{New House - The Kitchen}

I thought I'd share with you some of the work that's been going on in my bijou kitchen in my new house.
I've not done very much other than change the kitchen door knobs (from bronze star ones that weren't my taste to some smaller simpler silver ones that I found on eBay), change the linoleum, my dad fitted some shelves and a new induction hob and I painted the walls. Oh, and I had an electrician fit a new light into the alcove. I have some material to make a Roman blind but I've yet to get around to that.
Before
Changed the linoleum... making good progress!
Started painting! That's more like me now!!
Painting some more!
The shelves as they are today... the basket is full of crisps, Mini Cheddars, yoghurt raisins... the star tins are full of cookie cutters (and possibly the odd chocolate treat - I still have some chocolate coins from Christmas!)... then you can see an elephant tin of tea on the bottom shelf next to the kids marble reward jars... followed by an assortment of containers!
The kitchen is small, and as such all my plates and glasses are stored elsewhere in a display cabinet. Which isn't very handy, but I'm getting used to it.

1. Some kitchen equipment - Magimix accessories, barware etc2. A broken extractor fan :-(3. Tea, coffee, sugar plus mugs!4. Tea towels5. Some more kitchen equipment6. A broken dishwasher :-(7. Cleaning products and a leaking stop cock which is yet to be fully sorted :-(8. Storecupboard essentials9. Cutlery10. Pots and pans
The cooker is also full of baking trays as I just have such limited space!!
There is a small alcove with my fridge/freezer and I think I could probably organize this better to make more use of the space available.

This cupboard (number 8 in the photo above) is a total disaster and I know that I need to organize this better. I think I could make much better use of the space if I had it planned right.
With a broken dishwasher, and limited counter space, I need to be careful because most days the kitchen worktop looks like this... a total bomb site!
Trying to resolve some storage issues! These little hanging pots can be detached from their hooks... so when the kids are setting the table for dinner, I just take their cutlery pot down for them. Likewise, if we're baking - the other pot comes down :-)
One of my other major issues is what to do with my recycling. It normally ends up all over the floor... more on this later as I'm on the hunt for the best solution!