everything . . . including the kitchen sink

When we converted this barn into a home, Bill filled the north (kitchen) wall with windows to let in lots of light. This wall and the south doors and windows once formed the central alley of the old pole barn. I had planned on filling this window ledge with tiny succulents. 

But the roof over the back patio blocked too much light from the plants, so they were moved to an outside container. And in their place? Some pinch pots our kids made when they were in school! One turned pot holds some rocks painted by three of our grandkids, and there are also two rocks our daughter brought me from Scotland. Over to the left side are Bill’s grandmother’s child-sized cast iron skillet and sad iron. The largest pot holds scrubbing tools.

I first painted the kitchen sink with the burnt sienna and raw sienna in my granulating palette. But it looked too dull, so I added a wash of transparent red oxide with a touch of Daniel Smith’s original quinacridone gold that’s no longer made. These two colors made a huge difference!