The Kitchen-To-Do-List: Progress Report!

This yesteryear week, nosotros knocked 2 whole things off the kitchen-to-do-list! 

While I would prefer to hold upward the speedy hare who rebuilds his entire kitchen on his luncheon break, I direct hold to settle for beingness the tortoise who makes teeny tiny steps towards the complete line. 

I may never instruct there, but y'all tin bet these piddling turtle legs volition at to the lowest degree instruct an honorable lift for effort. 

I'm pretty certain that the turtle is supposed to win inward that analogy, but let's hold upward realistic.

 Anyways, I'm super excited to demo y'all a yoke of teeny tiny updates that we've made recently.

Last fourth dimension nosotros visited the kitchen was dorsum inward April when I painted our kitchen cabinets in addition to replaced the hardware. It made a huge touching on on the await of the kitchen, but didn't help much amongst the function. The basic occupation is that nosotros direct hold well-nigh 2 inches of cabinet space.  

You may retrieve that this cabinet is where I shop all of my pots, pans, toasters, java machines, tupperware, casserole dishes, in addition to 4 babe giraffes.

I tried to brand it a piddling improve yesteryear ikon it, but plainly that didn't help amongst the lack of infinite issue.

This infinite has non been this laid clean in addition to empty since the solar daytime I took this picture. In reality, it's a full hot mess, in addition to there's non plenty room for even one baby giraffe...or to a greater extent than than three pots.

My ideal scenario would hold upward to expand the kitchen well-nigh 4 feet into the side yesteryear side chamber (which has a giant cupboard that I could cutting inward half, as it would hold upward improve served as kitchen space), but that's only an persuasion I've been pondering in addition to I direct hold no plans to knock downward walls anytime soon. 

So, for the fourth dimension being, I had to await for slow options to help increase our storage space. Rather than go out for to a greater extent than space, it dawned on me that I could instead go up!

See this perfectly skillful empty infinite inward a higher identify the sink...just waiting for me to mess amongst it?

 I direct hold wanted to hang a pot rack since the solar daytime nosotros moved in, but I kept putting it off because all of the ones I flora locally were nearly $200.

So, instead, I purchased this stainless steel pot rack online for exclusively $63. (Amazon Affiliate link)  I was a piddling curious to discovery out if it would hold upward a character rack or non since it was thence inexpensive, in addition to was thence pleased when it arrived inward only few days in addition to was gorgeous. Score 1 for the create out hunters!

I was able to hang all of my pots from it, in addition to it frees upward thence much infinite inward my cabinets! 
Plus, I only genuinely dear the agency it looks.
And did y'all notice the other novel addition?

We replaced the faucet! 
When the sort folks at Moen generously offered to allow us direct hold their Annabelle faucet for a spin, nosotros jumped at the chance, knowing our ain piddling faucet was on its terminal leg.

I've never shared a movie of our one-time kitchen faucet on the weblog before. I ever cropped it out of the pictures.

But, today's your lucky day.

Meet Faucet, Jr. 

 He was a difficult worker, in addition to fifty-fifty though he was falling apart, he was a skillful boy. We've been through a lot over the yesteryear few years.

But all skillful things must come upward to an end, in addition to it was Junior's fourth dimension to retire to greener pastures. 

 Luckily, Jesse is slap-up at crawling into the places I don't desire to crawl into, thence I enlisted his help amongst installing the novel fancy faucet.

It took him less than an hour, in addition to he was oh thence rattling patient as I bounced only about taking pictures of our cats....who had rattling dissimilar ways of dealing amongst the kitchen chaos.

You may retrieve terminal calendar week when I showed y'all this look of terror on Cheese's face.

This 1 was taken well-nigh 30 minutes afterwards after she had apparently reached her limit. (Keep inward hear all she is doing is only watching Jesse quietly install a faucet.)

So, after a piddling fleck of kitchen chaos, here's the kitchen faucet! I've wanted to supervene upon this faucet for thence long, thence this is a full mini-kitchen-dream-come-true.

 I chose 1 amongst the 'spot resist' applied scientific discipline that resists fingerprints in addition to H2O spots, in addition to it is amazing. Who knew that materials genuinely works?! I also dear that it has a pulldown spray head. I'm ever washing off paintbrushes or something as messy, thence this characteristic genuinely comes inward handy.

But my favorite characteristic is the built inward lather dispenser. Our sink ledge is kinda narrow, in addition to our one-time lather dispenser was ever falling into the sink. It drove me absolutely crazy. Now, all nosotros direct hold to practise is fill upward the lather container underneath the counter in all likelihood in 1 trial a month. It's genius.

So, those are the 2 rattling wonderful things nosotros knocked off the kitchen-to-do-list this yesteryear week! 

After ikon the trim and walls, ikon the cabinets, replacing the hardware, ikon the tile, ikon the grout, ikon a chalkboard wall, in addition to straight off a novel faucet in addition to pot rack...we are genuinely moving along! Here's what the kitchen looks similar as of today.

And if you're curious, hither are the things notwithstanding left on my to practise list. (Well, my reasonable list. I've got a crazy list, too.)

Here's a quick breakdown. 

1. Replace the thrift shop chandelier amongst a genuinely cool crystal chandelier flushmount. My piddling chandy is a tad besides large for our depression kitchen ceilings. 

2. Put overnice wooden blinds on our windows. 

After three years of having peeping eyes into our kitchen on a daily basis, you'd intend I would motility this 1 upward the list. 

3. H5N1 overnice rug...perhaps a colorful stripe. 

4. Some colorful fine art betwixt the windows

5. Comfier barstools.

Now, let's chop-chop verbalize over #5. You may retrieve when I spray painted my thrift shop stools silver. While I notwithstanding intend they await great, I've been keeping my oculus out for something comfier. I similar to sit down at that topographic point a lot in addition to work, thence I'm certain my behind would appreciate it if I flora something cushier. 

I saw these at Marshall's only yesterday, in addition to I was 2 seconds away from hauling them home, but realized that they were besides short. They were exclusively $99 each, in addition to absolutely perfect for what I needed. Aren't they cute?

So, the search continues for cute in addition to comfy barstools.

I'll hold y'all inward the loop on whatever discoveries.

Until then, I'll only savour the progress we've made! So, that's all for today! Thanks for stopping by!

And a large give cheers y'all to Moen for allowing us to savour their Annabelle faucet! You tin banking concern represent out all of the beautiful faucets Moen has to offering here.

'Til following time!

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