No need for "Trading Spaces"!

So this was a weekend of great accomplishment. My MIL came into town on Friday night, and spent the weekend with us to help us get settled in to our new home. She knew I had a slew of projects to complete, so she offered to help us on what we needed, and we picked the kitchen. In light of the baking season coming just around the corner, we decided to revamp the kitchen a little to get it to a more usable state. There are a couple things we are still going to do, but here is the kitchen after a weekend of redecorating! My mom came to help, and we got most of it done on Saturday night!


This is a dark picture, but we added curtains and a towel hook, plus some of my bread baskets.

We needed to get the microwave off the counter, and added two shelves with chrome accents.

We also added two shelves here, to eliminate the wire shelving unit that was here before. Now, the dogs have an actual place for their dishes by the trash can.

And in this picture, you can see we added a utensil rack above the stove. We also reorganized the top of the fridge, so Mike can have easy access to the panini grill (which he lives for).

So not too shabby for a weekend worth of work! Still to come, we are planning on painting the kitchen and redoing the cabinets. We have all the hardware, just need the time, and with Christmas coming up, it may wait until January!