This post (which I can't believe I'm showing you)
just goes to prove that I'm the cheapest woman alive.
I have had the same Christmas lights hung under my kitchen cabinets for the last 8+ years. They create great lighting under my super tall cabinets and are beyond cheap.
The wood to hide the lights cost 99 cents and the lights were 75 cents.
See told you I was cheap. :) One of these day's I'll bite the bullet and buy some real cabinet lighting but for now I'll keep my poor mans lights.
Don't the huckleberries look yummy!!!
Don't mind my blue cabinets that I know your all jealous of (j/k). I have some major kitchen makeover ideas but I have yet to find the energy/time/$$$ to make them happen.
Have a great Monday...
just goes to prove that I'm the cheapest woman alive.
I have had the same Christmas lights hung under my kitchen cabinets for the last 8+ years. They create great lighting under my super tall cabinets and are beyond cheap.
The wood to hide the lights cost 99 cents and the lights were 75 cents.
See told you I was cheap. :) One of these day's I'll bite the bullet and buy some real cabinet lighting but for now I'll keep my poor mans lights.
Don't mind my blue cabinets that I know your all jealous of (j/k). I have some major kitchen makeover ideas but I have yet to find the energy/time/$$$ to make them happen.
Have a great Monday...
Does anyone really even read this stuff?
Rachel I love your idea I've been wanting to put lights under my cabinets in the kitchen but yes I'm also cheap:) I may have to do this now that I'm getting ready to paint the cabinets. Great inspiration thanks
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I always love seeing all the crafty things you do and all your cute kids are so fun to watch as they grow! Keep posting....we all love what you post!
ReplyDeleteWhatev Rachel, anyone who's anyone reads your blog. That idea is ingenious, look at you being resourcefull. What's the point of buying expensive lighting when what you've done a) works and b) looks great. Thanx for the tip
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I'm reading this, and I happen to think this is pretty much a genius idea since I am a poor man (or at least my hubby makes me spend like I am one!) Thanks for the great idea!
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i LOVE your style.
ReplyDeletecheap like me.
;) one of these days we're going to have to talk on the phone again! probably after all the kids go back to school and all the crazy calms down! ;)-V
Amazingly simple, I really love it.
ReplyDeletei DO! I read this stuff and I love it! You're a hoot!
ReplyDeleteI LUV reading your blog Rachel! I love hearing about all your children...they are the cutest and handsome ones too!
ReplyDeleteI did lights like that also when I had my trailer with my kitchen cabinets...I haven't done it in my new home but really I like those accent lights better...now I want to see your kitchen...the whole kitchen...love the wallpaper...teacups, so cute!
what a great idea!
ReplyDeletemight have to try it myself!
I read this stuff!!! Glad you are back!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of your blog!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking this is pretty fabulous! Brian mounted under cabinet lighting oh - about a year or more ago...we still have blue painters tape on the underside of the cabinets holding the cords up. Yeah, really stylish. At least you can't really see it! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm just noticing that huge bowl of huckleberries. yum!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!! I have an old kitchen in much need of a makeover, I might have to try this... Is that a wallpaper back splash? So pretty. BTW love the new header. :)
ReplyDeleteI read your blog regularly, but I'm a lurker! I love your ideas...and your photos are always incredible. Keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteI think it is a great idea to use Christmas lights. Now I just need to convince my hubbie to dig them out of storage!
ReplyDeleteYes, I read this stuff!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that bowl!!!
sandy toe
You are too funny!
ReplyDeleteJo
I love it. A simple fix it without needing the hubbie. This is one I could do.
ReplyDeleteI read your blog! and are those huckleberries on your countertop? YUM!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved the lights in your kitchen. I want to try it in my kitchen - someday.
ReplyDeleteI also LOVE the huckleberries. Can we pick some when we are there this weekend? Are you willing to share your secret picking spot?
See you guys soon!
YESSS I read your gorgeous blog! Don't you dare stop. I just don't comment every time...plus when Fall hits again..it will pick back up. LOVE the lights...and of course the pretty photos! cherry
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ReplyDeleteThanks for peeking in over at my place the other day. The 'Red Shoes' always put a smile on my face.
Love your great idea here...really. Now, that's usin' your noggins! : )
They look waaaayy better than my expensive ones. Mine are flourescent crap that hurts my eyes so I never turn them on. Yours have a nice soft glow. I say keep them if they work! Mimi
ReplyDeleteI think it is perfect, why spend a lot if you don't have to! Just because the neighbors do it doesn't mean you have to!
ReplyDelete♥ It is very well hidden because I never noticed it in the 4 years that I'd been wandering in and out of your house! :)
ReplyDeleteI think that's super smart and GENIUS!
ReplyDeleteI love it, you're so creative!
WHY haven't I thought of that? Great idea!
ReplyDeleteYes, people really read this stuff b/c I'm a person and I just read it...Ha, so there girl.
does anyone read this stuff anyway... haha LOL!
ReplyDeleteLove the light... wish I had a house that could use lighting.. I want an old farm house!
Enjoy the rest of summer!
I'm starting to think the Christmas lights are the way to go! My GF has the most BEAUTIFUL kitchen it makes me ten shades of green- and just the other day I asked her about her over the cabinet lighting, and wouldn't you know?: They are just the funky tube Christmas lights all coiled up there! She said she spent maybe $10. Love it!!
ReplyDeleteHey I say why even hide them. you can never go wrong with lots of light. Good job and I loved the hucks in the bowls too. They are mouthwatering when they have that glow behind them! hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteNo cheap. Resourceful!
ReplyDeleteJill
jilljones43@msn.com
Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it a bad idea - I love it!
ReplyDeleteI think it's pretty. You're not cheap just creative with a little bit of money. More people should be like that.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!!
ReplyDeleteI am cheap, too. As long as it works, why not?
Ruth
Hi kids yes it's mom, Love your blog, and looks like you are really busy to . I'm going stir crazy, with dad here ever every day . tomarrow a Dr. apt. yes, now he can get busy somewhere else. I can't get anything done. cook dishes,cook dishes, landury etc. xoxoxoxoxoxto all of you we love you all. give a call when you can. mom. o yes Richard and Barbara Kunka will be here Sun, or monday, for 3 days. I think well come you way maybe to Hot lake visit. we'll let you know. love mom.
ReplyDeleteNecessity is the mother of invention. It achieves the goal so why change it??
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and I am going through the archives. I am so glad that I did this, because I have the same problem with the lighting under my cabinets. This is perfect! Thank you for posting about it!
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