Everything Happens in the Kitchen

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I thought that I would give you a look at my kitchen. This room is open to our family room, and where we spend almost all of our time. Overall I like it well enough, but there are things that are definitely screaming for a change in here! For example, when we bought this house, the appliances in here were all builder grade white. Boo! We have been wanting to change them for years, but as a frugal person, I have been trying to wait until they die. (I think I may want stainless?) A couple of months ago, our trash compactor bit the dust, and I know our fridge and dishwasher are on their last leg as well.

Here's a peek at how it looks now.

Several years ago, while Mr. W was deployed to Afghanistan, I painted the kitchen cabinets. (My amazing mom helped me!) They were a really unattractive (in my opinion) honey oak color, so I figured anything I did to them would be an improvement. Unfortunately, a few weeks back catastrophe struck my external hard drive where all my photos were stored. I am sending it out to recover the data, but right now I don't have any before pics. :-(

We also just found out that we have a MAJOR leak issue from the upstairs shower, and there are going to be extensive repairs to follow. That means potentially BIG changes for our kitchen. The wall that the pantry is on will need to be ripped out and re dry walled, along with the kitchen ceiling, and the pantry itself will have to come down. We are also thinking that the stone floor in that corner may have to come up too. I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little overwhelmed by it all, even if it means improvements can be made in the kitchen at the same time.

Anyhow...here is the rest of it...for now.

You can see that I still have a pot rack hanging, but now it just holds bread baskets and old wine jugs. The ceilings here are so tall I thought it would look to naked if we took it down. It will go when we remodel, in favor of pendant lighting of some kind.

 A view from the family room. I am currently working on a family photo gallery arrangement for that big empty wall with the tiny picture on it.

 This is the pantry cabinet, and weird desk (that we never use), and I would happily wave goodbye to. Maybe a wine fridge and some shelves with pull out baskets for root veggie storage? I don't know exactly yet, but I think it could be very cute!

Night lighting makes that table look super orange. It's not. I am planning to have a banquet built in an L shape on the back window wall, and the short wall to the left. I would like to find an old rustic farm table and set it up going lengthwise. The window treatments are ready for a change also.

I have tried to work around the granite and backsplash that were here when we moved in ten years ago.  This kitchen has come a long way since it's humble oak cabinet beginning, and I do still like it, but I am also ready for a change. I would like all of the appliances to go stainless, I think. New sink and faucet, and I was thinking about lightening up the cabinets a bit. Maybe a creamy white. We will see.

That's all for now. Stay tuned! You know there's a big change on the way!
Thanks for stoping by today! Hope you have an awesome week!
xo
-Lisa

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