Kitchen Dreams

I've had a few requests for interior pictures of the house. I think I'll post them along with my ideas for redecorating/remodeling - some of which I will accomplish, and some of which I will only dream! Our first major project will be in the kitchen.



First of all, that yellow has GOT to go. Secondly, the cupboards are too traditional for my taste. I already posted a link a couple days ago to a cabinet re-do that will work really well. The countertops look new, and they're not bad. Once I paint the walls and cabinets, I'll know better if I need to replace the countertops. The big change I want to make is to put cupboards/countertop where the oven currently is, and build an island/breakfast bar with a gas range in the center of the room! We had a breakfast bar in the last house we owned, and we loved it. We did a lot of living around it.


This is the other side of the kitchen. I figure once we put the bar in, we won't really need that lonely little extension under the windows. I say we take it out and put in a little corner seating area so we can max out that lovely south and west sunshine. One cooky thing about this house is that you have to go out to the garage to access the backyard. So, perhaps in the future, we could spend the money and effort to extend that corner into a sunroom/porch that would lead directly to the backyard. Lovely thought, huh?



Lastly, this is what you see on the north wall of the kitchen. That goofy little door leads to a pantry cupboard. Whatever I do to the kitchen cupboards, I'll do to that door too. I won't have any furniture against that wall, because it will be the pass-through between the living room and the garage and stairs to the basement.