show us your life...kitchens

i missed last week's home tour at kellys korner, but thought i'd play along this week. Today it's kitchens--and i love mine!

breakfast area:
(that plant will soon be gone and the big picture will soon be replaced by a collection of pictures i've taken)

the view of the kitchen from the mudroom

some different angles:

when we moved into this house, i loved this little area and thought i would probably use it as my little station to keep all my stuff. but somehow, it was just more convenient for chris' stuff.
(btw, those letters spell EAT not FAT! ha!)

here's my little area which is working out just fine. my basket is organized with file folders and i keep my various papers in the folders. if i'm not careful, this little space turns into a disaster!

candy dish is filled with cough drops for mckinlee.
i printed the sign off at becky higgins blog. (here it is if you want to use it!)

some of my fall decor:
(this arrangement looks better irl, than in this picture!)

on the breakfast table

sorry so bright, this is a big window behind the sink. i have a bird feeder in that tree and love to wash dishes and watch the birds eating!

my tealights behind the stove. at night these are so pretty.

i can't believe i'm showing you this, but i figured if i actually showed people how messy my pantry is, i would be embarrassed enough to do something about it!

i started out pretty good--labeling jars and so forth. but it just gets so cluttered.

here's the other side. those shopping bags drive chris crazy since they always fall when he's taking out the trash!

where i keep plastic grocery bags and my aprons.
(cute blue one courtesy of my sweet mom and anthropologie!)

i really can't believe i'm posting this!
this is the what's behind that door above. cleaning this out is at the top of my fall to-do list. (chris will be so glad--he hates this cluttered mess!)

and since i missed dining rooms last week, here's mine now.
view from the kitchen:

another angle

from the front entry:

and my fall arrangement--partly from my sister and partly from things i've added.

thanks for stopping by to look!