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Kitchen Update

I would love to be able to update this kitchen. It has been sort of updated before but still needs a lot of work. The kitchen needs new appliances and glass mosaic tiles as a back splash would be nice.

The counter tops are a laminate with a woodgrain pattern and I would love to have granite. The woodgrain just looks so dated. The stove is really old too and doesn’t even have a clock or timer on it… oh and it’s electric. I’d rather have gas. I love cooking on a gas stove better than electric.

The floors are so old and the tiles weren’t put down by someone who knew what they were doing. The lines between the tiles don’t even line up right. It looks terrible. The bathroom floor is the same way. Dirt and stuff get stuck in the deep designs.

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What I look for in a kitchen

black-countertop-kitchen-homeIf we ever get a house of our own again; this is what I want to have in a new kitchen:

1. Black granite counter tops
2. Stainless steel appliances
3. A backsplash covered in metal tiles
4. An easy to maintain floor (and not cheesy looking)
5. Oak or Maple cabinets with glass fronts on some of the doors
6. Under cabinet lighting
7. A gas stove with a waist-high broiler
8. A pantry
9. A separate closet for mops, brooms and cleaners
10. A built in cutting board
11. Lots of drawer space
12. A center island with room for seating

I watch way too many home improvement shows and want just about everything they do on those shows. The picture above is almost exactly what I want except I want the seating at a center island.

Found a Good Cleaner

I’ve been trying for months to get the grease buildup off of the top edge of my kitchen cabinets. I bought some Lysol Lemon Breeze All Purpose Cleaner and it works. It took a couple tries but that gunk is gone!

So while people were busy at the Branson golf course I was cleaning my cabinets. I got the top ones done, now it’s time to get the bottom ones done. And after all that I have to re clean my counter tops. I should have done the upper cabinets before I did the counter tops! Oh well.. live and learn!

After all this work and sweating I should probably weigh about 10 lbs! lol

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