Tuesday, November 08, 2005

My Kitchen POTD

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Erin over at the Pub on 2 Peas posted a question this morning about the color of our appliances & also asking us to post pictures if we could, so I thought that would give me the perfect POTD for today. I have this love/hate relationship with my kitchen. I love my granite countertops, I love the plum colored walls, I love all my grape decorations (even though I don't even eat grapes), I love the centerpiece that a dear friend made for me & I love my kitchen when it's clean....and yes, I did clean it just to take this picture ;). But I hate cooking! I admit it.....I am sooo NOT a cook! And I probably never will be. I hate it when my kitchen is dirty & it seems like my island is always cluttered.....no matter how many times I clean it off, by the end of the day, it ends up being the 'catch all' for everything from the mail, newspaper, keys, my purse & Jim's backpack that he takes to work. I keep saying that I'm not gonna let it get cluttered again, but that just never works. We've done a lot of remodeling to our kitchen since we purchased our home 5 years ago. We had the granite countertops installed 2 years ago along with a new black sink & chrome faucet, the tile floor & backsplash were just installed 2 months ago, we hung up a pot rack above the island, painted the kitchen twice & changed the border 3 times plus we purchased a new fridge & stove. Sometimes I wish we could change out the cabinets, too, but I don't see that happening now after getting the granite. Ah well.....it's my kitchen & I love/hate it :)

Here are some pics of my bottle collection that I have on the top of my cabinets. Our downstairs ceilings are 10 feet high, so I love having all this space above my cabinets to display things:



I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks for all the wonderful comments on my POTD's. I really enjoy reading them!

Off to do some scrapping & more cleaning.

Have a great day,
Benita

6 comments:

Cindy Lee said...

I LOVE your kitchen! gorgeous photos!

Julie Ann Shahin said...

What an absolutely gorgeous kitchen! So jealous.

Nicki said...

What a wonderful kitchen! So want one like that one day.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE your kitchen! HOW FUN! Love the colors, love the ivy, LOVE your bottle collection, gorgeous! The net never ceases to amaze me... that we can peek into eachother's lives and homes with the click of a mouse! I love technology! Thanks for sharing a piece of your world!

Sophia

Anonymous said...

love the plum! love the countertops... cute kitchen! great picture!!

daphne said...

Love your kitchen! Beautiful!