Some days this is as good as it gets

Have I mentioned we're project people?  We're good at projects. We like projects. We aren't so good at the daily maintenance kind of crap. 

Last weekend I unclogged the dishwasher drain just so I could accomplish a house project that would last for more than, oh, 60 minutes. I figure an hour is about the staying power for any of my usual home chores. Dishes, laundry, cleaning always undone in a matter of minutes.

And cleaning isn't exactly our specialty. We once stripped our bathroom down to the studs and remodeled it to the tune of thousands of dollars and weeks of work just to remove a really disgusting smell (that turned out to be from a molding cup of coffee left in the vanity by the previous owner--don't even get me started on that!)

So when our kitchen looks like this:

I consider it a major accomplishment (That is a clean kitchen by the way. I know, not Martha Stewart clean, but the dishes are done and the counters are wiped and the dinner leftovers are put away so it's clean!)

Um, try not to look at the random crap on the bar--I'm not thaaat good.

Now that you've seen our kitchen, you can understand why a complete kitchen remodel is the next project on the list. Ripping out the counters totally beats scrubbing the grout!

If you know a good kitchen designer in Sacramento please let me know ASAP. We need a professional to moderate our "where the heck should we put the stove/oven" debate. We can only agree that where it is now SUCKS.

The ugly cabinets and nasty tile will be gone soon.  Wish us luck.

Comments

[Sonja]

Good Luck!
We had our kitchen remodeled and while it's beside the point anyways as we're too far south to recommend anybody, I wouldn't have recommended the guy anyways. As a matter of fact, I mutter "stupid M." every time I close my cabinet door that, you know, doesn't really close. Grrrrr.

[Claire]

Amen sista. I am so with you on "this is as good as it gets". We just did our kitchen Ikea style and I was pretty wary to begin with (We are NOT project people, and I wasn't sure how the whole build your own cabinents thing was gonna play out), but our kitchen is 90% done and I couldn't be happier.

Though there were a few mistakes the fact that I love the mistake maker immensely has made them easier to bear, and even pretty funny.

[farfromca]

Maybe just get rid of the oven/stove and grill every night. and you could get one of those clay ovens for your yard. Yah, maybe a third party would help on this one. I can't wait to see what you have come up with. and, no one has martha stewart clean kitchens in real life, do they? Don't tell me if they do, cuz I am with you!