Purple toile valance for the kitchen

A miniature valance out of the Brimfield Toile

 I found  now hangs at my kitchen window.

Since I collect purple transferware

 and have started moving more pieces into the

kitchen I thought I would use a bit of it as a valance.

The pattern says "Hunting Toile Samarcand Selection 1992" on the selvage edge.

 The plates I hung on the cabinets are from a dinner set I just bought off of eBay

 in the Claire Cliff Rural Scenes pattern. 

There are different scenes depicted on the plates, bowls and saucers. 

I plan to keep the dinner and salad plates for use,

 but hang the smaller ones in my kitchen.

I have different pieces up on the window shelf I made, 

it is a nice area to display things in my very small kitchen.

Still, with the plates hung and displayed, it didn't look so great.

This is my dream kitchen~remember this image

 from Carolyn Westbook's The French Inspired Home?

How could I even come close to this?

 Well I am still working on it, 

but the valance has gotten me a

 little closer to achieving the look I was inspired by. 

Shall I do beadboard next on the backsplash? 

And then paint it light apple green?

 I'll confess I have been dreaming of marble counter tops too.

 I started painting over my grey lower cabinets...

Its a work in progress, 

but this charming little valance 

made me feel a little closer to my dream kitchen!


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