Our Farm Cottage Kitchen

That is the bathroom on the left the other door is the laundry room/back porch/entry

 One of my good blogging friends mentioned that

she would like to see our kitchen.

Well you asked for it.

Looking in from the dining room

Here it is in the 'raw'. We haven't done anything cosmetic to the kitchen

other than add a few temporary shelves to hold our dishes and a small

pantry area in an unusable space. Oh ..we did add the brushed nickle

hardware to the cupboards!

These are about as cheap a cupboard as you can buy but they were already in here

and they work just fine so I'm thinking of adding a small crown molding and 'antiquing' them.

The dishwasher and microwave were black and really cheap so I went

on Craigslist (right after we moved to the farm) and found a 3 year old Whirlpool dishwasher, microwave

and Kohler cast iron sink (all like NEW!) for $325. 

For that price I wasn't going to hold out for stainless! 

Looking towards the office/craft room

You can just see the corner of the roll top desk in the office.

The yellow walls in there are NOT that bright..I promise!

These are the shelves that we added for more storage. This cottage was

sadly lacking storage for dishes or even food!

One day I hope to have a cupboard built in to look like an old Amish cupboard

with a skirt in this corner as the bottom cabinet does NOT go all the

way into the corner so there is a lot of wasted space in there.

The bathroom kitchen and laundry/back porch all need to be renovated and not just for cosmetic reasons. Hubby wants to move the hot water tank out of the porch and move it to the partial basement which will suit me just fine!

For now...these rooms are just fine the way they are.

This table cloth is a 'little' gaudy but I need to put another protective coat on this 100+ year old

farm table.

Well there you have it. We've come full circle.

We've been told the original wood floors are under these sticky tiles and plywood

so we've been thinking that when we renovate we'll tear it all up and if the floor boards are in good shape

I may paint them in a soft checkerboard patern and seal it good.

It's only a thought for now and I suppose it depends on how energetic

I am when the time comes.

First though...is a screened porch and English Garden!

Do you have any future plans  or dreams for your home?