Fringed Haven: Kitchen Chronicles

My favorite part of a home is the kitchen. No matter the size, everyone always seems to gravitate towards it. Maybe it's the aroma of the food, sharing family gossip over a glass of wine or just the chef's desire for guests to taste what's cooking. The kitchen is a space where friends and family can come together at the center of a home. I immediately fell in love with the kitchen in our home. Although it's itty bitty, it's exactly what I wanted with white cabinets, butcher block counter tops and a farmhouse sink. A dreamy, beautiful, porcelain farmhouse sink that truly enticed me. The best part was that the kitchen was remodeled two years before we purchased the home. Other than giving it a fresh coat of paint and adding the back splash, it was pretty perfect. Being so tiny though, minimal storage was {and still is} an issue with no pantry. And how were we supposed to fit a fridge in that small rectangular space?

Well, we definitely fit a fridge in there, but not on the first try. We searched high and low for a tall, skinny, narrow depth fridge. Nada. We ended up purchasing one that we thought would fit and it turned out to be a miniature fridge. I finally contacted the ex-owner and she told me where I could find this beauty, and by beauty I mean the fridge. Not Handy Andy, he's all mine.

Can we discuss the bane of my existence for a quick second? Those butcher block counter tops. What. a. pain. in. the. a$$. Talk about high maintenance. Sure they look beautiful, when they're constantly treated, but who has time for that? I should have known because when we purchased the house, the counters were stained with water and mold. I did some online research and found that sanding the counter tops and treating them with mineral oil, would revive them to practically new. It worked, for like 2 weeks! Look at that fantastic richness.

Don't be fooled, that beautify is superficial - look at them now. Long term goal: switch them out for quartz counter top with new back splash. Short term goal: sand them again, stain them this time and seal them with poly.

Another long term goal, switch out my hardware to gold. I like gold. Gold is dreamy. Sharing a few more pictures of my un-staged kitchen. Ok, I'm lying, it's a bit staged. I didn't think it was appropriate to show you a sink full of dirty dishes or mashed food on the counter tops (and maybe the floor), while my dog licks it all up. We're not "there" yet.