Ya tell me about it! My kitchen kicks my ass every time I try to compete with it's "countryness" but for now I'll settle with the fake oak laminate cupboards and green on green linolium untill I convince my man that paint is an effective way of changing the look of your cupboards! lol.

ps- I love your avatar- supercute♥

Hi DbD!  And Welcome to Curbly!  I'm a fairly new addict here as well.  I haven't posted any of my own stuff yet.  We've just started house shopping, so I'm sure once we find the right place I'll have some decorating dilemmas and projects to share on here.  Seems most places we look at have that 'country kitchen' charm and i'm just SO not 'chickens and gingham' girl! (lol) 

Hello DD :) I requested your friendship because you are a fellow Canadian who might know of some good resources, and because you and I share a passion for creating a unique space on a tight budget. Have you any posts of your own work? I'm VERY new and haven't taught myself to navigate the site yet, but I'd love to see :)