In fact I'm so excited that I decided to start early and use my next two weeks of half-day Fridays to start on some home improvements. However, I didn't start this past Friday. Thursday night was horrendous -- lets just say it involved Sam and I both being locked out of the apartment, a busted door frame, a call to the locksmith, ant bites, and becoming $267 in the hole. Friday was spent browsing the library shelves, drinking cafe au laits, and reading Drood.
Today I decided to get started in the kitchen to make up for my therapeutic Friday. I had intended to drop some money on shelves, shelf paper, linens, paint, a floor mat, and a few other things, but I found myself quite poor and only bought Borax and a new broom. Next week we will purchase shelf paper and a few other items.
So lets look at the before mess....
Hey! Anyone want a sandwich? This is the nasty shit I found lurking under the stove and refrigerator.
After 5 hours of scrubbing and organizing this is my lovely kitchen!
7 comments:
holy cow girly, that looks awesome!
oh! when i start school next month, i'll have fridays off too! we should hook up and do some of your mega fun projects. whatever they are. :) i'll bring the sewing machine or something.
Wow. Amazing what a little cleaning can do! My usual pattern in my summers off is to be gloriously lazy for 2-3 weeks and then get stir-crazy and start making lists of all sorts of things to do. You've motivated me...looks fantastic!
Beautiful! I especially love the mixer!
Lovely! Great job Amanda! I like that coffee mug on the wall! :)
- Thanks, Novel!
- Catherine: sweet! I may have a coffee-related part-time job on Friday nights, but my days are free.
- Katie, I'm the same way!
- Traci, Bessie thanks you for the compliment!
- Heather, thanks! A super great bloggy friend gave that to me as a housewarming gift... ;0)
Oooh, purty kitchen! Wanna come do mine now? I know you don't, but it never hurts to ask.
Wow, how pretty your kitchen is now! I should totally do a Mega Project Day as well, we have so much to do around the house :( I just need to get myself in gear by staring at your results a little while longer!
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