Updated Kitchen pictures!!!

I have to start by saying I apologize for not updating in quite some time. My job is very tiring and by the time I get home, all I want to do is sit.
However, I did manage to update my wallpaper border and added some wallpaper to the lower half of our eating area. A local craft store had a 40% off sale and I couldn't resist making a change. You can view my "before" pictures HERE
I also bought new valances for $7.00 from Park Designs which were on clearance.
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My graduate

I am a little late in posting
but...my youngest graduated from high school.
I am not short (5' 8") he towers over me!!!
He was accepted into Akron Unv. to major in computers.

Plant HELP please....

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I picked these up today at a local place that sells plants and all proceeds go to the Cancer Society.
These were $1.oo a piece so I bought three. The problem is it says Angelonia on the container but when I looked it up online, it's not the same plant. I just love how this looks and for a buck, I don't care of it doesn't come back. But I would be thrilled if it did!
Can anyone that gardens help me out and give me a name of this plant?

My front porch and I need some HELP please!!!

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I am in need of some help.
My husband pulled out my bushes and tilled the ground for me today.
I need some gardeners help.
My "green thumb" never kicked in and I have no idea what to plant in this space.
I am completely clueless and open for suggestions.
Behind the fence is english ivy.
I would like plants that come back every year.

My husband found the picket fence in the trash and it hides our air conditioning unit.
He made the bird feeder from a post we had from our old four post water bed.

This is the corner of my house in the back. He found the wheel barrel in the trash. I normally buy 2 hanging petunia baskets and cut the handles off then place them in the wheel barrel.
He made me the bird feeder from an old spindle and rusty pan.

When we bought the house 11 years ago, I only had a concrete stoop.
He built this porch and the also put on the roof.
He refused to have a porch without a roof.

Here is a set of chairs he made last year for us.
I love them!!

Every porch needs a swing right???
He also made the mustard bench, the salt box house, and our address numbers.

Look what the Hubby made me!!!

Vanity BEFORE...I have had this normal vanity for 10 years.
It was time for a change!!

My husband has been laid off for a week now and has been wood working.
I came home from to work to this!
He painted it cranberry, sanded, and stained it.
He also put in shelving which the other did not have.

Another view..sorry my bathroom is so tiny and it was hard to get a picture from the front.
My doors are 2 pine boards with a wooden knob.