I thought I would do an “in my kitchen” post today, but I realized that I never even showed you my new kitchen. When I last posted about my kitchen, it looked like this:
I was actually quite happy with it. But last year, in June, T. decided it was time for something better. We went to Building Depot to look what they had and I fell in love with a conveniently cheap solution almost right away (after talking myself out of a beautiful kitchen that would empty out our bank accounts completely).
But first we had to demolish the old kitchen. That sounds easier than it was. It was build with concrete blocks, so we definitely needed that sledge hammer.
And then it was quite easy to install the new closets. It’s metal, so easy to clean and durable (particle board would swell up within a year or two in this climate, wood is only available custom made, so incredibly expensive). I love that it looks vintage and I am thrilled with the amount of storage. They even sold a pantry solution, so my open shelving (remember the old shelves on concrete blocks?) is gone now.
I’m so, so happy with it!
In the (messy) back ground of the last picture, you may notice that the iron gate is gone (as seen in the last picture in this post). The month before we did the kitchen, T. built a little hallway, connecting the kitchen to the main building. That was such a game changer! Before we had to open two gates (that we locked with padlocks) to get from the house to the kitchen (getting a cold drink or a snack at night was really hard and made a lot of noise). Now you can just walk through! We chose to use a big glass folding door, so the kitchen still feels as open as it did before.
And now that I’m looking at those pictures: we also finally found chairs that match our table. The plastic ones were breaking up (as everything not wood, concrete or iron seems to do in this climate), but these (solid mango wood – we found them at a secondhand shop) will be just fine.
So that’s another (triple) house update. Trying to get the blog up to speed with our house makes me realize we actually did make some big changes over the last year, even though it feels like we didn’t accomplish that much.
So fun to see!
NOT A STATION 
Very nice! I love your plants too. I had three ‘snake plants’ like that. One of them was nearly dead and I gave it to my mom, who has it revived and doing nicely. Another one kept getting chewed on by the cat, and he’d even yank them out of the pot. I would always replant them as soon as I found he’d done that but eventually it died. And the third is just no longer thriving. I don’t know if I need to change the soil or what. I’m by no means a gardener! lol
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Ha, I had a cat who did that too. Nothing you can do about that. I did find that snakeplants hate having wet feet though. I overwatered them before we left for a few months back in May and I can see that bothered them more than being dried out.
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I think I may have been over-watering it lately. I knew they liked to be on the more dry side but when it was no longer thriving I thought maybe I was going *too* long without watering so I started doing it more often. I’ve been letting it sit a good long time again now. We’ll see!
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what a beautiful kitchen!! You guys did a great job of updating it and making it flow better 🙂
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Thank you! We love it.
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i love this so much! the white metal cabinets are so cheerful. 🙂
and i love the dark wood of your table and chairs and one tall cupboard with all the white. just lovely!
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Thank you! I love it very much too.
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I love reading about how people live in countries other than mine. I am intrigued by having a kitchen outside the main house, I can see how that would work in a very hot country and probably helps to keep it cooler when you are cooking. It would unimaginable where I live with our cold winters! I enjoyed this post thank you for sharing and linking back to older posts so I could see the changes.
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Oh, but this house is weird by Curaçao standards too. It used to be a tiny house (with an indoor kitchen) and decades before we bought it, someone made some very weird decisions about adding on (like an attic with a tiny window on the corner with the best view – and that kitchen). We’re slowly working on making things more logical.
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