THE TALENT SCOUTING PARTY: "All Things Kitchen" Winner of a Feature in Cottages & Bungalows Mag

#1 Maple & Magnolia

Congrats to Susan of Maple & Magnolia! You are the winner of the "All Things Kitchen" Talent Scouting Party, which means your project will be featured in Cottages & Bungalows magazine! We absolutely love your gym locker storage solution for your ironstone and linens!

Susan, please display your winner button proudly! You earned it! Shoot me an email to get the feature process rolling!

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Thanks to everyone who linked up! You were inspiring beyond words! Check out all the finalists...

...and all the projects linked up to the "All Things Kitchen" Talent Scouting Party.

Keep these dates in mind for upcoming Talent Scouting Parties and more chances to win your own magazine feature:

July...Fall and Halloween

Specific dates to be announced. Old and new projects welcome!

Get event details under the Get Scouted! tab.

"All Things Kitchen" Finalists: Top Contenders for a Feature in Cottages & Bungalows Magazine

It's that time! Time to announce the top contenders for the magazine feature in Cottages & Bungalows Magazine! From all the fantabulous projects linked up to "All Things Kitchen" Talent Scouting Party, the field was narrowed to the projects below based up on the following criteria:

1. Innovation
2. Usefulness
3. Adaptability to any cottage style
4. Budget friendliness
5. Quality of the project/craftsmanship
6. Quality of the photos
7. Entrant follows all party rules

The winner of the magazine feature will be announced Monday, May 14, right here on the WhisperWood Cottage blog. Check out these contenders! One of these talented ladies will be featured in an upcoming issue of Cottages & Bungalows Magazine! Pin your favorites and stop by their blogs to tell them how awesome they are! 

Listed in order by their numbers in the "All Things Kitchen" linky party, here are the top contenders:

#1 Maple & Magnolia

#4 That's My Letter

#7 Jennifer Rizzo

#12 The 36th Avenue

#23 Thistlewood Farms

#36 Mod Vintage Life

#46 Pretty Handy Girl

#58 The Quaint Cottage

#64 Homeroad

#71 The Virginia House

#77 Adventures in Creating

#87 Funky Junk Interiors

#89 Five Days...5 Ways

#121 Curb Alert

#155 French Country Cottage

#156 Beyond the Picket Fence

TOP CONTENDERS, GRAB A BUTTON!

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Thanks to everyone who linked up! The winner will be announced Monday, May 14. 

Yes, there will be more chances for you to win your own magazine feature. Take note of this upcoming Talent Scouting Party:

July...Fall and Halloween

Specific dates to be announced. Old and new projects welcome!

Industrial Shelf Solution for Guest Bath Storage

Remember the project I teased you with waaaaay back in January? Yes, January. Eeesh. Well, we finally got around to getting things finished!

We started with this metal flanges, rods, and tips (left), coated them with primer (center), and then coated them with a layer of oil-rubbed bronze spray paint (right).

The intention was to add more shelf storage to this wall in the tiny guest bath. The photo above shows you what we had before. It was nice, but there was not enough room to hold all the necessities that a guest bath needs.

When we took down the shelf that was there, we ended up having to patch some holes! :) Then we mounted the painted brackets to the wall, attached two self-adhesive rubber dots (like these) to each bracket, and topped them with glass pieces cut to size.

Then I added a few accessories...

The round glass and metal item above is a vintage soap dispenser. The round piece at the bottom would mount to the wall. Then the person would swivel the glass ball downward, so that soap would come out of the metal tip.

The vintage scale on the left is German. I found it on my recent junk adventure in Pequot Lakes, MN. It is the perfect size for holding wash cloths.

An antique tobacco jar hold cotton balls. Next to it, a potted plant nested in my red jute webbing flowerpot slipcover.

BEFORE                                                                AFTER

So, how's that for a 4-month project?