to fix the lop-sidedness

Long time no blog.

So, we have been in the stonehouse for about a year now, and the room that disgusts us most, is the kitchen. I hate our kitchen. I loathe our kitchen. I despise our kitchen. Did I mention that I hate our kitchen? Every room in the house makes me happy except the kitchen. Have you ever gone somewhere or seen something, that just gives you that icky kind of sick feeling, like, when you realize they tore down the victorian
down the street (with no notice) because she was "too far gone" and you KNOW she could have been saved. That's kind of the feeling I get in the kitchen. It's just not right. We have been back and forth on what to do with it about 149 times. Do we wait until we can do it right, or do we do cosmetic stuff to make it more pleasant? I am pretty sure we are never going to be able to afford a full gut and do over, so I think we have come up with a pretty good compromise. The layout of the kitchen is pretty bad. Everything but the fridge is in an L shape on one side of the kitchen, and the fridge is on the other side feeling lonely. This leaves the kitchen feeling pretty lop sided. So to remedy the lop-sidedness, I want to flip the stove and fridge positions, and add cabinets to both sides of the stove on the old fridge wall. Oh, on the old fridge wall, there is also a pantry kinda just sticking out, so, the stove and cabinets will give the pantry more of a cohesive feeling. Then, to remedy the dance floor in the middle of the kitchen we're going to do a work table. Then, of course, paint and add trim to the cabinets, paint walls, add crown, lighting, flooring, and all that cosmetic type stuff. So if none of this makes since... see layout mock ups and photos here.