Adios SMEG

I have been spending a lot of my "house dreaming" time thinking about the apartment. This may be because I have thought out every last detail of the upstairs and the apartment is my more immediate reality. I mean, I am going to be living in it for at least 4 months. I already mentioned my ideas for the apartment bathroom and now I am thinking about a face lift for the kitchen. Like the rest of the apartment, the idea is to spend as little as possible to give it a face lift. I pulled up some inspiration photos of small galley kitchens.

Hello again, Hicks lights

I have no pictures of the apartment, but I will post 'before pictures' once we move in. Right now the cabinets are the most craptastic medium wood. The good news is that they are in great shape and flat surfaced. I think I am going to try my hand at painting them and changing out the hardware. In the short term, the lovely gold flecked formica counters will stay (along with the sink) but in the medium term, I am thinking butcher block counters. Cute and low cost. Although I really like the soapstone counters in the top picture.

We just found out that our fridge will not fit in the apartment kitchen. I thought this was my opportunity to get a cute SMEG refridgerator. Michael agreed even after I shared the price with him...but then I got to thinking. I could replace the fridge, oven/stove, dishwasher AND microwave for about 60% of the cost of the SMEG. Unfortunately, I am too practical to pass up all new appliances. Especially since we will be doing all our cooking in this kitchen before moving upstairs. So that's it I guess. Goodbye SMEG. You will always have a place in my heart-you mint green monster.