MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Yeah, do that. Now I'm curious.

This is my kitchen. Small but pretty cozy. Nothing fancy.

^^^^ Nice! I like the wood, very pretty.

psychodelicide said:

Thanks!

retina said:

You're welcome. Your kitchen looks like it's about the same size as mine.

psychodelicide said:

Really? Interesting. I think it's a pretty good size for one person. Maybe if I was very very interested in advanced cooking it would feel too small, but as it is now it's perfectly adequate.

retina said:

I hear ya on that, I don't cook much myself. But as you said, if I cooked a lot, it would feel squeezed in there. I remember when I first looked at this place, telling my mom how I didn't like how the kitchen was so small. But I guess I've gotten used to it now.

psychodelicide said:

Thanks, I wish I'd remembered to take some before pics... I had plain beige cabinets and ugly outdated countertops.

When the guy finished the job I stared at my kitchen every day for a week!

babynoz said:

I love it when something is fresh and new. I'd be staring at it too.

retina said:

What is that white box beside the fridge? A microwave with no window?

JustErin said:

Oh, that's actually a modern invention we have here in Sweden. It's called a "dishwasher".

retina said:

Oh weird. I didn't know there was such a thing as a little portable dishwasher.

Dishwashers are giant things that get installed under your counter in my world.

JustErin said:

Yeah, that's how it usually is here too but I didn't have room for one and I was so sick of washing all my dishes by hand. Besides, this machine is much more efficient than any of the bigger machines I've used, and cheaper too. I might take it with me when I move.

retina said:

I want one now.


Oh Santa.....

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

We hire vendors like Sherwin Williams and a company called Floormasters. Then we use in house painting and Home Depot. Just spend a day at Home Depot, you will definitely be inspired.

Don't let me get started . There are plenty of things that need to be done in my apartment. Some rooms are kinda okay and just need some things left to be done, but the bathroom and the hallway need to be changed a lot. The problem is that I want it all in a very individual style, and as much as I can be quite creative I am also a lazy person, so everything takes a lot of time.

previous apartment kitchen i painted and did minor things to



first home I owned and its minor things I did to the kitchen cause I loathed the cabinets counter and tile floor





The home I live in now has hideous puke coloured refaced cabinets counters and floor.
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The home I bought was an older home (I love them), and needed some work. Not from a structural standpoint, but more from a design and decorative one. It's been a lot of work, but a labor of love certainly, and still ongoing. Luckily for me, I have a number of friends with an eye for design and they've been so incredibly helpful. Right now, I've like my home as is, although there are a few touches I'm still adding here and there.

I find the whole thing fun and engaging.

retina said:

Mine is half of that.....no kidding.

violator said:

If I wasn't so dog garn overwhelmed by it all I know I'd have fun doing it.

You should remodel your small kitchen along the lines of Tony Duquette design.


http://tonyduquette.com/

2nd coat of primer in the midgee's room done ~ going up to do the 1st coat of PAINT in a few

progress has been made!!

retina said:

very cool. I've seen portable full-sized ones (on wheels, like an island with a chopping block on top) or ones even smaller than yours, but both were impractical when I needed one.

EskomoKisses said:

!!!

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Oh just post a picture of it already.

Since you could post this pic and not feel too embarrassed I'm sure posting a pic of your kitchen wouldn't be too bad either.

NDRU said:

Yeah, I wouldn't want an even smaller one. This size is great for one person (and was perfectly okay when there were two of us living here too). It fits around ten plates, maybe eight drinking glasses and a whole bunch of utensils.

retina said:

I know, right?

my puke kitchen now

I'm remodeling a whole damn house right now, but the kitchen is closest to being done. I'll post some before and after pics after I see if I can fix a wiring problem I am having right now.

horatio said:

The floor in the first picture looks like something from the 1950's era. The new floor is much nicer.

psychodelicide said:

the floor in the orange kitchen was a different house than the '50's' one you are referring to.
The orange kitchen floor was someones idea of a remodel with some cheap Menards tile that was white with a pearl finish on it.

the '50's' one was just peal and stick tile in a rental.

IMO its a giant no no if you are going to replace old with new for the sake of replacing old with new, especially when the new is some cheap crap.