Tag: kitchen

I’ve kind of been on this kick to get rid of our standard household cleaners in favor of some greener, more natural options. This is really because H is so mobile, and touching, tasting, smelling, and seeing everything in sight. I started to become very aware of the number of chemicals she’s coming into direct contact with these days. Not that she’s drinking bleach from under the sink, but I wonder about the lingering residue and fumes in the air.

The problem with green cleaners is they don’t always actually get things clean. This is a fundamental requirement of cleaners, especially with a toddler everywhere. And I know people swear by homemade vinegar solutions, but when I tried that I could not deal with the smelly aftermath. I’ve tried green products in the past and been pretty underwhelmed. But they’ve come a long way in recent years.

I decided that my diabolically filthy oven would be a good test of the power of the green clean. If a natural cleaner could conquer that, it could probably do anything. Let’s just say that in the 5+ years we have lived in this house with this oven, I’ve cleaned it exactly zero times. I mean, I’ve wiped up pie drippings and cheesy toppings from the oven floor, but I haven’t stuck my head in there to really scrub it into submission. Another reason for the green cleaners; I knew the job would take hours (4 solid scrubbing hours, in the end), and I did not want to inhale toxic fumes all day.

This is what it looked like when I started, don’t you judge me:

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How giant are these lilies? Got this bouquet for $8, and they won’t quit. The ones in our garden aren’t nearly this giant, but maybe next year.

Adam hung this shelf of hooks for my aprons a while back. The “Cook” sign is from my brother-in-law and his family. The print is this Kitchen Conversion print from Sweet Fine Day/Whimsy & Spice. Adam gave me the print for Christmas, but it took a while to get it framed and hung up. We had to rearrange some things on this wall first.

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Other kitchen decorating posts: This Is My Kitchen.

I’m really excited. I found the perfect knobs for my kitchen cabinets at Target, and they were on clearance! Satin nickel finish Milk Bottle knobs. A pack of 10 for $11.58. So today I ran around to 2 different Targets getting the 44 knobs I needed for all of our cabinets and drawers.

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I have come to LOVE my kitchen, but when we first moved in I was far from excited about it. The walls were originally off white, which was a really unfortunate color with those cherry cabinets. We had the entire kitchen and living room painted charcoal gray, which made it 1000x better instantly. Adam’s still not a big fan of the cabinets, he wants a much more modern and slick looking kitchen. The cabinets have grown on me, too. I spend a LOT of time in this particular room of the house, so I’ve gotten comfortable in it.

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my pot rackAdam installed this in our kitchen ceiling yesterday, and I’m crazy excited about it. We have a ginormous kitchen, but the cabinets are so disorganized and overflowing. It makes me crazy since I like things to be orderly.

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