The kitchen is a space in my house where we spend quite a lot of time.It's the first place we stumble to, sleepily, blurry eyed eachmorning begging for the jug to hurry up and boil so we,(ie, the husband and I) can begin to function properly for our busy days ahead.It's where we eat, feed the kids, the cat and there isalways cleaning to do and catch up sessions are often hadthere with whoever happens to be visiting or staying over that day.
So naturally in my current obsession with home decorand upgrading all of my old, teen/early 20s pink/rainbow/glitter/cupcakethemed childish decor items. This past weekend was time to do some minor little upgrades.These little ventures make me so happy!As a SAHM, I'm a bit old fashioned in a sense in that my home is my little nest and I wantmy family and I to be as comfortable as possibleas the kids and I spend the most time here whilst the beloved Daddy works his butt off elsewhere.
Only minor changes where made,but I feel like they have made such a huge difference!
We replaced our two bins.One regular & one recycle as I'm a big believerin recycling as much as I can.I saw these advertised in K-Mart's recent catalogueand as I have been wanting to replace my old wheelie binstyle pink & purple bins for some classy looking stainlesssteel ones for quite a while, I just had to go and check them out!
They had a few different styles and sizes to choose from.I liked the tall, skinny, round stainless steel ones that where there,but hubby spotted these and thought they where nicer.I had to agree and I love the little push button which opens the lid,whereas the round ones lid opened with a foot pedal.
These were 38 liter Homemaker brand at $39 each which for stainless steel
bins is a great buy,as they're usually a whole lot more. I have been looking for a while andhad been expecting to pay close to $100 each! Silly really, when you're talking about a bin here!
The other item we upgraded was the old microwave.
25 litre, also the Homemaker brand for $95.This I had owned since before the husband and I had even met! That's going on at least a good seven years now, it was time forit to go! Not only that, it was beginning to rust on the inside andthe plate in the center only turned on occasion when it felt like it.
I love this because not only does it match the new bins we bought,bit it also matches in with the rest of the kitchen. The oven & dishwasher also sport the same stainless steel finish.The fridge will be the next upgrade as it is white.We'll have to wait a while longer to do that though as that'squite a big purchase and there are more important placesfor money to go at the moment.
My husband being the handy man he is actually built this shelf forthe microwave to sit on here where normally the fridge isdesigned to go. Our fridge is a two door which makes this space muchtoo small so that is why our bins live here instead.
We have very limited bench space and the new microwave wasthreatening to take up even more of it than our last so we bothagreed the wasted space shown here beneath the cupboard and thebins would be the perfect place to put a shelf for the microwave.Only hurdle is we rent, so we had to be careful not to put any holesin the walls.
I'm really happy with how it all turned out!
Let me know what you think?
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Stay tuned tomorrow for another blog post!
Check out my other Home Decor posts below!
Vanity Tour
Decor Wish List
Makeup Collection & Storage
Bedroom in Progress