Kitchen in progress

Kind of like the Carousel of Progress at Disneyland, except that there's no animatronics or fun sing alongs, and we're going backwards instead of forwards ;)

This is the view of my kitchen from the doorway of the dining room.

Essentially,  this is how the kitchen always looks. I removed a bit of clutter, but I didn't really "stage" the room. 

Because, I just don't do that.

meh.

Oh and the tiny bit of Halloween decor is gone as of this morning.

You might notice the dog bed under the island in some of the pictures. That's Bubba's nest and I wasn't going to disturb him for a few pictures ;)

And edited to add:

This is a very well used kitchen, where I cook from scratch every single day, with the rare exception that we go out to lunch or dinner.

I don't want anyone to think it's just for looks :)

Anyway, this is your view to the right when you walk in.

And here's a close up of the shelves.

The top shelf holds an old serving tray, some gifts I've been given over the years and a little tin that I painted. The second shelf holds a coca cola crate with my grandfather's baby bowl in it along with his cup and some WWI cookbooks that his mother might have cooked from when he was little, although these particular ones didn't belong to her personally. There's also a vintage biscuit cutter, a pastry cutter and a depression glass measuring cup/juicer, all three of which I actually use. The third shelf holds my jars of rice, sugar and flour, and the fourth shelf holds a reproduction cookie jar from my daughter, Annie, some random jar of Halloween candy and my 'new to me' 1940s radio. 

It still lights up and works! But sadly, since the only way I can listen to an oldies radio station that plays the 20s through the 40s, it really just hides Alexa.

I usually listen to The UK 1940s Radio Station on iheart radio.

I'm probably repeating myself to a few of you, but these are the original cabinets. The white tile and 1930s sink were put in by me. Well, not me personally, but you know what I mean ;)

You can see what the kitchen looked like when I moved in and my inspiration for the restoration 'here'. And what it looked like three years ago 'here'.

My view when I'm washing dishes.

This is the view towards the dining room...

including the worlds most used and loved apron that needs to be replaced, soon! lol

Eventually, I plan on replacing the island with an enamel topped table like this...

But I haven't come across one in my price range and that price range isn't 500 to 1000 bucks.

Just saying ;)

Here's my stove, which seems to fool a lot of people into thinking it's old, but it's not. 

That was my intention when I bought it though, so I guess it works.

One day, with any luck, I'll come across one of these beauties (that still works and is also in my price range) and replace it.

Patience is key.

In the next picture, you can see the original exhaust fan that still works and where I keep my cookbooks.

I love my whole kitchen, but if I had to pick my favorite part, besides the appliances, it would be the breakfast nook.

I can't imagine why they ever went out of style. It's where I have my morning coffee, where I talk on the phone, visit with friends, eat... etc.

I just love it to pieces.

This is the view towards the "mudroom", which is in quotations, because even though it's a place to hang coats and put dirty shoes, it's really just a hallway to the downstairs and an exit to the side yard ;)

And there's Julia, just humming away :)

Oh how I love her...

To give you a better idea of what my kitchen is like, I took a video.

Don't think I'm in this video either, because I'm not.

Not even my voice.

It's just the kitchen with the radio playing.

If you want, you can make it bigger by watching it on youtube.

And here's another I took in black and white, just for fun :)

So that's it.

I'm thinking about doing videos of other rooms too and maybe a house tour, to give you a better feeling of what it's like to actually be in my house, so let me know if you'd like that and I'll see what I can do :)

xo

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