First let's take a look at how
our kitchen was two summer's ago, when we first moved in, and now take a look at our kitchen today:
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| You can see our turquoise accent wall and my husband's first handmade shelf unit holding up dry produce (bananas, onions, garlic and potatoes), tea towels and aprons, pans, appliances and cookbooks. We got our reclaimed wood kitchen table on Craigslist and the X-back chairs are from Wayfair. |
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| Michael also painted the side of our pantry with chalkboard paint and I added red runner rug for a pop of color. |
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| These photos share a few of my favorite things: the Kraus faucet (makes washing dishes SO easy and less mundane!), deep-fryer, and of course the magnetic knife holder + paper towel holder and shelf Michael also made. |
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| On the left: This area is a working progress. There is actually another shelf in the making (!) and will go where the bulletin board currently is, and we plan on replacing the cream hutch with a metal baker's rack with wheels. The white can is for recyclables and the red hutch is stocked with all our spices. That is probably the most organized you'll see the spice hutch as any of you with toddlers would know they love playing with anything within reach! :) On the right: the beautiful birdy curtains my mom made us! |
Though all the changes have been small and more on the decorative side (with the exception of Michael's shelves), I'm very happy with how things are coming along and have dreams of making bigger changes in the future! My favorite thing about owning our house is giving it personal touches and delighting in the projects that do get accomplished. It's such a rewarding feeling!
Here are a few of my current kitchen daydreams:
-A baker's rack with wheels for more storage.
-Do a back splash. Lately I am really into this honeycomb/hexagon shape. So pretty!
-New counter tops! I'd love to have one section butcher block for prep work and the rest be quartz.
-Remove our dishwasher (we never use it) and replace the space with a beverage refrigerator.
-Upgrade our sink to a farm sink!
-Remove current wall microwave and add a range hood.
-Upgrade the range and refrigerator... In a perfect world: this
baby. What...a girl can dream right?? ; )
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-Change out the lights in our kitchen. I love the charm of a chandelier in the dining area and having (love those red ones!) pendant lighting in between the kitchen and dining area.
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-New flooring... my dream floor is brick (how pretty would that look with the turquoise walls?) but I would be happy with a
porcelain wood tile!
Wow, I basically threw all my daydreams at you at once!! We will probably start with the baker's rack and then start a little savings for our kitchen projects. A baby step here and a baby step there and these dreams of might just become a reality, and I will keep you all in the loop! :)
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