Kitchen nightmare

[vanillafluffy]

I powered up my laptop and was glancing through the "news" stories on my default homepage, AOL, and I ran across this, with the title of "My Birthday Wish: A Kitchen Makeover" (One writer explains why all she wants for her 50th birthday is an updated kitchen, even if her friends think she's a bore

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[pwcorgigirl]

I can't remember the last time I pulled the stove out to clean the cobwebs and wayward corn kernels.

I hope somebody commented to her that the above is a sit-on-your-ass problem, not a home makeover problem. *fumes*

[vanillafluffy]

Yeah, and she's grousing about ants and spiders? I'd love to see her have a close encounter with a three-inch long Florida cockroach. She'd have another mess to clean up!

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[pwcorgigirl]

See, if I had that kitchen (and there have been times in my life when I'd have killed for more than a foot of counter space), I'd take everything out of it, clean like crazy with bleach, get out a screwdriver and adjust the door hardware so that they close, and then repaint. If money allowed, I'd find a nice tall freestanding cabinet to go next to the fridge, possibly something that extends the counter space of that messy little nook on the far left. There's plenty of room to cook if she'd take stuff off the counter tops.

[vanillafluffy]

I've seen those same style doors repainted different ways, like a contrasting color in the middle with a border color in the recess, or cut out the center and back it with glass or fabric or chicken wire. The trouble is, this broad has no imagination.

That space beside the fridge bothers me, too. I'd bet that the dishwasher is under the counter there.

I'd have my microwave in that nook.
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[pwcorgigirl]

You're on the money with the lack of imagination. We didn't have enough room in the budget to add all the built-in cabinets our kitchen needed when we re-did it, so the wall where they would have gone now has space for a tall stool and two pieces of what were actually sold as "bathroom furniture." We got them cheap from a put-it-together-yourself furniture catalog and they work great. All it took was imagining them not in a bathroom. :)

[vanillafluffy]

Thinking outside the box is crucial. I originally planned a pantry for the space my heater used to be in, but GK suggested I put my fridge there and do other things with the newly freed space it's in now.

None of this has actually happened...yet. Awaiting the day, I have a salvaged length of countertop that's going to go from side to side, I want to put storage and recycle bins below it, and some pegboard above, because I'm one of those people who prefers frequently-used things at hand, not in drawers. It's rather like that space where Miss Thing has the barstool, the differrence being, I'm working with what I've got instead of whining about it. /smug superiority
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