The kitchen

The kitchen was really what started the renovation concept off. It is VERY dated and I have no storage. Any new kitchen things I buy, get put on the floor because I have no storage space. What could be nice kitchen cupboards, are in open shelving where people can see things such as tea towels and cook books and I'd like it all put away tidy!

So this is my kitchen, as you can see I didnt clean it up before I took this photo. I'm real like that lol. This kitchen is so run down and awful that it doesnt matter anyway. Ugly flooring (with Jarrah floorboards underneath), laminate cupboards and benchtops, no work space etc...

And at the other end of the room, it gets wider (we will be moving the wall out so it is wider the entire way across) and was intended for a dining room but only would fit a table for four people in it. For a while I had our oval dining table in there but it was just too claustrophobic. See what I mean about things being dumped because there is nowhere to put them away? Messy shelving to the right? It drives me INSANE looking at this mess each day!

But this is where the kitchen is moving to! It will be a sort of u-shaped kitchen and will have cupboards top and bottom so I will have plenty of storage and space compared to what I have now. 

So where are we at with kitchen plans? Our architect has drawn our house plans (we lost all plans in a fire at our local council in the 1960s) and drawn up an idea for our kitchen. Those plans went to the drafties and are now at an engineering firm. When they get done, they should be ready to head to council for building approval! Then we need to find someone to actually do the build.