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I went on a framing and hanging spree this past weekend, including hanging this grid of prints from Etsy artists, friends, and vintage sources. So happy that AT kicked my butt into gear to get it done!

I'm definitely an over-sharer (see postmodern hostess for proof), within reason. (I did feel a little violated when our AT house tour and Kitchn tour for some reason included a photo of the inside of our kitchen pantry.) But I'm starting to share less and less, because I think we're all sharing so much, and it means that every little thing feels so overdone, even things way below the trend radar. See something on one or two blogs, and all of a sudden it feels like it's "everywhere." I recently lamented this, and am now reading far few blogs and almost entirely ignoring Pinterest. I feel far happier with our home for it.

1. Used anything bought home and spray painted white.
2. The "beachy look."
3. Similarly, the "cottage look" aka "shabby chic."

but most of all...

4. Not being able to put anything in my home, it seems, without it being everywhere and overdone in what seems like no time.

Answers/responses to several folks...

@thorndale -- I actually completely agree with you! I would have LOVED to have put in more petite white appliances, but we bought the appliances with resale value in mind. And it seems like every buyer loves their stainless...

@julesandmochi -- Repainted the cabinets on site with a combo of a cheapy sprayer from Home Depot (which didn't give much better results than just rolling) for the boxes, and roller for the doors. I'm happy with the roller results, and am glad I didn't pay to have anything professionally sprayed.

@Briana -- Mixed on the cork. Full review here.

Penny tiles everywhere might be a "don't" worth doing, but that example at the Hotel St. Cecelia in Austin has the most poorly installed penny tile I've ever seen! The seam lines between the tile sheets are completely visible. That is a true DON'T.

Hi all --

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback! You've all made it worth the hours of clean-up. :-)

A couple of answers on sources:

Wine rack on kitchen wall: Vintage View from here.

Knife holder: Bodum from here.

White egg crate: Anthropologie

@queenyellowsun: Virgo, and Mark is Sagittarius. :-)

tanja

@Angela -- The blue vases are just inexpensive ones from Ikea.

Thanks, everyone, for all the nice comments!

@Threadbndr -- thanks! You can see more of the galley kitchen here. We spent so much time figuring out how to use that dead space at the end of the galley, but now we love our little eat-in and storage space.

Sarah Rae and Faith -- I feel really defensive on your behalf! I wonder if people would have been so upset about you reviewing a Kraft product with artificial this-and-that if your conclusion had been negative? Very fashionable to hate on the big corporations, after all.

Thank you for writing this with the belief that we're all adults. Not all of us are perfect. Not all of us eat 100% organic all the time and avoid all traces of artificial ingredients. If there's a product that could help some of us drink more water when we're watered out, then you're doing us a service reviewing it. We can all decide what to do with the info, or we can ignore it completely. But either way, thanks!

What a great idea, to group all of these together as motivation.

The idea of taking on our kitchen as a DIY project was daunting, but we just finished it for $6000 including appliances, and it was SOOOO worth getting over that hurdle. See pics here if you're interested. :-)