Home Tour Kitchen

Good morning! :)  

You might of noticed that I have been MIA around here and that's because I have been moving. Things have been moving way faster than I can blog about, lol!  

We actually sold our house today!!!  

It is hard to believe.  

I will share the whole story with you but I have so many older posts in my drafts and I want to blog in order so I will just be a little behind.  I am okay with that.  

I am exactly where I am supposed to be. :)  

You can follow all my day to day happenings on Facebook.

Well, onto the tour...

Today is my Kitchen!!

I really love our kitchen!!  

I love how functional it is for our family.  There is plenty of space and room to cook. 

I also really like the layout because I like being right by the kitchen table and to be able to look into the family room while cooking.  (I spend most of my day in the kitchen and the kids spend most of there day in the family!)  

My absolute favorite thing about our kitchen is our island!  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!  My kids love helping me cook so it is the perfect set up for my little helpers!!

When we added the granite countertops, we had them design the island top to curve.  I think that adds more interest.

Our kitchen is pretty centered in our home and it is my favorite place to be.

We have a butler's pantry on the side of our kitchen which is great for extra storage.  I mostly use it for the kid's arts and crafts.

It looks pretty clean and clutter-free in these pics because I took them while we had our house listed for sale and I removed everything that I could. (I didn't have too much because I hate extra stuff.)

We also installed a ceiling fan in our kitchen because the kitchen can get hot from the oven and I hate sweating while I cook.

I really like the dark cabinets but I dream of white ones, lol!

We had a heavy duty oven/stovetop because of all my cooking.

Here is another view.

Oh, when I was searching for new stools, I found these last year from Target and I have been extremely happy with them.

We have a sliding door off the eating area so I can keep my eye on the kids which is important to me.

Here is a peek into our dining room.

Well, that is my little kitchen tour!

I hope you enjoyed it!  

What is your favorite feature about your kitchen? 

Tell me in the comments.

Have a great day!

Bonnie :)

Nesting! Organized Kitchen

I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend and if you are a Mother, I hope you were able to relax and enjoy on Sunday!  

I really enjoyed myself yesterday which was way overdue! I took 4 naps in two days, lol!  I didn't know that was possible but I needed it so I took full advantage!! :)  I have been working sooo hard around the house, with the family and with my business.  The blog took a little beating but I am back!  

Last week, I re-organized my kitchen!  I try to do this several times a year because...well...it needs it, lol!

I went through all our crafts and made sure we are ready for any summer crafts activities or rainy day fun!

I also got our summer workbooks organized!  I want to do a simple, summer homeschool program with them.  I don't want to do too much but I don't want them to forget everything over the summer either.  Plus, my kids really enjoy this so it works for us! :)

I had my momma's helper help me with this cabinet.  I really can't bend over to organize this and she did a great job!  I hate organizing these so I end up just throwing them under the cabinet and quickly closing the door.  I know, I am so lame but oh well! LOL!

I REALLY simplified my cookbooks!  I mostly go online so I felt like I could cutback on the books.

The bottom shelf of this cabinet  is where I keep my camera so it is always handy!

I went through old paperwork and cleared out any junk!  

I love having open space now!

We don't really make a lot of coffee so we keep our coffee maker in a cabinet instead of on the counter.  

I enjoy an empty counter.

Our pot and pans cabinet also received a quick re-do!

I went through my baking cabinet.

I made sure everything was in the right spot!

I use the cabinet daily so I like to know where everything is.

I also did a quick re-do under my sink.  I even took out my liner and washed it.  (It really needed it!)

I love having everything so organized! :)

I bought new organizers for our silverware!  You don't even want to know what I used to do with these!! Ok, I will tell you.  I just threw everything in the drawer and that worked for me. HAHA!  I know, LAZY!!  I am better now!

This was just my kitchen!  I went through my WHOLE house and did this to EVERY room!! I even had a garage sale last weekend!  I feel great now but it was a ton of work for me.  I had some house guest last week and that was very motivating for me.  I will post all about that soon.  I also feel a little closer to having the baby so that is good too!

Did you "nest" your house?  What did you do?  I would love to hear about it.

Have a great day!

Bonnie :)

More Crown Molding

We have been busy around here! One of the projects that we just had done was adding crown molding to our kitchen and family room.  Earlier in the year, my husband installed some in our living and dining room and I just loved so it was time to add more.  I am really pleased how it turned out!

Here are some during/before shots.

Here are some after shots!   My son was trying to sneak in the photo, haha.

I just love all the cuts!

I am very happy with it.  I took everything off above my cabinets so I can see the molding.

I love the added white to my house and it inspired me want to paint my kitchen table white now too.  What do you think about that?

I also want to paint my frame and boarder to my Sacred Heart photo white too.  I am just loving white now, lol!

What do you think?  I am so happy with it.

Have a great day!

Bonnie :)

Go to Bed with a Clean House for a Less Stressed Morning

Hello everyone!  I hope that you are enjoying your week!  We have been really busy with family events.  :) When we are busy, I house seems to fall apart really quickly!! I am not sure what happens but we are in and out so much and it’s hard to keep things in line.

One of the ways that I try to keep a clean is house is to go to bed with it clean and tidy!

 

If I take the extra time at night to pick up,  we wake up feeling great and less stressed! :)  My kids go to bed at 7pm so I have time to clean up and relax with my hubs!

 

Then I can spend my day doing activities, projects, homework, cooking, etc. and not worry about the house as much.

 

I clear and wash the counter.

  

I do all the dishes.  Sometimes my hubby helps with that!  :)

 

I don’t like a lot on my counters…I like to KEEP IT SIMPLE!

 

I listen to my music while I clean…that totally helps me! :)

 

I wash out the sink!

 

Get the coffee ready.

My butler’s pantry is sometime our “dumping ground” as you can see. 

I have the kids help clean the family room before they go to bed.

  I will also try to check the bathroom and do a quick wipe down.

 

So, that is how I try to keep a clean house and a less stressed morning! :)

 

Do I do this every night?

No, but I try to and when I do, I feel so much better!!!

What is you trick to keeping a clean home?

Bonnie