The Kitchen

Finally, an update on our kitchen. It is probably the best thing ever, and it made our house feel instantly changed. But I will let the pictures do the talking.

This is entirely new storage. There used to be a large ovehead cabinet where the fridge is, with the bakers rack next to it. The rolling dishwasher hung out in the corner where the fridge is. This is my favorie new part because it's my little "baking area." The cabinet above has all of my baking ingredients.

See how pretty it is? Oh ya, my step stool (to reach the higher shelves) has a nice little space now, too.

The bottom right cabinet has some pots and pans, but we keep the ones we use almost daily hanging up on the wall. Our pot rack is simply a coat hook from Target.

This side of the kitchen was realtively smilar, only the corner cabinet was a weird cabinet that went all the way back, and the bottom cabinet used to be four drawers. I realized we didn't need drawer space, but cabinet space, so we adjusted. And if you can believe it, that is all of the counter space we had originally. 

This is another side that saw a lot of chance. The dishwasher is now built-in and next to the sink. Weird, right? The counter space above it is all new. It is the "prep" area, because all of the cutting boards hang out in the cabinet under the knife block.

Here is a close up of the countertop. It looks a little greener here than it is in real life, but it isn't plain black like we had planned on.

This is my other favorite part. This sink is giant and it is perfect for soaking pans effectively and holding lots of dishes. They thought I was kind of weird when I requested it, but it is perfect for what we want. 

And here is the dishwasher, pretty and built-in. It's still hard for me to get out of the habit of leaving while it's running.

Still to come in the kitchen makeover is the door to the backyard, but that is not as essential now that we have the garage. Which is Shelby's new favorite hang out.