Ten Things I Hate About You

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And by YOU, I mean my kitchen.

I’m slipping in this non-spring cleaning post to vent for a minute.  I could use your brilliance!  Do you have an older kitchen or a new one?  When we first moved into our home, I knew the room we’d renovate first would be the kitchen.  It was prime renovation material– great bones, terrible decor!

Five years later, it’s the only room we’ve barely touched.  First the master bathroom broke, then we got to be on a HGTV show so the sunroom was renovated, then I had Noodle so the nursery got decorated, then the other bathroom broke, then Bee came along (another nursery!) and most recently our living room needed serious help.  The kitchen kept getting bumped down, and now we’ve sunk so much money into everything else a major renovation of it just doesn’t make sense.

Here’s how the room looked during our home inspection before we moved in (it’s a picture of a picture because I’m too lazy artsy to just scan the photo itself).

Arg!  See what I mean?  They had just renovated it a few years before we bought it and chosen grooved oak cabinets and green laminate counters.  Double arg!  So instead of seething in silence, I thought I’d turn to you guys and break down the ten things I hate about my kitchen.  Feel free to join in on the discussion!  You know you want to come over and start ripping things out.

Here’s the latest photo of my kitchen, for reference:

1.  The cabinets.
They are grooved.  They are oak.  They are grooved oak.  WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?  It would take too much energy and time to paint them, so I’m thinking of just replacing the handles.  Why, yes, those are brass handles I spray painted silver the first week we moved in here!   Did the chipped paint tip you off?

2.  The counters.  Forest green laminate, to be exact.
I don’t even know what to say about them.  What I wouldn’t give for sleek granite.  Until then, this 90’s remnant continues to make adding in another color next to impossible.  Maybe some Le Creuset on the counters or stove would brighten them up?  That green is so difficult to decorate around!

3.  The broken water dispenser.
Why not a sprayer?  I don’t know.  There’s a water dispenser in the fridge.  This one doesn’t work.  It just sits there, taking up space.  I’d love to utilize that area for storing my dish soap.

4.  The barstools.
Another relic.  Florida circa 1990, anyone?
{no photo.  Trust me, you don’t want to see them).

5.  The lack of storage space.
This is my pantry.  Looks are deceiving.  It’s actually very shallow, the wall juts out behind it so it’s about 2 cans of soup in depth.  I know I shouldn’t complain, not all homes have a closet or pantry in the kitchen.  But most of my friends have them, so I suffer from some serious pantry envy.

6.  Lack of window coverings.
I used to have a valance here but it was looking worse for the wear.  The sun also gets really strong during the afternoon and even the blinds don’t block out the intense rays.  I’d like a roman shade or something besides a useless valance.

7.  Random oak display shelves.
I’d have no problem with them if I didn’t hate the oak cabinets so much.  Do I leave them?  Add a background, maybe in paper?  Any ideas to make them look better?

8.  “Art”.
Why do I have this?  I don’t know.  They aren’t that bad, but I usually like to have art that has meaning.  I have a great idea for something to replace them, but finding the time is another matter.  Until then, random coffee cup art is here to stay.

9.  Random photos.
I can’t believe I’m admitting this to you, but that photo frame above the table has my cat, our feet {at the beach} and a few other weird photos of my husband and I.  Because that’s what people want to see when they look at our kitchen wall… a cat and sandy toes.

10.  Did I mention the cabinets?  Oh, yes, I guess I did.  How about the appliances, all white?  At least they match, but I’d be lying if I said I loved them.  Like granite, I suffer from appliance envy.  Stainless steel, could you come visit my kitchen?

Go ahead.  Hate on my kitchen in the comments.  It won’t mind, I promise!

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