My Kitchen

I finally have my kitchen looking pretty enough to post pictures! So, here you go...

My hubby and son put up the shelves for me on Mother's Day...it's taken me this long to actual get the shelves filled with practical and colorful things. I love these colors! I am so glad that they actually seem to be popular right now. Those set of mixing bowls on top were $10 at Big Lots!

My bottom cupboard doors were removed when we started fixing this place up and we don't have the money to get new cupboards. I bought this fabric for $21 at Walmart. It's fabulous. It is stain resistant and thick, so it doesn't blow around with all the windows open. I just stuck it up with heavy duty sticky-backed velcro. Of course I would love to have actual cupboard doors, new cabinets actually...but I really love the look of these curtains. I want to paint the drawers...can't decide on back or white...suggestions?

Our little dining area. This table was given to me by my wonderful mother in-law and the legs were a dark green. I gave them a couple coats of white paint and I think it makes it look like a totally new table. I'd like to make white slipcovers for the chairs, but that's probably a really bad idea with kids in the house.

A few of my favorite things...

I have been looking for cheap, cute, and colorful glasses and look what I found! I found these at Goodwill last week. 10 of them for $5.50! I LOVE this color. It's my favorite. One of those colors I love but look hideous in...so I have to splatter it around the house :-)

And these Giant mug/bowls...We have these really cute shallow white bowls...there to the left actually on top of the matching plates...but everyone hates them for soup and cereal. They are just too shallow and they spill so easily. I like them for portion control, but when hubby asked for new, better soup bowls, well, ok...I get to shop for my kitchen? OK! I love that they have handles and that they came in a variety of colors. They were the perfect addition to my kitchen.

So, there it is, totally clean and organized...I will have the kids refer to these pictures when they just can't seem to figure out what "clean" actually means. :~) I really like my kitchen and love that it came together so nicely on such a tight budget. I still have ceiling trim to put up, but you probably wouldn't have noticed had I not just mentioned it...and with that, I am off to mess up my kitchen with Sabbath preparations!

Shabbat Shalom, all!