Because of Lucilles post....
Thank you so much Lucille! You got me thinking... and it's a good thing. Look at the west wall in my kitchen.
I
haven't painted here yet. WELLLL I did the white bottom... it was
eggplant purple. The white messes on the wall are where the insulation
was blown in. I am procrastinating... honest! By now I could have
filled those circles again, where the "mud" shrank, and could have this
painted... If I just got off my tush.
There is a double wide
window where the chairs are. When I bought this house, a dryer stood
next to the washer, and a wire shelf with the microwave was in the
corner, and a BIG wire shelf in front of the windows.
Before
Charlotte moved in here I was procrastinating even worse... and, I
didn't realize I needed more space, for a bigger pantry and dishes
storage. Now I am thinking of floor to ceiling cabinets, and even
cabinets above the washing machine. All kinds of "stuff" could be
stored there... and because of you, Lucille I thought of making at least
one unit on casters. It would be nice to be able to pull it out when
we need/want more counter space, or during big cooking time put it next
to the stove (in front of the door to the garage). At least one cabinet
about counter height would have no doors, but a counter top like
surface to hold the toaster and the electric tea kettle (Charlotte's,
mine was the kind for on the stove and is in storage for now). We could
even use our rice cooker there....
Wow, Lucille, you really got me thinking. :)Thank you.
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Lucille, here are a couple other kitchen photos from before I owned the house.
I took that wire rack out, and the ceiling fan too.
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If you want cabinets to the ceiling...? You probably won't find them @ Habitat. I purchased new ones for an average cost of $100ea. It was from the outlet store of a cabinet shop. They had tons of quality/tongue 'n groove tall upper cabinets, BTW. Those are what seemed to get "left over".
When U worked @ Home Depot, didn't they have returns in the backroom they let go cheap? They do here. The herringbone backsplash was from left over cuts a tiler had, I gave him $20, then cut the size I wanted. The xenon light over the sink was $5 from The Arc thrift store.
Just giving U some ideas Moni...
Will the washer & dryer fit where the hot water heater is, next to it? How about a pantry in that corner where you have a rack?
Your appliances look nice.
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