Peet's Coffee from Kim! I need to post my pics!!!!


I love everyone's kitchens. Very nice!

GREAT KITCHEN Doug!! I WANNA A NEW ONE!! lol... My home is pretty old..and its just TOO MUCH $$$ to take out all that tile! lol.. Plus we just completely GUTTED our other kitchen!! I'll have to see if I have pics of that!

Julie

I strongly <ahem> dislike our kitchen..lol. It is the only room that we havent redone yet...and it is waiting til the snow is gone before we tackle it! I am not going to post pictures of the tacky purple grape wallpaper from the 50's...and the GORGEOUS <rolling my eyes> popcorn ceiling that matches the pretty brown roll-out linoleum on the floor, the lovely cupboards that no matter how much I scrub with bleach and lysol NEVER seem to stay clean enough for me...and the oh so pretty stove that is now listed as an antique and bakes when it is in the mood. LOL! No wonder I don't like to cook! Told the bh that if the kitchen got done...I would prepare a FABULOUS meal 4 nights a week...construction here we come!

<I want Nancy's dream kitchen!!!!>

Nice visual Marianna! You made me believe I was sitting there looking at that popcorn ceiling! I applaud your culinary efforts even more having to deal with a kitchen that you don't like.

My kitchen is far from what I would like to have but it is very bright and I have a ton of counter space, just close to a century old cabinets and too few of them! The stove is new, the dishwasher is new (well, two years old but that is new to me because I still forget that I have one so I rarely use it!) and the fridge and freezer are new. I can't make any excuses to not cook in there, it is very functional.

Okay folks, time is almost up and I am sure there are a lot more pictures and descriptions out there of your kitchens! If you want in on that great prize, you better get with it!

Ok...I just got up here to our other home...where Hubby lives during the week. We just knocked out a half wall and completely gutted this kitchen out last summer.....here is a picture of the results. Just from one angle. But you'll get the gyst of it. It has a CHILI PEPPER THEME which was honey idea...he LOVES to cook and try new recipes!! OH HAPPY DAYS!!

Heck if I knew the prize was Peets coffee from Kim I would have cleaned my kitchen days ago! Thank goodness I'm not too late. I'm nearly out of the last lot I won from Kim. mmmmmmmmmmm tis luffly

Ok I've spent today doing some long overdue cleaning in my kitchen. You know what it's like when you work fulltime etc and having the broken arm hasn't helped. Even what I did today had to be done one handed.

Anyway, this is my kitchen and dining room. It doesn't exactly reflect my personality as it is a rental home but I do like it and I've done what I can with it. I often get comments from visitors how warm and welcoming it all is.





My kitchen sink and work bench are around to the right but as there is a large window above the bench and the sun was shining brightly I couldn't get a good photo from that angle.






I love my dining room/kitchen area even though I don't cook as much as some people do.

Now for next week's Fun Friday I think we should pick another part of the house. This is one way of getting me up to date with my cleaning hehehe

Can't wait to get that coffee! ;-)

More beautiful kitchens!!! I love them so much!
Julie... 2 kitchens??? Wowzers! and BOTH gorgeous!

Barbara... LOVE love LOVE the colors! So modern and fun!
Am I surprised??? No Way!

Gorgeous ...... thanks for posting these!

Julie...your kitchen is so dang clean...you two must go out to eat! Where are the dog food bowls in these rooms??? Doesn't everyone have a dog bed in the middle of their kitchen?

Barbara, the blue cabinets are stunning!

Yeah, this is really amazing. My poor husband, he just doesn't know what's about to hit him!!! hehehe

With the kitchens you all have, you must be gourmet chefs! I'm impressed and inspired. Guess I better quit galavanting around and get my home improvement groove on!

I say that Barbara gets extra points for cleaning the kitchen with a bum arm. I've got two fully functioning arms and can barely get the dishes done...

Everyone has great kitchens mine is plain and older but I love it ..... I love apples and everywall has a apple of sort on it....I only wish I had more counter space maybe one day soon.... Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachment[attachment=
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Fun Friday closes at 9 pm ET tonight!

Emarie! I love your kitchen... so warm and homey. One of my mom's dear friend used
Franciscanware Apple Pattern Dishes that I loved as a child and still do. Do you know the pattern???
And do I see TWO EGG CODDLERS?! hehehe! We are all SO alike! Do you use them often?
I love cuddling up with an eggs prepared in that beautiful porcelain! Thanks for posting your pictures.
Love them!

Ok seriously... I need to get me some egg coddlers. I am feeling left out!