Hello everyone, Today is Saturday and I didn't get a chance to get on and post what a great box i got ggsnail yesterday here are the contents if i can remember all i planted everything yesterday as soon as it arrived along with other stuff: Glass Humming bird windchime(hanging in opposite window from the Heart 4rm Glassmouse) Silver Baby frame(Can't wait to add pic to it of Eli) 2 Shrimp plants yellow lantana(i put it in a pot) Texas gold columbine(place in my window sil here at computer til it grows) Pardon me daylily(went right beside the yellow gold daylily u sent in the memorial day swap) I loved it and Daltn really likes the windchime so we put it here so we both could look at it and the morning sun coming in from the east makes a beautiful design on my floor from it. Well today is the 2nd just 5 more days-i'm getting a little nervous. CLeaning today washing clothes and mopping and dusting. Can't seem to get everything clean or bleached enough. Ok here is a list of the ppl who sent to me this month and the ones i'll be sending to in there months but whatr are we going to do about the others? skohler chaud11 pchanggeo femilr hummingbirddaisy daylilymom Glassmouse ggsnail Have we made a decision on December yet? I know I am getting way ahead of myself but trying to stay organized in my little notebook. I hope Evryone has a safe 4th. Happy JUly everyone.. Jamie Oh and thank you all for making my month grand....Yall are great friends to have.. Maybe we could send in a pic of us and a fav recipe or garden tips and make a little book for everyone so we can remember everyone and that kind of stuff ok that is enough from my mouth time to use the energy for cleaning. Oh before i go i saw 2 hummingbirds this morning on the white rose of sharon bushes i was so excited to see they are back they have been dgone for a month since it is so ho tand humid or they could of been just nesting who knows but i'm glad my little humming jewels are back and all 9 feeders are out and ready for them. Jamie

Ah..(sorry I'm too talkative..)..check your local Craigslist maybe too? People get rid of stuff..and sometimes of new stuff as well-when remodeling for example. The prices are generally pretty good, so you never know. Tons of fridges on our Craigslist..true, I never payed attention to their finish that much.. I know though we bought a new bisque fridge, a smaller one, and pretty modest, for my MIL rental. My DH bought it-have no idea where. Can ask him. But it doesn't look impressive or charming like your stove. It's very basic. Well the whole kitchen is super basic. It's a tiny one bedroom. The location is great though, very central, walking distance to everything, nice parks around-so 1600 per month lol. And you have to do the laundry in the laundromat.

Those appliances are beautiful and costly... Embrace the red ( or sell them when you are ready to remodel to offset some costs). I would let them be the focal point of the room.. Simplify the rest. Not a fan of those pink tiles - either remove or repaint. I would warm up the colors of the space. Nice cream color on the walls, paint the cabinets an off white or warm white. Maybe remove the doors of the cabinets over the window or try at least to cut out the centers and put glass in them. Paint the backs of those cabinets a matching red. You might also want to get a nice wood countertop.. Good luck!

Wow! Thanks for all the comments and ideas. To start with, for context, this is a small concrete block 1950s house in a great area. I love it, it's adorable-- but it's a challenge. We recently got the foundation repaired, cracks repaired in all the walls, and the plumbing replaced. Now I'll try to answer all the questions.  First, the floors are stained red oak and we put them in when we did because it turned out to be a minimal cost when the rest of the house was getting the heavily worn 70 yr old floors sanded/repaired/refinished. Also, we wanted them to match the rest of the house. I can probably buy a can of the stain to have on hand. Behind the refrigerator and stove wall is concrete block, then a small garage that is used as a project room. The opening on that side goes down three steps into a laundry room/ pantry that also has the only entrance to the garage from the house. The currently blank wall is plaster and lathe, about 5 inches thick with a living room on the opposite side. That living room also has a small dining room that you can see through the arch window opening in the kitchen. A previous owner opened up between the living room and the "dining room" (originally a bedroom). But load bearing columns had to be left. I'm concerned that opening up that wall in the kitchen will create an open floor plan, which I'm not a fan of, and even more columns. Last, it don't think that we can possibly block off the doorway because it's the main access into the kitchen for groceries etc. It would also make the entrance to our home incredibly tight. People commonly step into the kitchen when coming in as group. This is all to say that we have had a tough time coming up with a way to move walls and doorways that didn't create as many problems as it solved, though we have had several architects and kitchen designers etc come out to the house over the years. I do like the idea of putting cabinets along the blank wall. We've had a cute kitchen cart over there for years.