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!