Mother Knows Best

Our kitchen has managed to have a couple of paint jobs already.

Hello. My name is Hannah, I am indecisive and I like to paint.

The two combined make for some pretty entertaining conversations around our house.

"I think I am going to paint the kitchen green."

Blake: "OK."

"I really hate the back splash, let's take that off and then I'll just paint the wall."

Blake: "OK."

"Actually. I am going to repaint the kitchen floor."

Blake: "That is going to be a lot of work."

"Now that I have painted the floor, I don't really like the grey with the green. I think I am going to paint the walls white."

Blake: "Really? White? OK."

"I didn't really like the white, I think I am going to paint the kitchen grey instead."

Blake: "If you think you will like it..."

So do I like it?

So far...yes.

I need to be able to find some things to go on the walls but in the meantime I am happy with it. 

I painted above the cabinets white which seems to draw less attention to their oddness.

The grey feels a bit more soothing, and a little less...in your face.

After we got back from our cruise my Mom stopped by real quick on her way back to Washington. She hadn't seen the house in person yet, so I gave her a quick tour. When we were in the kitchen I showed her our "fridge nook" that had no fridge in it. We had opted to use our bigger fridge upstairs, and take the fridge that came with the house downstairs.

My mom asked me, why if I had two fridges, why it mattered if we had the smaller one in the kitchen?

Ummmm. I didn't have an answer for that.

After searching high and low for a picture of that corner of the kitchen I found only a few to show you.

This is where our fridge was.

Here is the fridge nook where I had put a shelf that could act as a pantry for us.

If this is helpful...I don't know. But, this is where the nook is.

Got it? Maybe?
Let's just pretend that you do.
So my Mom posed a very interesting point. I truly didn't know why it mattered what fridge I had upstairs.

So I made Blake move them.
Downstairs fridge upstairs, upstairs fridge downstairs.
Now all of the sudden I have oodles of room. Plus, I am not blocking the window.

The spacing in the kitchen is a little odd but I am not sure there is a way to fix that. Although, I think curtains may help.

After a good scrubbing of the smaller fridge,

and adding some of my favorite pen holders. The smaller fridge was ready.

Two things are evident.
1. Dance party in the kitchen is going to happen. There is totally room.

and

 2. You are never to old to listen to your mom.