Today was going to be my kitchen cabinet/counter/lighting/flooring, etc shopping day except it has turned into a snowy, icy road day. Yes, I am starting to undertake the huge, gigantic project of Kitchen Remodeling!
You see, my kitchen, built in 1975, has never been updated. The appliances are hanging in by God’s grace, and the dishwasher gave up over a year ago.
The dark, poorly designed outdated cabinets, combined with a small 10 X 10 kitchen space with a low ceiling, and boxed in fluoresent lights all contribute to the closed in boxy feel of the room.
Friends who know my love of cooking can not believe I have put up with this small outdated space as long as I have.
But as I begin the challenging project of selecting cabinets from the myriad of woods, styles and finishes to say nothing, about appliance choices, counter top choices, lighting choices, and so on, the project becomes overwhelmingly complicated to me.
Fortunately, God, in his goodness, has provided a good friend with an eye for design to join me in sifting through all the options and zeroing in what will work with the rest of my home, my taste and my limited budget.
Baking bread is so much simpler than kitchen remodeling!
Try Marilyn’s Famous Whole Wheat Bread Recipe Today!
Dear Marilyn:
Having lurked for years, I cannot contain myself anymore and have to comment. We spent our Christmas deep in remodel mode – my husband installing, me and the kids escaping to my parents house! I HATED being displaced, even though I knew I was getting a wonderful new kitchen out of it. I literally didn’t know what to do with myself without my PLACE – whenever I have a spare minute or two, I find myself in the kitchen…. without it, I just didn’t know what to with myself.
BUT now I have a wonderful new kitchen that I adore and I can do lots of wonderful bread-baking there! Keep thinking of the future…
C.