Kitchen Overhaul!

Hankie has been hard at work on our never-ending home improvement project otherwise known as our new house! We started out by painting three of the rooms in our new house that were once painted in what the previous owner described as 'designer colors.' We had to disagree and happily slopped on some primer and paint! Then we moved our washer and dryer down to the basement, and converted that space upstairs into a huge pantry. We've updated light fixtures, fixed outside flood lights, and replaced light switch covers. But the biggest change can be seen in our kitchen! We changed out the stove and dishwasher to stainless appliances and have plans to purchase a stainless fridge soon. We received a new kitchen sink and faucet for Christmas from my parents. And Hank has spent a lot of time sanding and painting the kitchen cabinets to give it a brighter look. He did a wonderful job!! Then we updated the hardware and hinges. Just look at the difference!The hardware is similar to this Baldwin handle I found. Now we just need to add some new flooring and finish painting the trim and it will be a brand new kitchen!

Space Savers

It seems to me like our house is a constant project right now. But it is starting to come together! The kitchen right now is our main focus. We have all the stuff in our cabinets, but there are no doors on because we are sanding and painting them to freshen them up! Just yesterday, I was telling Hank that I wish I had more counter space. I visited a website that has things like plasma mount and found some great space saving ideas! The first one I found was this television stand. Now, I don't need it for a television, but I think this piece of furniture would make an excellent microwave cart! I have space on the other side of my fridge and I think this would work perfectly and even give me some extra under counter storage space! And we do have a television in our kitchen. It is currently also on my counter, so I asked Hank what we could do. Here is my solution! Let's mount it in the corner! Then my counters are free to become cluttered again!