Mom visited and helped make the house feel more homey and gave it her own special touch, which is always nice!

To brighten this always very dark room she talked me into adding the rug, new lamp shades, pillows and we rotated the room around to make it more functional as it relates to the entire living room and house. 

Ma also helped to brighten the room!

I've been in this house two years. In that time the kitchen has gone from this...

...to buying this sink cabinet...

 

...and adding functional drawers...

 

...to topping it with a butcher block surface, staining it, plus adding corbels...

 ...to at last, this!

I added a matching cabinet to go under the television set. 

This isn't quite yet done (both above and below the TV). I'm thinking shelves for

wine glasses, cookbooks, and chachkis.