The major work in the kitchen is done. Hurray!! Now we just have to get someone in to paint it plus the bathroom, the third bedroom and all of the bookshelves we had put in about two months ago. J and I had planned to do the painting ourselves. Ha ha ha ha. We barely have the time or energy to brush our teeth at the moment. I don't know why we thought we could possibly do so much painting.
The kitchen is lovely. It really is. I did have a moment though when I looked at it and it hit me what a middle-class middle-aged kitchen it is. It's very nice, don't get me wrong. But I like to think of myself as a bit eccentric, a little bit wacky even. My kitchen would prove me wrong. We went for white Shaker style cabinets, a black granite counter top, stainless steel handles, black & white marble tiles for a splashback and oak laminate flooring. All nice but.... well, you know.
I'm very tempted to paint one wall purple or something, but that's the even sadder thing - I don't even know what a cool kitchen should look like! I think I'll just be happy with my quite lovely kitchen and leave the wackiness to the younger kids. Now where did I put my slippers? Antiques Roadshow is about to come on.
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it is what you decorate with that makes a kitchen your very own. go ahead and paint the odd wall..sunny gold is the in colour in the states with lots of baskets and other fun things to store stuff in. i think you need a big pig in a chef's hat holding a message board so you can write down what is for tea each day and be the envy of the neighborhood! that is what i want for my work island!
really mother? a pig with a chalkboard? yikes. Nancy's bistro!
Katherine, for what it's worth - I think you're wacky no matter what your kitchen looks like.
:)
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