The most important part of a kitchen remodel (if you are living in the home during the renovations) is to find a place for a temporary kitchen. We were super blessed to have a kitchen in our attic ready for us!
It was wired for an electric range, sort of. The wires were just hanging free outside the box. So we decided to forgo the expense of the wiring and buying an appliance. Instead, Darren put a few boards across the gap tot extend my counter space. Perfect!
The kids carried up the appliances and dishes assembly line style. Heidi stayed up in the kitchen to put everything away and organize the space while I stayed two flights down in the main kitchen packing up what we could live without and what should go up. I love how she lined up the canisters under the eaves. She did a great job organizing it all.
The other side has a double stainless steel sing WITH garbage disposal! After this picture was taken we purchased a white counter height (mini) fridge to go next to the sink. We found out quickly that running two stories to get food and then 2 stories to bring it back was no good. Now we can have milk and a few common things up there. AND the top of the fridge is the perfect place for a drying mat to lay dishes on after hand washing.
Working in this kitchen is worlds easier than my old kitchen. I’m really learning to love it. The biggest challenge is the low ceiling. I wear platform sandals almost every day and have to take them off to work in here or I will bump my head. Even without them I can’t stand up fully one step to the right of the sink. But on the other hand the sky light makes it cheerful all day.
I love too that I’ve given myself a break from cooking EVERYTHING from scratch. A few cans of cream of chicken soup won’t kill us, but stressing to the point of damaging our relationships would be tragic.
I’m saying all this to prepare you for tomorrow’s recipe: 3 ingredient Slow Cooker biscuits and gravy. It’s yummy and easy for those stressful mornings. But it’s not from scratch and not my usual whole food nutrition. Betcha can’t wait :).
Wow, Angela, this is a fabulous kitchen as is! I was wondering about that slanty ceiling–I’d have to kneel to get to the canisters. LOL But I bet downsizing for a while will really put the new kitchen into perspective.
Rowena, The slanty ceiling is a little crazy. But with a stool pushed up to the back counter I can work there when needed. I love doing with less and am wondering if the new kitchen will be too big to be functional, lol. We haven’t place our final cabinet order yet and I’m working on setting the whole kitchen into functional zones so several people can work at once.
I’m impressed. We need to do an overhaul of our kitchen too; it’s something we’ve been putting off.