1 year later…still loving my kitchen!

It’s been a little more than a year since we brought baby Blake home from the hospital to a completely gutted kitchen and renovated this bad boy. Thankfully, everything came together and I had a running kitchen within a week.

This is what it looks today….except 80% of the time it’s messy. Typical for a girl with a job that requires her to cook and kids who enjoy wiping their cherry juice covered hands on my white cabinets.

Any maids out there that want to get paid in cookies? 

Ahem.

Anyways, there are lots and lots of things I loved about my kitchen when we first had it finished, but now, 1 year down the road, there are things I appreciate a lot more than just having it look pretty.  before we had this gorgeous kitchen, we had less cabinets, no island and the fridge was on the other side of the room. The whole ‘work triangle’ was pretty much nonexistent. Moving everything where I wanted it took a little extra planning, but we made it happen. And, I love how everything turned out.

I am completely still smitten with my range. It has sooooo many functions. I love it. I think it is the piece de resistance of the entire room.

Also, having an island makes feeding my kids so much easier especially when I’m spending a large chunk of my day in the kitchen testing recipes. I can have both my little ones nearby and I can watch them/feed them.

The whole room of the kitchen is pretty large and I’m only showing you about 2/3’s of it. I’m finishing up one wall {all the way to the right} with pictures and things plus I have a few other odd jobs to complete as well. But, you can expect a post about the rest of my kitchen *hopefully* in the next month 🙂

Hooray for home projects….or something.

For blog posts on each separate item in my kitchen, click through here:

KitchenAid appliances

Moen Faucet and sink

Canyon Creek Cabinets

Oregon Tile & Marble + Elite Granite and Marble