more exterior painting and kitchen work - using blackboard paint

First, here is the newly landscaped wall and yard with less scrub:

We have been working on the kitchen and have purchased a couple of very interesting antiques~ one is an old store counter from Cape Cod - ironically we bought it on our anniversary and we happened to have our honeymoon in Cape Cod! The other is a wooden cabinet with file drawers. We have also built the peninsula to hold the oven.

We have been working on painting the exterior trim:

And we got new porch lights!