All tagged Kitchen
Back in early 2021, we renovated our kitchen. We added a backsplash, lowered the bar counter, got a new sink and faucet, and added under cabinet lighting. We knew we would eventually need new appliances, but we were not in a rush to get them. However, we were having some small issues with our dishwasher, and I was desperate for a fridge with a water dispenser. After the stimulus check back in March of 2021, we decided to start researching new appliances.
Our kitchen is probably one of the most used rooms in our house. We don’t just use our kitchen for cooking. We spend time doing crafts, playing, dancing, planning, blogging, etc. I mean I could go on and on. As I am writing this post, I am sitting at our kitchen counter with my coffee, water, and computer. We LOVED our kitchen remodel at our old house. One of my biggest desire when searching for a new home back in 2019 was finding one with the perfect kitchen. Unfortunately you can’t get everything you want. But I was sure to find a kitchen that had potential. And ours did. The cabinets are beautiful (at least to us). Sure they are not the off-white cabinets we had before, but this have so much custom detailing and are a great color nonetheless. The layout was ideal too. I even had my double ovens I always wanted. But like I said, it wasn’t perfect. I didn’t have a backsplash, and we once again had a very hightop bar. I also hated the faucet. So we knew when buying this house we would eventually re-do parts of the kitchen. We finally finished this renovation about 2 weeks ago, so I wanted to share with you all about it!
I feel like all we have been doing the last three months has been renovations. Being at home we have constantly seen all the things we want to do, and thankfully we have had the resources to do them since we are home and not spending money as we usually do. One of the small things we wanted to do in our kitchen this year was to change the light fixture. We hope to do a big kitchen project next year, but our original kitchen light fixture was awful for how we used it. It was too low, and people would constantly hit their head on it. And we really loved our kitchen light fixtures in our previous house and wanted one for our new one. So we contacted our local light company and they delivered it to our car. Then we hired an electrician to install it since our ceilings are too tall for us to do it!
A while back Melody wanted to play restaurant. Well I was in the process of laminating bookmarks for Mother’s Day, so I thought, why not make menus for her and laminate them. I took pictures of her most commonly used play food and made menus for them all. I did 4 for each group since that is how many people can sit at her table in the playroom. Then I laminated them so people can write on them what they want. Check them all out below!
After our kitchen renovation this spring/summer, we have been in need of new barstools. We had to get rid of our old ones because now we have a counter height bar, and those were too tall. We have been using counter height barstools from our bathroom, but we only have two and they are uncomfortable. Melody has really been wanting to eat at the bar with us, so we have been having to us a dining room chair which isn’t ideal.
For a while, Brad and I have talked about wanting to get granite countertops in our kitchen. Then in the last year, we have discussed changing our cabinets. We really wanted a vintage white. So we approached different companies looking at the best route to take in our renovation. We looked into someone painting the cabinets, but it was literally going to cost close to the same amount. We ultimately found a local company that could replace our cabinets and countertops within our budget.
One thing I have always wanted in our kitchen is under cabinet lighting. One day while visiting Costco, we found a deal on some puck lights. I can't exactly remember how much they cost, but Amazon now sells the exact same ones for $23. They are made by Capstone and come with 6 wireless lights and a remote. We decided to test these out to see if we would really like the lighting. We do love having the lights, and we hope to install something more permanent in the future.
I have some cute fall/leafy wired ribbon that I used surrounding my ceramic decorative plate and wrote "Happy Thanksgiving" on it. I have a lot of Thanksgiving and fall paper supplies that I used as well. I switched out our white plastic ware, and I replaced it with crimson and brown instead.
I love decorating for Halloween! Check out some of my kitchen decorations below!
So I know what you are thinking...I am doing a post about our indoor summer decor a month before summer ends. Well it's been a pretty busy summer in the Payne Household! Our decor is also perfect for Labor Day (and Memorial Day and July 4th!).
Brad and I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. We love to cook, and cooking involves having some great gadgets and gizmos to help. Below are some of my favorite things to have in the kitchen:
A while back, we inherited Brad's great-grandmother's dining room furniture. We had the furniture refinished, but then we needed to recover the old chairs. We found some really nice fabric that would go well in our kitchen. Ultimately we knew that this table would fit better in our kitchen since it was a drop-leaf table. The fabric also needed to blend in with our living room since the two rooms are so close, and it turns out some of the chairs are scattered throughout the living room. Below is a tutorial on how we (Brad) recovered our chairs!
Quite awhile ago when we were at a friend's house, I noticed how organized her pantry was. She actually wrote a blog post about it herself. Below is what our pantry looked like before our organization.
Christmas decorating is more than a tree. See what else we do below!
