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I prefer the pink but both look great.

It looks lovely.

I too wish glasseye all the best with their new home. I hope all goes well for you from now on.
I think the trick is to identify a want versus a need and decluttering to identify what you have and want to keep.
I love Ikea but have not been in one in many years. There is now one in the city four hours one way from me and I have been in that city twice since it opened and drove past it both times without going in. Why, because I don't need anything that they sell at this time.
The other bonus, aside from money saved, is time. I have spent too much time in the past on my decluttering and hauling stuff to thrift shops etc. Due to my location, these are all long journeys, and I realize there is more fun stuff to do than unload my vehicle on my trips. I treat thrift shops and most others as a museum or art gallery, very neat to see what is there but rarely do I have to take anything home.

Amazing and so versatile and easy to make colour changes. Thank you.

I would take the curtains off the top cabinets and just leave them on the bottom. The kitchen seems darker now.

You did a beautiful job.

Although I have had fabulous luck with old sewing machines, I agree a newbie should buy their machine from a store specializing in sewing machines or even a repair place where someone will take the time to help them get started. Don't buy too small a sewing machine as they are not as stable as the regular sized one and this can frustrate a sewer. My first machine was a smaller one, an Elnita, and it drove me nuts.

Very clever

Two signed Henry Moore lithographs for ten cents each.

Dining set 1000.00
couch 1000.00
Both bought six years ago when my FIL turned 90 and DH wanted to host a party for him
The rest of my furniture was free, or from yard sales/thrift shops for well under $100
My latest beauty is a teak Danish modern desk bought at the thrift shop for $45 in new condition. I bought it the minute they had put it on the floor and beat the swarms to it.